Mehlem, Stadt Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Mehlem is located about 40 kilometers south of Köln (Cologne). Today, it is a southern district of metropolitan Bonn.
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Engelbert*
Johannes Engelbert, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Johann [Dietrich], age 20; Anna, age 18; Gertrude, age 13; Franz, age 10) 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.
Engel (Laub)*
Valentin Engel, a farmer, and his family 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.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Laub on 19 August 1767. Valentin died and his widow and children are recorded in Laub on the 1767 census in Household No. 63.
The 1767 census records that widow Anna Katharina Engel came from the German village of Kirsbach in the Kurpfalz region.
Emmerling*
Johann Heinrich Emmerling, a single farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Messer on 14 September 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 92.
The 1767 census records that Johann Heinrich Emmerling came from the German district of Darmstadt.
There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.
Emmert (Messer)
Martin Emmert, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his wife Maria Elisabeth settled in the Volga German colony of Messer on 15 November 1766 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 30.
Jakob Emmert, presumed son of Martin Emmert, and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Messer in Household No. Ms12.
Elisabeth Röhmer née Emmert from Messer, presumed daughter of Martin Emmert, and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Beideck in Household No. Bd81.
Wippenbach, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
At the death of the Count of Hanau in 1734, the territory including Wippenbach fell to the Landgrafschaft of Hesse-Kassel.
Emerich (Stahl am Tarlyk)*
August Emerich, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and son Ludwig Heinrich (age ¾) 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.
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. 26.
Eltzer
Michael Eltzer, a craftsman (Handwerker), 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. 36 along with his stepchildren.
The 1767 census records that Michael Eltzer came from the German village of Schwitzing in the Kurtrier region.
Öhlberg
Johann Friedrich Elenberger [sic], a single hunter (Jäger), arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Vergelte Weintraube under the command of Skipper Anderson.
He settled in the Volga German colony of Dinkel on 12 May 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 55 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Bangert in 1768.