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Flath (Frank)
Johann Friedrich Flath, son of Philipp Flath & Eva Maria Morasch, was born 4 August 1743 in Mümling-Grumbach, near Höchst im Odenwald where he was baptized on 6 August 1743.
Friedrich Flach [sic], a farmer, and his wife Eva Margaretha 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.
Rheinbischofsheim, Kr. Ortenau, Baden-Württemberg
Today, Rheinbischofsheim is administratively part of the city of Rheinau in the German State of Baden-Württemberg. Historically, Rheinbischofsheim was located in an area known as Hanauerland, part of Hanau-Lichtenberg.
Batt / Bath
Hans Georg Bath, son of Hans Georg & Eva Maria Bath, was born 25 Feb 1714 in Rheinbischofsheim. He married Elisabeth Walther on 23 Jan 1743. The baptisms of three children born to Hans Georg Bath & Elisabeth Walther are recorded in the parish register of Rheinbischofsheim: (1) Christina, born 23 November 1754; (2) David, born 21 June 1756; and (3) Michael, born 3 October 1758.
Alt (Norka)
Johann Heinrich Alt, son of Leonhard Alt & Anna Barbara Kohlhepp, was born 27 September 1734 in Oberzell. He married in Büdingen on 21 April 1766 to Anna Gertruda Vögel, daughter of Johannes Vögel & Gertruda Dorn. Anna Gertruda had been born in nearby Weichersbach on 29 April 1741.
Johann Heinrich Philipp Alt and his family immigrated to Russia from the German village of Schwarzenfels.
Sterbfritz, Kr. Main-Kinzig, Hessen
Today, Serbfritz is administratively part of the municipality of Sinntal.
Bret(t)hauer
Killian Bretthauer, son of Johannes Bretthauer, was baptized 22 April 1732 in Sterbfritz.
Killian married in Sterbfritz on 17 May 1757 to Anna Barbara Johann, daughter of Adam Johann.
The parish register of Schilling records the birth of Johann Melchior Bretthauer, son of Kilian Bretthauer & Barbara Johann, on 7 July 1767 on the Volga River near Simbirsk [today Ulyanovsk] while en route to the colonies.
Simon (Krasnoyar)
Johannes Simon, a single man, immigrated to Russia from the German village of Steinau.
Johann Simon, a single blacksmith (Schmied), 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.
He settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 where he and his new wife are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 39.
The family is recorded on the 1798 census of Krasnoyar in Household No. Ks043.