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Jakob Geilo [sic], a single farmer, 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.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 165.

Jakob Guio and his wife Katharina [Prester] are recorded on the 1775 census of Norka in Household No. 140 along with his in-laws Nikolaus & Elisabeth Prester.

Johann Georg Faber, a daylaborer (Tagelöhner), his wife Elisabeth Dorothea immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) in 1762 along with their children: (1) Johann Christoph, age 22, and his wife Susanna Katharina; (2) Johann Christian, age 11; and (3) Katharina Magdalena, age 4.

They arrived in Flensburg on 9 June 1762. Johann Georg died in 1763-1764. His son Johann Christoph and his wife Susanna Katharina petitioned to leave the Danish colonies on 1 May 1765 and joined the migration to Russia.

Johann Jacob Jürgens, a farmer, and Maria Elisabeth Köhn married on 30 April 1765 in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Lübeck.

Johann Jakob Gergins, a farmer from Lübeck, and his wife Maria Elisabeth settled in the Volga German colony of Bauer on 20 July 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 41.

In 1789, Jakob Gergins and his family moved from Merkel to Kratzke.

Jakob Gergins from Merkel and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kratzke in Household No. Kr12.

Nikolaus Plöhn, son of Jürgen Plöhn & Catharina Kruse, was born in 1705. He married 11 October 1737 to Adelheit Margaretha Wulf (born 1718; died 20 February 1760). He remarried to Catharina Maria Augustin (born 1728; died 22 January 1806). Nikolaus Plöhn died 15 December 1782.

Hans Jürgen Plöhn, son of Nikolaus Plöhn & Adelheid Wulf, was born 26 March 1744 in Groß Rheide.

Ludwig Wegelin, a weaver, and his wife Anna Maria settled in the Volga German colony of Merkel on 28 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 13.

Ludwig Wegelin and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Merkel in Household No. Mr09 along with a note that he is living in Kratzke where he is serving as the schoolteacher.

[Johann] Jakob Wegelin, son of Ludwig Wegelin, and his family are recorded on the 1811 census of Dietel in Household No. 6 along with a note that they had arrived in Dietel from Merkel in 1799.

Three Schneider families arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) Heinrich Schneider, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived in Oranienbaum.

(2) Georg Schneider, a single farmer, arrived in Oranienbaum.

(3) Georg [again] Schneider, a single farmer, arrived in Oranienbaum.

Konrad Schneider, a farmer from the district of Isenburg, and his wife Margaretha settled in the Volga German colony of Huck on 1 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 22 and on the 1798 census in Household No. Hk37.

There are two Konrad Schneiders who arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg along with many other families that settled in Huck. They are recorded on the Oranienbaum passenger list under documents #3212 & #3225.

Philipp Schneider, a farmer, his wife Maria Barbara, and children (Anna Maria, age 20; Johann Adam, age 16; Elisabeth, age 9; Jakob, age 6) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a pinque named Каргополь (Kargopol: a Russian City) under the command of Captain Lieutenant Moses Davydov.

Philipp Schneider, a farmer, his wife Anna Barbara, and children (Johann Adam, age 16; Elisabeth, age 10½; Johann Jakob, age 7; Anna Regina, age ¼) are recorded on the 1767 census of Huck in Household No. 75. They had arrived in Huck on 17 August 1767.

Jakob Schmidt, a farmer, his wife Maria, and children (Elisabeth, age 22; Katharina, age 20; Andreas, age 18; Jakob, age 12; Anna, age 8; Katharina Elisabeth, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard the ship Mann und Frau under the command of Skipper Daniel Berg.

Jakob Schmidt, a farmer, his wife Maria Magdalena, and children (Andreas, age 18; Jakob, age 13; Anna Dorothea, age 12) are recorded on the 1767 census of Warenburg in Household No. 52. They had settled there on 12 May 1767.