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Lotz (Kaneau)

Johann Daniel Lotz married Catharina Herzog and they had at least three children, each baptized in the Evangelical Church of Villingen, a village about 68 kilometers north-northeast of Frankfurt am Main: (1) Anna Maria, baptized on 16 March 1757; (2) Johann Heinrich, baptized on 13 July 1759; and (3) Johann Georg, baptized on 3 January 1765.

Loßacker

Andreas Loßacker (Lossacker) married Katharina Schreyer. They have 1 known daughter: Anna Maria, born 18 August 1763 in Gelnhausen.

Andreas Losacker, a farmer, his wife Katharina, daughter Anna (age 3), and mother-in-law Elisabeth [surname not recorded] arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 June 1766 aboard a galliot named Der Junge Mattias (The Young Mattias) under the command of Skipper David Wohlert.

Loos (Schuck)

Franciscus Loos, a son of Johann Georg Loos & Maria Elisabetha Wild, was baptized on 27 January 1737 in the Catholic Church of St. Simon & Judas Thaddäus in Weidenthal.

Franciscus and his wife Anna Elisabetha (surname unknown) immigrated to Russia, arriving in the Volga German colony of Schuck on 1 May 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 Census in Household No. 31.

In 1791, Franz Loos and his family moved to the Volga German colony of Volmer where they are recorded on the 1798 Census in Household No. Vm15 along with his son in Household No. Vm22.

Lonsinger

Matthias Wilhelm Lonsinger, son of Jonathan & Anna Maria Lonsinger, was baptized on 25 September 1720 in the Pfullingen Lutheran Church.

He married Anna Barbara, and they had three children, each baptized in the Feldrennach Lutheran Church: (1) Anna Barbara, born 12 February 1748; baptized 13 February 1748; (2) Maria Barbara, born & baptized 12 November 1749; and (3) Matthias Wilhelm, born 8 September 1753; baptized 9 September 1753.

Lohrengel (Balzer)

Johann Jost Lohrengel, son of Johann Peter & Anna Margaretha Lohrengel, was baptized on 22 June 1728 in Lorbach. He married on 2 February 1758 in Vonhausen to Maria Magdalena Elsazer, daughter of Conrad & Eva Elsazer. She had been baptized 26 September 1739 in Lorbach.

Johann Lohrengel, a farmer, his wife Anna, and son Johann (age 6) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Concordia under the command of Skipper Jakob Bauert.

Lebsack / Löbsack / Lipsack

Johannes Heinrich Löbsack, son of Conrad Löbsack & Catharina Becker) was born 24 March 1716 in Steinheim and baptized 27 March 1716 in the Lutheran church of Rodheim. He married on 25 November 1740 in Steinheim to Elisabetha Katharina Bipp. She had been born 11 January 1717 in Steinheim and baptized 14 January 1717 in Rodheim.

Litzenberger

Johann Sebastian Litzenberger, son of Johann Adam Lützenberger & Anna Margaretha Spiss, was baptized on 17 December 1713 in Sankt Julian, near Eisenbach. He married there on 6 September 1740 to Anna Elisabetha Wildberger, daughter of Johann Peter Wildberger & Anna Margaretha Stuber.

Lingelbach*

Johann Lingelbach, son of Heinrich Lingelbach, was born 29 June 1747 in Grünberg, just east of Giessen. His godfather was Johannes Lingelbach.

Johannes Lingelbach, a carpenter, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 7 May 1766 aboard the galliot named Anna Katharina under the command of Skipper Daniel Heyer. Arriving with them was Anna Lingelbach, a single woman. Her relationship to Johannes Lingelbach, if any, is not recorded.

Lichtenberg(er)

Johann Christoph Lichtenberg, son of the late Johann Adam Lichtenberg who was the deputy director of the district of Jägersburg in Hessen-Darmstadt & Maria Elisabetha Schweickhard, and a hunter (Jäger) in the service of General von Pretlack, was born 10 February 1731 in Jägersburg.