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Friedrich Beck, a farmer, his wife Christina, and mother-in-law Magdalena [Hintz] arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.

Johann Friedrich Beck, his wife Christina, and mother-in-law Maria Hintz are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Maria Hintz died in route.

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

Johann Götte, a farmer, and his wife Dorothea arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.

Johan [sic] Göde, his wife Dorothea, and newborn daughter Maria are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Maria also died in route.

It is not known in which colony this family settled.

Johann Beck [sic], a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.

Johan [sic] Benninck 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 records that Johann Beck [sic] came from Poland.

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

Widow Eva Knetzer arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.

Anna Knetzer and her daughter Julianna (age 18) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony these Knetzer women settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Eva Knetzer came from the German region of Württemberg.

Georg Lind [sic], a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.

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

It is not known in which colony Georg Lange settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Georg Lind [sic] came from the Netherlands.

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

Jakob Schmidt, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.

Johann Schmidt 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 records that Jakob Schmidt came from the German region of Hamburg.

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

Philipp Meier, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.

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

It is not known in which colony Philipp Meier settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Philipp Meier came from the German region of Dessau.

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

Andreas Fischer, a single baker, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.

Mattias [sic] Fischer 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 records that Andreas Fischer came from the German region of Zerbst.

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

Widow Anna Meier arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.

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

She is believed to have married Elias / Heinrich Mühr with whom she had arrived in Oranienbaum and with whom she is recorded being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov.

Christian Wiolrdich [sic], a single baker, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.

Johann Conrad Weirdich 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 records that Christian Weirdich came from the German region of Sachsen (Saxony).