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Weslauer*

Georg Jakob Nestlauler [sic], a farmer, his wife Anna, and daughters (Anna, age 18; Magdalena, age 15¼; Margaretha, age ¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 May 1766 aboard the Russian galliot named Katharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.

Magdalena Weslauer (age 19) and her [new] husband Johann Georg Gottfried (age 20) are recorded on the 1767 census of Hildmann in Household No. 8. They had arrived in Hildmann on 14 May 1767.

Käsebitter*

Johann Mattias Käsebitter, a painter (Maler), his wife Dorothea, and children (Katharina, age 11; Johann, age 2¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 May 1766 aboard the  Russian galliot named Katharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.

Margaretha Lais née Käsebitter (43) and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Hussenbach in Household No. Hs102.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Mattias Käsebitter came from the German region of Sachsen (Saxony).

Lind, Wilhelm

Johann Wilhelm (William J.) Lind, son of Johann Jakob Lind & Anna Maria Deines, was born 11 April 1881 in Neu-Dönhof. 

He arrived in Baltimore aboard the SS Neckar on 11 September 1902. He settled in Burlington, Iowa.

William Lind studied theology at Concordia Seminary in Springfield, Illinois. He was ordained at the Lutheran Church in Milberger, Kansas, in 1910. He continued to the church in Milberger.

On 1 September 1910, he married Georgina Matilda Borell, daughter of Georg Borell & Carolina Ehrlich.

Flegler, Jacob Fredrick

Jakob Friedrich (Jacob Fredrick) Flegler, son of Johannes Flegler & Katharina Elisabeth Deines, was born 25 February 1882 in Neu-Dönhof. He migrated to America in 1902 and settled in Burlington, Iowa.

He attended Wittenburg College in Springfield, Ohio. Jacob married on 10 August 1916 to fellow Wittenburg student Lillian Bockelman. He graduated from Hamma Divinity School also in Springfield in 1918.

Ruder (Unknown)*

Barbara Ruder, a single woman, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Wachsamkeit (Vigilance) under the command of Skipper Jacob Heinrich Sager.

Barbara Röhder [sic] is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony she settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Barbara Ruder came from the German region of Schwaben (Swabia).

Katona*

Stephan Katanai [sic], a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and son Thomas (age 8) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Wachsamkeit (Vigilance) under the command of Skipper Jacob Heinrich Sager.

Stephan Katona, his wife Margaretha, and son Thomas (age 8) 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.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Stephan Katanai [sic] came from Hungary.

Adelhard*

Peter Argart [sic], a farmer, and his wife Barbara arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Wachsamkeit (Vigilance) under the command of Skipper Jacob Heinrich Sager.

Peter Adelhard and his wife Barbara 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.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Peter Argart [sic] came from the German region of Bamberg.