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Bubekin*

Gottieb Bubekin, a single linen weaver (Leineweber), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 48.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Gottieb Bubekin came from the German village of Zittau in the region of Sachsen (Saxony).

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

Geister*

Johann Geister, a blacksmith (Schmied), and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 2 August 1766 aboard an English frigate named Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Joh. Balth. Geister and his wife Elisabetha are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Joh. Balth. died en route.

Anna Elisabeth Geisern [sic], a single woman (age 17), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 52.

Wilde*

Andreas Wilde, a single tailor (Schneider), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 56.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Andreas Wilde came from the German village of Nieder-Weisel.

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

Leopold (Unknown-1)*

Friederika Leopold, a single woman (age 18), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 55.

It is not known in which colony she settled.

The 1767 census records that Friederika Leopold came from the German region of Dessau.

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

Hahn (Unknown-1)*

Jakob Hahn, a single farmer, is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 50.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Jakob Hahn came from the German village of Wächtersbach.

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

Haas (Schaffhausen)*

Johann Peter Haas and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 28 August 1766 aboard the ship Der Junge Heinrich under the command of Skipper Heinrich Niemann.

Johann Peter Haase [sic], a tailor (Schneider), and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 38 along with a note that they settled in the colony of Schaffhausen in 1768.

Soring*

Widower Wilhelm Soring, a farmer, and his daughters (Elisabeth, age 14; Helena, age 11; Martha, age 8) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 39.

It is not known in which colony they settled

The 1767 census records that Wilhelm Soring came from the German village of Wolf in the Hessen region.

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

Kuhn (Unknown)*

Leonhard Kuhn, a weaver (Leineweber), his wife Anna, and daughter Maria (age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 2 August 1766 aboard an English frigate named Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Leonhard Kuhn, a cloth weaver (Tuchweber), his wife Magdalena, and daughter Maria (age 5) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 40.

It is not known in which colony they eventually settled.

Amer*

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

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

It appears that Gertrude Amer married widower Cornelius Deisling whose family had been traveling with her on the same ship arriving in Oranienbaum and is recorded on the same transport list with them in 1767. [See Deisling Family.]