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Johann Becker, a farmer, and his wife Kunigunda 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 Pirner [sic] and his wife Kunigunda are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Becker, a farmer, an dhis wife Kunigunda are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits appended to the 1767 census.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Joseph Anzel [sic], a single tinsmith, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

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

Johann [sic] Hansel, a tinsmith (Zinnarbeiter), and his [new] wife Katharina are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

Johann Schmidt, a locksmith, and his wife Barbara arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Johannes Schmidt, his wife Barbara, and newborn daughter Anna are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Schmidt, a locksmith (Schlosser), his wife Barbara, and daughter Eva (age 1) are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits appended to the 1767 census.

It is not known in which colony

Johann[es] Rettiger, a farmer, his wife Eva, and children (Eva, age 14; Magdalena, age 12; Elisabeth, age 10; Johann [sic], age 7) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Johannes Rettiger, his wife Margretha [sic], and children (Eva Maria, age 14; Magdalena, age 12; Elisabeth, age 10¼; Joseph, age 8) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Nikolaus Pelsack, a single stonemason, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard the bark named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

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

Jakob Beck, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha 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.

Jacob Beck and his wife Margretha [sic] is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Widow Anna Engel 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.

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

It is not known in which colony she settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Anna Engel came from the German region of Mainz.

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

Mattias Baget, a farmer, and his wife Katharina 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.

Mattheus [sic] Baget and his wife Cathrina [sic] are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony the Baget family settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Mattias Baget came from the German region of Mainz.

Kaspar Reinhardt, a farmer, his wife Christina, and son Johann (age ¼) 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.

Caspar Reinhard [sic], his wife Christina, and new-born son Johannes are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both father Casper and son Johannes died in route.

It is not known in which colony Widow Christina Reinhardt settled.

There are two Römer families that 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. They traveled together from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) Johann Römer, a farmer, and his wife Barbara arrived in Oranienbaum.