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Johann Konrad Schuhmacher, a single tailor (Schneider), arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 June 1766 aboard the ship named Die Neue Fortuna under the command of Skipper Ahrens Steingraber.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Warenburg on 12 May 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 133 along with his wife Katharina.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Konrad Schuhmacher came from the German region of Wetzlar while the 1767 census records that he came from the German region of Dawizler.

Peter Schuhmacher, a craftsman (Handwerker), 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. 67.

In 1791, Johannes Schuhmacher moved from Mariental to Wittmann.

Schuhmacher descendants are recorded on the 1834 census of Wittmann in Households No. 21, 92, & 95.

The 1767 census records that Peter Schuhmacher came from the German district of Linne.

Peter Schuhmacher, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and children (Andreas, age 20; August, age 14; Johann, age 10; Christina, age 10) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 25 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Maria Sophia under the command of Skipper Johann Bauert.

Peter Henrich Schumacher and his son Andreas Jacob (age 20) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Nikolaus Schönberg, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 June 1766 aboard the ship named Der Junge Heinrich under the command of Skipper Heinrich Niemann.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Stahl am Tarlyk on 13 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 6.

The 1767 census records that Nikolaus Schönberg came from the German village of Osterby in Holstein.

Johann Jakob Schindler, a carpenter (Tischler), and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Börse von Lübeck under the command of Skipper Martin Friedrich Markau.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Stahl am Tarlyk on 5 September 1767 where they are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 51.

The 1767 census records that Johann Jakob Schindler came from the German village of Altdorf near Nürnberg.

Johann Joachim Pisterling, a farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Stahl am Tarlyk on 19 August 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 75.

\The 1767 census records that Johann Joachim Pisterling came from the German colony of Zechow in the Brandenburg region.