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Anton Krämer, his wife Anna, and children (Karl, age 21; Johann, age 16; Anton, age 13; Philipp, age 11; Konrad, age 8; Wilhelmina, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Anton Krämer, his wife Christina, and sons (Karl, age 20, died en route; Johann Christoph, age 16; Anton, age 13; Philipp, age 11) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Gabriel Lincke, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Nikolaus Peter Pink.

Gabriel Lincke 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 Nieder-Monjou (No. 123) where he is recorded as a widower relocating to the colony of Orlovskaya in 1768.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Gabriel Lincke came from the German region of Sachsen (Saxony).

Joachim Eberhard Delkmann, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Johann [Michael], age 20; Sophia, age 14) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Gabriel Wild.

Widower Delkmann and his children are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt (No. 22).

They settled in the Volga German colony of Basel where son Michael is recorded on the 1798 census in Household No. Bs12.

Michael's death in Basel in 1820 is recorded on the 1834 census in Household No. 18.

Lorenz Zindel and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

They are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau (No. 10). They settled in the Volga German colony of Basel and are recorded there on the 1798 census in Household No. Bs16.

The death of Lorenz Zindel is recorded in 1818 on the 1834 census of Basel in Household No. 24.

[Johann] Heinrich Weber, 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.

Joh. Heinr. Weber 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 Katharinenstadt (No. 39). He is recorded on the 1798 census of Boisroux in Household No. Bx54.

Christoph Köhler, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Johann [Ernst], age 12; Augustina, age 10; Heinrich, age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Christoph Kohler, his wife Marta, and children (Johannes, age 12; Ernestina, age 10½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Boisroux on 3 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 21.

Franz Honecker, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and son Joseph (age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the galliot Adler under the command of Skipper Paul Adam Drath.

Frank Hungeler [sic], his wife Elisabeth, and newborn son Anton are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Hölzel on 11 September 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 6.

Johann Deckert, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Martin, age 11; Katharina, age 8) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Johann Teucker [sic], his wife Anna Maria, and children (Pet. Joh. Martin [age not recorded]; Catrina [age not recorded]) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.