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Johann Rausch, a single farmer, and his mother Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 August 1766 aboard the galliot named St. Johannes (Saint John) under the command of Skipper Carstens Stahl.

Widow Anna Rausch and her son Johann (age 23) 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 lists that Johann Rausch came from the German region of Riedesel.

Friedrich Könnberger, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and son Johann (age 5¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Catharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.

Ferdinand Könnberger, his wife Gertrud, and son Johann George (age 4) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Ferdinand died in route.

It is not known in which colony the widow Könnberger settled.

Jakob Zeller, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Catharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.

Jacob Zöller 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 Jakob Zeller came from the German region of Pfalz.

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

Henrich Klock, a farmer, his wife Anna, and [step-]children (Johann [Luft], age 18; Anna [Luft], age 16¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Catharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.

Johann Henrich Kniess, his wife Helena, and [step-]children (Johannes [Luft], age 18; Anna Maria [Luft], age 16) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Nikolaus Feck [sic], a farmer, and his wife Susanna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Catharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.

Nicolaus Fey and his wife Susanna are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both of them died in route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Nikolaus Feck [sic] came from the German village of Gersfeld.

Heinrich Luft, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Catharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.

Widower Heinrich Luft 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 Heinrich Luft came from the German region of Darmstadt.

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

Heinrich Walter, a stocking weaver (Strumpfwürker), his wife Barbara, son Gottfried (age 9), and sister-in-law Anna [surname not recorded] (age 40) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Catharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.

Henrich Walter, his wife Barbara, and son Gottfried (age 10) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.