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Andreas Nasvogel and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

Andreas Nasvogel and his [new?] wife Maria are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Andreas died in route.

It is not known in which colony his widow settled.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Nasvogel family among the Volga German colonies.

Simon Meier, his wife Anna, and children (Simon, age 20; Katharina, age 18 [sic]; Elisabeth, age 9) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

Simon Meier, his wife Anna, and children (Simon, age 20; Katharina, age 12; Elisabeth, age 9) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Maria Ferstein [sic], maid to the Heinrich Hans family, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

Maria Fester [sic] is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with the Heinrich Gans [sic] family - all of whom died in route.

It is not known in which colony Maria settled.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Ferstein/Fester [Feuerstein?] family among the Volga German colonies.

Heinrich Hans, his wife Anna, and children (Valentin,age 16; Katharina, age 8) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck along with their maid Maria Ferstein/Fester/Feuerstein.

Johann Seibel, his wife Katharina, and children (Elisabeth, age 16¼; Johann, age 9) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

Johannes Seibel, his wife Catharina, and children (Elisabeth, age 16; Johann, age 9) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the father and son both died in route.

It is not known in which colony the surviving family members settled.

Herrmann Schmidt, his wife Anna, and children (Paul, age 12; Gertruda, age 1¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

Hermann Schmidt, his wife Anna, and children (Paul, age 12; Margaretha, age 1½) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughter Margaretha died in route.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Johann Fischer, his wife Margaretha, and daughters (Eva, age 11; Katharina, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

Johann Fischer, his wife Margaretha, and daughters (Eva, age 11; Catharina, age 3) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the father and both daughters died in route.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Johann Schmidt and his wife Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck. Traveling with them was the widow Maria Schmidt. Widow Maria Schmidt's relationship to Johann Schmidt is not recorded, but she is presumed to be related to him [could be his mother? or his sister? or his sister-in-law?].

Joseph Neuberger and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

Joseph Neuberger and his wife Catharina are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Neuberger family among the Volga German colonies.

Philipp Wamser, his wife Appolonia, and son Wilhelm (age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

Philipp Wamser, his wife Appolonia, and son Wilhelm (age ¾) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that son Wilhelm died in route.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Wamser family among the Volga German colonies.