VGI Updates

Christian Fecke, his wife Elisabeth, and son Christian (age 20) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Christian Fecke, his wife Elisabeth, and son Christian (age 20) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

The Oranienbaum passenger list does not record from where Christian Fecke came.

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

Konrad Heidelbach and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Conrad Heidelbach and his wife Anna Katharina are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

The Oranienbaum passenger list does not record from where Konrad Heidelbach came.

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

Johannes Fischer and his wife Anna Sophia arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Heinrich Fischer and his wife Anna Sophia are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Anna Sophia died in route.

It is not known in which colony the widower Heinrich Fischer settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger does not list from where Johannes Fischer came.

Michael Hermann, his wife Maria, and son Michael (age 6) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Michel [sic] Hermann and his wife Maria are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both of them died in route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list does not record from where Michael Hermann came.

Georg Jost, his wife Katharina, and children (Johann Adam, age 9; Elisabeth, age 5¼; Maria, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Georg Jost, his wife Maria, and children (Johann Adam, age 9; Elisabeth, age 5; Maria, age 3) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that they all died in route.

Georg Schiebling and his wife Anna Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

George Schireling [sic] and his wife Anna Maria are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that he died in route.

It is not known in which colony the Widow Schiebling settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list does not record from where Georg Schiebling came.

Johann Haas, his wife Kunigunda, and daughter Gertrude (age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Johann Hass [sic], his wife Kunigunda, and daughter Gerdruta [sic] (age 4) 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.

The Oranienbaum passenger list does not record from where Johann Haas came.

Paul Jäger arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Paul Jäger is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that he died in route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list does not record from where Paul Jäger came.

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

Margaretha Döhringer, a single woman, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

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

It is not known in which colony she settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list does not record from where Margaretha Döhringer came.

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

Johann Lorenz arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Johann Lorentz [sic] is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that he died in route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list does not record from where Johann Lorenz came.

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