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Andreas Geiger, a farmer, his wife Regina, and children (Johann, age 30; Barbara, age 26; Anna, age 18; Apollonia, age 8) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Andreas Geiger, his wife Regina, and children (Joh. Mich. [age not recorded]; Barbara, age 18; Anna Marta, age 16; Apollonia, age 8) are 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.

Hermann Hall, a single farmer, is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 73.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Hermann Hall came from the German region of Darmstadt.

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

Johannes Guteberg, a single carpenter (Zimmermann), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 74.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Guteberg came from the German village of Unter-Schwarz.

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

Gottfried Eilau, a single tailor (Schneider), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 70.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Gottfried Eilau came from the German village of Dresden.

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

Johann Heinrich Postel, his wife Anna, and son Christian (age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 26 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Die Jäger (The Hunter) under the command of Skipper Gabriel Will.

Heinrich Bostel/Postel, a carpenter (Tischler), and his wife Maria are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 62.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Heinrich Bostel/Postel came from the German village of Gernhausen in the Kurmainz region.

Sentonet Rechin, a single man, is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 66.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Sentonet Rechin came from the village of Sowenow [?].

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

Konrad Kratz, a farmer, and his Gertrude arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Joh. Conrad Kratz and his wife Gertruta [sic] are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Konrad Kratz, a farmer, and his wife Gertrude are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 64.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Johann Heinrich Eckel, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Johann, age 9; Maria, age 7; Konrad, age 4; Lorenz, age 1¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 26 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Die Jäger (The Hunter) under the command of Skipper Gabriel Will.

Heinrich Eckel, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and daughter Maria (age 8) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 58.

It is not known in which colony they settled.