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Neun*

Konrad Neun and his family immigrated to Russia. Only his son Konrad (age 11) survived to settle in the Volga German colony of Norka where he is recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 210 living with the Wilhelm Köhler family. A relationship between the Köhler and Neun families is not recorded on the 1767 census.

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

Milgenk / Milling (Norka)*

Johannes Milling [sic], his wife Magdalena Judith, and daughter Henrietta (age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard the Russian pink Vologda under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Bartenyev.

Johannes settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 118 along with his new wife, widow Magdalena Bartel and her son Johannes (age 6). Also recorded there is another stepdaughter Susanna Dietz, daughter of the deceased Kaspar Dietz.

Mersch

Johann Jacob Mörs, son of Michael Thomas Mörs, married Albertina Ernestina Forel.

The births of at least two children of Johann Jacob Mörs & Albertina Ernestina Forel are recorded in the parish register of Büdingen: (1) Maria Louisa, born 19 October 1727; and (2) Philipp Ludwig, born 27 February 1730.

(1) Maria Louisa Mörs married on 6 February 1755 in Wolf to Johannes Wacker. They immigrated to Russia and settled in Norka. [See Wacker Family.]

Meier (Norka)

Heinrich Martin Maÿer & Catharina Schlinckenfing were married on 6 March 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Friedrich Meier, a farmer, his wife Maria Barbara, and children (Katharina Margaretha, age 11; Anna Elisabeth, age 9; Johann Christoph, age 6) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard the Russian pink Vologda under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Bartenyev. They were travelling with Martin Meier, another son of Friedrich, and his wife Katharina.

Loch (Norka)

Johann Sebastian Loch, son of Christoffel & Magdalena Loch, and Anna Catharina Schenck, daughter of Johannes Schenck & Anna Elisabetha Gärtner, were married on 17 July 1743 in Bruchenbrücken.

They had at least three children: (1) Johann Heinrich, born 23 May 1744; (2) Johann Adam; and (3) Agnesa.

Johann Adam Loch & Clara Eliesab. Ritter were married on 18 March 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Lip(p)hardt (Norka)

Christoph Liphardt, his wife Gertruda, and children (Wilhelm, age 5; Katharina, age 1½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard a ship under the command of John Scott.

Christoph Liphard, his wife Gerdruta, and children (Wilhelm, age 6; Catrina, age 1½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughter Catrina died en route.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 26 August 1767 and are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 190.

Lehr (Norka)

Johann Karl Lehr, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard the ship Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Carl Lehr (age 22) is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 26 August 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census along with his bride, Magdalena, in Household No. 173.

Lechai

[The spelling of this surname has been recorded incorrectly in a variety of document translations.]

Jean Legai [sic], son of Joseph Legai from Lille in Flanders and his wife Eve Elise, was born 12 June 1766 and baptized 14 June 1766 in Büdingen.

Joseph Lechai, his wife Eva Elisabeth, and sons (Johann Peter, age 11; Johann Fazius, age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard the hooker Die Jungfer Dietrika under the command of Skipper Christian Korsholm.

Kinzel (Norka)

Johann Heinrich Kinzel, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and wife's sister Anna Margaretha [surname not recorded] settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 2 September 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 205.

Hienrich Kinzel, his wife Elisabeth, and son Johann Martin (age 3) are recorded on the 1775 census of Norka in Household No. 11.

The 1767 census records that Johann Heinrich Kinzel came from the German district of Isenburg.

Kirchenhein*

Friedrich Kirchenhein, a cobbler, his wife Agnes, and children (Johann, age 18; Maria Katharina, age 8; Louisa, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard the hooker Die Jungfer Dietrika under the command of Skipper Christian Korsholm.

Fridrich Kirchenheim [sic], his wife Agneta, and children (Johannes, age 17¾; Maria Catrina, age 8; Erwisa Elisabeth, age 4) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the mother Agneta died en route.