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Nikolaus Siebert, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.

Nicolas Sibert [sic], a single man, is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Nikolaus Siebert came from the German region of Mainz.

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

Jakob Ley, a farmer, his wife Sybilla, and daughter Anna (age 5¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.

Jacob Ley, his wife Anna Elisabeth, and daughter Elisabeth (age 5½) 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 passeenger list records that Jakob Ley came from Switzerland.

Katharina Spahn, a single woman, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.

Catrina Spahn is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that she died in route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Katharina Spahn came from the German region of Hanau.

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

Johann Michael, a miller, and his wife Dorothea arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.

Michel Hahn [sic] and his wife Dorothea 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 records that Johann Michael came from the German region of Mainz.

Johann Schmidt, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.

Johann Jacob Schmidt is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Schmidt came from the German region of Braunfels.

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

Georg Both, a farmer, and his wife Christina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.

Georg Ludwig Both and his wife Christina Elisabeth 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 records that Georg Both came from the German region of Braunfels.

Johann Felde [sic], a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and daughter Anna (age 3-weeks) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.

Johann Welde, his wife Anna Margaretha, and daughter Catharina (age ½) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony this Welde family settled.

Johann Jung, a hosier (Strumpfwirker), his wife Anna, and children (Johann, age 4; Susanna, age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.

Johann Junge [sic], his wife Anna Margreta, and children (Johannes, age 4½; Anna Elisabeth, age 1½) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg and Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.