Dörnigheim, Kr. Main-Kinzig, Hessen
Dörnigheim is located about 13 kilometers west of Hanau. Today, Dörnigheim is administratively unified with its northern neighborn of Maintal and jointly known as Maintal-Dörnigheim.
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Eisner (Warenburg-1)
Heinrich Christian Eisner, son of Johann Reinhard Eisner, married on 3 February 1757 in the city church [Burgkirche] in Friedberg (near Dorheim) to Anna Christina Hieb, daughter of master tailor (Schneidermeister) Johann Anthon Hieb [also recorded as Hiepp, Heb, Häb] & Anna Elisabeth Kappel. She was born on 25 March 1737.
Ehrfurt (Orlovskaya)
There are two Ehrfurt families that settled in the Volga German colony of Orlovskaya on 7 June 1767. They had arrived together from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.
(1) Karl Erfurt, a farmer, his wife Eleonora, and son Ludwig (age ¼) arrived in Oranienbaum.
Edel (Köhler)
Veit Edel, a farmer, and his wife Anna Elisabeth 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 Köhler on 21 August 1767. Widower Viet Edel is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 77.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Veit Edel came from the German region of Tirol while the 1767 census records that he came from Insburg [Innsbruck?].
Echelein*
Johann Echelein, a mason (Maurer), and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.
Joh. Exelein [sic] and his wife Anna Cathar. are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Orlovskaya on 7 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 22.
Eckhardt (Louis)
Peter Eckhard, 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. 5.
The 1767 census records that Peter Eckhard came from the German village of Meisenheim in the region of Zweibrücken.
Laubach, Kr. Gießen, Hessen
Laubach, located about 23 kilometers east of Gießen, was located in the historical region of Solms-Laubach from 1676 to 1806 when it became part of Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Eckhardt (Krasnoyar-1)
Heinrich Eckhardt, his wife Anna Elisabeth, and sons (Johann, age 25½; Johann Heinrich, age 23; Johann [again], age 20½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard the pink Cargo under the command of Lieutenant Moses Davydov.
Eckermann
Johann Eckermann, a farmer, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Concordia under the command of Skipper Jakob Bauert.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Pfeifer on 15 June 1767. Johann Michael Eckermann, a farmer, and his wife Katharina are recorded on the 1767 census of Pfeifer in Household No. 3.
The widow of Johannes [sic] Eckermann and their children (sons: Jakob, age 21; Joseph, age 16; Heinrich, age 8) are recorded on the 1798 census of Pfeifer in Household No. Pf84.
Eckel (Messer)
Jakob Eckel, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his wife Christina settled in the Volga German colony of Messer on 18 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 35.
The 1767 census records that Jakob Eckel came from the German district of Isenburg.