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Bergmann (Paulskaya)*

Christian Bergmann, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha settled in the Volga German colony of Paulskaya on 7 June 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 55 along with their 1-week-old son Konrad.

The 1767 census records that Christian Bergmann came from the German village of Brücken in the Dessau region.

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

Seng

Joh. Georg Seng, his wife Maria, and daughters (Elisabeth, age 11; Anna Elisabeth, age 8) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Widower Johann Georg Seng, a farmer,  and his daughters (Elisabeth, age 12; Anna, age 10) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 124.

Ulrich (Nieder-Monjou)

Johann Ulrich, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Katharina, age 16; Johann, age 12; Heinrich, age 3) 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.

Johann Ulrich, his wife Anna Maria, and children (Catharina, age 15; Johann, age 13; Johann [again], age 3½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Triller (Nieder-Monjou)

Konrad Triller, a farmer, his wife Kunigunda, and children (Johann, age 7; Elisabeth, age 5; Sabina, age 3) are recorded on the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 77. They had settled there on 3 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Konrad Triller came from the German village of Altenfeld.

Seibel (Nieder-Monjou)

Johannes Seibel, a carpenter, his wife Anna, and children (Friedrich [age not recorded], Barbara, age 14; Kunigunda, age 9; Friedrich [again, but should be Heinrich], age 8) 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.

Rübling*

Ludwig Rübling, a farmer, and his wife Gertrude 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.

Ludw. Rübling and his wife Gertraut are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Meier (Nieder-Monjou-1)*

Michael Meier and his wife Katharina 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.

Michel Meyer [sic] and his wife Catharina are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou on 7 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 23.