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Matthias Hoffmann, a carpenter (Zimmermann), and his wife Magdalena arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Vergelte Weintraube under the command of Skipper Anderson.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Keller on 12 May 1767, and he is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 37 along with a new wife, Anna Maria.

The 1767 census records that Matthias Hoffmann came from the German village of Merzig in the Kurtrier region.

Johann Nikolaus Hoffmann, a farmer, his wife Anna Margaretha, and children (Susanna Elisabeth, age 9½; Johann Peter, age 5; Johann Nikolaus, age 2½; Maria Katharina, 1-week-old) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the snow-brig Die Frau Dietrika under the command of Skipper Joachim Friedrich Luhn.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Hussenbach. Father [Johann] Nikolaus and son [Johann] Peter are recorded there on the 1798 census in Household No. Hs083.

Nikolaus Herrmann, a farmer, his wife Magdalena, and children (Mattias, age 14; Maria Anna, age 16; Nikolaus, age 12; Daniel, age 9) settled in the Volga German colony of Mariental on 15 July 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 79.

The 1767 census records that Nikolaus Herrmann came from Luxembourg.

Konrad Herrmann, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Johanna, and children (Nikolaus, age 15; Magdalena, age 13; Johann [Peter], age 13; [Johann] Heinrich, age 8; Simon, age ¼) settled in the Volga German colony of Mariental on 14 June 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 43.

(1) Nikolaus Herrmann and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt08.

(2) Peter Herrmann and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt36.

Johannes Hermann, a farmer, his wife Anna, and sons (Johann, age 20; Johannes, age 14) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Johann Grapp.

Johann Hermann, his wife Anna, and sons (Johann, age 18; Johannes, age 17) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the eldest son died en route.

Father Johannes Hermann died after arriving in Saratov, and his widow Anna Margaretha remarried to Nikolaus Rupp.

There are two Hermann families that settled in the Volga German colony of Hussenbach. They arrived together from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Johann Hermann Anderson.

(1) Johann [Heinrich] Hermann and his wife Anna [Barbara] arrived in Oranienbaum.

Adam Grollmann, 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. 28.

The 1767 census records that Adam Grollmann came from the German village of Bodenheim in the Kurmainz region.

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

Valentin Groh, a farmer, his wife Maria, and children (Philipp, age 23; Balthasar, age 21; Konrad, age 17½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 July 1766 aboard the pink Lev under the command of Lieutenant Fyodor Fyodorov. Both parents died after arriving in Russia.

The surviving children settled in the Volga German colony of Grimm and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 79.

Balthasar Groh and his family are recorded on the 1775 census of Grimm in Household No. 154.