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Widow Elisabeth Spohr and her daughters (Elisabeth, age 16; Anna, age 9) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Eva Maria under the command of Skipper Franz Christopher Schröder.

Widow Elisabeth and her daughters (Elisabeth, age 16¼; Anna, age 9) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the widow Elisabeth died en route.

It is not known in which colony the orphaned daughters settled.

Johann Georg Behmüller, his wife Margaretha, and daughter Anna (age 12) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Eva Maria under the command of Skipper Franz Christopher Schröder.

Johann Georg Behmüller, his wife Margaretha, and daughter Anna (age 15) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both parents died en route.

It is not known in which colony orphaned daughter Anna Behmüller settled.

Johann Walecker, a single man, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Eva Maria under the command of Skipper Franz Christopher Schröder.

Johann Walger [sic] 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.

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

Thomas Schneider, his wife Anna, and son Thomas (age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Eva Maria under the command of Skipper Franz Christopher Schröder.

Thomas Schneider, his wife Anna, and son Thomas (age 2¼) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both father and son died en route.

It is not known in which colony the widow Anna Schneider settled.

Johann Georg Hey, his wife Anna, and son Mattias (age 11) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Eva Maria under the command of Skipper Franz Christopher Schröder.

Johann George Hey, his wife Anna, and son Mathias (age 11) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that they all died en route.

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

Johann Heinrich Fey, his wife Anna, and children (Johann, age 7; Martin, age 5; Johann, age 3; Johannes, age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Eva Maria under the command of Skipper Franz Christopher Schröder.

Johann Heinrich Tey [sic], his wife Anna, and children (Johann, age 7; Martin, age 5¼; Johannes, age 2¼) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the father Johann Heinrich, son Martin, and son Johannes died en route.

Elisabeth Pfaff, a single woman, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Eva Maria under the command of Skipper Franz Christopher Schröder.

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

The Oranienbaum passenger list does not record from where Elisabeth Pfaff came.

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

Peter Gerach and his wife Susanna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Eva Maria under the command of Skipper Franz Christopher Schröder.

Widow Sus. Elis. Gerig [sic] is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that she died en route.

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