VGI Updates

Anton Frohndorf [sic], a farmer, and his wife Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.

Joh. Anthon [sic] Trohndorff and his wife Rosina are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Rosina died in route.

Mattias Bugert, a farmer, and his wife Katharina are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 68) that is appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Mattias Bugert came from the German village of Mößling.

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

Johann Elias Eckhardt, a single stocking maker, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard a ship named Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Elias Eckhardt is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Elias Eckhardt came from the German region of Zweibrücken.

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

Heinrich Wasmuth, a single wheelwright, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard a ship named Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Heinrich Wasmuth is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Heinrich Wasmuth came from the German region of Friedberg.

Johann Feldbusch, a farmer, his wife Anna Gertruda, son Johann Peter (age 3), and sister Anna Margaretha (age 23) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard a ship named Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Johannes Feldbusch, his wife Anna Gerdrutha [sic], and sister Anna Margaret. are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Johannes died in route.

It is not know in which colony the surviving women settled.

Widow Susanna Dreiling and her son Johann Kaspar (age 7½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard a ship named Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Susanna Dreiling and her son Hans Caspar (age 7) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both of them died in route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Susanna Dreiling came from the German region of Fulda.

Christian Braun, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Christian Braun and his wife Margaretha are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Christian Braun, a farmer, and his wife Maria are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 37) appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Johann [Hartung] (age 11) and Magdalena [Hartung] (age 7) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair along with their stepfather Kaspar Kaiser.

Conrad [Hartung] (age 11) and Magdalena [Hartung] (age 7) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from Oranienbaum to Saratov in 1767 along with their stepfather Casper Kayser [sic].