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Gottau, Jorge

Jorge Gottau, born 23 May 1917 in Esteban Agustín Gascón. He moved to San Miguel Arcángel when he was 11. He was ordained 19 December 1942.

He was appointed Bishop of Añatuya (Argentina) on 12 June 1961 by Pope John XXIII.

He retired on 21 December 1992 and became Bishop Emeritus.

He died 24 April 1994.

Mayer, Jorge

Jorge Mayer was born in San Miguel Arcángel on 20 November 1915.

He was ordained 24 March 1940. He became bishop of the Diocese of Santa Rosa (La Pampa Province) on 9 July 1957.

On 31 May 1972, Bishop Mayer was appointed Archbishop of Bahía Blanca by Pope Paul VI. He retired on 21 July 1972 to become Archbishop Emeritus.

He died 25 December 2010 in Bahía Blanca.

Walter (Köhler-2)*

Elisabeth [Walter] (age 21), a single woman, 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 along with Widow Anna Butterweck and her daughter Maria (age 7). A relationship between Walter and Butterweck is not recorded.

Elisabeth Walter (age 21) is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with Anna Butterweck and her daughter Maria Catharina (age 7).

Butterweck*

Widow Anna Butterweck and her daughter Maria (age 7) 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 along with the single Elisabeth [Walter] (age 21).

Anna Butterweck and her daughter Maria Catharina (age 7) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with Elisabeth Walter (age 21).

It is not known in which colony Anna Butterweck and her daughter settled.

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