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Müller (Nieder-Monjou-2)

Johann Caspar Miller & Anna Barbara Schnorr were married 12 June 1766 in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Lübeck.

Kaspar Müller, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.

Joh. Casp. Müller and his wife Barbara are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Müller (Frank-5)*

There are multiple Müller lines in Frank.

Carl [sic] Ludwig Müller, a student (Studiosus) from the county of Hanau, married on 23 May 1766 in Lübeck to Anna Regina Hahn from the district of Düngen in the area of Franconia. The marriage is recorded in the parish register of St. Jacob's Lutheran Church in Lübeck.

Ludwig Müller, a student, his wife Anna, and daughter Margaretha (age 5-days) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Kronshlot under the command of Skipper Ivan Kunakovskii.

Müller (Frank-4)

There are multiple Müller lines in Frank.

Johann Martin Müller, a farmer, his wife Katharina Elisabeth, and son Anton (age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard the pink Slon [English: Elephant] under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.

Johann Martin Müller, a farmer from Hessen-Darmstadt, and his wife, Christina, settled in the Volga German colony of Frank in 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 75.

Bezolt

Johann Heinrich Betzolt, a weaver from Saxony, his wife Maria, and children (Johann, age 19; Ludwig, age 12; Eva, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 August 1766 aboard the galliot named St. Johannes (Saint John) under the command of Skipper Carstens Stahl.

Joh. Henr. Betzold [sic], his wife Elisabeth, and children (Ludwig Henrich, age 20; Johann, age 14; Eva Magdal., age 4) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Müller (Frank-3)

There are multiple Müller lines in Frank.

It is believed that Conrad, Johann Daniel, and Anna Margaretha are children of Christoph Müller who died before reaching Russia.

Konrad Müller, a farmer, his wife Anna Dorothea [née Illingen], and his sister Anna Margaretha (age 18) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 August 1766 aboard the galliot named St. Johannes (Saint John) under the command of Skipper Carstens Stahl along with Dielman [sic] Müller, a single farmer.

Müller (Frank-2)

Peter Müller, a carpenter, and his wife Anna, arrived from Lübeck via Reval [Estonia] at the port of Oranienbaum on 25 May 1766 aboard a pink named Новая Двинка (New Dvinka [a river in Russia]) under the command of Lieutenant Ivan Perepechin.

Widower Peter Müller, a carpenter (Zimmermann), settled in the Volga German colony of Frank in 1767.  He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 5.

Müller (Dietel-3)

There are several Müller families that settled in Dietel.

Johann Müller, a farmer, his wife Anna, and their family (Anna, age 17¼; Maria, age 15¼; Andreas, age 12; Christian, age 10¼; Johannes, age 8; Christina, age 7; Michael, age 4; and Peter, 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 Dietel.

Müller (Dietel-2)

There are several Müller families that settled in the Volga German colony of Dietel.

Jakob Müller was married to Katharina Appelhans, daughter of Philipp Heinrich Appelhans & Anna Katharina Heuff.

Jakob Müller, a miller, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 July 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Mercurius under the command of Skipper Christian Heinrich Abelßen.

The Applehans family settled in the Volga German colony of Rothammel. [See Appelhans Family.]

Beratz

Lambertus Beratz, a tailor (Schneider), and his wife Albertina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard an English frigate named Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Göbel on 20 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 49.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Lambertus Beratz came from the German region of Mainz. The 1767 census records that Lambertus Beratz came from the German village of Weisenau in the Kurmainz region.