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The parish register of Mettenheim records 3 Reichel families departing for Russia.

(1) Johann Jacob Reichel, born 1729 in Mettenheim, master tailor (Schneidermeister), moved with his entire family to Astracan [the region in which the Volga German colonies were located at the time] in 1766.

Nicolaus Daubert from the Hütte & Catharina Eliesabetha Schmitt from Oberau in the area of Friedberg were married on 27 June 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Nikolaus Daubert, a miller, and his wife Katharina Elisabeth 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. They are traveling with Adam Schreiner, identified elsewhere as their nephew.

Johann Georg Reinhardt & Esther Daubert have five known children who were baptized in Büdingen: (1) Willhelmina, baptized 24 November 1742; (2) Heinrich Peter, baptized 26 April 1744; (3) Maria Ernestina, baptized 13 February 1746; (4) Anna Barbara, baptized 17 November 1748; and (5) Heinrich Jacob, baptized 27 June 1751.

Anna Barbara Daubert, daughter of Georg Daubert the stocking weaver (Strumpfweber) from Büdingen, & Johann Georg Fischer from Reibach in the Kurpfalz & Hesse-Darmstadt were married on 22 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Johann Georg Müller arrived in the Volga German colony of Warenburg on 12 May 1767.  He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 113.

The 1767 census records that he came from the German village of Langenhain near Darmstadt.

Christian Müller, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 31 May 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Vergoldete Weintraube (The Gilded Grape) under the command of Skipper Joachim Hermann Andersen.

Christian Müller, a single farmer, is recorded on the 1767 census of Warenburg in Household No. 112. He had arrived in Warenburg on 12 May 1767.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Christian Müller came from the German region of Thüngen. The 1767 census records that Christian Müller came from the German region of Dienheim.

Heinrich Müller, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck via Reval [Estonia] at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 May 1766 aboard a pinque named Лапоминк (Lapomink - a Russian river) under the command of Lieutenant Dmitry Krykov.

Johann Müller, a farmer, his wife Henrietta, and daughter Katharina (age ½) arrived from Lübeck via Reval [Estonia] at the port of Oranienbaum on 27 May 1766 aboard a pinque named Слон (Slon - Elephant in Russian) under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.

Johann Friedrich Müller and his wife Henriette Margaretha arrived in the Volga German colony of Warenburg on 12 May 1767.  They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 8.