Johann Schneider, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and son Johann (age 2¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Jungfer Friederika under the command of Skipper Hans Christian Korsholm.
They 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.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Schneider family among the Volga German colonies.
Johann Lieber, a butcher (Fleischer), and his wife Christina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Jungfer Friederika under the command of Skipper Hans Christian Korsholm.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Straub on 12 May 1767, and Wilhelm Lieber is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 58 along with a note that his wife had died there on 26 October 1767.
Michael Haag and his wife Barbara arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 28 August 1766 aboard the ship Der Junge Heinrich under the command of Skipper Heinrich Niemann.
Michael Gach [sic] and his wife Maria Barbara are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Maria Barbara died en route.
It is not known in which colony Michael Haag settled.
The Oranienbaum passenger list does not record from where Michael Haag came.
Widow Anna Katharina Eppler and her son Johann (age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 28 August 1766 aboard the ship Der Junge Heinrich under the command of Skipper Heinrich Niemann.
Widow Katharina Eppler is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that she deserted the group.
If she made it to the Volga German colonies, it is not known in which colony she settled.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Eppler family among the Volga German colonies.
Volga German families settled in Pacific City, Oregon.
There are two Seitz families who both arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 28 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Junge Heinrich (The Young Henry) under the command of Skipper Heinrich Niemann. Their relationship with each other, if any, needs further research.
(1) Johann Heinrich Seitz, his wife Maria, and daughters (Anna, age 2¼; Elisabeth, age 1¼) arrived in Oranienbaum.
Johann Heinrich Seitz, a farmer, and his wife Maria are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 31.
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Johann Wagner, a single weaver (Weber), arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard the pink Slon [English: Elephant] under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.
Johannes Wagner 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 Wagner came from the German region of Sachsen (Saxony).
Johann Mensdorf [sic], a housekeeper [Ökonom], his wife Gertruda, daughter (Katharina Elisabeth, age ¼), mother-in-law (Katharina, age not recorded), and sister-in-law (Losina, age 21) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard the pink Slon [English: Elephant] under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.