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Reuter / Reiter (Norka)

Johann Reuter, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a barque named Fortitudo (Fortitude) under the command of Skipper John Scott along with other families that settled in Norka.

Johann[es] Reuter, servant of Johannes Schnell, is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Klehr (Norka-2)

Widower Jakob [sic] Klehr, a farmer, and his children (Johann, age 20; Johannes, age 18; Kasimir, age 16¼; Heinrich, age 12; Katharina, age 10¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a barque named Fortitudo (Fortitude) under the command of Skipper John Scott.

Klehr (Norka-1)*

Johann [Ernst] Klies [sic], his wife Anna, and children (Anna, age 8; Konrad, age 4; Philippina, age ¾) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard a ship named Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Johann Ernst Clor [sic], his wife Anna Margreta, and son Conrad are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that son Conrad died en route.

Kleiber (Norka)

Johannes Gleiber, son of Johannes Gleiber & Amelia Kling, was born in Hitzkirchen on 26 June 1740.  Anna Elisabeth Loos, the daughter of Nicolaus Loos & Anna Catharina Müller, was born in Wüstwillenroth on 13 December 1741. Johannes Glieber & Anna Elisabeth Loos married in Lichenroth on 23 May 1765.

Johannes & Anna Elisabeth had a son Johann Peter who was born 24 February 1765 in Wüstwillenroth.

Adam (Norka)

Johann Martin Adam, a master wagon builder, and his first wife had six children according to the Gründau parish register, all born in Niedergründau:  (1) Susanna Maria, born 22 September 1749, died 23 September 1749; (2) Johannes, born 17 March 1751, died 25 March 1752; (3 & 4) twins born on 21 July 1753, Johann Michael (died 21 July 1753), and Johann Conrad (died 27 July 1753); (5) Anna Catharina, born 16 January 1755, died 31 July 1758; and (6) Johannes, born 28 July 1758, died 19 August 1761.

Wolf (Norka-1)*

Johann Friedrich Wolf, a baker, his wife Anna Katharina, and children (Anna Elisabeth, age 6; Johann Georg, age ¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard a ship named Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Johann Fridr. Wulff [sic], his wife Anna Catarina, and children (Anna Elisabeth, age 6; Hans Georg, age ½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both parents and son Hans Georg died en route.

Wetlaufer*

Johann Georg Wetlaufer, a farmer, his wife Anna Elisabeth, and [step-]son Johann Heinrich [Kaiser] (age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard a ship named Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Widower Georg Wetlaufer, a farmer, and his step-son Johann Heinrich Kaiser (age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Norka in Household No 158. They had arrived in Norka on 15 August 1767.

Bachmann (Norka)

Johann Heinrich Bachmann, son of Johann Andreas Bachmann & Anna Cunigunda Deisenroth, was born 27 May 1734 in Unterhaun.

Johann Heinrich Bachmann married on 3 February 1764 in Unterhaun to Christina Elisabeth Kehl, daughter of Christoph Kehl & Anna Maria Reinmöller.

The baptism Johann Georg Bachmann, son of Johann Heinrich Bachmann & Christina Elisabeth Kehl, is recorded in the parish register of Unterhaun on 17 June 1764. He had been born on 14 June 1764.

Bach (Norka)*

Adam Bach, a farmer, his wife Anna, son Israel (age 5¼), and his mother Anna Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the Russian galliot named Kronverk under the command of Lieutenant Dmitry Ilyin.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 2 September 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 197.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Adam Bach came from the German region of Isenburg. 

Aschenbrenner (Norka)

The parish register of Eckartshausen records the marriage of Johannes Aschenbrenner from Eckartshausen & Friederica Elisabetha Schön from Himbach on 9 June 1763.

The parish register of Eckartshausen records the birth of a daughter to Johannes Aschenbrenner & Friederica Elisabetha Schön: Catharina Elisabetha Aschenbrenner, born 19 December 1764 in Himbach.