VGI Updates

Georg Ballat and his wife Anna 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.

Johann George [sic] Ballat and his wife Anna are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Georg Ballart [sic] and his [new] wife Margaretha are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 107.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Georg Steininger, a tailor, his wife Maria, and children (Joseph, age 16¼; Ferdinand, age 11, Maria, age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair. [Subsequent documents record that Ferdinand is actually a stepson with the surname of Müller. Joseph is presumed to also be a stepson with the surname of Müller.]

Georg Steininger, a tailor, his wife Maria, and children (Joseph, age 16¼; Ferdinand, age 11, Maria, age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair. [Subsequent documents record that Ferdinand is actually a stepson with the surname of Müller. Joseph is also presumed to also be a stepson with the surname of Müller.]

Orphan Johann Mecker (age 9) is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 90 along with Georg Fau and his family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Mecker and Fau families.

It is not known in which colony Johann Mecker settled.

The 1767 census does not record from where Johann Mecker came.

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

Johannes Schmidt arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

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

Johannes Schmidt, a single farmer, is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 75.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Schmidt came from the German village of Winterstein [?].

Johann Straff, a single baker (Bäcker), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 67.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Johann Straff came from the German village of Neuss.

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

Johann Frank, a farmer, 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.

Johann Franck [sic] and his wife Anna are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that wife Anna died in route.

Johann Frank, a farmer, and his [new] wife Anna are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 42.

It is not known in which colony this Frank family settled.

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

Daniel Struby is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Andreas and daughters Barbara & Anna Marta died in route.

It is not known in which colony this Struby family settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Daniel Struby came from the German region of Schlesien [Silesia].