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Schwemmler (Preuss)

Leonhard Schwemmler, a printer (Buchdrucker), and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Junger Friederika under the command of Skipper Christian Korsholm. 

They settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 12 May 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 5.

Schneider (Preuss)

Wilhelm Schneider, a miller (Müller), his wife Julianna, and children (Maria, ge 7; Heinrich, ae 5; Johann, age 4; Katharina, age 2; Philipp, age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 June 1766 aboard the ship named Der Junge Heinrich under the command of Skipper Heinrich Niemann.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 123.

The 1767 census records that Wilhelm Schneider came from the German village of Camberg in the Kurtrier region.

Kun(t)z (Preuss)

Gottfried Kunz, a farmer, and his wife Susanna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Junger Friederika under the command of Skipper Christian Korsholm. 

They settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 12 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 27.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Gottfried Kunz came from the German region of Mainz.

Hertrich*

An article by Wilhelm Funk records the following going to Russia:

Anton Horderig, a coachman (Fuhrmann), son of the deceased Hanns Gg. Horderig, a coachman (Fuhrmann) in Mindelheim, & Anna Marg. Schnabel, daughter of Leonh. Schnabel, a ducal court sculptor (Hochfürstl. Hofbildhauer) in Ansbach, both Catholic, were married on 16 April 1766 in the sacristy of the Lutheran Church in Wöhrd.

Krämer (Preuss)

Jakob Krämer, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and sons (Johann Peter, age 20; Johann, age 7; Anton, age 4; Johann Adam, age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 June 1766 aboard the ship named Die Neue Fortuna under the command of Skipper Ahrens Steingraber.

The settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767 where they are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 73.

The 1767 census records that they came from the German village of Oberbrechen in the Kurtrier region.

Jungblut

Johann Mathias Jungblut, a farmer, and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Junger Friederika under the command of Skipper Christian Korsholm. 

They settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 12 May 1767. Johann Mattias Jungblut, a farmer, his wife Maria, and daughter Katharina (age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Preuss in Household No. 28.

Paul (Preuss)

Johannes Nau, a mason (Maurer), his wife, and his step-son Heinrich Paul arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 June 1766 aboard the ship named Die Neue Fortuna under the command of Skipper Ahrens Steingraber.

Preuss (Preuss-2)

Jakob Preuss, a cobbler (Schuhmacher), and his wife Barbara settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 16 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 109.

The 1767 census records that Jakob Preuss came from the German village of Arnstein near Würzburg.