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Obelies(?)GL,
Ridelsch(?): an
unidentified place
said by the
Dobrinka FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Kaltenschnee
family.
This might be
Ober Lais? which is some
8 miles WNW of
Mauswinkel.
ObenauerFN:
listed by the
Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661,
388, 664) without
origin and with a
Fischer
pseudonym.
Origin in
Nieder-Floersheim, Worms [Amt],
Hesse
was proven by the
GCRA using
FHL(1,475,714).
See their
book for more
details.
ObenauerFN:
Curt Renz
has found the church
records for this
Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in
Niederfloersheim,
Worms Kreis, Hesse.
Obendoerfer
FN: see
Obendoerfer.
Oberaltenbernheim,
Kaestel?: is 8.5 km SE of Bad-Windsheim and said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Stroemer family.
OberaltertheimGL,
[Castell
County]: is some
9 miles SW of
Wuerzburg city,
and said by the
Lauwe FSL to be
homeUC to
Schatz and
possibly
Kerner families.
Oberamt: was an administrative unit in a duchy or Kingdom.
Today it
would be called a
district.
An
Oberamt
consisted of the
city where it was
located and for
which it was named,
as well as the
surrounding
villages, all of
which were called
Oberamt places.
Oberappenfeld(?)/OberhaltfeldGL,
Hessen-Kassel:
is some 26 miles S
of Kassel, and said
by the
Kratzke FSL to be homeUC to a Lisberg family.
OberauGL:
is some 9 miles ESE
of
Friedberg, Hessen,
and said by
the
Buedingen ML
to be near
Fri[ed]berg, Hessen
and to be homeUC
to
a
Schmitt woman who married in 1766 a Daubert man fromUC Huette; later the couple went to Jagodnaja Poljana (Mai&Marquardt#716).
Oberaula, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 10 miles W of Bad Hersfeld, and was said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to homeUC to a Kreutzmueller family.
Kuhlberg said this
was in
Hessen.
Oberbaldingen,
Oefingen parish,
Donaueschingen [Amt],
Baden:
is 5 miles NE of
Donaueschingen
city, and was
proven by the
GCRA to be home to a Hingster/Hengstler
family that settled
in
Neudorf.
OberbergGL,
Kurmainz: an
unidentified place
said by the
Goebel FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Kaiser and
possibly a
Happel family.
OberbergerFN:
said by the
Kamenka FSL to
be fromUC
Warendorf.
Ober BessingenGL:
is some 10 miles ESE
of Giessen and said
by the
Mueller FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Karf? family.
Ober BessingenGL:
also see
Oberpesin.
Ober-Bridenbach:
now in Hesse was 9.5
km SSW of
Alsfeld,
Hessen-Darmstadt
Landgraviate,
and was said by the
Buedingen ML to
be homeUC
to
Fohr{J.Hermann}
who
married on 19 June
1766 in
Buedingen, Guenter{Elisabeth}
(Mai&Marquardt#703).
I did not
find them in any
published FSL or in
Mai1798.
Oberbrennbach?GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Martin family.
OberbruedenGL,
Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is
2.5 miles E of
Backnang city,
and
proven by the
GCRA to be home
to the
Trefz family
that went to
Bergdorf and to
the
Brozel family
some of whose
members were in
Glueckstal for a
time. See the
GCRA book for
details.
OberdarmstadtGL,
Hessen-Darmstadt:
said by the
Kolb FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Wuerttemberger
family.
This may be
Ober Ramstadt, Hessen
some 5 miles SE of
Darmstadt
city.
Oberdiebach?GL,
Kurmainz: is 21
miles WNW of Mainz
city, and said by
the
Brabander FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Schmidt{Christoph}
family.
OberdorfGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Ernestinendorf
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Damm40
There were
many Oberdorfs in
Germany but it seems
likely that this one
was 6 miles NE of
Hanau city, and was then in
Isenburg-Meerholz
County.
Oberdorf(?)GL,
Elsass: said by
the
Bauer FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Wolf family.
This probably
is the Oberdorf some
12 miles due S of
Mulhous in
Alsace.
OberdorfGL,
Wuerttemberg: I
think he meant
Oberndorf which
is some 32 miles SW
of Reutlingen,
Baden-Wuerttemberg.
OberdorfVV:
according to Teri
Helzer, about 1828 a
German colonist from
Kamenka colony named
Becher/Baecker
founded a hamlet,
which was called
Becker/Baeker/Bekker’s
Khutor.
It was also
known as
Kuptsov/Kupzovo named for a Russian peasant who lived there.
In 1852,
after the arrival of
other colonists, the
name was changed to
Oberdorf.
OberdorfeldenGL,
Hanau
County: some 6 miles NW of Hanau
city.
See
Grosendorfel.
Obereisesheim?GL,
[Wuerttemberg
Duchy]: said by
the
Shcherbakovka
FSL to be homeUC
to
Bauer and
Speldecker families.
Oberelbert, Darmstadt?[sic]: is 16 km E of Coblenz city
and was said by
Recruiter
Beauregard’s list to
have been homeUC
to the
Wens?{Franz}family
(Lk109).
Oberelz?GS:
an unidentified
country; see
Schmierlach.
Oberentrecht?GS:
an unidentified
country.
Oberesterhof?GS:
a spelling used by
the
Brabander FSL
for the
Hohenzollern
Principality;
see
Sigmarigen.
