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Johann Fischer [a] (age 39), a farmer from Gelnhausen, and his wife Elisabeth Lutz (age 35) arrived in St. Petersburg from Lübeck aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Martin Friedrich Marcau on 29 May 1773 along with his cousin [b] Philipp Fischer (age 65), a wool weaver.

[a] Johann Fischer (born about 1730), and his wife Margaretha Elisabeth Lutz are recorded on the 1798 census of Müller in Household No. Ml10.

The baptisms of the following daughters born to Johann Valentin & Margaretha Schaff [sic] are recorded in the parish register of Altenschlirf: (1) Anna Catharina, born 21 December 1733 [birth recorded as illegitimate, but father is recorded, so parents must have married after the birth]; (2) Gertrude, born 29 September 1737; (3) Julianna, born 11 September 1740; and (4) Anna Barbara, born 28 September 1743.

[Johann] Jakob Keib married Gerdrauth Schaaff on 10 May 1766 in Büdingen.

Georg Dresser, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Concordia under the command of Skipper Jakob Bauert.

Georg Dresser, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha are recorded on the 1767 census of Pfeifer in Household No. 35. He had arrived in Pfeifer on 15 June 1767.

Georg Dresser and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Pfeifer in Household No. Pf68.

The parish register of Pfeifer records the death of Johann Georg Dresser on 7 April 1801.