VGI Updates

Andreas Schneider and his wife Elisabeth 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.

Andreas Schneider and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Andreas Schneider, a farmer, and his wife Katharina are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 64.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Kaspar Martin, 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.

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

Kaspar Martin, a weaver (Weber), and his wife Magdalena are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 65 along with a note that they settled in the colony of Cäsarsfeld in 1768.

Heinrich Hoffmann, his wife Justina, and son Heinrich (age 6) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 28 August 1766 aboard the ship Der Junge Heinrich under the command of Skipper Heinrich Niemann.

Johann Heinrich Hoffmann, a weaver (Weber), and his wife Justina are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Houehold No. 67.

The 1767 census records that Johann Heinrich Hoffmann came from the German village of Zoller [?].

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

Johann Henkelmann [sic], his wife Margaretha, and daughter Margaretha (age 8½) 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 Henkelmann [sic], his wife Margaretha, and daughter Margaretha (age 8½) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Jakob Hahn, a single man, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Franz Nikolaus Schröder.

Jakob Hahn is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with others who were settled temporarily in Beauregard.

Jakob Hahn, a single farmer, is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 73 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Zürich in 1768.