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Klein (Köhler)

Nikolaus Klein, a farmer, and his wife Anna Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a pink named Новая Двинка (New Dvinka [a river in Russia]) under the command of Lieutenant Ivan Perepechin along with single servant Johann Lechner.

Nikolaus Klein, a farmer, and his wife, Anna Maria Köhler, settled in the Volga German colony of Köhler on 21 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 61.

Rau(h) (Dobrinka-2)

Johann Christoph Rau, a physician (Arzt), and his family (2 unnamed sons; 1 unnamed daughter) immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein), arriving in Fridericia on 22 October 1759. Records there indicate that he also served as a sergon (Chirurg) with a Danish regiment. They are last recorded among the Danish colonies on 26 April 1763.

Johann Christoph Rau, a physician (Arzt), his wife Susanna, and sons (Jeremias, age 11; Johann Peter, age 8) are recorded on the 1767 census of Dobrinka in Household No. 7. They settled had settled there on 29 June 1764.

Philippi (Ernestinendorf-1)

Christian Philipp [sic], a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.

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

Christian Philipp [sic], a farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Ernestinendorf on 3 August 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 46.

Beier / Beyer (Semenovka)

Anna Maria Elisabeth Baier, daughter of Philipp Baier, was born 9 June 1750 in Froschhausen and died 11 April 1815 in Semenovka. Paul Baier was born 17 November 1762 in Froschhausen and died 2 February 1837 in Semenovka.

Philipp Bauer [sic], a farmer, his wife Maria Anna, and children (Maria, age 16; Johann, age 13; Marianna, age 7; Paul, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Vergoldete Weintraube (The Guilded Grape) under the command of Skipper Joachim Hermann Andersen.

Reis (Semenovka)

Johann Heinrich Reis, a farmer, his wife Anna Katharina, and daughter Anna Kunigunda (age ¾) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 August 1766 aboard the galliot named Die Perle (The Pearl) under the command of Skipper Gerhardt Hermann Thomsen.

Johann Henrich Reiss [sic], his wife Cathrina, and daughter Cunigunda (age ¾) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Schwab (Semenovka-2)*

Three Schwab families settled in Semenovka. They all arrived together in Oranienbaum, but this one is from a different location.

Bernhard Schwab, a farmer, his wife Susanna Maria, and mother-in-law Katharina [surname not recorded] arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 August 1766 aboard the galliot named Die Perle (The Pearl) under the command of Skipper Gerhardt Hermann Thomsen.