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GL= a locality in
the Germanies.
GS= one of the
German states.
ML= Marriage List.
RN= the name of a
researcher who has
verified one or more
German origins.
UC= unconfirmed.
VV= a German Volga
village.
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Ber-Bicz
Ber: see
Baer.
BeratzFN:
said by the
Goebel FSL to be
fromUC
Weisenau(?),
Kurmainz.
BerberichFN:
see
Barberich.
BerboeGL,
Polen: an
unidentified place
said by the
Fischer FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Kepp? family.
BerchingGL, Hanau
County:
confirmed as
Bergen, Hanau;
according to the
Frank FSL was
homeUC to
a
Hock family.
This origin has been
confirmed, see
Hock.
Berchtesgaden
Princely ProvostyGL:
a small state
including several
villages S of Salzburg
city; see
Bectolegaden.
BerehtFN
said by the
Frank FSL to be
fromUC
Grasbrun, Ansbach.
BerenFN:
see
Berin.
Berenbach,
Kurmainz: is 29 miles WSW of
Koblenz
city and surely was
in
Kurkoeln, not
Kurmainz.
Said by the
Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Glasony family.
BerendFN:
see
BehrensFN{Christian}.
Berend?GS:
an unidentified
state.
See
Karich.
Berer?FN:
said (no locality
mentioned) by
Kuhlberg to
be fromUC
Ungarn.
Spelled
Baehr in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn77).
BerettFN:
said (no locality
mentioned) by the
Degott FSL to be
fromUC
Schwtzingen?, Mannheim
[Oberamt,
Kurpfalz]. I could not
find this family in
the 1798
Volga
censuses.
Berg{A.Katharina}FN:
said by the 1798
Balzer census to
be the maiden name
of frau
Heckmann?{Michael}.
Berg{Georg}FN:
said by the
Balzer FSL to be
fromUC [Hessen-]Darmstadt
[Landgraviate]
(no locality
mentioned).
BergFN:
said by the
Belowescher Kolonien
FSL to be fromUC
the
Pfalz (no
locality mentioned).
BergFN:
said by the
Bettinger FSL to
be fromUC
Schel[ch]erchen(?),
Sachsen.
I could not
find any member of
this family in
Mai1798es.
BergFN{Sabina}:
according to a
Luebeck ML this
woman married a
Sorgenfrey man
in 1766; by
1767 this couple was
in
Boaro (Mai&Marquardt#214).
According to
the
Boaro FSL her maiden name was
Sueberg.
BergFN{Thobias}:
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
fromUC
Silkerode.
Spelled
Berg in 1798 (Mai1798:
Bx43).
BergFN:
said by the
Galka FSL to be
fromUC
Carcassonne[Frankreich].
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Gk5.
BergFN:
the
GCRA found
evidence that this
man who went to
Kassel
in about 1818
and again in about
1827 was the bornUC
in
MeskauGL,
Prussia[n
Farther
Pomerania.
See their
book for detail.
BergFN:
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC
Baerenbach.
Berg{Elisabeth
widow of Herr
Albert}: Berg
was mistakenly given
as her maiden name
in
Mai1798:Kd18,
but
her maiden name has
been proven as
Burger.
Berg{Conrad}:
Kulberg163 said he was a single Catholic fromUC
Olengein(?).
Not in
T or in any
published FSL.
BergFN:
said by the
Seewald FSL to
be fromUC
Lampertheim, Worms.
Berg{Christian}:
KS121 says he leftUC Kuechen near Witzenhausen
to go to
Russia.
I could not
find him in any
published FSL.
Berg{Michael}:
KS121 says he leftUC
Hessen-Darmstadt
[Landgraviate]
to go to Russia.
I could not
find him in any
published FSL.
BergFN:
see also
Burg.
Berg [Duchy]GS: this country lay along the E bank of the Rhein
and occupied the
lower
Ruhr and
lower Sieg river
valleys, as well as
the valleys of the
Wupper and Agger
rivers.
Said by the
Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Steininger family and possibly a Mueller family.
BergdorfBV:
a German Lutheran
village founded in
the
Glueckstal district
of the
Odessa
region in
1808/09.
Its 1816 and
1858 censuses are
recorded in
KS:658-669, with
related entries
scattered through
pages 204-497. Much
more information,
including
verification of
origin, regarding
these families can
be found in the
GCRA book The Glueckstalers in New Russia and North America
and its accompanying
CD-ROM – research
led
by
Margaret Freeman
and
Gwen Prizkau,
and edited by
Thomas Stangl.
Names in
square brackets
following family
names are alternate,
often later,
versions of that
name.
The numbers
following the family
names are the
household numbers as
they appear in the
censuses (Revision
Lists) as reported
by
KS:
from
Abstatt,
Heilbronn
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Schock150);
from
Adolzfurt,
Oehringen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Zirp/Zuern160);
from
Affalterbach,
Backnang [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: (Burr124,
125,
Faber aka
widow
Burr124);
from
Aidlingen,
Boeblingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Doefflinger37);
from
Althengstett,
Calw [Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Kramer121);
from
Auenheim,
Bischweiler
[Amt],
Elsass: (Zimmerling2,
62);
from
Bahnbruecken,
Bruchal [Amt],
Baden:
(Laemmle26, 28);
from
Beinstein,
Waiblingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Miller{G.Paul}8);
from
Bergfelden,
Sulz [Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Henger66,
114);
from
Bieselsberg,
Calw [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: (Schmid(t){Johann
Gottlieb}61, 112);
from
Bietigheim,
Ludwigsburg
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Maeule122,
125);
from
Birlenbach,
Sulz [Amt],
Elsass: (Haas8,
63);
from
Bissingen,
Ludwigsburg
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Scheufele132,
136);
from
Bodelshausen,
Tuebingen
[Amt].
