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Herl (Wittmann)

Johann Herel [sic] and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Johann Herel [sic], his wife Margaretha, and newborn daughter Dorothea are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Georg Herel [sic], a farmer, and his wife Kunigunde settled in the Volga German colony of Beauregard on 3 August 1767 and are recorded on the appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 44 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Wittmann.

Link (Walter)

Johann Conrad Linck from Gelnhaar and Catharina Elisabetha Beck, daughter of Johann Erhard Beck [see Beck family], were married in Wenings on 6 February 1760. Catharina Elisabeth Beck was born on 12 September 1725 and baptized on 16 September 1725 in Wenings. The baptisms of three of their children are recorded in the Wenings parish register: (1) Maria Catharina, born 4 June 1761, baptized 5 June 1761; (2) Johann Heinrich, born 18 August 1763, baptized 19 August 1763; and (3) Sibilla Barbara, born 13 February 1765, baptized 17 February 1765.

Wen(t)zel (Walter)

Johann Nicolaus Wenzel from Lissberg married in Gelnhaar on 18 November 1760 to Susanna Müller, daughter of Johann Heinrich Müller. The baptisms of two of their children are recorded in the Gelnhaar parish register: (1) Johann Georg, born 28 September 1761, baptized 30 September 1761; and (2) Anna Elisbetha, born 26 June 1765, baptized 28 June 1765.

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