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Balthasar Feck, a farmer, 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.

Balthasar Jeck and his wife 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 Brabander on 5 September 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 135.

The 1767 census records that Balthasar Feck came from the German village of Biberach in the Schwaben (Swabia) region.

Philipp Faupel, a farmer, and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Louis on 14 June 1766 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 38.

The 1767 census records that Philipp Faupel came from the German village of Meisenheim in the region of Zweibrücken.

Michael Feierling, a farmer, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 July 1766 aboard a koff named Alette under the command of Skipper Wybe Hendricks.

Michael Feuerling and his wife Catarina are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Dehler on 1 July 1767. Michael died there on 21 September 1767 and his widow is recorded on the 1767 census of Dehler in Household No. 48.

Christian Esterob, a single farmer, 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.

Christian Ostrop [sic] is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Stahl am Tarlyk on 19 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 74.

Matthias Eske, a farmer, his wife Susanna Sophia, son Hartwig (age 8), and stepson Johann Bartel arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard the Danish galliot Der Engel Rafael under the command of Skipper Ehlert Kongsted.

Martin Jesscky [sic], his wife Sophia Friederica [sic], and son Hartwig (age 10) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Stahl am Tarlyk on 5 September 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 33.

Franz Ertel, a farmer, and his family 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 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 10 along with his stepson Paul Müller.

The 1767 census records that Franz Ertel came from the German village of Dinkelscherben in the district of Schwaben (Swabia).