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Frankenfeld (Unknown)*

Friedrich Frankenfeld, his wife Margaretha, and children (Margaretha, age 11; Heinrich, age 7; Friedrich, age 3; Magdalena, age ½) 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.

Gottlieber*

Heinrich Gottlieber, a farmer, his wife Dorothea, and son Heinrich Jakob (age 8) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 33 along with Dorothea's sons from a previous marriage (Heinrich Meier, age 18; Franz Joseph Meier, age 15).

The Meier brothers settled in the colony of Meinhard, and it is presumed that the Gottliebers settled there as well.

The 1767 census records that Heinrich Gottlieber came from the German village of Clausthal.

Funk (Basel)

Johannes Funk, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and son Johann Heinrich (age 9-months) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 26.

Heinrich Funk is recorded on the 1798 census of Basel in Household No. Bs24.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Funk came from the German village of Renskirch.

Stein (Unknown)*

Karl Stein, a farmer, and his wife 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.

Karl Ferdinand Stein, a miller (Müller), and his wife Charlotta are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 15.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Karl Stein came from the German village of Dresden in Saxony.

Vogel (Unknown-1)*

Leonhard Vogel, a farmer, and his wife Christina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Leonhardt Vogel, a farmer, his [new] wife Dorothea, and daughter Eva (age 9-months) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 13 along with orphan Apollonia [Geiger] (age 9). [See Geiger Family.]

It is not known in which colony this family settled.

Helefeld*

Friedrich Uhlefeldt, a single button maker, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

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

Friedrich Helefeld, a single man, is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Houehold No. 83.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

Christiansen (Unknown)*

Cecilia Christians [sic], 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.

Cicilia [sic] Christians [sic] is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Cecilia Christiansen, a single woman, is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 80.