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Blum (Unknown-1)*

Christoph Blum, a wheelmaker (Radmacher), his wife Eleonora, and son Heinrich (age 3) are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 31) appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Christoph Blum came from the German village of Alsfeld.

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

Gilbrig*

Gottfried Gilbrig and his wife Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Gottfried Gilbrig and his wife Maria are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Gottfried Gilbrig, a linen weber (Leineweber), and his wife Maria are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 28) appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

Bilgel*

Widow Anna Bingel [sic], her children (Sebastian, [age not recorded]; Elisabeth, age 9; Anna Maria, age 5), and her mother-in-law Anna [surname not recorded] arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Researcher Andreas Reith believes that this family settled in the colony of Zürich.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Anna Bilgel came from the German region of Isenburg.

Baumgarten (Zürich)*

Peter Baumgarten, a single turner, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

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

Researcher Andreas Raith believes that this Peter Baumgarten settled in the colony of Zürich.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Peter Baumgarten came from the German region of Erfurt.

Baumgarten (Unknown)*

Ernfried Baumgart[en] and his wife Dorothea arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Erenfried Baumgarten and his wife Dorothea are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Ernfried Baumgarten, a farmer, and his wife Anna are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Held(t) (Unknown)*

Georg Balthasar Heldt, his wife Katharina, and daughter Maria (age 2¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Eva Maria under the command of Skipper Franz Christopher Schröder.

George [sic] Balthasar Heldt, his wife Catharina, and daughters (Maria, age 2¼; Anna Elisabeth, newborn) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Klaas (Unknown)*

Petry [sic] Klaas, his wife Elisabeth, and sons (Anton, age 7; Johann, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Eva Maria under the command of Skipper Franz Christopher Schröder.

Peter Klas [sic], his wife Elisabeth, and son Anton (age 6) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Peter Klaas, a farmer, his [new] wife Louisa, and son Anton (age 6) are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.