Wuerttemberg:
(Staiger41);
from
Bondorf,
Boeblingen [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: (Hofmeister9);
from
Breitenberg,
Calw [Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Schneible119);
from
Breuningsweiler,
Waiblingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Haegele);
from
Buetten,
Mackweiler,
Zabern [Amt],
Elsass: (All/Ahl180,
181);
from
Buttenhausen,
Boettingen,
Muensingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: (Rauscher17);
from
Cresbach,
Freudenstadt
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Sturm16);
from
Dettingen,
Nuertingen [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: (Huber45);
from
Deutschbach,
Reichau,
Galicia:
(Merkel50);
from
Doernach,
Tuebingen [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: (Schenk140);
from
Doerrenbach,
Bergzabern
[Amt],
Pfalz: (Hey58,
Faut/Fauth7);
from
Duerrenwaldstetten,
Sulz [Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Stein{Christian}29);
from
Eberspiel,
Calw [Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Schnuerle139);
from
Ehrbardorf,
Posen, Preussen: (Mattwich1780;
from
Ehrstaedt,
Sinsheim
[Amt],
Baden:
(Lauer115);
from
Entringen,
Tuebingen
[Amt],
Werttemberg:
(Schaefer{G.Fried.}71,
Stickelmaier146,
Weiss145);
from
Enzweihingen,
Vaihingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Schuler{Jacob
Gottlieb}182);
from
Erdmannhausen,
Ludwigsburg
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Haegele126,
Jenner127);
from
Fellbach,
Waiblingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Aldinger30,
Deile27,
Hofmeister9);
from
Forchtenburg,
Oehringen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Braun171);
from
Freudenstein,
Maulbronn
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Goehring162);
from
Gaechingen,
Urach [Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Meier{Jacob}5;
from
Glatz,
Preussisch Schlesien: (Reuter/Reutter{Peter}142);
from
Goeppingen,
Goeppingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Ekler10,
Stieb10);
from
Graben,
Karlsruhe
[Amt],
Baden: (Braun171);
from
Groembach,
Suedpreussen:
(Stein{Johann
Martin}29);
from
Gross-Bottwar,
Ludwigsburg
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Kurrle133);
from
Grossingersheim,
Ludwigsburg [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: (Aiperschbach[Aipersbach/Aipperspach]154,
Grill121,
Hettich131);
from
Grossliebental:
(Schuler{Gottlieb}182);
from
Gross-Polen: (Luetzow40);
from
Gross-Sachsenheim,
Ludwigsburg
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Grieshaber167);
from
Gueglingen,
Brackenheim
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Esser/Jesser170);
from
Gutenberg,
Kirchheim
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Fischer{Michael,
Anna Maria}10,44);
from
Haitersbach,
Nagold [Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Goetz{Johann
Georg}14,
68);
from
Hausen ob Verona,
Tuttlingen [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: (Zink30, 65);
from
Hilsbach,
Suedpreussen:
(Stein{Johann
Martin};
from
Igelsloch,
Calw [Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Bertsch116);
from
Ingolsheim,
Sulz [Amt],
Elsass: (Alexander1,
Herr1);
from
Kaelberbronn,
Freudenstadt
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Weisert/Weissert11,
59);
from
Kallenberg,
Backnang
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Rau{Johann
Friedrich}25);
from
Kaltenbach: (Rau25);
from
Kaltental,
Stuttgart
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Kurrle133,
Rall149);
from
Kaltenwesten,
Heilbronn[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Arnold158,
Behringer[Beringer]157,
Frank155,
Gnang/Ganje157,
Mueller(Christian
Friedrich}159,
Rieker[Riecker]{Johannes}156;
from
Kandel,
Germersheim
[Amt],
Pfalz: (Clemens54);
from
Keffenach,
Weissenburg
[Amt],
Elsass: (Kauz/Kautz14);
from
Kirchentellinsfurt,
Tuebingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Nagel49);
from
Kleeburg,
Weissenburg
[Amt],
Elsass: (Haller51);
from
Klein Ingersheim:
(Klein{Fried.}122,
Messner120);
from
Kleinniedesheim,
Worms [Amt],
Pfalz: (Merkel50);
from
Kuernbach,
Bretten [Amt],
Baden: (Siffermann{Johannes}56);
from
Leidringen,
Balingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Hollweger117);
from
Lembach,
Sulz [Amt],
Elsass: (Bender22,
55);
from
Leonberg,
Stuttgart
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Siffermann{Lorenz
Jr}56);
from
Leonbronn,
Brackenheim
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Fischer{Karl
F}161);
from
Ludwigsburg,
Wuerttemberg:
(Meier{Karl
Friedrich}5);
from
Luisenfeld,
Polen: (Faas{Jacob
Jr}60);
from
Mackweiler,
Zabern [Amt],
Elsass: (Hofmann{Philipp}22);
from
Markgroeningen,
Ludwigsburg
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Wixler{Christian
Heinrich}137);
from
Markowitz,
Krzepien
[Amt],
Suedpreussen:
(Dollinger{Gottlieb}69);
from
Meisenheim,
Bad
Kreuznach,
Pfalz: (Amann[Aman/Amman]{Philipp}15, {Heinrich}169);
from
Mittellbergheim,
Barr [Amt],
Strasbourg
[Oberamt],
Elsass:
Siffermann{Lorenz
Sr}56);
from
Moehringen,
Stuttgart
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Grieb39);
from
Moenschweiler,
Villingen [Amt],
Baden: (Flaig36, Vosler21);
from
Moessingen,
Tuebingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Schmid(Dionysius’
sons)129, 143);
from
Moetzingen,
Boeblingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Kussmaul57,
151);
from
Muehlhausen,
Vaihingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Bauer{Friedericka}
aka frau
Teske179,
Rapp138);
from
Murrhardt,
Backnang
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Dietrich46);
from
Musberg,
Boeblingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Stebler118);
from
Neckarwesthiem
[formerly
Kaltenwesten],
Heilbronn
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Arnold158,
Behringer[Beringer]157,
Frank155,
Gnang/Ganje157,
Laitenberger159,
Mueller(Christian
Friedrich}159,
Rieker[Riecker]{Johannes}156);
from
Neidlingen,
Nuertingen [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: (Doeffinger37);
from
Nellingsheim,
Rottenburg
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Hermann{Jacob}19);
from
Neudingen,
Oehningen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Eberle152);
from
Neuenstein,
Oehringen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Dietz102,
Fischer{Georg
M}101, 130);
from
Neuhausen,
Tuttlingen [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: (Lang{Danizel}120);
from
Neusatz,
Neuenburg
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Pfeifer61,
Wacker35);
from
Nieder-Floersheim,
Worms [Amt],
Pfalz: (Obenauer{Johann
Philipp}
aka
Fischer{Gottlieb}47,
99);
from
Oberbrueden,
Backnang
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Trefz177);
from
Oberjessingen,
Herrenberg
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Roll32);
from
Oberseebach,
Sulz [Amt],
Elsass: (Bender{Michael}55,
105,
Rindel52);
from
Oetisheim,
Vaihingen [Amt},
Wuerttemberg: (Rudolf{Christian}72);
from
Ostrowiec,
Galicia:
(Merkel{Johann
Jacob, Georg});
from
Pfalzengrafenweiler,
Freudenstadt
[Amt].
Wuerttemberg:
(Rath34);
from
Pfrondorf,
Tuebingen [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: (Redenbach36);
from
Pleidelsheim,
Ludwigsburg
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Grill121,
Hafner{Jakob}166);
from
Preussisch Schlesien:
(Roessler/Ressler33);
from
Radzivilov,
Russia [Ukraine]:
(Amann{Aman/Amman}(Heinrich)169);
from
Reilingen,
Mannheim, Baden: (Spielmann24,
and possibly
Bedorf24);
from
Reinighof,
Rumbach,
Pfalz: (Bender{Eva}55);
from
Remmingsheim,
Rottenburg
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Kaz
aka frau
Kussmaul57);
from
Riederich,
Urach [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: (Manhalter164);
from
Rott,
Sulz [Amt],
Elsass: (Alexander{Johannes}1);
from
Rountzenheim,
Roppenheim parish,
Bischweiller
[Amt],
Elsass: (Wolf{Matthias/Friedrich}172;
from
Rumbach,
Pfalz: (Bender{Johann
Georg Sr}55);
from
Sabawa,
Josefow,
Galicia:
(Merkel{Johann
Georg}50);
from
Scheppach,
Waldbach Parish,
Oehringen [Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Hoffmann {Mattias}15,
Knorr165,
Steigmann133);
from
Schwieberdingen,
Ludwigsburg
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Wikeler137);
from
Sessenheim,
Bischweiler
[Amt],
Elsass: (Metzger{Christian}4,
Nass3,
Wolf{Matthias/Friedrich}172);
from
Sigmarswangen,
Sulz [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: (Leicht{Johann Jacob Sr}13);
from
Smolin,
Reichau,
Galicia:
(Miller{Joseph}23;
from
Spital (Schoengrund),
Hohensalza
[Amt],
Posen: (Leicht{Jacob
Friedrich}13,
{Johann Georg?}12);
from
Spoeck,
Karlsruhe
[Amt],
Baden; (Kroll31);
from
Stuttgart,
Wuerttemberg: (Kabel43);
from
Trossingen,
Tuttlingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Spek/Speck20);
from
Trusseje,
Preussen: (Kaercher50);
from
Tuebingen,
Wuerttemberg: (Wittich168);
from
Tuttlingen,
Tuttlingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Haux26,
64);
from
Undingen,
Reutlingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Gugel/Hugel125);
from
Unknown: (Bart/Barth18,
Borngraeber15,
Dollinger69, Faas110,
Faut/Fauth7, Geigle38,
Jockel42,
Klipfel53, Luetzow40,
Reis4,
Riker70, Schmid{Johann}61,
Spitzer110);
from
Vaihingen
[auf
den
Fildern],
Stuttgart (Amt), Wuerttemberg: (Elsaesser163);
from
Waldbach,
Scheppach
Parish,
Wuerttemberg:
(Steigmann133);
from
Warsaw: (Faas60);
from
Weinsberg,
Heilbronn
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Wolf{Elias}148);
from
Weisweil,
Emendingen [Amt],
Baden: (Klipfel53);
from
Woessingen,
Karlsruhe
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Hauf2,
Huft48);
from
Zaisenhausen,
Sinsheim
[Amt],
Baden: (Hertle44,
67);
from
Zavelstein,
Valw [Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
(Bertsch116).
