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Philipp Hoffmann, a farmer, his wife Maria, daughter Katharina (age 3), and brother-in-law Valentin [surname not recorded] (age 20) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 June 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Der Jäger (The Hunter) under the command of Skipper Gabriel Will.

Philipp Hoffmann (age 36), a farmer, his wife Maria Barbara (age 30), and daughter Katharina (age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Warenburg in Household No. 150. They had arrived in Warenburg on 12 May 1767.

Johann Georg Schmidt, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 June 1766 aboard the ship named Die Neue Fortuna (The New Fortune) under the command of Skipper Ahrens Steingraber.

Johann Georg 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 Johann Georg Schmidt came from the German region of Wetzlar.

Anton Strack, a farmer, and his wife Anna Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 June 1766 aboard the ship named Die Neue Fortuna (The New Fortune) under the command of Skipper Ahrens Steingraber.

Anthon Stracks [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.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Anton Strack came from the German region of Runkel.

Wolf Nürnberger, a farmer, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 June 1766 aboard the ship named Die Neue Fortuna (The New Fortune) under the command of Skipper Ahrens Steingraber.

Wolff Nürnberger 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 Wolf Nürnberger came from the German region of Bamberg.

Elisabeth Meckler, a single woman, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 June 1766 aboard the ship named Die Neue Fortuna (The New Fortune) under the command of Skipper Ahrens Steingraber.

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

Johann Nigengast [sic], a mason (Maurer), and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 June 1766 aboard the ship named Die Neue Fortuna (The New Fortune) under the command of Skipper Ahrens Steingraber.

Johann Nagengast 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 Nigengast [sic] came from the German region of Bamberg.

Johann Friedrich Friederichsen & Anna Eleonora Dourothea Margaretha Weinberg were married on 1 June 1766 in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Lübeck.

Johann Friedrichsen, his wife Anna, and wife's sister Anna (age 15) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Johan Fried. Friedrichsen, his wife Anna Eleonora, and wife's sister Maria Wilhelmina Weinberg are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Heinrich Götte, a farmer, and his wife Maria Dorothea arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 31 May 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Vergoldete Weintraube (The Gilded Grape) under the command of Skipper Joachim Hermann Andersen.

Johann Heinrich Götte, his unnamed wife, and one unnamed child 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 Heinrich Götte came from the German region of Köln.