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Knoll (Katharinenstadt)

An article by Hermann Wäschke records the following going to Russia:

Jeremias Knoll, a butcher (Fleischhauer), from the city of Oranienbaum, originating in Saxony. He owned a brewing house with 7½ Morgen plowed land with rental and a small house with 1½ Morgen plowed land, but he had debts in the amount of 902 Thlr. 16 Gr. From the sale of his property, 638 Thlr. 1 Gr. 6 H. were paid. He went with five other persons to Russia.

Knobloch (Dietel)

The parish register of Mettenheim records that Johann Friedrich Knobloch, a glazier (Glaser), went to Dietel.

Johann [Friedrich] Knobloch, a farmer, and his wife Anna [Elisabeth Stalhmann] arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Johann Grapp.

Friedrich Knoblauck and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Kniess (Hussenbach / Yagodnaya Polyana)

There are four Kniess families that appear to be connected to one another. Their relationship with each other, if any, needs further research. Three have been located in the Volga German colonies of Hussenbach and Yagodnaya Polyana.

Three arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the galliot Johannes under the command of Skipper Stahl and travelled together from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Knauf (Mariental)*

Magnus [sic] Knauf (age 22), an orphan, settled in the Volga German colony of Mariental and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 52 along with the Thomas Reger family.  No relationship between the Reger and Knauf family is recorded on the 1767 census.

In 1785, Mattias Knauf and his wife moved from Mariental to the Caucasus.

The death of Christina Knauf, presumed wife of Mattias Knauf, is recorded in the parish register of Herzog on 26 November 1793 at the recorded age of 52.

Klostermeier*

Nikolaus Klostermeier, a single painter (Kunstmaler), arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Wachsamkeit under the command of Skipper Jacob Heinrich Sager.

Nicolaus Klostermeyer is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Hölzel on 5 September 1767 and recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 58.

Kloster (Keller)

There are two Kloster families that settled in the Volga German colony of Keller on 12 May 1767. They both arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the hooker Anna Catharina under the Skipper Adolph Scharpenberg.

(1) Johannes Kloster and his wife are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 32.

(2) Widow Barbara Kloster and her children (David, age 20; Katharina, age 17) are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 36 where Barbara has remarried to Leon Girdwar.

Klotz

Johann [Heinrich] Klotz, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the hooker Anna Catharina under the command of Skipper Adolph Scharpenberg.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Keller on 12 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 53.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Klotz came from the German region of Florstadt. The 1767 census records that he came from the German village of Mühlenbach.

Waldheuser*

Michael Waldheuser, a joiner (Tischler), his wife Kunigunda, and children (Kunigunda, age 16; Philipp, age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 7 May 1766 aboard the galliot named Anna Katharina under the command of Skipper Daniel Heyer.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Ober-Monjou on 5 March 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 38.

The 1767 census records that Michael Waldheuser came from the German village of Gerolzhofen in the district of Würzburg.

Wahl (Ober-Monjou)

Johann Wahl, a farmer, his wife Christina, and children (Andreas, age 15; Ursula, age 14) 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 Wahl, his wife [new?] Catharina, and children (Ursula, age 17; Johann Andreas, age 14; Johannes, age ¾) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the father Johann died en route.