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Heinrich Dosse, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Heinrich Dosse is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that he died en route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Heinrich Dosse came from the German region of Holstein.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Dosse among the Volga German colonies.

Katharina Müller, a single woman, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Catharina Doroth. Müller is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony Katharina Müller settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Katharina Müller came from the German town of Lübeck.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Müller family among the Volga German colonies.

Adam Herold, a tailor, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Adam Herhold [sic], his wife Cunigunda, and daughter Maria Margaretha (born enroute) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that father Adam and daughter Maria Margaretha died en route.

It is not known in which colony the Widow Herold settled.

Gottlieb Gerhardt, a single joiner, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Joh. Gottlob Gerhardt is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony Gottlieb Gerhardt settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Gottlieb Gerhardt came from the German region of Sachsen (Saxony).

There are no known surviving male lines of this Gerhardt family among the Volga German colonies.

Peter Zink, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Joh. Peter Zinck is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony Peter Zink settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Peter Zink came from the German region of Sachsen (Saxony).

There are no known surviving male lines of this Zink family among the Volga German colonies.

Daniel Siebert, a painter, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Daniel Siebert and his wife Catharina are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Daniel died en route.

It is not known in which colony the Widow Siebert settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Daniel Siebert came from the German region of Mecklenburg.

Heinrich Tressehler, a turner, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Heinrich Trössehler and his wife Margaretha are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Heinrich died en route.

It is not known in which colony the widow Trössehler settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Heinrich Tressehler came from the German region of Kuburg [?].

Widow Anna Fremd arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Widow Margaretha Fremd is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony the Widow Fremd settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Anna Fremd came from the German region of Braunfels.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Fremd family among the Volga German colonies.

Johann Schröder, a farmer, his wife Maria, and children (Karl, age 16; Dorothea, age 11; Heinrich, age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Joh. Heinr. Schröder, his wife Maria Catharina, and children (Joh. Philip, age 17; Dorothea, age 12; Heinr. Ludwig, age 6) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that mother Maria Catharina died en route.

Christian Heinritz, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Wilhelm, age 5; Anna, age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Joh. Christian Heinritz, his wife Eva, and son Joh. Wilhelm (age 5¼) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both parents died en route.

It is not known in which colony son Joh. Wilhelm Heinritz settled.