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Regner (Unknown)*

Joseph Regner, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.

Joseph Regner and his wife Margaretha are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from Oranienbaum to Saratov in 1767.

Joseph Reger [sic], a miller (Müller), and his wife Margaretha are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 95. They had arrived there on 3 August 1767.

Chor*

Johann Chor, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.

Johann Chor, his wife Anna Maria, and son Johann (born in route) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from Oranienbaum to Saratov along with a note that newborn Johann also died in route.

Johannes Chor, a farmer, his wife Maria, and daughter Anna (age 1-week) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 89. They had arrived there on 3 August 1767.

Fau*

Georg Fau, a mason, and his wife Walpurgia arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.

Georg Fau and his wife Margaretha [sic] are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from Oranienbaum to Saratov in 1767.

Meier (Unknown-3)*

Johann Meier, a farmer, his wife Kunigunda, and daughter Anna (age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.

Johann Meyer [sic], his wife Anna Cunigunda, and daughter Anna (age 4) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from Oranienbaum to Saratov in 1767.

Johannes Meier, a carpenter (Zimmermann), and his wife Kunigunda are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 85.

Bauer (Unknown)*

Ulrich Bauer, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.

Ulrich Bauer and his wife Margaretha are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from Oranienbaum to Saratov in 1767.

Ulrich Bauer, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 83. They had arrived there on 3 August 1767.

Bohl, Craig

Craig Bohl was born 27 July 1958 in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Craig played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers as a defensive back and has since gone on to coach college football professionally.

He served as the head coach of the North Dakota State University Bisons from 2003 to 2013. His career there included three consecutive NCAA Division I Championships.

In 2014, he became the head coach of the University of Wyoming Cowboys.

Coach Bohl's Volga German ancestors came from the colony of Huck.