from
Zickwerder,
Wirsitz parish,
Posen Department,
Preussen:
(Rudolph72);
from
Zweibruecken,
Pfalz: (Wittich{Philipp
Jakob}168);
BergeFN:
said by the
Phillipsfeld FSL
to be fromUC
Kuechen-bei-Walkdappel,
[Hessen-Kassel
Landgraviate].
For 1769 see
Mai1798:Mv2283.
Bergedorf, Hamburg [Imperial City]:
is now a
neighborhood 9 miles
SE of
Hamburg city
centre and was said
by the
Stahl-am-Tarlyk
FSL to be homeUC
to the
Gies family.
BergelFN:
of
Erlangen, Bayreuth:
see
Weigel of
Herzog.
BergemFN:
see
Bernard.
BergenFN{A.Maria}:
she married in
Rosslau 29 May
1765
Herrmann{J.Georg}
(Mai&Marquardt#862,
KS121).
I could not
find them in any
published FSL.
BergenGL:
said by the
Holstein FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Kuxhausen
family.
This may be
Bergen, Lower Saxony, some 30 miles NE of Hannover city.
BergenGL,
Hanau County:
was just to the NE
of old
Frankfurt-am-Main,
now incorporated
into Frankfurt as
part of the
Bergen-Enkheim
neighborhood in
northeastern
Frankfurt.
See Berching.
Bergen?,
Schwedisch Vorpommern: 24 km NE of Stalsund city, it was said by the Schwed FSL to be homeUC to a Nummerstein family.
BergerFN:
this widower was
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
fromUC
Geschetet?.
BergerFN:
the
Grimm FSL says a
widowed Berger
mother-in-law was
living with a young
Schott couple who
had come from
Mehlis(?).
In the 1798
census,
Schott’s wife’s maiden name is given as Becker.
BergerFN:
said by the
Kukkus FSL to be
fromUC
Dierdorf,
Nassau.
BergerFN:
said by the
Leichtling FSL
to be fromUC
Bilertann(?),
Swabia (no locality mentioned).
BergerFN:
said by the
Mariental FSL to
be fromUC
Ueberlingen.
BergerFN:
said by the
Messer 1798
census to be the
maiden name of frau
Hargenhein (Mai1798:Ms4)
BergerFN:
said by the
Norka FSL to be
fromUC
Isenburg (no
locality mentioned).
For possible
1798 see
Mai1798:Kk13.
BergerFN:
said by a
Luebeck ML to
have married a
Heilmann man in
1766 (Mai&Marquazrdt#146).
See
Heilmann of
Orlovskaya.
Berger FN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Artburg.
Berger{nameless}FN:
said by the
Reinwald FSL to be fromUC Windeck, [Berg Duchy],
with a
Brunner
step-daughter and
Reimer
step-children in the
household.
Berger{nameless}
FN: his wife
was said by the
Reinwald FSL to
be fromUC
Naehermemmingen?,
Wuerttemberg [Duchy].
BergerFN:
said by the
Schuck FSL to be
fromUC
Laudenbach?,
Kurpfalz.
Spelled
Wendelberger and
Barger as well as Berger in 1790 and 1798 (Mai11798:Mv2631,Vm21,Gb63 and Su9).
BergerFN:
said by the
Seelmann FSL to
be fromUC
Graevenstein?,
Kurpfalz. For 1798 see
Mai1798:Sm38.
BergerFN:
said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be fromUC
Menningen?,
Kurpfalz with a Conrad
stepson in the
household.
I could not
find them in
Mai1798.
BergerFN{Johannes}:
he married in
Buedingen on 9
March 1766
Ruppel{Katharina}
(Mai&Marquardt#391,
KS121).
I could not
find them in any
published FSL.
BergerFN:
also see
Belger and
Preger?.
BergeritzFN:
said by the
Koehler FSL to
be fromUC
Salmuenster.
I could not
find this family
name in the 1798
censuses.
BergetFN:
a
Luebeck ML say
she married a
Scheller man in
1766; by
latter in 1766 this
couple was in
Doenhof (Mai&Marquardt#526).
BergfeldeGL,
Czenstochau Amt,
Suedpreussen: later called
Hochberg and
Hoberg. The
Weisert family
that went to
Berdorf was here
for a time.
The
GCRA said this
was near
Gorzeinia and
they also associated
the
Bross,
Dollinger, and
Kirschmann families with this place.
See their
book for details.
BergfeldenGL,
Horb [Amt], Wuerttemberg: said,
evidently
mistakenly, by the
1816
Glueckstal
census to be homeUC
to the
Heinzelmann
family.
Was
proven by the
GCRA to be home
to the
Hauser family
that settled in
Neudorf.
BergfeldenGL,
Sulz [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is
some 3 miles ESE of
Sulz-am-Neckar,
and was
proven by the
GCRA to be home to the Henger
family which went to
Bergdorf;
see their book for
more details.
This
apparently is the
same place as the
previous entry.
BerghausenGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Podt? family.
There were at
least 19 Berghausen
in the Germanies.
BerghausenGL,
[Solms-]Braunfels
[Principality]: is some 5 N of
Braunfels city,
and said by the
Kukkus FSL to be
homeUC to
Becker and
Isheim families.
BerghausenGL,
Graefenstein Amt:
is
Berghausen,
Solms-Braunfels.
BergheimGL,
Hanau: see Hekeberkhental. This probably is the same place as the following
entry.
BergheimGL,
Stollberg-Gedern
County: a parish
center 1.5 miles E
of
Ortenberg.
BergheuserFN:
they were listed in
the
Susannental FSL
as step-daughters of
Nenner, but no
origin was given..
I could not
locate them or any
descendants in
Mai1798.
BergholzFN:
this stepson was
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
living in a
Seifert family
that was fromUC
Stondorf(?).
Spelled
Bergholz in 1798
(Mai1798:
Mn28).
