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Werner (Katharinenstadt-2)

Wilhelm Werner, his wife Julianna, and son Georg (age 1¼), arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 28 August 1766 aboard the ship Der Junge Heinrich under the command of Skipper Heinrich Niemann.

Wilhelm Werner arrived in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 23 July 1767 and is recorded on the 1767 Census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 177.

One of his descendants moved to the colony of Paulskaya.

Werner (Katharinenstadt-1)

Nikolaus Werner, a tanner, his wife Anna, and children (Anna, age 20; Katharina, age 15; Elisabeth, age 12; Christoph, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 7 May 1766 aboard the galliot named Anna Katharina under the command of Skipper Daniel Heyer.

At some point after their arrival in Oranienbaum, Nikolaus died. His widow remarried to Johann Pracht who also arrived on the Anna Katharina.  They settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 5 March 1767 where they are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 76.

Pracht (Katharinenstadt-2)

Two Pracht families from Grünberg arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 7 May 1766 aboard the galliot named Anna Katharina under the command of Skipper Daniel Heyer. They both arrived in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 5 March 1767. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

Müller (Schaffhausen-2)*

Paul Müller, a cobbler (Schuhmacher), his wife Katharina, and son Martin (age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 7 May 1766 aboard the galliot named Anna Katharina under the command of Skipper Daniel Heyer.

Paul Müller and his wife Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 5 March 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 91.

A note on the 1767 census indicates that they moved to the colony of Schaffhausen in 1768.

Bock (Katharinenstadt)*

Adolph Bock, a cobbler, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Anna, age 3; Johann, age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 7 May 1766 aboard the galliot named Anna Katharina under the command of Skipper Daniel Heyer.

Adolph Bock, a cobbler (Schuhmacher), and his wife Elisabeth Hell are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 94. They had settled there on 5 March 1767.

Hess (Katharinenstadt)

Johannes Hess, a leatherworker, his wife Maria, and daughters (Maria, age 12; Anna, age 10¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 7 May 1766 aboard the galliot named Anna Katharina under the command of Skipper Daniel Heyer.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 5 March 1767 where they are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 89.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that this family came from the German village of Grünberg.

Reisig

The Johann Georg Reisig, a day laborer (Tagelöhner), his wife Maria Barbara, and children (Eva, age 16; Johann Jakob, age 11; Georg Bernhard, age 9; Daniel, age 5) arrived in the city of Schleswig, Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) on 20 May 1761. He swore oath to King Friedrich of Denmark on 24 July 1761 and on 8 August 1761 settled in the Danish colony of Königsberge.

The parish register in Hohn (Denmark) records that Johann Georg Reisig died on 1 March 1763.

His widow Barbara remarried on 13 February 1764 to Christian Stapel. [See Stapel Family.]

Pauli / Paulÿ (Norka)

Philipp Jacob Pauli, a school teacher (Schulmeister) living in Wächtersbach, had at least two sons: (1) Philipp Jacob, born about 1728; and (2) Johann Peter, born about 1733. These two sons migrated to the Volga German colony of Norka.

(1) Philipp Jacob Pauli, a stocking weaver (Strumpfweber), married in Büdingen on 9 December 1756 to Maria Elisabeth Burghard, daughter of Johann Jost Burghard.