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There are two Arnold sisters who immigrated to Russia: (1) Christina; and (2) Anna.

Stephan Seelmann, a weaver (Weber), his wife Christina, and children (Andreas, age 5; Dorothea, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Wachsamkeit under the command of Skipper Jacob Heinrich Sager along with his sister-in-law Anna [surname not recorded] (age 18).

Widow Katharina Hirsch and her children (Magdalena, age 16; Katharina, age 12; Andreas, 11) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Franz Nikolaus Schröder.

Widow Catharina Hirsch and her children (Magdalena, age 17; Catharina, age 12; Andreas, 11) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Georg Schwartz, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Johannes, age 16; Katharina, age 12; Heinrich, age 6; Dorothea, age 6; Elisabeth, age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 30 May 1766 aboard the pink Lopamink under the command of Lieutenant Kryukov.