VGI Updates

Pierre Adrien 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.

Pierre Adrien 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 Pierre Adrien came.

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

Christoph Brunner, his wife Magdalena, and daughters (Kunigunda, age 3; Margaretha, age ½) 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 [sic] Brunner, his wife Margaretha, and daughters (Barbara, age 2¼; Margaretha, age ½) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that all of them died in route.

Johann Poppe, his wife Margaretha, and daughter Christina (age ½) 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 Poppe, his wife Margaretha, and daughter Christina [age not recorded] are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that all three of them died in route.

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

Anton Rübesat 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.

Anton Rübesat 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 Anton Rübesat came.

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

Friedrich Leisker 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.

Friderich [sic] Leisker 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 Friedrich Leisker came.

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

Gottfried Kühnemann 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.

Friedrich [sic] Kühnemann is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony Gottfried Kühnemann settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list does not record from where Gottfried Kühnemann came.

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

Eleonora Him, 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.

Eleonora Him 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 which Colony  Eleonora Him came.

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

Rosina Günther 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.

Widow Rosine Günther is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

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

The Oranienbaum passenger list does not record from where Rosina Günther came.

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

Johann Gottlieb Maiwald, his wife Maria, and daughter Katharina (age 19) 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.

Gottlieb Maywald [sic], his wife Maria, and daughter Dorothea Catharina (age 18) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Gottlieb died in route.

It is not known in which colony the widow Maiwald and her daughter settled.

Christian Schlicher 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.

Christian Schlicher and his wife Maria Elisabeth Johanna are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Christian died in route.

It is not known in which colony the Widow Maria Elisabeth Johanna Schlicher settled.