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Müller (Unknown-13)*

Katharina Meller [sic] arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

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

It is not known in which colony Katharina Müller settled.

Komel*

Heinrich Komel arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

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

It is not known in which colony Heinrich Komel settled.

Nibergall*

Andreas Nibergall and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

Andreas Nibergall, his wife Elisabeth, and daughter Susanna (born in route) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the newborn Susanna died in route.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Kahn (Unknown)*

Karl Kahn, a miller (Müller), his wife Rosina, sons (Gottlieb, age 5; Johann, age ¾), and his nephew Karl (age 20) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 September 1766 aboard a pink named Лев (Lev) under the command of Lieutenant Fyodor Fyodorov.

Karl Siegmund Kahn, his wife Maria Rosina, and sons (Gottlob [sic], age 3; Johann Friedrich; age 1) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both sons died in route.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Lindenbauer*

Johann Lendenbauer [sic], a stocking weaver (Strümpfweber), and his wife Magdalena arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 September 1766 aboard a pink named Лев (Lev) under the command of Lieutenant Fyodor Fyodorov.

Johann Leonhardt Lindenbauer and his wife Maria Magdalena 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.

Schilling (Unknown)*

Johann Schilling, a bricklayer (Maurer), arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 September 1766 aboard a pink named Лев (Lev) under the command of Lieutenant Fyodor Fyodorov.

Johann Schilling 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 Schilling came from the German region of Württemberg.

Sutor*

Johann Heinrich Sutor (age 25), his wife Maria Dorothea née Leirich (age 24), and daughter Dorothea (age 3) are recorded on the 1776 Katharinenstadt Grundbuch [Land Register] in Household No. 89.

The 1776 Katharinenstadt Land Register records that Johann Heinrich Sutor came from the German village of Düdelsheim in the Isenburg region, that his wife came from the village of Büdingen, and that daughter Dorothea was born in Ratzenburg in the Mecklenburg region.

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

Geiger (Katharinenstadt)*

Mattias Geiger (age 39), a chemist (Chemicus), his wife Jakobina née Elsasser (age 27), and son Kaspar (age 9) are recorded on the 1776 Katharinenstadt Grundbuch [Land Register] in Household No. 42 along with a note that they have been Beurlaubt [on leave] in Kazan since 1775.

The Katharinenstadt Land Register records that Mattias Geiger came from the German village of Augsburg and that his wife came from the German village of Brackenberg in the Württemberg.

Meier (Katharinenstadt-4)*

Heinrich Meier (age 28), a blacksmith (Grobschmied), and his wife Eva Margaretha (age 37) are recorded on the 1776 Katharinenstadt Grundbuch [Land Register] in Household No. 36.

The 1776 Katharinenstadt Land Register records that Heinrich Meier came from the German village of Altstadt in the region of Sachsen-Weimar and his wife came from the German village of Windheim in the Nürnberg region.

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