Bergisch GladbachGL,
Berg Duchy:
is some 7.5 miles
ENE of downtown
Koeln city.
Berglengenbach,
Rhineland-Palatinate, see
Burglengenfeld.
BergmanFN:
see also
Bergmann.
BergmannFN:
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
fromUC
Falun, Schweden. Spelled
Bergman in 1798
(Mai1798: Dr35).
BergmannFN:
said by the
Galka FSL to be
fromUC
Elmenhorst?.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
BergmannFN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Bruecken? With
Heinrich
stepdaughters living
next door.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
BergmannFN{A.
Maria}:
she married in
Buedingen on 8
March 1766
Lang{Johann}
(Mai&Marquardt#386,
KS121, 142).
I could not
find them in any
published FSL.
Bergmann{Hendrik}:
KS:82 and 121 say this was a party of 3 fromUC
Helsinki who in
1764 was sent on to
the
Saratov area as
part of
the group of
colonists
transported under
the command of
Captain
Paykul and Cornet
Rehbinder.
I have not
found them in any
published FSL.
BergmannFN{Konrad}:
he was a Prussian
soldier from [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality]
who apparently left
by himself from
Dessau city for
Russia (Mai&Marquardt#1055).
He died en
route (Trans#4196).
BergsteinFN:
said by the
Schaefer FSL to
be fromUC
Stockholm,
Schweden. They surely
had died prior to
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
BergstrasseGL
is a roadway
south of
Darmstadt on the
NE edge of the
Odenwald.
Julia Miller
says that today it
refers mainly to the
area between
Dossenheim and
Bensheim.
BergstroemFN:
said by the
Boregard FSL to
be fromUC
Stockholm,
Schweden. I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
Bergt{Christina
E.}:
married on 12 May
1766 in
Rosslau Ficker{J.Heinrich}
(Mai&Marquardt#973,
KS121, 127).
I could not
find them in any
published FSL.
BergzabernGL:
until 1797 this was
a Kreis or district
administrative
center for the
Pfalz-Zweibruechen Duchy.
BergzabernGL,
Pfalz[Zweibruecken]: now known as
Bad Berzabern,
Rhineland-Palatinate
is some 18 miles WNW
of
Karlsruhe,
Baden-Wuerttemberg
and some some 5
miles NNE of
Wissembourg
city.
It was a
District (Amt)
administrative
center.
BergzabernGL,
[Pfalz-]Zweibruecken:
said by the
Graf FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Remus family.
This is the
same place as the
preceding entry.
Berig FN:
see
Roehrig.
BerinFN:
said by the
Goebel FSL to be
fromUC
Liega.
Later spelled
Beren (Mai1798:Gb23).
BeringerFN:
see
Behringer.
Beringhausen
GL: an
unidentified place
said to have been
homeUC to
the
Semmler family (Lk35) who were said to have gone to Biberstein in 1768 (Lk35).
There were at least
3 such placenames in
the German-speaking
lands.
BeriojanyBV:
see
Periojany.
BeriojanzBV:
see
Periojany.
BeriojohnBV:
see
Periojany.
BeriozhounBV:
see
Periojany.
Berke{Friedrich
Michaelis aka
Friedrich Michael}:
married in
Rosslau on 6 May 1766
Wetzstein{Johanne
Louise} (Mai&Marquardt#960,
KS121).
I could not
find them in any
published FSL.
BerkelFN:
see
Berkl.
BerkenstockFN:
frau Berkenstock was
said by the
Enders FSL to be
fromUC
Krakau, Polen.
BerkenstockFN:
said by the
Enders FSL to be
fromUC
Stockholm, Schweden.
I cannot find this
family in the 1798
Volga censuses.
BerkenstockFN:
said by the
Schuck FSL to be
fromUC
Ladenburg, [Kurpfalz].
Spelled
Birkenstock in
1798 (Mai1798:Su18
and 1).
BerkerFN:
said by the
Jost FSL to be
an orphanliving in
the
Jost household.
BerkheimerFN:
said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be the maiden name
of frau
Schumacher.
BerkircherFN:
listed in the 1858
Kassel census (KS:698)
and using
FHL#1,184,780-1 was proven by the
GCRA to be from
Hausen-an-der-Zaber,
Brackenheim [Amt],
Wuerttemberg. Also spelled Boerkirchert. See their
book for detail.
BerkirchertFN:
see
Berkircher.
BerklFN:
said by the
Shcherbakovka
FSL to be fromUC
Dietzen.
Also spelled
Berkel in 1798 (Mai1798(Mv2801,
Sv24).
BerklerFN:
see
Bakler.
BerkusFN:
said by the
Goebel FSL to be
fromUC
Kage(?),
Oesterreich.
Berlas{Germes}:
Kulberg87 said
he was a single
Catholic fromUC
Dettingen. I did not
find him in T or in
any FSL.
BerlatzFN{Franzicus}:
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL (#113) to be
fromUC
Liege.
BerleburgGL,
[Kur-]Koeln: an unidentified place, said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Freude family. The only Berleburg I can find was then not in
Kurkoeln, but in
Wittgenstein-Berelburg County. This county lay on the southern edge
of
Westfalen Duchy
which did belong to
Kurkoeln.
This place is
now Bad Berleburg
some 20 miles NE of
Siegen city.
BerlinGL:
in 1701 Berlin,
situated in the
Mittlemark
section of
Kurbrandenburg
(then a wholly owned
subsidiary of
Prussia, became the
capital of the new
Kingdom of Prussia. Said
by the
Belowescher Kolonien
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Zastro family.
Said by the
Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Kisauer? family. Said by the
Brabander FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Sendelbeck{J.Adam}
family.
Said by the
Dietel FSL to be homeUC to a David family. Said by
the Kromm version of
the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Kreibel man who
came here later than
the first settlers
(p.137). Said by the
Jost FSL to be
homeUC
Arnhold,
Koch, and possibly Ries?
families. Said by
the
Kano FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Thaumann?
family.
Said by the
Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Schaumburg, Schulz,
Viehrath, and
possibly
Steiner
families.
Said by the
Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Lautahl family. Said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to
Beitniz,
Bert?,
Bortdorf?, and Ulitz?
families.
Said by the
Orlovskaya FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Burmeister
family. Said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be homeUC
to
Blank,
Michelis, and Mont
families.
Said
by the
Schaefer FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Maas family.
Said by the
Urbach FSL to be homeUC
to frau
Wodischal.
Said by the
Warenburg FSL to be homeUC to a Becht family. In the
1760s, the city of
Berlin was in the
Mittelmark
portion of the
Prussian state
of
Brandenburg.
BerlinGL,
[Kur-]Brandenburg: said by the
Dobrinka FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Schintwelt?
family.
Said by the
Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Dubois, and Luhm
families.
Said by the
Rosenheim FSL to be homeUC to a Philipp family.
BerlinGL,
Mittelmark, [Kurbrandenburg]: said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be homeUC
to frau
Schwertz.
BerlinGL,
[Kurbrandenburg],
Preussen [Kingdom]: said
by the
Kamenka FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Streitenberger
family.
Said by the
Kautz FSL to be the homeUC of a Lehm/Lem family.
Said by the
Kratzke FSL to be homeUC to a Burgardt family. Said by
the
Merkel FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Wegelin family.
Said by the
Schulz FSL to be homeUC to Schroeder and Wittheft
families.
