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Johann Ketsch, a miller (Müller), his wife Anna Maria, and son Johann Peter (age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Adler (Eagle) under the command of Skipper Paul Adolph Drath.

Widow Maria Ketsch and her son Johann Peter (age 2) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Ketsch came from the German region of Trier.

Joseph Hein [sic], a farmer, and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Adler (Eagle) under the command of Skipper Paul Adolph Drath.

Joseph Hylle and his wife Margaretha are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Joseph Hein [sic] came from the German region of Schwaben (Swabia).

Mattias Meiksner, a locksmith (Schlosser), his wife Katharina, and children (Friedrich, age 9¾; Peter, age 7; Barbara, age 2½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Adler (Eagle) under the command of Skipper Paul Adolph Drath.

Mathias Meinsner, his wife Catharina, and children (Barbara, age 9½; Peter, age 7) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Johann Philipp Schäfer, a farmer, his wife Susanna, and daughter Margaretha (age 25) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Diederika (Lady Diederika) under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Lunau.

Johann Philipp Schäfer is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Philipp Schäfer came from the German region of Isenburg.

Anna Mangel, a single woman, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 August 1766 aboard the galliot named Die Perle (The Pearl) under the command of Skipper Gerhardt Hermann Thomsen.

Cathrina Mangel is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Anna Mangel came from the German region of the Pfalz.

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

Andreas Kümler, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 August 1766 aboard the galliot named Die Perle (The Pearl) under the command of Skipper Gerhardt Hermann Thomsen.

Andreas Kimler is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that he died in route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Andreas Kümler came from the German region of the Pfalz.

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

Nikolaus Lorenz, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 August 1766 aboard the galliot named Die Perle (The Pearl) under the command of Skipper Gerhardt Hermann Thomsen.

Johann Nicolaus Lorentz [sic] and his wife Anna Elisabeth are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Johann Nicolaus died in route.

It is not known in which colony the widow Anna Elisabeth Lorenz settled.

Widow Eva Maria Klein and her daughters (Dorothea, age 24; Anna Maria, age 22) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the widow Eva Maria Klein died in route.

Daughter Dorothea Klein (age 30) is believed to be recorded on the 1767 census of Leichtling in Household No. 38 along with her [new] husband Anton Beichert. [See Beichert Family.]

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