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Konstanz

Just Konstanz, a farmer, his wife Anna, children (Katharina, age 17½; Kaspar, age 15; Maria, age 13; Christina, age 11; Klara, age 6), and sister-in-law [wife's sister] Sophia [surname not recorded] (age 45) 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.

Konrad (Kaneau)

Peter Konrad, a farmer, and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 May 1766 aboard the galliot Anna Catharina under the command of Skipper Daniel Geier.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Kaneau on 7 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 56.

In 1786, Peter Konrad and his family moved from Kaneau to Graf.

The 1767 census records that Peter Konrad came from the German village of Willingen in the Pfalz region.

König (Boisroux)

An article by Hermann Wäschke records the following going to Russia:

Jacob König, a tenant (Mietsmann), with his wife and 4 children (two sons & two daughters), from Quellendorf.

Jakob König, a farmer, his wife Maria, and children (Christoph, age 24; Christian, age 22; Louisa, age 10; Maria, age 6) 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.

Riebel

Nikolaus Riebel, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Philipp, age 13; Anna, age 8; Kossman, age 6; Daniel, age 2½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the hooker Anna Catharina under the Skipper Adolph Scharpenberg.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Keller on 12 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 3.

Following the destruction of Keller, surviving members of the family resettled to the colony of Neu-Kolonie where son Philipp is recorded on the 1798 census in Household No. Nk26.

Richter (Urbach)

Christian Gottlieb Richter & Johanna Catharina Hebel were married on 13 June 1766 in Roßlau.

Johann Gottlieb Richter and his wife Johanna Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig Mercurius under the command of Skipper Christian Heinrich Abelßen.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Urbach on 13 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 18.

In 1775, Gottlieb Richter and his family left Urbach. His widow is recorded on the 1798 census of Schulz in Household No. Sz08.

Richter (Stahl am Tarlyk)*

Christian Richter & Johanna Elisabeth Walter were married on 18 June 1766 in Roßlau.

Christian Richter, a miller (Müller), and his family (including stepchildren Gottfried and Anna Rosina Walter) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig Mercurius under the command of Skipper Christian Heinrich Abelßen.

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. 24.