Said by the
Schwed FSL to be
homeUC to
Fruehwald and
Wittmann families.
BerlinerFN{A.
Katharina}:
said by the
Buedingen ML
to be the
maiden name of frau
Roetgers{Adolph}
[later of
Anton #48] (Mai&Marquardt#551, KS151,
121).
Berling: an
unidentified place
said by the
Recruiter
Beauregard’s list to
have been home to
Bettiggei?{Franz}; Kuhlberg said this was in [Kur-]Mainz (Lk137,
Kulberg).
The only
Berling I found was
then not in
Kurmainz but in
Lorraine Province, France,
37 km SSE of
Sarreguemines.
BerlingenGL,
Kurmainz: an
unidentified place
said by the
Brabander FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Volmer family.
There were
Berlingens but none
that I could find in
Kurmainz lands.
BerlingerFN:
according to the
Buedingen ML a
Berlinger woman
(origin not
given)
married in 1766 a
le Grand man; the couple later went to Kamenka. Stumpp gives her birth date as 7 March 1729
(Mai&Marquardt#452).
Berlt?GL,
Darmstadt: an
unidentified place
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Hahn family.
BermannFN:
both the 1816
Kassel census
(#29) said this
family came
Busenbach,
Karlsruhe [Amt],
Baden.
KS:223 and 392
listed them with no
origin.
Using
FHL#1,258,007
item 1,
the
GCRA proved
their origin in
Muehlhofen,
Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.
Also spelled
Permann, Perman, and
Perrmann.
BermbachGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Kano FSL to be
homeUC to
an
Ehrlich{J.Georg}
family.
There were at
least 4 Bermbachs
and 5 Bernbachs in
the Germanies.
Bermel, [Kurmainz]: is 22 miles WSW of
Koblenz city and
was said by the
Ober-Monjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Wendemann/Wiedemann
family and possibly
to their
Dreher/Trerin
step-children.
Kuhlberg said
this was in [Kur-]Mainz.
BermersheimGL,
see
Bommersheim
Bermet FN:
listed by both the
1816
Kassel census
(#76) and
KS:223 without
origin. Also spelled
Perchert and
Borschet. See the
GCRA book for
more.
BernFN:
see
Berns.
Bern?GL:
is an
unidentified place
(said by Kuhlberg to
be in
Hanau [County]) said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Merz family
Bern/BrenGL: an unidentified place said by the
Kratzke FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Steinkuhl
family.
It might be
Bern,
Switzerland, but there are other possibilities.
BernGL,
Schweiz: is some 59 miles SW of Zuerich city, and said by the
Enders FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Kraus family.
Gerhard Lang
says that the
Steuber{A.Maria}
who married
Beideck
{J.Michael}
was born in this
Kanton c.1702.
BernagerFN:
see
Behringer.
BernardFN:
said by the
Hoelzel FSL to
be fromUC
Remeling?,
Luxembourg.
Spelled
Bergem in 1797
and 1798 (Mai1798:Hz29
and Mv955).
BernarticeGL,
Boehmen: said by
the
Orlovskaya FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Frachtel family.
There were
several such place
names in the
Sudetenland;
references to their
parish registers can
be found by entering
Pernartitz,
Sudetenland in
google.
BernbaumGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Belowescher Kolonien
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Heine family.
BernburgGL,
Anhalt-Bernburg:
is 23 miles SSE of
Magdeburg city.
BernburgGL,
[Hessen-Darmstadt?]:
an
unidentified place
said by the
Phillipsfeld FSL
to homeUC
to a
Reis, and
possibly to a
Bock family.
Kuhlberg said
this was in
Hessen.
There is a
Bernsburg 6 miles NW
of
Alsfeld town,
which would then
have been in
Hessen-Darmstadt
Margraviate.
Bernburg, [Anhalt-Bernburg Duchy], a
Sachsen [Duchy]: said by the
Schaefer FSL to
be homeUC
to frau
Herrmann,
formerly frau
Bolk, and
perhaps to the late
Herr
Bolk himself?
Berneburg?GS:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Grasshof family.
This may have
been the
Boyneburg [now spelled Berneburg] Barony of the Fraenkischen
Ritterkreis, or
it may have been
Bernburg, short
for the
Anhalt-Bernburg
Principality.
Berngards(?)GL,
Fulda [Bishopric]: said by the
Rothammel FSL to
be homeUC
to 3
Degenhardt
orphans.
This was
Bernhards
which is 3.6 miles
NNE of
Fulda city –
Sebastian Degenhardt
has proven
the birth of two of
the three siblings
has been proven
there, and has
proven the names of
their parents.
BernhardsGL:
see
Berngards.
Bernhard/BernhardtFN{Claudius/Nicolaus}:
said by the
Frank FSL (#39)
to be fromUC
Nazig(?),
Gerene(?),
Frankreich.
Doris Evans in
the
CVGS says that he was born in
Narich,
Choren,
France in 1723. However
a Google search
suggests that this
information seems to
come from unsourced
internet trees.
BernhardFN:
settled, date
unknown, in
Gueldendorf, Odessa;
family records found
by
Curt Renz in
Spechbach, Sinsheim
parish, Baden.
BernhardtFN:
said by the
Keller FSL to be
fromUC
Bodenheim,
Kurmainz.
BernhardtFN{A.Maria}:
said by the
Koehler FSL (#6) to be the maiden name of the wife of
Gareis{Joseph}.
She evidently
was the widow of
some
Wagner man.
KS129 says this
couple left for
Leichtling in
1766.
Bernhardt
FN: this
orphan was said by
the
Laub FSL to
living in the
Kagel household.
BernhardFN:
said by the
Leichtling FSL
to be fromUC
Alzey (no
locality mentioned).
BernhardFN:
said by the
Leichtling FSL
to be fromUC
Folkakh/Volkach?.
BernhardtFN:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Wehr.
BernhardFN:
said by the
Rothammel FSL to
be fromUC
Springen, Nassau.
BernhardtFN
said by the
Schwab FSL to be
fromUC
Elsbach.
I could not
find this family in
Mai798.
BernhardFN:
this widow
fromUC
Nuernberg married an Ismann man
in 1766 in
Woehrd (Mai&Marquardt#767,
KS136); by 1768
this couple was in
Warenburg FSL
#67.
BernhardtFN:
said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be stepsons in the
Ismann
household.
I could not
find them in
Mai1798.
BernhardtFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
1700s
Berstadt parish
records, and in
Herborn marriage
records 1762-1767;
see
Flegel trip.
BernhardFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Tann marriage
records 1762-1767;
see
Flegel trip.
BernhardFN:
also see
Bonegardt.
BernhardtFN:
these are interfiled
above with
Bernhard.
BernhausenGL,
Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is
some 8 miles S of
Stuttgart city,
and was mistakenly
said by the 1816
Glueckstal
census to be homeUC
to the
Nerz family. See
the
GCRA book for
more details.
BernhausenGL,
Wuerttemberg: an
unidentified place
said by the
Bangert FSL to
homeUC to
a
Deibert? family.
This probably
is the Bernhausen
that is some 8 miles
S of
Stuttgart.
Bernitz(?)FN:an
unidentified place
said by the
Bettinger FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Gaenzemueller
family.
This may be
Bernitz,
Saxony some 29
miles ESE of
Leipzig.
