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Johannes Stein and his family immigrated to Russia. His son David (age 14) settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767.  David is recorded in Norka on the 1767 census in Household No. 10 (household of Kaspar Weigandt) along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Schilling in 1768. 

David's son, Johann Heinrich Stein, is recorded on the 1798 census of Schilling in Household No. Sg080.

The 1767 census records that David Stein came from the German district of Isenburg.

Johannes Schwindt, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 22 September 1767.  They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 212.

Johannes Schwindt, his wife Anna Dorothea, and children (Johann David, age 18; Louisa, age 13) are recorded on the 1775 census of Norka inHousehold No. 18.

Martin Schwindt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Norka in Household No. Nr076.

Martin Schwindt and his family are recorded on the 1811 census of Norka in Household No. 76.

Melchior Schneider, a single tailor, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the barque named Fortitudo under the command of Skipper John Scott.

Melchior Schneider is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Melchior Schneider, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and his wife's sister Elisabeth [Jost] (age 16) settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 26 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 187.

Peter Schneider and his family immigrated to Russia. The only member to survive the journey is his daughter Anna Margaretha. She arrived in the colony of Norka on 15 August 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 130 living with the Nikolaus Vogler family. The relationship between Anna Margaretha Schneider and Nikolaus Vogler is not recorded. 

The 1767 census records that Anna Margaretha Schneider came from the German district of Isenburg.

Christoph Schneider, a widower, and Anna Catharina, daughter of Johann Heinrich Albert, were married in Büdingen on 27 February 1749. They had four children, all of whom were baptized in Büdingen: (1) Susanna Catharina Philippina, baptized 30 July 1752; (2) Maria Sophia Wilhelmina, baptized 27 October 1754; (3) Johann Heinrich, baptized 19 June 1757; and (4) Johann Georg, baptized 9 March 1760.

Ulrich Schmidt, 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 and is recorded there along with his new wife Magdalena in Household No. 60.

Ulrich Schmidt, his wife Magdalena, and son Nikolaus (age 4) are recorded on the 1775 census of Norka in Household No. 45.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Ulrich Schmidt came from the German district of Hanau.

Johann Jacob Schmeer, son of Johannes Georg Schmeer & Otilla Seebold, was born 9 April 1728 in Heddersdorf and baptized on 11 April 1728 in the parish church in nearby Frielingen. He married on 1 October 1748 in Heddersdorf to Anna Eva Glebe, daughter of David Glebe & Margaretha Will. Anna Eva had been born in Biedebach, Kr. Hersfeld-Rotenburg, on 28 March 1724 and baptized 4 April 1724 in nearby Obergeis.

Johann [Heinrich] Schlitt, a weaver, his wife Anna Elisabeth, and children (Christina, age 18; Johann[es], age 15; Anna Maria, age 12; Johann Wilhelm, age 1½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 August 1766 aboard the pink Novaya Dvinka under the command of Lieutenant Perepechin.

Johann Nicolaus Wacker, son of Bartel Wacker & Anna Catharina Gerth, was born on 5 November 1702 in Langenselbold and died in Langenselbold on 23 May 1775. He married on 15 April 1722 in Langensebold to Engel Repp, daughter of Anton Repp & Anna Margreth Strahl. She had been born 30 August 1703 in Langenselbold and died 28 February 1762 in Langenselbold.

Johann Heinrich Wachtmeister from [the duchy of] Sachsen-Meiningen and Barbara Elisabeth Göbel from Eisenach married on 25 April 1766 in Büdingen.

Johann Heinrich Wachtmeister, a farmer, and his wife, Barbara Elisabeth, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 August 1766 aboard the Russian galliot Strelna under the command of Lieutenant Sornev.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Kamenka on 20 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 74.