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Leonhard Merckert, his wife, and his son by a previous marriage (Adam Friedrich, age 17) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard the pink Cargo under the command of Lieutenant Moses Davydov.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 13.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Leonhard Merckert was a physician while the 1767 census records that he was a farmer. Both documents record that he came from the German region of Ansbach.

Bartholomè Mons [sic] & Helena Völcker were married on 11 March 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Bartholomaeus Manz, a farmer, and his wife Helena arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg.

Ernst Mack, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Nikolaus Peter Pink.

Ernst Mack, his wife Anna Maria, and daughter Catrina Lowisa [sic] (born en route) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that newborn Catrina Lowisa died en route.

Heinrich Mainz, a farmer, and his wife Katharina 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 12 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 3.

The 1767 census records that Heinrich Mainz came from the German village of Begant in the Mecklenburg-Schwerin area.

Anton Maÿ & Rosina Sievert were married on 7 June 1766 in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Lübeck.

Anton Mai, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Anthon May and his wife Maria are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johannes Mai, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Brabander on 5 September 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 83.

Johannes Mai and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Brabander in Household No. Bn21.

The deaths of Johannes Mai in 1807 and his son Christoph in 1799 are recorded on the 1811 census of Brabander in Household No. 21.

Johann Daniel Mahler, a single button maker (Knopfmacher), 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.

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

He settled in the Volga German colony of Stahl am Tarlyk on 9 May 1767 and he is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 32 along with his new wife and her children from a previous marriage.

Melchior Magel, a farmer, his wife Maria, and daughter Maria (age 4) 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.

Melchior Magre [sic] and his wife Maria Elisabetha are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Lauwe on 5 September 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 49.

Frans Joseph Mader and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the galliot Adler under the Skipper Paul Adam Drath.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Brabander on 19 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 27. Susanna Stieber (age 10), the orphan daughter of Peter Stieber, is also recorded in Household No. 27. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Mader and Stieber families.