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Pracht (Keller)*

Peter Bracht [sic], a miner (Erzbergbauarbeiter), his wife Anna, and son Peter (age 2¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard the 2-masted merchant ship named Anna Katharina under the command of Skipper Adolph Scharpenberg.

Dewald (Hussenbach)

Kilian Dewald married on 13 March 1746 in Offstein to Anna Elisabeth Resch.

The following daughter was born to Kilian Dewald & Anna Elisabeth Resch: Anna Elisabeth, born 4 January 1747 in Biebelsheim. Mother Anna Elisabeth Dewald née Resch died 8 July 1747 in Biebelsheim.

Kilian Dewald remarried on 28 October 1747 in Biebelsheim to Sophia Catharina Griebel.

Dewald (Kautz)*

Johann Dewald, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, daughter Dorothea (age 5-weeks), and [step-]son Johann [Riehl] (age 14) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Neptunus (Neptune) under the command of Skipper Johann Graap.

Johann Dipold [sic], his wife Margretha, daughter Dorothe. (age ¾), and [step-]son Johan [Riehl] are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughter Dorothea died in route.

Os(t)wald / Os(t)walt (Kautz)

Johannes Oswald, son of Johannes Oswald, married in Eich on 23 July 1726 to Maria Elisabetha Ruff, daughter of Peter Ruff.

Among their children were (1) Johann Valentin, born 25 October 1729; and (2) Conrad, born 25 August 1732.

(1) Valentin married Maria Elisabetha Bajers, daughter of Lorenz Bajers, on 5 June 1764.

Stehle (Kautz)

Martin Stehle, a carpenter (Zimmermann), his wife Anna, and daughters (Anna, age 2; Dorothea, age ¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Neptunus (Neptune) under the command of Skipper Johann Graap.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Kautz on 21 August 1767. They are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 25.

In 1792, Johann Christian Stehle moved from Kautz to Merkel.

Kummersheimer

Jakob Kummersheimer, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Henrietta, age 12; Konrad, age 11; Jakob, age 8; Johann, age 6; Sebastian, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Neptunus (Neptune) under the command of Skipper Johann Graap.

Hermonie / Hermony

Michael Hermoni, a farmer, his wife Regina [sic], and sons (Anton, age 2¼; Franziscus, age ¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Neptunus (Neptune) under the command of Skipper Johann Graap.

Michael Hermani, his wife Christina [sic], and son Franciscus (age ¾) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the wife and son died en route.