Sebastian Meloder, a farmer, his wife Barbara, and son Andreas (age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766.
Sebastian Meiloder [sic], his wife Barbara, and son Andreas (age 2¼) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that son Andreas died en route.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Leitsinger on 19 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 42.
Martin Mühlfelder, a farmer, his wife Christina, and children (Sebastian, age 11; Kunigunda, age 8; Maria, age 6; Ernst, age 2½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Wachsamkeit under the command of Skipper Jacob Heinrich Sager.
Martin Mühlfelder, his wife Christian, and children (Sebastian, age 11; Cunigunda, age 9; Anna Cunigunda, age 6; Ernestus, age 4) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that son Sebastian died en route.
Fladungen was under the juristiction of the Diocese Würzberg. Following the Treaty of Paris in 1814, this area passed to Bayern (Bavaria).
Adam Mainz, a tanner (Gerber), and his wife Christina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766.
Adam Meintz and his wife Christina are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that wife Christina died en route.
Adam remarried Katharina, the widow of Karl Kunzelmann. They settled in the Volga German colony of Leitsinger on 19 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 44 along with the surviving Kunzelmann children.
Johann Georg Lemmermeier, a farmer, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 30 May 1766 aboard the pink Lopamink under the command of Lieutenant Kryukov.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Leitsinger on 12 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 24. When Leitsinger was destroyed, the Lemmermeier family resettled to the colony of Neu-Kolonie where they are recorded on the 1798 census (Nk39).
The Joseph Lemmermeier family is recorded on the 1834 census of Neu-Kolonie in Household No. 1.
There are two Senner families who arrived in Lübeck aboard the same ship. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.
(1) Johann Senner, a dyer, and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766.
Johannes Senner and his wife Margretha are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Nikolaus Seibolin and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 31 May 1766 aboard the pink Slon under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Leitsinger on 12 May 1767 where they are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 8.
The 1767 census records that Nikolaus Seibolin came from the German village of Oberhöchstadt in the Kurmainz region.
In 1707, this area passed to the Palatinate Electorate (in German, the Kurpfalz).
Johann Schöner, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 31 May 1766 aboard the pink Slon under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Leitsinger on 12 May 1767 where they are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 6.
The 1767 census records that Johann Schöner came from the German village of Hargesheim in the Kurmainz region.
Rabenstein is located in the Upper Franconia region of Bayern (Bavaria). There is a small castle there.