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Johannes Simon, a single man, immigrated to Russia from the German village of Steinau.

Johann Simon, a single blacksmith (Schmied), arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a pinque named Каргополь (Kargopol: a Russian City) under the command of Captain Lieutenant Moses Davydov.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 where he and his new wife are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 39.

The family is recorded on the 1798 census of Krasnoyar in Household No. Ks043.

Philipp Schnarr, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and daughter Eleonora (age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Philip Schnarr, his wife Cathar. Elisabetha, and daughters (Helena, age 5¼; Anna Catharina, born en route) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughter Helena died en route.

Johannes Schnitzer, a single farmer, immigrated to Russa from the German village of Steinau.

Joh. Schnitzer (als deserteur angenommen) [accepted as a deserter] is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou on 3 August 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 49 in the appendix.

His widow an children are recorded in Nieder-Monjou on the 1798 Census in Household No. Nm48.

Johan Adam Rosenberger, a farmer from the area of Hanau, & Anna Margar. Büttner from Engen Switzerland, were married on 20 August 1766 in Pastor Bruns's house in Lübeck. The marriage is recorded in the parish register of St. Jacob's Lutheran Church in Lübeck.

Johann Adam Rosenberg[er], a farmer, and his wife Anna 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.

Daniel Maus, a farmer, his wife Anna, and [step-]daughters (Anna, age 12; Margaretha, age 6) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard an English barque named George under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Daniel Maus, his wife Anna, and stepdaughters (Anna Elisabeth, age 15; Anna Margaretha, age 7) [surname not recorded] immigrated to Russia from the German village of Niederzell.

The marriage of Johannes Muth & Catharina Krass is recorded in the parish register of the Lutheran Church in Büdingen, but a line is drawn through the entry indicating that this marriage probably did not occur.

Johannes Mut[h] is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 77.

Johannes Muth and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of  Meinhard in Household No. Mn17.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Mut[h] came from the German village of Neuengronau.