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Wolf (Jost)

Herrmann Wolf, a bookbinder (Buchbinder), his wife Katharina, and children (Johann, age 15; Elisabeth, age 9) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Börse von Lübeck under the command of Skipper Martin Friedrich Markau.

Herrmann Wolf, his wife Katharina, and daughter Sophia (age 15) are recorded on the 1767 census of Jost in Household No. 73. They had settled there on 5 September 1767.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Herrmann Wolf came from the German region of Hamburg.

Schlitter (Kamenka)

Peter Schlitter, his wife Eva, and son Konrad (age 3) are recorded on the 1775 census of Kamenka in Household No. 87.

The widow and children of Peter Schlitter (Joseph, age 15; Jakob, age 14) are recorded on the 1798 census of Kamenka in Households No. Km026 & Km081.

Jakob Schlitter and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Kamenka in Household No. 81.

Minch (Kamenka)

The widow of Christian Minich and his son Joseph are recorded on the 1798 census of Kamenka in Household No. Km073.

Joseph Minich and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Kamenka in Household No. 27.