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Michael Flachs, a farmer, his wife Maria, and daughter Marianna (age 5¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Concordia under the command of Skipper Jakob Bauert.

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

It is not known in which colony Michael Flachs settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Michael Flachs came from the German region of Mainz.

Ludwig Bataille, a mechanic?, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Maria Sophia under the command of Skipper Johann Bauert.

Itd & Rauschenbach record that this family is recorded on the 1767 census of Leitsinger in Household No. 30. This is one of the Households (No. 30-36) missing from Igor Pleve's publication of the 1767 census of Leitsinger.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Ludwig Bataille came from the German region of Hamburg.

Christoph Schulz, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Maria Sophia under the command of Skipper Johann Bauert.

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

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Christoph Schulz came from the German city of Lübeck.