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Ludwig Köhler, a farmer, his wife Julianna, and children (Johann, age 6; Anna, age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Ludwig Köhler and his children (Johann Heinrich, age 7; Anna, age 2) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Ludwig settled in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou on 3 August 1767 and is recorded there as a widower on the 1767 census in Household No. 90.

There are two Köhler families that arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard the pink Cargo under the command of Lieutenant Moses Davydov. They both settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767.

(1) Konrad Köhler and his family are recorded on the 1767 census of Krasnoyar in Household No. 47. The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Konrad Köhler was a weaver while the 1767 census records that he was a farmer.

Johann Kohlbeck and his family arrived in the Volga German colony of Mariental on 14 June 1766. Johann Kohlbeck, a soldier (Soldat), his wife Margaretha, and his children (Franz [sic], age 16; and Katharina, age 6) are recorded on the 1767 census of Mariental in Household No. 47.

The 1798 census of Mariental (Household No. Mt76) records that Xaverius Kohlbeck [believed to be the same Franz Kohlbeck recorded above] is with his family in Pokrovsk [Engels] working as a tanner. The 1834 census of Mariental records that this Xaverius Kohlbeck died there in 1831.

Widow Maria Elisabeth Kohl, a craftsman (Handwerker), settled in the Volga German colony of Mariental on 20 October 1767. She is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 90.

The 1767 census records that Maria Elisabeth Kohl came from the German village of Frankfurt an der Oder in Prussia.

Johann Kofent, a cobbler (Schuhmacher), his wife Anna, and children (Anna, age 5; Andreas, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Johann Kofent, his wife Anna, and children (Anna, age 5; Andreas, age 3) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both children died en route.

Johannes Koch, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Christoph, age 14; Barbara, age 9) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Johann Koch, his wife Elisabadt, and son Christoph (age 14) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Ober-Monjou on 7 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 25.

There are two Koch families that arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg. They both settled in the Volga German colony of Huck on 1 July 1767.

(1) Peter Koch, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Anna, age 12; Elisabeth, age 8; Anna, age 3½; Johann, age ½) arrived in Oranienbaum.

Widower Peter Koch and his children are recorded on the 1767 census of Huck in Household No. 13.

Kaspar Koch, a farmer from Erbach, and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a Russian packet-boat named Severnyi Orel (Northern Eagle) under the command of Lieutenant Pyotr Malenkov.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Dietel on 1 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 36.

Christian Koch from Dietel and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Ährenfeld.

The 1767 census records that Kaspar Koch came from the German village of Soldinin near Elbin.

Andreas Knorr, a chamois maker, and his wife Anna Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig Mercurius under the command of Skipper Christian Heinrich Abelßen. Andreas Knorr died after their arrival in Russia and his widow remarried to Daniel Schlitter.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Urbach on 13 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 25.

Johann Knoll, a farmer, his wife Anna, and son Johann (age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the barque named Fortitudo under the command of Skipper John Scott.

Johannes Knoll, a farmer, his wife Anna Katharina, and children (Johann Heinrich, age 7; Anna Katharina, age ½) settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 65.

In 1788, Heinrich Knoll moved from Krasnoyar to Stahl am Karaman.