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Peter Seibert, a farmer, his wife Barbara, and daughter Gertruda (age 9) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 June 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Der Jäger under the command of Skipper Gabriel Will.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 56.

The 1767 census records that Peter Seibert came from the village of Arlon in Luxembourg.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Seibert family among the Volga German colonies.

Bernhardus Seher, a farmer, and his wife, Anna, settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 63.

In 1790, Heinrich Seher moved from Preuss to Saratov.

Barbara Krämer née Fischer, widow of Peter Seher, and her daugher are recorded on the 1798 census of Preuss in Household No. Ps44.

Widow Katharina Seher, her daughter, and her daughter's family are recorded on the 1834 census of Preuss in Household No. 47.

Balthasar Niesser, a farmer, his wife, Anna, sons (Johann, age 3; Michael, age 1), and [step-]son Heinrich [Milchen] (age 8) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 June 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Der Jäger (The Hunter) under the command of Skipper Gabriel Will.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 62 along with stepson Heinrich Milchen (age 10).

In 1792, Theodorus Neuser moved from Seelmann to Leitsinger.

Two Hess families arrived together from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 June 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Der Jäger (The Hunter) under the command of Skipper Gabriel Will. Both settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767. Their relationship to each other needs further research, but they are presumed to be brothers.

(1) Franz Hess, a farmer, and his wife Anna Maria [née Schröpfer (see Schröpfer families)] arrived in Oranienbaum.

Johannes Wagner, a cobbler (Schuhmacher), his wife Elisabeth, and his [step-]son Johannes [Bechter] (age 8) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 June 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Der Jäger (The Hunter) under the command of Skipper Gabriel Will.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 53 along with stepson Johannes Bechter.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Wagner came from the village of Remich in Luxembourg.

Gerhard Braun, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Simon, age 24; Franz, age 22; Gerhard, age 20; Barbara, age 17¼; Nikolaus, age 16¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Jungfer Friederika under the command of Skipper Hans Christian Korsholm.

Gerhard Braun, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and children by his 1st wife (Gerhard, age 21; Maria Barbara, age 18; Nikolaus, age 17) settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 12 May 1767.  They are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 50.