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Geist (Balzer)*

Wilhelm Geist married Anna Catharina Schoch on 11 April 1761 in Leimen. A note in the parish register indicates that they are going to Jutland [Denmark].

Wilhelm Geist, a farmer, and his wife Anna Katharina immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in the city of Schleswig on 30 May 1761. They pledged their oath to King Friedrich of Denmark on 24 July 1761 and eventually settled in the Danish colony of Königsbach. They were dismissed from Denmark on 17 May 1763, and joined the migration to Russia.

Geist (Walter-1)

Johann Kaspar Geist, a farmer, his wife Anna Margaretha, and daughter Anna Katharina (age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard the galliot Die Perle under the command of Skipper Thomson along with his sister-in-law Elisabeth Rath (age 20).

Johann Kaspar Geist, a farmer, and his wife Anna Margaretha are recorded on the 1767 census of Walter in Household No. 76. They had settled there on 25 August 1767.

Kaspar Geist and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Walter in Household No. Wt033.

Geist (Ober-Monjou)

Michael Geist, a farmer, his wife Barbara, and children (Barbara, age 15; Johann, age 14; Anna, age 11; Ursula, age 9; Kaspar, age 5; Balzar, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Boni (Husaren)

Andreas Baini [sic], a farmer, his wife Anna Margaretha, and son Johannes (age 14) are recorded on the 1767 census of Husaren in Household No. 23. They had settled there on 17 February 1767.

In 1793, Johannes Boni and his family moved from Husaren to Kamenka.

Johannes Boni and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kamenka in Household No. Km027.

The widow of Andreas Boni and their children are recorded on the 1798 census of Husaren in Household No. Hn06.

The death of son Johannes Banni [sic] is recorded in 1803 in the parish register of Kamenka.

Baumgärtner (Husaren / Pfeifer)

The Baumgärtner families of Pfeifer, Husaren, and Volmer are intertwined. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) Christoph Baumgärtner, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and children (Dorothea, age 17; Daniel Solomon, age 8) arrived from Danzig at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 May 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Jacob Janson.

Durban

Philipp Durban and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the Russian boat Neton-Men under the command of Midshipman Emelyan Lozhnikov.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Husaren on 6 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 33.

The 1798 census of Husaren reports in Household No. Hn03 that Philipp Durban is working as a weaver in Kamenka.

Johannes Torban [sic] and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Schönchen in Household No. 73.

Drinak

Widow Magdalena Drinak and her two sons (Johannes & Michael) arrived from Reval [Estonia] at the port of Oranienbaum on 30 May 1766 aboard the pink Novaya Dvinka under the command of Lieutenant Ivan Perepechin.

The boys settled in the Volga German colony of Göbel on 25 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Households No. 73 (Johannes) and 2 (Michael).  Michael is living with the Nikolaus Stamm family. No relationship between the Stamm and Drinak families is recorded on the 1767 census.

Winter (Husaren)

Johannes Winter, a potter (Töpfer), and his wife Cunigunda arrived from Reval [Estonia] at the port of Oranienbaum on 30 May 1766 aboard the pink Novaya Dvinka under the command of Lieutenant Ivan Perepechin.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Husaren on 17 February 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 28.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johannes Winter came from the German region of Mainz while the 1767 census records that he came from the district of Aschaffenburg.

Stephan (Husaren)

Immanuel Stephan and his wife Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 May 1766 aboard the Danzig galliot Die Hoffnung under the command of Skipper Johann Heschke.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Husaren on 17 February 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 26.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Immanuel Stephan was a farmer while the 1767 census records that he was a member of the petty bourgeois (Kleinbürger).