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Georg Dietz, a farmer, his wife Barbara, and children (Dorothea, age 13; Bernhard, age 6; Kunigunda, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766.

Georg Dietz, his wife Barbara, and children (Dorothea, age 13; Bernhardt, age 6; Kunigunda, age 3) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Leitsinger on 19 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 45.

Adam Dehlermann, his wife Anna, and [step]daughter Klara [surname not recorded] (age 14) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766.

Adam Telermann [sic], his wife Anna, and [step]daughter Maria [surname not recorded] (age 16) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Adam Dehlermann, a farmer, his wife Anna, and stepdaughter Klara [surname not recorded] (age 16) are recorded on the 1767 census of Leitsinger in Household No. 50). They had settled in Leitsinger on 19 August 1767.

Franz Anton Dehler and his wife Magdalena 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 where they are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 4.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Franz Anton Dehler was a farmer while the 1767 census records that he is a mason (Maurer). The 1767 census records that Franz Anton Dehler came from the Bamberg region.

Michael Dedzor, a farmer, his wife Kunigunda, and daughter Katharina (age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766.

Michael Detzer [sic], his wife Cunigunda, and daughter Catharina (age 2¼) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughter Catharina 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. 41.

Jakob Blumentahl, a single hosier (Strumpfwirker), 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 where they are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 83.

The 1767 census records that Jakob Blumentahl came from the German region of Schwaben (Swabia).

Karolus Adelmeier, a farmer, and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Perle under the command of Skipper Thomson.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Leichtling on 14 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 35.

The 1767 census records that Karolus Adelmeier is from the German region of Hildesheim.

Johannes Vasenacht, a farmer, his wife Eva, and children (Kaspar, age 8; Barbara, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Perle under the command of Skipper Thomson.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Leichtling on 14 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 40.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Vasenacht is from the German region of Orb.

There are no surviving male lines of this family, so the surname does not continue among the Volga German colonies.

Franz Staiger and his family immigrated to Russia and settled in the Volga German colony of Leichtling on 14 May 1767.

The parents died. The surviving children are recorded on the 1767 census of Leichtling in Household No. 36 along with the Bernhard Eder family.

No relationship between the Staiger and Eder families is recorded on the 1767 census.

Adam Speiter, a farmer, 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 Leichtling on 14 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 23.

The 1767 census records that Adam Speiter came from the German village of Seligenstadt in the region of Mainz.

There are two Elsenbach families recorded in Leichtling. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

Both families arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 31 May 1766 aboard the pink Slon under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov. Both families settled in the Volga German colony of Leichtling on 14 June 1767.

(1) Joh. Henrich Sendelbach [sic] & Anna Margr. Seils [sic] were married on 8 March 1766 at the Lutheran Church in Büdingen.