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Johann[es] Bieber, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and sons (Heinrich, age 7; Kaspar, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Johann Grapp.

Johann Biber [sic], his wife Elisabeth, and sons (Heinrich,a ge 7; Kaspar, age 5) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that son Kaspar died en route.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Rothammel on 21 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 20.

There are two Bernhardt families that settled in the Volga German colony of Rothammel on 21 August 1767. They both arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Johann Grapp.

(1) Anton Bernhardt, a farmer, arrived in Oranienbaum with his wife Barbara, and 2 children (Margaretha, age 5, and Anna, age 1). Also arriving with them were Katharina Lauer and her brother Lorenz (age 13) who are later identified as Anton & Barbara's stepchildren.

Friedrich Dietzel, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the galliot named Kronshlot under the command of Skipper Ivan Kunakovskii.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Rosenheim on  27 July 1767 where they are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 66.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Friedrich Dietzel came from Franconia while the 1767 census records that he came from the Poland.

Heinrich & Elisabeth Barbara Bollger from Mimbach had the following children (surname recorded in parish records with various spellings: Bollger, Bollgers, Bolliger):

René Obert, his wife Katharina, and children (Georg, age 16½; Johann, age 15; Barbara, age 6; Katharina Barbara, age ¾) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the galliot Adler under the Skipper Paul Adam Drath.

There are two Mühlecker families that settled in the Volga German colony of Brabander on 19 August 1767.

They both arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the galliot Adler under the Skipper Paul Adam Drath.Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) Peter Meliker [sic] and his wife Magdalena are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Karl Mezieres, a locksmith (Schlosser), his wife Elisabeth, and son Jakob (age 17) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 September 1766 aboard the galliot Der Jan under the command of Skipper Markus Dragun.

Carl Messien [sic], his wife Elisabeth, and son Jacob (age 18¼) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Brabander on 19 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 72.