Johann Bollet [sic], a farmer, his wife Katharina, and daughters (Margaretha, age 19; Barbara, age 12) arrived from Lübeck via Reval [Estonia] at the port of Oranienbaum on 27 May 1766 aboard a pinque named Слон (Slon - Elephant in Russian) under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.
Johannes Pollet, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and daughter Barbara (age 14) are recorded on the 1767 census of Preuss in Household No. 47. They had settled there on 12 May 1767.
August Bäcker, a weaver (Weber), and his wife Anna Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 June 1766 aboard the ship named Die Neue Fortuna (The New Fortune) under the command of Skipper Ahrens Steingraber.
August Beckar [sic] is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
They arrived in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 103.
Peter Becker, a farmer, his wife Maria, and son Wilhelm (age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard the ship Mann und Frau under the command of Skipper Daniel Berg.
Peter Bäcker, a farmer, his wife Maria Eva, and children (Johann Wilhelm, age 6; Bartolameus, age ½) settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 1 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 92.
On 7 June 1969, the new municipality Ransbach-Baumbach was formed from the previously independent municipalities of Ransbach (Westerwald) and Baumbach.
Martin Becker, a farmer, his wife Anna, and daughters (Maria, age 18; Anna, age 12) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard the ship Mann und Frau under the command of Skipper Daniel Berg.
Martin Bäcker, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and daughter Anna Maria (age 14) settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 91.
Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Martin Bäcker came from the German region of Nassau.
The parish register of St.
With the dissolution of the Grafschaft Diez in 1564, Wirges became part of Kurtrier. By 1803 it belonged to the Duchy of Nassau. In 1866, this area became part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and in 1868 the new province of Hesse-Nassau.
Johann[es] Becker, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard the ship Mann und Frau under the command of Skipper Daniel Berg.
Johannes Bäcker, a farmer, and his wife, Maria Elisabeth, settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 68.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann[es] Becker came from the German region of Trier. The 1767 census records that Johannes Bäcker came from the German village of Niedererbach in Kurtrier.
With the dissolution of the Grafschaft Diez in 1564, Niedererbach became part of Kurtrier. By 1803, Niedererbach, as well as the entire right bank of the rest of the Electorate of Trier, belonged to the Duchy of Nassau. In 1866, this area became part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and in 1868 the new province of Hesse-Nassau. Today, Niedererbach is in the Unterwesterwald community.