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Philipp Jansen (born about 1786) and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Katharinenstadt along with a note that he had arrived there in 1825 from an illegible location.

The death of Philipp Jansen in 1844 is recorded on the 1850 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 428.

Michael Jensen, son of Philipp Jansen, is recorded on an 1865 list of colonists who relocated to Lilienfeld along with a note that he had arrived in Lilienfeld from Katharinenstadt on 10 September 1859.

Two Geist families arrived together from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Catharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.

(1) Heinrich Geist, a single farmer, arrived in Oranienbaum.

Joh. George Geiss [sic] is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg, to Saratov in 1767.

(2) Johannes Geist, a single farmer, and his wife Anna arrived in Oranienbaum.

Paul [sic] Schleicher, a farmer, his wife Barbara, and children (Johann, age 2½; Dorothea, age ¾) 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.

Carl Schleicher, his wife Barbara, and children (Johannes, age 3; Dorothea, age 1) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both parents and daughter Dorothea died in route.

It is not known in which colony the surviving son settled.

Widow Elisabeth Hoffmann and her children (Anna, age 7; Johann, age 5) 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.

Widow Elisabeth Hoffmann and her children (Anna, age 7; Johann, age 5¼) 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.