Johann Georg Diener, a farmer, his wife Maria Katharina, and sons (Johann Nikolaus, age 7½; Johann [Martin], age 6; Philipp Konrad, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 June 1766 aboard the ship named Die Neue Fortuna under the command of Skipper Ahrens Steingraber.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Warenburg on 12 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 139.
Ignaz Bergstein, a soldier, and his wife Johanna Charlotte settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer on 1 August 1766 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 41.
Johanna Charlotte was the widow of Johann Müller who died in route to the Volga German colonies.
The 1767 census records that Ignaz Bergstein came from the Swedish city of Stockholm.
There do not appear to be any surviving male descendants of the Bergstein family among the Volga German colonies.
Hermann Heinrich Arnst, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Anna Dorothea, and his daughter from his first marriage (Magdalena Elisabeth, age 5) are recorded on the 1767 census of Schäfer in Household No. 35. They had arrived in Schäfer on 1 August 1766.
A note on the 1767 census records that the Arnst family resettled to the colony of Reinhard in 1768.
Hermann Arnst from Schäfer and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Rohleder in Households No. Rh03 & Rh05.
Peter Philippsen, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his wife Anna Sibilla settled in the Volga German colony of Reinhard on 15 July 1766 and recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 22.
The 1767 census records that Peter Philippsen came from the German village of Nurman in the Dening region.
Christian Nickel, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his wife Margaretha Dorothea settled in the Volga German colony of Reinhard on 15 July 1766 and are recorded there in the 1767 census in Household No. 9.
The 1767 census records that Christian Nickel came from the Danish village of Kœrsing.
Christian Heinrich Menzel, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Reinhard on 15 July 1766 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 13.
The 1767 census records that Christian Heinrich Menzel came from the city of Leipzig in the German region of Sachsen (Saxony).
Johann Georg Eberhausen, a craftsman (Handwerker), settled in the Volga German colony of Reinhard on 15 July 1766.
He married the widow Anna Katharina Kauerhoff. They are recorded on the 1767 census of Reinhard in Household No. 16.
Widower Johann Eberhausen is recorded on the 1798 census of Reinhard in Household No. Rh12 along with his stepson Johann Kauerhoff and his family.
The 1767 census records that Johann Georg Eberhausen came from the German village of Hel in the duchy of Branzwon.
Friedrich Wodischal, a farmer, and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Urbach on 3 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 28.
The 1767 census records that Friedrich Wodischal came from the German village of Prenzlau in the Brandenburg region.
There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.
Kaspar Dietz, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Enders on 27 March 1766 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 16. The Dietz family is not recorded on the 1798 census in the colony of Enders.
The 1767 census records that Kaspar Dietz came from the German village of Prenzlau in the Brandenburg district.
Beginning in 1732, Altenburg was located in the duchy of Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg. Following the extinction of the Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg line in 1825, a rearrangement of the territory resulted in Albenburg becoming part of the duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen and a succession of subsequent realignments leading up to the abolition of the German monarchies and the creation of the free state of Thüringen in 1920. Today, Altenburg is in Thüringen.