BernkastelGL,
Kurtrier: today
is called
Bernkastel-Kues
which lies 22 miles
NE of
Trier city
It was
said by the
Brabander FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Helske family.
Said by the
Cheisol FSL to be homeUC to.Peter and Weinrich/Weirich
families.
Said by the
Hoelzel FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Weiss family.
Said by the
Louis FSL to be homeUC to Bauer, Hoch,
Kumpallo, and
Quint families. Said by
the
Schuck FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Regard/Gerhard?
family.
Said by the
Seewald FSL to be homeUC to a Pful? family -- later spelling was Puhl.
Bernkastel-KuesGL,
see
Bernkastel.
BernsFN:
said by the
Cheisol FSL to
be fromUC
Liebau,
Schlesien.
For 1798
see
Mai1798:Ls36, 42, but also spelled Bern (Ls20) and Behrens
(Ls35).
BernsFN:
said by the
Enders FSL to be
fromUC
Brenha. The
family name in 1798
was spelled
Behrens (Mai1798:En4,Rm10).
BernsFN:
frau Berns was said
by the
Enders FSL to be
fromUC
Zweibruecken (no
locality mentioned).
BernsFN:
said by the
Stahl-am-Tarlyk
FSL to be fromUC
Lonez?,
Holstein [Duchy].
I could not
find members of this
family in
Mai1798.
BernsburgGL:
see
Bernburg.
Bernsdorf: said
by the
Susannental FSL
to be homeUC
to aRumsch
family.
Theere were
at least 9
Bernsdorfs in the
German-speaking
lands.
BernsteinGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Boregard FSL to
be homeUC
to the
Gernieier?
family and possibly
a
Mueller family.
There were at
least 5 Bersteins in
the Germanies: 1 in
Prussia, 1 in
Austria and 3 in
Bavaria.
BerodGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Phillipsfeld FSL
to homeUC
to
Kaufmann and
Metzger
families.
Kuhlberg said
this was in
Hessen.
I have found
two Berods, neither
were in
Hessen lands at the time.
One is
mentioned in the
next entry, and the
other nka
Berod-bei-Hoechstenbach
24 miles NW of
Limburg-an-der-Lahn.
Berod,
Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be homeUC to a
Lir/Lehr family.
There was a
Berod,
Kurtrier, nka Berod-bei-Wallmerod, 8 miles NW of
Limburg-an-der-Lahn.
BerolzheimGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Damwolf family.
There are at
least 3 Berolzheim
in the Germanies.
BerolzheimGL:
also see
Beisheim.
BersaFN:
said by the
Ober-Monjou FSL
to be fromUC
Leidendorf.
Spelled
Berzi and Bertz in 1798 (Mai1798:Wm16).
Bersancon,
Frankreich: an unidentifed place said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Bagu family. This
probably is
Besancon 76
miles WSW of
Basel city,
BerschFN:
said by the
Cheisol FSL to
be fromUC
Saarburg, [Kur-]Trier.
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Ls11, but also spelled
Bertsch (Ls27,
Mt31).
BerschFN:
said by the
Mariental FSL to
be fromUC
Luxembourg (no
locality mentioned).
Berschbach, [Luxembourg Duchy]: is 9 miles N of Luxembourg city, and was said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Goetschel family.
BersckFN:
said by a
Luebeck ML to be
the maiden name of
frau
Mast in 1766
(Mai&Marquardt#1308);
by 1768 Herr
Mast was in
Warenburg with a
new wife.
BersonFN:
said
Person.
BerstadtGL:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Wenzel{Peter}
family.
Kuhlberg said
this was in
Hessen.
This must be
the same as the next
entry.
BerstadtGL,
Nidda
Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt:
is some 5
miles W of
Nidda city and, said by the Kromm version of the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL to be near
Nidda and homeUC
to a
Pfaffenroth
family (pp.30, 34).
In 1972 the
Flegels found mention of the following families in 1700’s church
records here:
Asmuss, Bernhardt,
Braefred, Dill,
Doring, Hartzberger,
Mauerer, Rath, Rau,
Ruehl, Ruhlmann,
Scherer, Schmidt,
Schneider, Schreib,
Storgk, and Wolff.
Berstung{Valentin}:
KS121 says he
leftUC
Seiferts near
Fulda for Russia. I
could not find him
in any published
FSL.
Bert?FN:
said by the
Messer FSL to be
fromUC
Isenburg (no
locality mentioned
Bert?FN:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Berlin.
BertFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Kroppach
marriage records
1762-1767; see
Flegel trip.
Berthold{Nikolaus}:
KS121 says he
leftUC
Wallroth near
Schluechtern for Russia.
BertramFN:
said by the
Goebel FSL to be
fromUC
Heddesbach, Kurmainz.
BertramFN:
said by the
Hoelzel FSL to
be fromUC
Augsburg (no
locality mentioned).
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
BertramFN:
said by the
Kraft FSL to be
fromUC
Giessen,
Isenburg.
BertrandFN:
said by the
Franzosen FSL to
be fromUC
Bordeaux,
Frankreich.
BertschFN:
listed by the
Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:665,
223) without origin.
Origin in
Igelsloch and
Zavelstein,
Calw [Amt],
Wuerttemberg for
him and his
Rexer wife was
proven by
GCRA using
marriage records
from
Zavelstein found
in
FHL(1,528,491).
See their
book for more
details.
BertschFN:
also see
Bersch.
BertusFN:
see
Bartis.
BertzFN:
see
Bersa.
BertzFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Kirburg marriage
records 1762-1767;
see
Flegel trip.
BerwaldGL,
Tiegenhoff
Amt: now Niedzwiedzica,
Poland, and was
some 6.5 miles NW of
Tiegendorff
city.
Said by the
Orloff FSL to be homeUC to the Dueck and Reimer{Jacob}
families. .
Said by the
Tiege FSL to be
homeUC to
the
Isaac{Franz and
Peter} families.
Also spelled
Berwalde and
Baerwalde.
BerwaldeGL:
see
Berwald.
Berwangen, property
of the Count from
Helmstatt,
Ritterlicher Knton
Kraichgau,
Schwaebisher
Ritterkreis:
Berwangen in 17 km
WNW of
Heilbronn city
said by Danish
records to be home
to
Dagen/Degen{Martin}
who settled in
Denmark, and
then, probably, in
Reinwald FSL
#20.
This is the
same place as the
next entry, just
some 50 years
earlier.
BerwangenGL,
Eppingen [Amt], Baden: is 4 miles
NE of
Eppingen city,
and was home to a
Geiger family
that settled in
Gueldendorf, Odessa,
and and
was proven by the
GCRA to be home
to the
Koch family that
settled in
Kassel.
BerziFN:
see
Bersa.
Besancon,
Frankreich: is 74 miles WSW of
Basel city, and
said by the
Franzosen FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Gerau family.
BeschelFN:
see
Prester.
Bese/Boese?FN:
said by the
Merkel FSL to be
fromUC
Litikh/Littich(?),
Saxony.
Beseke(?)GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Boaro FSL to be
homeUC to
Leinhardt? and
Meinhard
families.
BeselichGL,
Braunfels: an
unidentified place
said by the
Goebel FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Krueger family.
BesenerFN:
see
Baessler.
Besers?GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Ober-Monjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Bartis/Bertus
family.
Kuhlberg said
this was in [Kur-]Mainz. The Pleve book
thought this might
be
Besseringen? but
Besseringen was
not in
Kurmainz.
