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Busch (Unknown)*

August Busch, a single wool weaver (Wollweber), arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 7 August 1766 aboard the ship named Nordstern (North Star) under the command of Skipper Detlev Behling.

August Busch is recorded on a list of colonists being transferred from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony August Busch settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that August Busch came from the German region of Württemberg.

Wetzel (Unknown)*

Michael Wetzel, a farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 7 August 1766 aboard the ship named Nordstern (North Star) under the command of Skipper Detlev Behling.

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

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Michael Wetzel came from the German region of Sachsen (Saxony).

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

Annert*

Johann Jakob Annert, a maker of braid (Posamentierer), his wife Maria Sophia, and son Johann Friedrich (age 2¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 7 August 1766 aboard the ship named Nordstern (North Star) under the command of Skipper Detlev Behling.

Johann Jacob Annert, his wife Maria Sophia, and son Johann Fridrich (age 3) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both father and mother died en route.

Dose*

Adam Heinrich Tose [sic], a wool weaver (Wollweber), his wife Susanna Sophia, and daughters (Susanna, age 8; Eleonora Elisabeth, age 6; Eleonora, age 2½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 7 August 1766 aboard the ship named Nordstern (North Star) under the command of Skipper Detlev Behling.

Lang (Unknown-2)*

Widow Anna Margaretha Lang arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 11 August 1766 aboard a Russian galliot named Citadel under the command of Midshipman Gregory Bukharin.

Widow Anna Lang is recorded on a 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 Margaretha Lang came from the German region of Hanau.

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

Fischer (Unknown-4)*

Anna Eva Fischer, a single woman, arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 11 August 1766 aboard a Russian galliot named Citadel under the command of Midshipman Gregory Bukharin.

Maria Eva Fischer is recorded on a 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 Eva Maria Fischer came from the German region of Hessen.

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

Krug (Schwab)*

Johann Adam Krug, a farmer, his wife Julianna, and daughters (Eva Katharina, age 12; Elisabeth, age 6) arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 11 August 1766 aboard a Russian galliot named Citadel under the command of Midshipman Gregory Bukharin.

Johann Heinrich Knorr, a farmer, his [new] wife Julianna, daughters (Barbara, age 13; Anna Elisabeth, age 6), and [step-]daughters [Eva Katharina [Krug], age 14; Elisabeth [Krug], age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Schwab in Household No. 28. They had settled there on 12 September 1767. [See Knorr Family.]

Krentz (Pfeifer)*

Johann Krentz, a blacksmith (Schmied), and his wife Maria Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard a ship named Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Johannes Grenz [sic], a farmer, and his wife Maria Anna are recorded on the 1767 census of Pfeifer in Household No. 90. They arrived in Pfeifer on 22 August 1767.