Johannes Schreiber, a farmer, his wife Marianna, and children (Maria theresia, age 18; Balthasar, age 8; Johann Fazius, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Adler (Eagle) under the command of Skipper Paul Adolph Drath.
Johann Schreiber, his wife Maria Anna, and children (Maria Theresia, age 18; Balthasar, age 8; Johann, age 4, died en route) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Johannes Schreiber, a farmer, his wife Marianna, and son Balthasar (age 8) are recorded on the 1767 census of Brabander in Household No. 54. They had settled there on 19 August 1767.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johannes Schreiber came from Hungary. The 1767 census records that Johannes Schreiber came from the German village of Wickenberg in Ungarn [Hungary].
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Brent Mai