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Mehner*

Johann Georg Mehner, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and daughter Elisabeth (age 11) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 22.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Johann Gerog Mehner came from the German village of Sterzhausen.

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

Schäfer (Unknown-1)*

Christoph [sic] Schäfer, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth 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.

Christian Schäfer, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and daughter Elisabeth (age 3-months) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 19.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Mück*

Andreas Mück, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.

Joh. And. Mück and his new?] wife Margaretha are recorded on the 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 Andreas Mück came from the German region of Wüttemberg.

Meier (Unknown-4)*

Kaspar Meier, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 5.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Kaspar Meier came from the German village of Orbach.

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

Bäcker / Becker (Unknown-2)*

Maria Becker, 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.

Maria Elis. Becker is recorded on the 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 Maria Becker came from the German region of Darmstadt.

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

Rapp*

Otto Rapp, a weaver, his wife Elisabeth, and daughter Anna (age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Otto Reinh. Rapp, his wife Elisabetha, and daughter Anna Maria (age 1¼) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both father Otto and daughter Anna Maria died in route.

It is not known in which colony Elisabeth settled.

Dietzel (Unknown)*

Johann Dietzel, a baker, 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.

Johannes Ditzel and his wife Christina are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johannes Dietzel, a baker (Bäcker), and his wife Christina are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 125.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Grossmann (Unknown)*

[Widower?] Wilhelm Grossmann, a tailor, his children (Louisa, age 18; Julianna, age 10¼; Elisabeth, age 5½; Margaretha, age 3; Karl, age 1½), and his mother Eva Charlotta 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.

Hartmann (Unknown-2)*

Christian Hartmann, a farmer, and his wife Anna 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.

Christian Hartmann and his wife Joh. Maria are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Christian Hartmann came from the German region of Sachsen (Saxony).