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Joseph Fuchs, a single organist, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 25 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Maria Sophia under the skipper Johann Bauert.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 16 August 1767.  He is recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 93 along with his new bride, Elisabeth.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Joseph Fuchs came from the German region of Tyrol. The 1767 census records that he came from the German village of Stainach in Austria.

Johann Wilhelm Fuchs, a pharmacist (Chemiker), and his wife Apollonia arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 June 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Der Jäger under the command of Skipper Gabriel Will.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 52.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Johann Wilhelm Fuchs came from the German district of Koblenz.

Georg Fritz, a farmer, his wife, and his sister-in-law (wife's sister) settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 44.

Georg Fritz and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Preuss in Household No. Ps07.

Peter Fritz, presumed to be the son of Georg Fritz, and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Preuss in Household No. Ps08.

Georg Fritz and his family are recorded on the 1811 census of Preuss in Household No. 6.

Hans Adam Dink, a farmer, his wife Maria Klara, and children (Hans Peter, age 20; Heinrich, age 15; Maria Katharina, age 10½; Johann Philipp, age 5; Johann Wilhelm, age 2½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Vergelte Weintraube under the command of Skipper Anderson.

Hans Dietrich and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Fyodor Fyodorov.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 16 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 118.

In 1788, Nikolaus Dietrich moved from Preuss to Seelmann.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Hans Dietrich was a mason while the 1767 census records that he was a farmer.