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Johannes Haag [sic] from the area of Würtenberg [sic] & Maria Christina Lauth from Laubach were married on 1 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Johann[es Friedrich] Haar and his wife Maria Christina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard the Russian pink Vologda under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Bartenyev.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 90.

Johann Günther, son of deceased Heinrich Günther, is recorded on the 1798 census of Krasnoyar in Household No. Ks034.

Johann Georg Gross, his wife Anna Margaretha, and step-son Johann Peter Schmidt arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 August 1766 aboard the Russian galliot Strelna under the command of Lieutenant Sornev.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 58.

he Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Georg Gross was a rope maker from the German region of Isenburg. The 1767 census records that he was a farmer from the village of Büdingen in Isenburg.

Philipp Groh, a farmer, and his wife Anna settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 112.

The 1767 census records that Philipp Groh came from the German region of Friedberg.

Johann[es] Griesmann, a single man, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 August 1766 aboard the pink Novaya Dvinka under the command of Lieutenant Perepechin.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 89 along with his new wife Anna Katharina.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Griesmann was a carpenter from the German region of Isenburg. The 1767 census records that he was a farmer from the German village of Laubach in the Büdingen region.

Caspar Fritz & Anna Maria Baÿer, both from Gunterskirchen [Gonterskirchen], were married 26 May 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Kaspar Fritz, a farmer, and his wife Anna Dorothea [Krieger] settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 98.

The 1767 census records that Kaspar Fritz came from the German region of Laubach.

Konrad Felsinger, a farmer, his wife Katharina, children (Anna Elisabeth, age 13; Johann Georg, age 6), and stepsons (Johann Adam Kimmel, age 19; Konrad Kimmel, age 17) settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 109.

The 1767 census records that Konrad Felsinger came from the German region of Laubach.

Katharina Eusel (age 60), widow of an unnamed farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767. She is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 120.

The 1767 census records that Katharina Eusel came from the German region of Laubach.

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

Conrad Eckard [sic], a stocking maker (Strumpfmacher) from the area of Darmstadt, & Catharina Walter from Solms-Laubach were married on 17 July 1766 in Pastor Möllraht's house in Lübeck. The marriage is recorded in the parish register of St. Jacob's Lutheran Church in Lübeck.

Konrad Eckhardt, a farmer, and his wife Anna [sic] arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the barque named Fortitudo under the command of Skipper John Scott.