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Anton Kuhl, his wife Anna, and daughters (Anna, age 6; Elisabeth, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.

Anthon [sic] Kuhl, his wife Anna Margaretha, and daughters (Juliana, age 7; Elisabeth, age 5) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Anton Kuhl came from the German region of Darmstadt.

Johannes Koch married in Eichelsdorf on 18 March 1746 to Anna Gertrude Wild, daughter of Johann Heinrich Wild from Hatzfeld.

The baptisms of the following children born in Eichelsdorf to Johannes Koch and Anna Gertrude Wild are recorded in the parish register of Eichelsdorf: (1) Anna Elisabetha, born 27 July 1746, baptized 28 Jul 1746; (2) Anna Margaretha, born 17 February 1749, baptized 19 February 1749; (3) Anna Catharina, born 19 May 1751, baptized 20 May 1751; and (4) Johannes, born 21 December 1755, baptized 23 December 1755.

Johann Adam Burger, son of Ludwig Burger of Albersbach, married on 6 July 1726 in Rimbach to Anna Catharina Falkenstein, daughter of Hans Jacob Falkenstein of Mittershausen. She had been baptized 19 August 1703 in Mittershausen.

Mattias Duscheuer [sic], a farmer, his wife Katharina, and son Johann (age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Diana under the command of Skipper Markus Draguhn.

Matthias Duschier, his wife Catharina, and son Johann (age 1) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Mattias Duscheuer [sic] came from the German region of Ansbach.

Peter Per, a farmer, his wife Maria Theresia, daughters (Margaretha, age 9; Anna, age ½), and his mother Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Diana under the command of Skipper Markus Draguhn.

Peter Per, his wife Maria Theresia, daughters (Margretha [sic], age 9; Anna, age 2) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that father Peter, daughter Anna, and mother Catharina died in route.

Thomas Emerich, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 2 August 1766 aboard an English frigate named Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Jonas Emmerich [sic], a miller (Müller), and his wife Anna are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 17.

Johannes Emerich and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kind in Household No. Kd21.

In 1792, Johannes Emerich moved from Kind to Näb.

Lorenz Müller, his wife Katharina, and children (Wilhelm, age 18; Nikolaus, age 16; Margaretha, age 13; Bernhard, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Drei Gebrüder (Three Brothers) under the command of Skipper Ludwig Münzenberg.

Widower Lorenz Müller and his sons (Wilhelm, age 19; Nicolaus, age 16; Bernhardt, age 4) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that son Bernhardt died in route.

Hans Sapper, a farmer, and his wife Barbara arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Drei Gebrüder (Three Brothers) under the command of Skipper Ludwig Münzenberg.

Hans Sapper and his wife Barbara are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Hans Sapper came from the German region of Bamberg.