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Weigand(t) (Kutter-3)*

Heinrich Weigandt and his family immigrated to Russia.

The only apparent survivor of this family was Philipp Weigandt who settled in the Volga German colony of Kutter. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 82 at age 10 living with the Christoph Gutmann family.

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

Weigand(t) (Kutter-2)

Konrad Weigandt, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Peter, age 18; Lorenz, age 14; Elisabeth, age 9) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Reders.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Kutter on 29 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 51. A note on the 1767 census records that son Heinrich Peter Weigandt moved to the colony of Messer in 1768.

Lorenz Weigandt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kutter in Household No. Kt68.

Weigand(t) (Kutter-1)

Widow Elisabeth Weigandt and her son Johannes (age 18) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 July 1766 aboard the pink Lev under the command of Lieutenant Fyodor Fyodorov.

Johannes settled in the Volga German colony of Kutter on 8 July 1767 where he is recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 44.

By 1798, Johannes moved to the colony of Anton where he is recorded on the 1798 census in Household No. An18.

The death of Johannes Weigandt in 1820 is recorded on the 1834 census of Anton in Household No. 49.

Weigand(t) (Nieder-Monjou)

Peter Weigandt, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Johannes, age 20; Anna, age 18; Wilhelm, age 7) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Nikolaus Peter Pink.

Peter Wiegandt / Wigand, his wife Margaretha, and children (Johannes & Anna Marg.) are recorded twice on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou on 3 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 48.

Weigand(t) (Kukkus)

Johann Nicolaus Weigand from Niederweiler in the area of Baden & Clara Christina Mohr from Niederwiesen in the Pfaltz were married on 12 May 1766 in the City Lutheran Church of Friedberg.

Johann Weigand, a cobbler (Schuhmacher), and his wife Klara Christina arrived in the Volga German colony of Kukkus on 26 June 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 43.

The 1767 census records that Johann Weigand came from the German village of Niederweiler from the district of Baden-Durlach.

Weis(s) (Nieder-Monjou)*

Johannes Weiss, a single hosier (Strumpfwirker), 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.

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

They settled in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou on 7 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 88.

Weidmann*

Paul Weidmann, a tailor (Schneider), and his family 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.

Paul Weydmann [sic] and his wife Anna Margaretha 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. 49.

Aumüller*

Johann Nikolaus Aumüller, a papermaker (Papiermacher), and his family 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.

Nicolaus Aumüller, his wife Catharina, and daughters (Anna Maria, age 7; Eva Carolina, born en route) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Eva Carolina also died en route.