Johannes Ziegler, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and children (Anna Regina, age 15; Johann, age 3; Johann Georg, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a pinque named Slon (Elephant) under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.
Johannes Ziegler, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and children (Anna Regina, age 15; Johannes, age 5; Johann Heinrich, age 1½) are recorded on the 1767 census of Norka in Household No. 151. They had arrived in Norka on 15 August 1767.
Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Johannes Ziegler came from the German region of Hessen.
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Brent Mai