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Seibel (Grimm)

Adam Seibel's widow, Eva, and their children arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 July 1766 aboard the pink Lev under the command of Lieutenant Fyodor Fyodorov.

The mother, Eva, and several children died after arriving in Russia. The surviving children (Nikolaus, age 13; Eva, age 11) settled in the Volga German colony of Grimm and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 7 along with Nikolaus Heimbuch who had married daughter Katharina.

Sieb (Kukkus)

Konrad Seib and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 July 1766 aboard a koff named Alette under the command of Skipper Wybe Hendricks.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Kukkus on 26 June 1767 where they are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 13.

In 1791, widow Magdalena Seib and her family moved from Kukkus to Stahl am Tarlyk.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Konrad Seib was a farmer while the 1767 census records that he is a hosier (Strumpfwirker).

Seib (Kraft)

Cobbler Johann Balthasar Seip, son of Johannes Seip, married in the Lutheran church in Büdesheim on 20 October 1729 to Maria Margaretha Horn, daughter of baker Johann Georg Horn. She was Roman Catholic.

Among the children born to Johann Balthasar Seip and Maria Margaretha Horn is Johann Nicolaus, born 9 May 1746, baptized 11 May 1746 in Büdesheim.

Nikolaus Seib, a single man, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard the ship Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Seelmann (Seelmann)

Johann Paul Seelmann, a stone mason, his wife Magdalena, and children (Magdalena, age 20; Franziscus, age 16; Michael, age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 June 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Der Jäger under the command of Skipper Gabriel Will.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Seelmann on 15 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 1.

The 1767 census also notes that Johann Paulus Seelmann is serving as the colony's mayor (Vorsteher), and it is after him that the colony was named.

Seelmann (Hölzel)

Stephan Seelmann, a weaver (Weber), his wife Christina, and children (Andreas, age 5; Dorothea, age 3) 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 along with his sister-in-law Anna [surname not recorded] (age 18).

Stephan Seelmann, his wife Christina, and sister-in-law Anna Arnold are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Sendorf

Gottfried Sendorf, a farmer, his wife Maria, and son Andreas Friedrich (age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 3 June 1766 aboard the galliot Adler under the command of Skipper Paul Adolph Drath.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Dinkel on 27 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 42.

Schwemmling (Mariental)*

Leonhard Schwemmling, a farmer, and his wife Anna Maria settled in the Volga German colony of Mariental on 14 June 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 46.

The 1767 census records that Leonhard Schwemmling came from the German village of Steinbach in the Zweibrücken region.

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

Schwemmling (Louis)

Melchior Schwemmling, a farmer, his wife Maria Elisabeth [Dening], and son Thomas (age 1½) are recorded on the 1767 census of Louis in Household No. 19. They had settled there on 14 June 1766.

The death of Melchior Schwemling on 8 July 1818 is recorded in the parish register of Louis.

The 1767 census records that Melchior Schwemmling came from the German region of Zweibrücken.