Besigheim,
Ludwigsburg [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: is
7 miles NNW of
Ludwigsburg
town, and was
proven by the
GCRA to be home
to
Pfeiffer{Bernhard}
who went to
Glueckstal;
see their book for
detail.
BesigheimGL
Oberamt,
Wuerttemberg: is some 14 miles NNW of Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Besigheim [Amt]GL,
Wuerttemberg: is
some 10 miles SSW of
Heilbronn city,
and was a District
administrtive
center.
Besinger/BoesingerFN:
said by the
Preuss FSL to be
fromUC
Florstadt.
Bessan,
Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to Oudot and Philippe
families.
There were
two Bessans N and E
of Beziers.
Bessarabia: a
prime area of German
settlement in
southern Russia and
the Ukraine.
It is bounded
by the Pruth and
Dniester rivers as
well as the Black
Sea, and lay just
west of the
Odessa area
villages.
Bessel{Johann &
Anna}:
Kulberg0011 said
that with 5 children
they were fromUC
Polen.
Besseler FN:
see
Benseler.
BesseltFN:
see
Baessler.
Bessenbach,
Bamberg [Bishopric]: an
unidentified place
said by the
Leitsinger FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Dehlermann/Telemann/Telerman family. There
is a Bessenbach area
just SE of
Aschaffenburg
city in what was
then
Kurmainz.
BesseringenGL:
was in
Kurtrier some 18
miles S of
Trier city.
BessingerFN:
said by the
Stahl-am-Tarlyk
FSL to be fromUC
Atip? ,
Holstein [Duchy].
For 1798 see
Mai1798:St49 and 14).
BessingerFN:
also see
Besinger.
Bessler FN:
said by the
Orlovskaya FSL
to be the maiden
name of frau
Vogel (Mai1798:Or17).
BesslerFN:
also see
Baessler.
BestFN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Fuerth?.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
BestFN:
said by the
Schlitz ML
to be fromUC
“Russbach
in the baronial
district of
Duengen”
and marrying in 1766
a
Stab woman fromUC “Russbach in the district of
Duengen“ (Mai&Marquardt#748).
I have seen
no evidence that
this couple survived
the trip to Russia.
BesterFN:
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC
Mainz (no
locality mentioned).
Beswara(?)GL:
see
Bieswang.
Bethge?FN:
see
Bethke.
Bethke/Bethge?FN:
said by the
Belowescher Kolonien
FSL to be fromUC
Landsberg and to
have married in
Oranienbaum a
Bruner daughter
from
Darmstadt.
Betz{Johann}:
the Pleve
transcription of
Stahl-am-Karaman
FSL (#11) says he
was fromUC
Stuttgart,
Wuerttemberg
Duchy. The first
transcription of
that FSL spelled his
name
Pets.
Bettant?,
Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Lemaire{Brian} family.
There was a Bettant
28 miles NE of
Lyon city.
BettenhaeuserFN:
said by the
Koehler FSL to
be fromUC
Gruenau.
The family name was spelled
Bettinheiser in
1798 (Mai1798:Kl91).
Bettenhausen?GL,
Kurmainz: an
unidentified place
said by the
Keller FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Riebel family.
BettenheuserFN:
said by the
Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Just.
BettheusenFN:
said by the
Urbach FSL to
have been
step-daughters in
the
Eichhorn
household.
Spelled
Pekheisen? in
1798 (Mai1798:Ur20
and Sk40).
BettherFN:
said by the
Boregard FSL to
be fromUC
Brachwitz.
Spelled
Boettcher in
1798 (Mai1798:Bo7,16).
Bettiggei?{Franz}:
said by the
Recruiter
Beauregard’s list to
have been from
Berling? and to
have gone to
Zug in 1768 (Lk137);
so they must have
been among the
Zug first
settler familes.
Kuhlberg said
this place wa in [Kur]mainz.
BettingerFN:
said by the
Bettinger FSL to be fromUC Dresden, Sachsen, with a
Martin orphan in
the household.
This
Bettinger family was
mentioned in 1787 (Mai1798:Mv237)
but I could not find
them in
Mai1798es.
BettingerVV
(aka
Baratayevka,
Baratajewka) is
a German village of
mixed religions on
the eastern side of
the Volga.
Its
FSL is now
published in Pleve,
Einwanderung …,
vol.I, pp. 131-138.
Places in
italics are from
Kuhlberg records.
According to
this, the first
settlers were from
the following places
with the family
names shown here in
parens. The number
with the name is
their household
number in the FSL:
from
Ansbach [Margraviate]: (Rosemann7);
from
Auschenburg(?),
Hessen: (Hoffmann15);
from
Bernitz(?): (Gaenzemueller35);
from
Braun: (Weichelt/Weichel/Wechel30);
from
Burg Gemuenden:
(Spitz18);
from [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:
(Marx17);
from [Anhalt-]
Dessau [Principality]: (Lehmann21);
from
Dresden, [Kur-]Sachsen: (Bettinger1,
Gerhardt/Gerhard25, and possibly Martin1a);
from
Gerthausen: (Seibel23);
from
Gilbstett(?): (Wachtel8);
from
England: (Paul34);
from
Hilpoltstein(?):
(Genlein/Henlein?29);
from
Kiel: (Busch20 and perhaps Wilke?/Welker20a);
from
Klingen: (Krege/Kreh14);
from
Krasensahl, Mecklenburg: (Mann2);
from
Lehn: (Erbs26);
from
Leppin(?): (Schertz/Scherz32);
from
Lingenau: (Krege/Kreh13);
from
Lobbese: (Benecke5);
from
Marburg, [Hessen-Kassel
Landgraviate]:
(Eckhardt24);
from
Meilberg: (Hildebrandt19 and perhaps
Lehmann19a);
from
Moens,
Holstein [Duchy]: (Felker27);
from
No Origin Given:
(
Pille12);
from
Nuernberg [Imperial City]: (Conrad31,
Hahn16);
from
Nussdorf: (Kenner9);
from
Ochsenfurt, [Anhalt-]Dessau
[Principality]: (Schlehe/Schley11
and possibly
Richter11a);
from
Schel[ch]erchen(?),
[Kur-]Sachsen: (Berg28);
from
Segeberg: (Tenne/Denke3);
from
Stralsund: (Buttler/Putler/Tumler10);
from
Strebendorf: (Gelm/Helm?22);
from
Undeit: (Sitz33);
from
Waldgirmes, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:
(Feiling6);
from
Wittendorf: (Danecker/Daenneker4 and
possibly
Richter4a);
other possible
Bettinger first
settlers:
Grummet{Gottfried},
Ramsauer{Johann},
and
Wenzel{Christian}.
BettinheiserFN:
see
Bettenhaeuser.
BetzFN:
said by the
Dehler FSL to be
fromUC
Forchheim,
Bamberg [Bishopric].
For 1798 see
1798Mai:Dl27.
BetzFN
said by the
Frank FSL to be
fromUC
Ochsenbach,
Wuerttemberg.
BetzFN:
said by the
Kolb FSL to be
fromUC
Ruesselsheim,
Hessenburg(?).
BetzFN:
said by the
Kraft FSL to be
fromUC
Lieblos, Isenburg.
BetzFN:
said by the
Messer FSL to be
fromUC
Isenburg (no
locality mentioned).
In 1798 the wife’s
maiden name was
given as
Bauer (Mai1798:Ms33).
