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Holdt

Michael Holdt (born approximately 1771) and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Franzosen in Household No. 29 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Husaren before 1834.

Michael Holdt and his family are not recorded on the 1834 census of Husaren.

Michael Holdt has not been located on the 1798 census in any colony.

If you have information about the whereabouts of this family before or after it appears on the 1834 census of Franzosen, please contact Dr. Mai.

Castelli*

Brothers Alexander [Castelli] (age 19) & Christoph [Castelli] (age 16) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax along with their stepfather Franz Waas and his family.

Jahn (Biberstein)

Friedrich Andreas Jahn (born about 1777) and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Biberstein in Household No. 101.

Children of Friedrich Andreas Jahn (Friedrich Karl, Andreas Friedrich, & Maria Christina) and their families are recorded on the 1857 census of Biberstein in Household No. 44 along with a note that Andreas Friedrich Jahn and his family had relocated to the daughter colony of Rosendamm in 1853 [sic].

Reichert (Biberstein)*

Widow Magda. Julia Reichert and her sons (Johann Christian, age 12 [sic]; Johannes, age 12 [sic]; and Martin, age 2½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Orphaned brothers Christian Reichert (age 13), Johannes Reichert (age 11), and Martin Reichert (age 5) are recorded on the list of Beauregard recruits appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies in Household No. 19 along with the Ludwig Wilhelm Zahn family. [Their surname is published by Igor Plehve as Reier.]

Ritz (Semenovka)*

Anna Katharina Ritz, a single woman, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard the galliot Die Perle under the command of Skipper Thomson.

Anna Katharina Ritz is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with Kaspar Schwab.

Kaspar Schwab, a farmer, and his wife Katharina [Ritz] are recorded on the 1767 census of Semenovka in Household No. 30. They had settled in Semenovka on 24 July 1767.

Feltz

Johannes Feltz and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Biberstein in Household No. 2.

Johannes Feltz, son of Johannes Feltz, and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Biberstein in Household No. 103.