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Hans Peter Ritter, a single farmer, and his sister Maria (age 13) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard the galliot Anna Katharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Janson.

Johan [sic] Peter Rettel [sic] and his daughter [sic] Maria (age 13) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Hans Peter Ritter came from the German region of Ansbach.

Mattias Duscheuer [sic], a farmer, his wife Katharina, and son Johann (age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard the galliot Anna Katharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Janson.

Matthias Duschier, his wife Catharina, and son Johann (age 1) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Mattias Duscheuer [sic] came from the German region of Ansbach.

Peter Per, a farmer, his wife Maria Theresia, daughters (Margaretha, age 9; Anna, age ½), and his mother Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 September 1766 aboard the galliot Der Jan under the command of Skipper Markus Dragun.

Peter Per, his wife Maria Theresia, daughters (Margretha [sic], age 9; Anna, age 2) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that father Peter, daughter Anna, and mother Catharina died in route.

Jonas Emmerich [sic], a miller (Müller), and his wife Anna are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 17.

Johannes Emerich and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kind in Household No. Kd21.

In 1792, Johannes Emerich moved from Kind to Näb.

Johann Emerich from Kind and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Näb in Household No. Nb16.

Johannes Emerich and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Näb in Household No. 42.

Nicodemus Kuhlmann, a butcher, his wife Anna Maria, and daughter Anna Katharina (age 13) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the snow-brig Frei Gebruder under the command of Skipper Minzberger.

Nicolaus Kilman [sic], his wife Anna Margretha [sic], and daughter Anna Catharina (age 13) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Johann Dahler [sic], his wife Franziska, and children (Marianna, age 17½; Bonifacius, age 4; Georg, age ¾) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the snow-brig Frei Gebruder under the command of Skipper Minzberger.

Johann Doehler [sic], his wife Francisca, and children (Maria Anna, age 21; Bonifacius, age 4; Georg, age 1½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony this family settled.

Hans Sapper, a farmer, and his wife Barbara arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the snow-brig Frei Gebruder under the command of Skipper Minzberger.

Hans Sapper and his wife Barbara are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Hans Sapper came from the German region of Bamberg.

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

Philipp Filseker, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and children (Johann Martin, age 13; Anna Margaretha, age 11; Maria Magdalena, age 9; Maria Anna, age 6; Sebastian, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the snow-brig Frei Gebruder under the command of Skipper Minzberger along with widow Anna Senner, his sister-in-law, and her son Johann (age 2¼).

Gottfried Schuller and his wife Anna Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the snow-brig Frei Gebruder under the command of Skipper Minzberger.

Gottfried Schuler [sic] and his wife Anna Catharina are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony this family settled.

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