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Brenzel

Heinrich Brenzel, a soldier, and his family settledin the Volga German colony fo Norka on 15 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 142.

The 1767 census records that Heinrich Brenzel came from the German district of Hessen.

Bolender (Norka / Yagodnaya Polyana)

Philipp Bolender, a farmer, his wife Anna Margaretha, and children (Johann Georg, age 12; Johann, age 8; Magdalena, age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 August 1766 aboard the Russian galliot named Citadel under the command of Midshipman Gregory Bukharin.

Phillip Bolender, his wife Anna Margreth, and children (Johann Georg, age 15; Johannes, age 11; Magdalena, age 4) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both parents died en route.

Blum (Norka)

Johannes Blum, a farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 August 1766 aboard the pink Slon under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767. He is recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 140.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census records that Johannes Blum came from the German district of Hessen.

Biehn (Norka)

Wolfgang Diederich Bien, son of Johannes Bien, was born on 7 October 1744 in Lieblos and baptized on 11 October 1744.

Wolf Dietrich Biehn, a single man, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 August 1766 aboard the pink Slon under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767. He is recorded there along with his new wife Katharina on the 1767 census in Household No. 13.

Wolf Dietrich Biehn and his family are recorded on the 1775 census of Norka in Household No. 115.

Berger (Norka)

Weyland Peter Berger of Himbach had at least two sons: (1) Peter, born 20 January 1688, and (2) Daniel.

(1) Peter Berger had at least one daughter: Anna Catharina Berger. She married on 26 May 1750 in Eckartshausen to Johannes Marquardt [See Marquardt Family].

Michael Marquardt, son of Johannes Marquardt & Anna Catharina Berger, is recorded in the household of Engelhardt Berger on the 1767 census of Norka in Household No. 50.

Bartel (Norka)

Anna Maria Bartel, widow of Johannes Bartel, and her son Johann (age 5) arrived at the port of Oranienbaum from Lübeck on 9 August 1766 aboard the Russian galliot Strelna under the command of Lieutenant Sornev.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767.

Anna Maria remarried to Johannes Milling [Milgenk], but she also died. Surviving son, Johannes Bartel (age 6), is recorded in Norka on the 1767 census in Household No. 118.

Koch (Kraft / Müller)

There are two Koch families who arrived in Lübeck together and settled in the Volga German colony of Müller together. There relationship to each other, if any, needs further research

(1) Johann Heinrich Koch, a carpenter, his wife Anna Margaretha, and children (Elisabeth, age 20, Heinrich Lorenz, age 17) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 August 1766 aboard the pink Novaya Dvinka under the command of Lieutenant Perepechin.

Gies (Moor)

Johann Jacob Gies, a salt maker (Saltzsieder) & son of Johannes Gies, married in Büdingen on 24 April 1749 to Girtraut Böcher, daughter of Johann Wilhelm Böcher from Glauberg.

The baptisms of the following children to Jacob Gies & Girtraut Böcher are recorded in the parish register of Büdingen: (1) Johann Valentin, baptized 4 June 1752; (2) Johann Caspar, baptized 24 November 1754.

Ernst (Moor)

There are two Ernst families that settled in the Volga German colony of Moor. Their relationship to each other, if any, requires further research.

(1) Andreas Ernst, a farmer, his wife Anna, and sons (Hans, age 19; Heinrich, age 15; Walter, age 12; Johann, age 10) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard a Russian packet-boat under the command of Midshipman Mankensey.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Moor on 18 June 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 22.

Bickert (Moor-2)

Konrad Bichert, a farmer, and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Moor on 15 January 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 17.

The 1767 census records that Konrad Bichert came from the German region of Kurpfalz.