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Jacobi / Jacoby (Norka-2)*

Johann [Daniel] Jakoby, a farmer, his wife Anna, daughters (Maria, age 9; Anna, age 5¼; Susanna, age 2½), and sister Maria (age 36) 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.

Daniel Jacoby, a farmer, his wife Maria Elisabeth, and his sister Maria Eva (32) are recorded on the 1767 census of Norka in Household No. 106. They had arrived in Norka on 15 August 1767.

Jacobi / Jacoby (Norka-1)

Johannes Jacoby, a miller, his wife Susanna, and sons (Philipp, age 16¼; Johann, age 12) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Concordia under the command of Skipper Jakob Bauert.

Widow Susanna Jacoby (age 36) and her sons (Johann Philipp, age 16; Johann Georg, age 9) are recorded there on the 1767 census of Norka in Household No. 82. They had arrived in Norka on 15 August 1767.

[Widow] Susanna Jacoby (age 61) is possibly recorded on the 1798 census of Norka in Household No. Nr225.

Scheidemann

Johannes Scheidemantel [sic], son of Johannes Scheidemantel & Anna Martha Heintz, was born on 19 June 1739 in Rotensee and baptized 21 June 1739.

Johannes Scheidemantel [sic] married on 2 April 1765 in Unterhaun to Anna Margaretha Wölcker.

Anna Margaretha, daughter of Caspar Wölcker & Anna Elisabeth Klotzbach, was born 11 November 1728 in Rotensee and baptized 14 November 1728.

Maul (Norka)

Johannes Maul was born in Radmühl and baptized at the parish church in Freiensteinau on 14 February 1710. He married in Bindsachsen on 29 May 1738 to Anna Catharina Schneider. She had been born in Bindsachsen and baptized there on 27 September 1714.

The baptisms of three children born to Johannes Maul & Anna Catharina Schneider are recorded in the parish register of Bindsachsen: (1) Johann Heinrich, baptized 30 September 1742; (2) Johann Carl Maul, baptized 11 July 1745; and (3) Anna Catharina, baptized 13 June 1751.

Schilling (Norka)

Nikolaus Schilling, a farmer, his wife Katharina Elisabeth, and children (Nikolaus, age 9; Johann Heinrich, age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 28 July 1766 aboard a Russian galliot named Стрельна (Strelna - a village near St. Petersburg) under the command of Midshipman Login Sornev.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 2.

Schwar(t)z (Norka)

Johann Traugott Schwartz married Anna Catharina Trüber on 25 February 1766 in the German village of Wolf. Anna Catharina had been there born on 21 November 1738.

Johann Traugolt Schwartz, a cooper, and his wife Anna Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 28 July 1766 aboard a Russian pink named Vologda [an historic Russian city] under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Bartenyev.

Dinges (Moor / Norka)

The baptisms of the children of Heinrich Tönges [sic] and Anna Margaretha Rähn [sic] are recorded in the parish register of Niedergründau: (1) Johannes, born 9 October 1735; (2) Johann Heinrich, born 30 March 1744; and (3) Johann Georg, born 12 June 1747, baptized 16 June 1747.

The baptism of the mother Anna Margaretha Rühn [sic], daughter of Johann Conrad Rühn, is recorded on the parish register of Niedermittlau on 10 April 1707.

Schindler (Norka)

The Büdingen marriage register records the marriage of Henrich Schindler from Wolffenhausen near Weilburg & Anna Eliesabetha Becker from Atzbach near Giesen on 15 May 1766.

Heinrich Schindler, a tailor, and his wife Anna 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.

Heinrich Schindler and his wife Anna Margaretha are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Nagel (Norka)

Jakob Nagel, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Johann, age 19; Johannes, age 17¼; Sebastian, age 15) 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.

Jacob Nagell [sic], his wife Catrina, and children (Johann Melchior, age 20; Johannes, age 18; Sebastian, age 14) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.