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Johann Martin Lobinger [sic] & Elisabeth Straß were married on 20 May 1766 in Roßlau while in route to Russia.

Martin Pobinger, a cobbler (Schuhmacher), and his wife Margaretha Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the galliot Adler under the Skipper Paul Adam Drath.

Martin Bobinger [sic] and his wife Margreth. Elisabeth are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Christoph Philipp, a farmer, his wife Barbara, and son Johann Georg (age 6) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Brabander on 21 June 1767. Widow Maria Barbara Philipp and son Johann Georg (age 8) are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 123.

The 1767 census records that Christoph Philipp came from the German village of Roth near Maltes in the region of Würzburg.

Johannes Pfuhl, a farmer, and his family 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.

Johannes Puhl, a farmer, his wife Anna Magdalena, and son Johann Peter (age 16) are recorded on the 1767 census of Sewald in Household No. 36. They had arrived in Sewald on 20 August 1767.

Johann Peter Puhl and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Sewald in Household No. Sd01.

Adam Philipp, a farmer, and his family 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. 5 with oldest son Peter Philipp and his new wife Anna Maria in Household No. 33.

Following the destruction of Keller, surviving members of the family resettled to the colony of Neu-Kolonie.

Andreas Pflaum, a farmer, and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard the pink Cargo under the command of Lieutenant Moses Davydov.

Andreas died after arriving in Russia. His widow, Anna Maria remarried to Michael Weinert and they settled in the Volga German colony of Urbach on 13 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 14 along with surviving son Georg.

The 1798 census records that Georg Pflaum from Urbach was living in Stahl am Karaman in Household No. Sk35.

Johann Pfeifer, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Anna, age 15; Johann, age 12; Susanna, age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the galliot named Kronshlot under the command of Skipper Ivan Kunakovskii.

Johann died after arrival in Russia, and his widow remarried to Michael Krutsch. They settled in the Volga German colony of Stahl am Karaman on 22 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 38.

Widower Jakob Pfeifer, a farmer, and his sons Jakob (age 19) and Bassel (age 17) 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 along with Mauritius Pfeifer, a farmer, and his wife Dorothea.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Seelmann on 15 July 1767 and son Jakob Pfeifer and his new wife are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 32.

Christian Petsch, a farmer, his wife Maria, and sons (Christian, age 8; Johann, 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.

Christoph [sic] Betsch, his wife Elisabeth, and sons (Andreas, age 8; Christian, age 6; Gottfried, age 1) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that all 3 sons died en route [but the death of son Christian seems to have been recorded in error].