Three Schwab families settled in the Volga German colony of Semenovka. They all arrived together in Oranienbaum, but the other one is from a different location.
Two of them 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. Their relationship, if any, needs further research.
(1) Mattias Schwab, a farmer, and his wife Marianna arrived in Oranienbaum.
Johann Georg Breit, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Sebastian, age 18; Franz Anton, age 13; Johann Thomas, age 10½; Katharina Elisabeth, age 7) arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 11 August 1766 aboard a Russian galliot named Citadel under the command of Midshipman Gregory Bukharin.
Johann Georg Breit, his wife Catharina, and children (Sebastian, age 20; Frantz Anthon, age 14; Johann Thomas, age 10; Catrina Elisabeth, age 8) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
The marriage of Johannes Conrad Martel, son of Heinrich Martel, to Gertrude Schoffer, daughter of Peter Schoffer, is recorded on 29 January 1720 in the parish register of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Anzefahr.
The births of the following child born to Johannes Conrad Martel & Gertrude Schoffer are recorded in the parish register of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Anzefahr: (1) Johannes Conrad, born 24 February 1730, baptized 25 February 1730.
Johann Kraneberch [sic], a farmer, his wife Anna, and sons (Ehrlach [sic], age 17½; Erick, age 12; Salomon, age 8) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 July 1766 aboard a barque named Der Junge Mattias (The Young Mattias) under the command of Skipper Johann Gottfried Selander.
Wilhelm Kroneberger, a farmer, his wife Anna Gertrude, and sons (Johann Gerhardt, age 18; Georg Heinrich, age 15; Salomon, age 11) settled in the Volga German colony of Dehler on 1 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 10.
Konrad Günther, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 July 1766 aboard a koff named Alette under the command of Skipper Wybe Hendricks.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Dehler on 26 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 32.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Konrad Günther came from the German region of Mainz. The 1767 census records that Konrad Günther came from the German village of Issewörth in the Kurmainz area.
Anna Barbara Hosfeld, daughter of Johannes Hosfeld & Gertraud König, was born 13 May 1743 and baptized on 15 May 1743 in Heßdorf.
Georg Ernst Henkel, son of Jacob Henkel & Anna Elisabeth Engel, was born and baptized on 11 September 1735 in Büdingen.
Georg Ernst Henckel, son of Jacob Henckel from Büdingen now a Russian colonist, married on 13 May 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen to Anna Barbara Hosfeld, daughter of Johannes Hosfeld, formerly from the vicinity of Hesdorff [sic] in the area of Thüngen.
Anna Barbara Hosfeld, daughter of Johannes Hosfeld & Gertraud König, had been born 13 May 1743 and baptized on 15 May 1743 in Heßdorf, Bayern (Bavaria).
Nikolaus Henkel, a farmer, and his wife Magdalena 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.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767. They and their 2-day-old daughter are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 40.
In 1792, widow Magdalena Henkel and her son Philipp moved from Norka to Anton. They are recorded on the 1798 census of Anton in Household No. An03.
Johannes Henkel, a farmer from the district of Isenburg, and his wife, Elisabeth, settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 23.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Henkel family among the Volga German colonies.
Johann Georg Kniss, son of Johannes Kniss, and Maria Margaretha Franck, daughter of Johann Heinrich Franck of Radmühl, were married in Büdingen on 14 April 1763. Maria Margaretha was baptized on 20 October 1730 in Unterreichenbach. They had one child according to the Büdingen parish records: Sabina Henrietta, baptized on 26 February 1764.