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Johann Lattenbach, a mason (Maurer), and his wife Helena Maria settled in the Volga German colony of Dehler on 26 June 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 37.

The 1767 census records that Johann Lattenbach came from the German village of Menning in Bayern (Bavaria).

Christian Hermann, a farmer, and his wife Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 May 1766 aboard the Russian galliot Katharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Röder.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Dehler on 26 June 1767. Christian Hermann is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 34 along with his wife Elisabeth and her son Nikolaus Schäfer (age 7). Her husband had died in route to Saratov in the group led by Obrleutenant Oldenburg.

Johann Wenzel, a linen weaver (Leineweber) and his wife Elisabeth settled in the Volga German colony of Cäsarsfeld on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 11 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Biberstein in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Johann Wenzel came from the German village of Breckenheim.

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

Johannes Strack, son of Johann Ebert Strack (died 1745) &  Anna Elisabeth Neul (died 1765), was born in Bonbaden on 18 April 1733 [other documents record his name as Johann Peter and birthdate as 13 August 1730]. He married in Bonbaden to Anna Elisabetha Maria Strack, daughter of Johannes Strack (died 1758) & Margaretha Elisabetha Dützel (died 1761), on 16 October 1761. She was also born in Bonbaden on 25 February 1733.

Andreas Paulsen, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Andreas Pahlsen is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

He is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 63.

Andreas Paulsen from Cäsarsfeld is recorded on the 1798 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. Er07.

Michael Wergner [sic], a farmer, his wife Maria, and children (Martin, age 12; Andreas, age 10; Michael, age 8; Johanna [sic], age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Christoph [sic] Ferkert, a single miller, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard the pink Cargo under the command of Lieutenant Moses Davydov.

Andreas [sic] Ferkert, a miller (Müller), and his wife Sophia settled in the Volga German colony of Boisroux on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 63.

Heinrich Ferkert, probable son of Christoph/Andreas Ferkert, and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Boisroux in Household No. Bx20.