BetzFN:
said by the
Moor FSL to be
fromUC
Isenburg (no
locality mentioned).
BetzFN:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Reinberg.
For 1798 see
Mai1798: Nm02, 46.
BetzFN:
said by the
Norka FSL to be
fromUC
Isenburg (no
locality mentioned).
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Nr98.
BetzFN:
said by the
Ober-Monjou FSL
to be fromUC
Zeisdorf, [Kursachsen?]. For 1798
see
Mai1798:Om60.
BetzFN:
KS121 says they left
Streitberg near
Gelnhausen in
1766.
BetzFN:
also see
Batz and
Belz.
BeulerFN:
see
Baessler.
BeunaGL,
[Kursachsen]:
is some 10 miles S
of
Halle city, and
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Pottof? family.
Beuna?, [Kur-]Sachsen: said by the
Schwab FSL to be
homeUC to
the
Beig family.
Same place
ass the previous
entry.
Beuschinger
FN: said by
the
Seelmann FSL to
be fromUC
Landshut, [Kurbayern?]. I did not
locate them or any
descendants in
Mai1798.
BeussFN:
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC
Amsterdam, Holland with a Hench
wife fromUC
Anhalt-Zerbst.
BeussertFN:
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC
Breslau,
Schlesien with a Wilk
wife fromUC
Hamburg.
Later spelled
Beisert.
BeutelFN:
said by the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL (households
24, 25 and 51) to be
fromUC
Nidda;.Kromm
says they were from
Wallernhausen, Nidda.
The
Buedingen ML
says these Beutel
men were from
Wallernhausen
(near
Buedingen per
Stumpp);
one, Conrad, married
in 1766 a
Ludwig woman from
Unterschmidt
(near
Nidda per
Stumpp) (Mai&Marquardt#715)
and
the other,
{Johannes}, married
in 1766 a
Stang woman also from
Wallernhausen (Mai&Marquardt#719).
According to
St. Jacob’s
Lutheran,
Luebeck,
the third
Boitel man,
{Johann Heinrich},
from the
Darmstadt area
married a
Gerlitz woman
from the same area
in 1766;
later the couple
went to
Jagodnaja Poljana
(Mai&Marquardt#270).
Beydeck FN:
see
Beideck.
BeyerFN:
filed with
Beier.
Beyger FN:
see
Beichert.
Beyl{J.Jost}:
KS121 says he, his wife and one child leftUC
Wolfenhausen
near
Weilburg in 1766. I
could not find them
in any FSL.
Bezold{J.Simon}:
he was fromUC
Dettendorf near
Neustadt-an-der-Aisch
and
married in
Woehrd on 7 May
1766
Franzel{M.Dorothea}
fromUC
Bayersdorf
(KS121
and
Mai&Marquardt#797).
BezoltFN
said by the
Frank FSL to be
fromUC
Suhl, Sachsen.
Biag?/Blag?, Isenburg: an
unidentified place
said by the
Reinwald FSL to
be homeUC
to frau
Jung.
Bianki{Peter}: KS:82 and 122 say he
was a catholic fromUC
Italy who in
1764 was sent on to
the
Saratov area as
part of
the group of
colonists
transported under
the command of
Captain
Paykul and Cornet
Rehbinder.
I have not
found him in any
published FSL.
BiberFN:
see
Bieber.
BiberachGS:
said by the
Brabander FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Feck family.
Said by
Kuhlberg to be in
Schwaben.
This probably
is Biberach Imperial
City some 22 miles
SSW of
Ulm city.
BiberachGL,
Wuerttemberg: an
unidentified place
said by the 1816
Glueckstal
census to be homeUC
to the
Buehrer family.
Very likely
by now Biberach
Imperial City had
passed into
Wuerttemberg hands.
Bibern/BiberachGS:
an unidentified
state (no locality
mentioned) said by
the
Norka FSL to be homeUC to a Joch/Yost family. This
likely was Biberach
Imperial City.
BibersteinVV
(aka
Georgievka,
Georgiewka, Glarus): a
Lutheran colony
founded in 1767,
moved in 1770, on
the eastern side of
the Volga river not
far from
Schaffhausen.
To the best
of my knowledge no
copy of its First
Settlers’ List has
been found and
published.
Anyone
learning of such a
document, please let
us know immediately.
However there
are some very likely
first settler
families:
Semmler{A.Veronika},
Tire{J.Georg},
Zahn{LudwigWilhelm}.
BibraGS:
an unidentified
state (no locality
mentioned) said by
the
Boaro FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Heilig family.
BiburgGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Volmer FSL to be
home to a
Iskhom?
family. There are
several Biburg
in Bavaria and one in Austria.
Most likely is
Biburg, Bavaria,
8.5 miles S of
Kelheim city,
and famous for its monasteries.
Bibus{Caspar}:
married
Meister{A.Maria}
on 28 May 1765 in
Rosslau
(KS121,
Mai&Marquardt#845).
I could not
find them in any
published FSL.
Bich/Bichl(?)GL,
Lothringen: see
Bitsch.
Bichert FN:
said by the
Moor FSL to be
fromUC
Isenburg (no
locality mentioned).
The family name may
have been spelled
Biget? in 1798 (Mai1798:Mo54).
BichlGL: see Bitsch.
BichmannFN:
this woman who in
1766 married
Jung{Andreas}was said by a
Friedberg ML
to be fromUC
Heppenheim (Mai&Marquardt #299).
BichnerFN:
said by the
Laub FSL to be
fromUC
Ober-Ramstadt,
Darmstadt. In 1798 the
family name was
spelled
Bruechner (Mai1798:Lb5,41).
Bichwen?,
Schwaebischen Reichkreis: an unidentified place said by the
Rosenheim FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Sam family.
BickenbachGL:
see
Amt Breitenbach.
Bickart{Konrad
FN: said by
the
Galka FSL to be
fromUC
Orlen?
Isenburg[?]. Spelled
Buechert in 1794 (Mai1798:Mv676).
Bickart{Veronika}FN:
said by the
Galka FSL to be
fromUC
Orlen?
Isenburg[?].
Spelled
Buechert in 1797 (Mai1798:Mv687).
Bickert FN:
said by the
Moor FSL to be
fromUC
Kurpfalz (no
locality mentioned)
and a
Stelwa? stepson
is living in their
household.
The family
name was spelled
both
Bickert
and
Picard in 1798 (Mai1798:Mo07).
Bickel FN:
said by the
Seelmann FSL to
be fromUC
Goetzendorf?,
Bamberg [Bishopric].
Bickelhaub
FN: see
Pickelhaupt.
Bickelhaupt
FN: this is
how the
Pickelhaupt
family was recorded
in
Gronau, Kurmainz
in 1756.
Bidenbaender/Bietenbinder{J.Tobias}:
Danish records said
this Lutheran
leftUC
the
Hessen-Darmstadt
Landgraviate and
with wife and five
children and arrived
in
Fridericia, Juetland Royal Province in May 1760; they first lived in
Colony J9 “Molkenberg”,
Amt Coldinghuus and
later in Colony J1 “Friderichshoi”,
Amt Hald ; they
arrived at
Kronstadt near St. Petersburg
in May 1766; then in
Aug. 1766 in
Oranienbaum he signed a contract to settle in Hirschenhof Colony in Latvia
(EEE
p.354, for more
detail see this).
Biedermann: also see this spelling.
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