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Hubert (Did Not Arrive)*

Johann Georg Hubert, a farmer, and his wife Eva Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 11 August 1766 aboard a Russian galliot named Citadel under the command of Midshipman Gregory Bukharin.

Johann Georg Hubert and his wife Eva Catarina are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both of them died en route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Georg Hubert came from the German region of Erbach.

Nasen (Unknown)*

Magdalena Nasen, a single woman, arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 11 August 1766 aboard a Russian galliot named Citadel under the command of Midshipman Gregory Bukharin.

She is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony she settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Magdalena Nasen came from the German region of Erbach.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Nasen family among the Volga German colonies.

Heilmann (Unknown-2)*

Andreas Heilmann, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and daughters (Rosina, age 25; Katharina, age 23; Margaretha, age 19; Anna Maria, age 13) arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 11 August 1766 aboard a Russian galliot named Citadel under the command of Midshipman Gregory Bukharin.

Andreas Heilmann, his wife Catarina, and daughters (Rosina, age 25; Catarina, age 23; Margaretha, age 19; Anna Maria, age 13) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Andreas died en route.

Fuchs (Did Not Arrive)*

Johann Philipp Fuchs, a farmer, and his wife Anna Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 11 August 1766 aboard a Russian galliot named Citadel under the command of Midshipman Gregory Bukharin.

They are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both died during the journey.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Philipp Fuchs came from the German region of Erbach.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Fuchs family among the Volga German colonies.

Menon, Anna née Wilhelm

Anna Wilhelm, daughter of Chandler Wilhelm & Laura Vonholdt, was born 24 December 1985 in Houston, Texas. Following her education at Texas Christian University and Duke University, Anna worked for seven years with NASA, most of that time serving as a biomedical flight controller for the International Space Station.

She joined SpaceX in 2018 as a Space Operations Engineer. She was a crew member of the Polaris Dawn mission 10-15 September 2024 during which she served as the on-board medical officer and conducted scientific experiments.

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