Mehrlein
Spelling Variations:
Mehrlein
Settled in the Following Colonies:
Discussion & Documentation:
Michael Mehrlein, a farmer, and his wife Barbara arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Heinrich Sager.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Hölzel
In 1788, Michael Mehrlein and his family moved from Neu-Kolonie to Hölzel.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Michael Mehrlein came from the German region of Bamberg.
Sources:
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Hz38, Mv1863.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #6165.
Researcher(s):
Brent Mai