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Wagner (Hummel)

Kaspar Wagner, a single turner, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

This may be the Kaspar Wagner who settled in Hummel.

Kaspar Wagner and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Hummel in Household No. Hm04.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Kaspar Wagner came from the German region of Nürnberg.

Müller (Hummel)

Andreas Müller, a turner, and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Andreas Müller and his wife Johanna are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Because they are traveling with of other colonists who eventually settled in the Volga German colony of Hummel, the Johannes Müller who is recorded in Hummel in 1798 may be a son of this Andreas Müller.

Sixt

In 1780, Kaspar Andreas Sixt and his family moved from Hummel to Saratov.

Ernst Sixt from Hummel and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. Or13 along with a note that he had lived in Saratov.

Worster (Jost)*

Georg Worster and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Jost in Household No. Jo30.

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

Mineter

Johann Mineter and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Husaren in Household No. Hn33 along with a note that they are living in Saratov.