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Batt / Bath

Hans Georg Bath, son of Hans Georg & Eva Maria Bath, was born 25 Feb 1714 in Rheinbischofsheim. He married Elisabeth Walther on 23 Jan 1743. The baptisms of three children born to Hans Georg Bath & Elisabeth Walther are recorded in the parish register of Rheinbischofsheim: (1) Christina, born 23 November 1754; (2) David, born 21 June 1756; and (3) Michael, born 3 October 1758.

Alt (Norka)

Johann Heinrich Alt, son of Leonhard Alt & Anna Barbara Kohlhepp, was born 27 September 1734 in Oberzell. He married in Büdingen on 21 April 1766 to Anna Gertruda Vögel, daughter of Johannes Vögel & Gertruda Dorn. Anna Gertruda had been born in nearby Weichersbach on 29 April 1741.

Johann Heinrich Philipp Alt and his family immigrated to Russia from the German village of Schwarzenfels. They arrived at the port of Oranienbaum from Lübeck on 9 August 1766 aboard the Russian galliot Strelna under the command of Lieutenant Sornev.

Bret(t)hauer

Killian Bretthauer, son of Johannes Bretthauer, was baptized 22 April 1732 in Sterbfritz.

Killian married in Sterbfritz on 17 May 1757 to Anna Barbara Johann, daughter of Adam Johann.

After they arrived in Russia, they settled in the Volga German colony of Walter on 25 August 1767 where they are recorded on the 1767 Census in Household No. 3.  They are recorded on the 1798 Census in Walter in Household No. Wt057.

Simon (Krasnoyar)

Johannes Simon, a single man, immigrated to Russia from the German village of Steinau.

He arrived at the port in Oranienbaum from Lübeck on 8 August 1766 aboard a pink under the command of Lieutenant Moses Davydov.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 where he and his new wife are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 39.

The family is recorded on the 1798 census of Krasnoyar in Household No. Ks043.

Schnarr (Nieder-Monjou)

Philipp Schnarr, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and daughter Eleonora (age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Philip Schnarr, his wife Cathar. Elisabetha, and daughters (Helena, age 5¼; Anna Catharina, born en route) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughter Helena died en route.