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Lehl (Unknown)*

Johann Lehl, a farmer, his wife Gertrude, and daughter Maria (age 1) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 45.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Johann Lehl came from the German region of Bamberg.

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

Ludwig (Unknown)*

Simon Ludwig, a linen weaver (Leineweber), and his wife Maria are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 42.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Simon Ludwig came from the German village of Aschaffenburg.

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

Schwager*

Mattias Schwage [sic] and his wife Kunigunda 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.

Mathias Schwager and his wife Cunigunda are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Martin Schwieger [sic], a tailor (Schneider), and his wife Kunigunde are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 47.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Vogler (Unknown)*

Nikolaus Vogler and his wife Christina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard an ship named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Nicolaus Vogler and his wife Christina are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Nikolaus Vogeler [sic], a mason (Maurer), and his wife Christina are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 48.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Seiler (Unknown)*

Nikolaus Seiler 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.

Nicolaus Seyler [sic] is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Nikolaus Seiler, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 49.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Hoffmann (Unknown-2)*

Johann Hoffmann, a weaver, 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 Hoffmann 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 Anna died en route.

Wagner (Unknown-1)*

Anna Margaretha Wagner (age 4) is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 57 along with her stepfather Johann Martin Hoffmann.

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

Bruckmann*

Peter Bruckmann, a farmer, his wife Magdalena, and daughter 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.

Peter Bruckmann, a widowed farmer, is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 59 along with his two stepsons, Johannes Neuhaus (age 17) & Christian Neuhaus (age 13). The Neuhaus brothers settled in the colony of Bettinger in 1768, and it is assumed that Peter Bruckmann settled there with them.

Ho(h)mann (Unknown)*

Nikolaus Hoffmann [sic], a weaver, his wife Maria, and children (Anna, age 13; Maria, 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.

Nicolaus Hohmann, his wife Maria, and children (Anna, age 12; Johann, age ¾) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that mother Maria and son Johann died en route.

Hohenfelder*

Ignatius Hohenfertzen [sic], a farmer, his wife Sophia, and daughter Johanna [sic] (age 6) 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.

Ignatius Hohfelder [sic], his wife Maria Sophia, and daughter Justina (age 7) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.