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Uhlmann

Elias Uhlmann, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Johann [Ludwig], age 22; Jakob, age 20; Magdalena, age 17; Anna, age 14; Eva, age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Jungfer Friederika under the command of Skipper Christian Korsholm.

Son Ludwig Uhlmann, a farmer, and his new wife Katharina are recorded on the 1767 census of Preuss in Household No. 11 along with two stepsons (Balthasar Wolf, age 19; Antoni Wolf, age 12).

Herrmann (Leichtling)

Nikolaus Herrmann, a farmer, and his wife Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Leichtling on 14 May 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 49.

Nikolaus Herrmann and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Leightling in Household No. Lg06.

Johannes Herrmann, son of Nikolaus Herrmann, relocated from Leichtling to Mariental in 1825 where he is recorded on the 1834 census in Household No. 201.

The 1767 census records that Nikolaus Herrmann came from the German village of Alzey.