Georg Winkler & Kunigunde Beyer were married on 22 May 1766 in Roßlau.
Georg Winkler, a farmer, his wife Kunigunda, and children (Johann, age ¾; Katharina, age ¾) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 September 1766 aboard a pink named Лев (Lev) under the command of Lieutenant Fyodor Fyodorov.
Georg Winkler, a butcher (Fleischer), and his wife Kunigunda settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 16 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 117.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Georg Winkler came from the German region of Nürmberg. The 1767 census records that Georg Winkler came from the German village of Salgen in the region of Bayern (Bavaria).
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Brent Mai