Adam Kilp, a farmer, and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a Russian packet-boat named Svyatoi Pavel (St. Paul) under the command of the Lieutenant Fyedor Sornev.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Sewald on 20 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 11.
The 1767 census records that Adam Kilb [sic] came from the German village of Schmitshausen in the region of Zweibrücken.
Kusel, until 1865 written as Cusel, was part of the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken from 1444 to 1794 when the French invaded and burned the town.
The baptism of Joseph Michael, son of Daniel & Anna Margaretha Güllenberger [Hildenberger] from Rammelsbach, on 20 January 1757 is recorded in the parish register of the Catholic Church in Kusel.
Daniel Hiltenberger, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Johann Philipp, age 18; Johann, age 16; Johann Michael, age 10; Susanna, age 7) 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.
Until 1798, Stambach was part of the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken. It then became under the control of France. Today, Stambach is administratively part of the community of Contwig.
Franz Brungardt, a farmer, and his wife Susanna 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.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Sewald on 20 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 40.
The 1767 census records that Franz Brungardt came from the German village of Stambach in the region of Zweibrücken.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Brungardt family among the Volga German colonies.
Franz Anthes, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Barbara, age 17; Adam, age 15; Elisabeth Barbara, age 12; Anna Margaretha, age 10; Anna Maria, age 2) 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.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Sewald on 20 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 26.
The 1798 census records son Adam Anthes in Rothammel (Household No. Rt11).
Matthias Ingenthron, a baker, his wife Anna Maria (who is not the mother of his sons), and his sons (Johann Nikolaus, age 19, and Balthasar, age 17) 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.
Matthias died after arrival in Russia, and Anna Maria remarried to a man named Weigand who also died.
Since 1972, Bernhards has been part of the municipality of Fulda in the German State of Hessen.
Valentin Degenhardt and his brothers Jakob and Johann Adam settled in the Volga German colony of Rothammel on 21 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 3 along with the Heinrich Frank family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Degenhardt and Frank families.
(1) Jakob Degenhardt (age 36) and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Sewald in Household No. Sd04.
(2) Valentin Degenhardt (age 44) and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Sewald in Household No. Sd25.
Christian Fuhr, a farmer, his wife, and his sisters arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a Russian packet-boat named Svyatoi Pavel (St. Paul) under the command of the Lieutenant Fyedor Sornev.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Rothammel on 21 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 13.
Christian Fuhr and his family (sons: Peter, age 26; Mattias, age 17; Johannes, age 7) are recorded on the 1798 census of Rothammel in Household No. Rt21.