Ober-florstadtGL:
about 8 km E
of
Friedburg city and may have belonged to either Solms-Roedelheim, Hanau
County,
Hessen-Darmstadt
or
Friedburg Imperial
City all of
whose lands bordered
on
Florstadt.
Obergard FN:
see
Eberhard.
Obergart FN:
see
Eberhard.
Ober-Gersprenz,
[Erbach County]:
is 11.8 km NW of
Erbach city, and
Bill Pickelhaupt
says it was home to
Bickelhaupt{J.Heinrich}
who married former
Burger{E.Catharina}
in
Gronau in 1756.
Obergruppenbach, Heilbronn
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg: proved by the
GCRA as home to
the
Daiss
and
Martin{J.Martin}
families that went
to
Glueckstal.
OberhaltfeldGL:
see Oberappenfeld.
OberhardFN:
see
Eberhard.
OberhardtFN:
see
Eberhard.
OberhartFN:
see
Eberhard.
Obernhausen,
Gersfeld parish, Freie
Adelprovinz der
alten Ritter:
Obernhausen is
3.5 km N of
Gersfeld town.
Doris Evans reported the finding of a Burkhard marriage in 1612 in
Oberhausen
[sic for
Obernhausen] of Gersfeld
parish.
For a bit
more information go
to
http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/b/burkhardt_walter.cfm.
Oberhausen,
Gersfeld parish: sic
for
Obernhausen.
OberhausenGL,
Hessen: said by
the
Kraft FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Hopp family.
This probably
is the
Oberhausen
which is some 11
miles NE of
Giessen
city.
Oberhausen,
Kirn [Amt],
Rheinpfalz:
probably was
Oberhausen-bei-Kirn
1mile NNW of
Kirn town and 40
miles SSW of
Koblenz city,
and the
GCRA found
sources to indicate
that it was homeUC
to the
Helm family that settled in
Neudorf.
Oberhausen, Koblenz [Oberamt],
Rheinpfalz: probably was 17 miles ENE of Koblenz
city, and was said
by both the 1816
Neudorf census
(#43) and
KS:301 to have
been homeUC
to the
Helm family that settled in
Neudorf.
Oberhausen,
Kreuznach [Kreis], Rheinpfalz:
probably was
5.5miles SW of
Bad Kreuznach,
12.5 miles E of
Kirn town and 40
miles SSE of
Koblenz
city.
OberhausenGL,
Kurtrier: an
unidentified place
said by the
Preuss FSL to be
home to
Geker/Hecker/Heckert?,
Kraemer, Niklus?, and Walkenbach
families.
This might be
the same place as
the next entry, but
some 40 years
earlier.
Oberhausen-bei-Kirn,
Kirn [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is
1mile NNW of
Kirn town.
The
GCRA found some
indication that the
origin of the
Helm family was here prior to their going to South Prussia before
settling in
Kassel and Neudorf.
Oberheim FN:
said by the
Reinwald FSL to
be fromUC
Stolberg-Gedern
[County] with Mueller
step-children in the
household.
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Rw29 and
1.
OberheimGL,
Darmstadt:
an unidentified
place said by the
Dietel FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Kleemann family.
Oberhoechstadt,
Kurmainz: is 17 miles NE of
Mainz
city, and was said
by the
Leitsinger FSL
to be homeUC
to
Glock,
Russ, and
Seibolin families. Said by the
Preuss FSL to be
homeUC to
Hiltmann and
Kempf families.
OberhofGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Kano FSL to be homeUC to a
Hoppermann
family.
There are at
least 19 Oberhofs in
the Germanies.
OberhofenGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Keller FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Fletschinger
family.
Kuhlblerg
said this was in Mainz.
OberholsteinVV:
was an alternative
name for
DinkelVV.
OberjettingenGL,
Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is
some 13 miles SW of
Boeblingen town,
and
proven by the
GCRA to be home
to the
Roll family that
went to
Bergdorf;
see their book for
more details.
Evidently the
Amt jurisdiction
switched from
Boeblingen to
Herrenberg after
the family
emigrated.
OberkalbachGL,
Brandenstein: is
in
Hesse,
6 miles NE of
Elm.
Oberkerbswalde
bei
Ellerwald: KS:118 said
Albrecht{J.Heinrich}
leftUC
here in 1859 for
Samara District.
Ober-Kinzig,
Breubach Condominium:
3 miles SW of
Hoechst-im-Odenwald,
and
where a child of the
Bauer who went to Frank
was born (Gieg1).
Oberkirch/OberkircheGL:an unidentified place said by the
Kamenka FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Gerling family.
This may well
have been the
Oberkirch,
Baden-Wuerttemberg,
some 3.4 miles SW of
Trier.
OberkircheGL,
see
Oberkirch.
Oberkleen, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate]: is 8 miles SSW of Giessen
city, and was said
by the
Ernestinendorf
FSL to be homeUC
to
Becker{J.Jacob}
and
Stumper?/Stumpf families.
Ober KlingaGL:
an unidentifed place
said by the
Buedingen ML to
be homeUC
to a
Scharmann man;
he later went to
Huck.
Another
source says he was
from
Oberklingen near
Dieburg (Mai & Marquart
#522).
This is very
likely the same as
the next entry, some
5.6 miles SSE of
Dieburg.
OberklingenGL,
[Kurpfalz]:
is 8 km W of
Hoechst-im-Odenwald
and was said by
the
Buedingen ML
to be homeUC
to the
Walther woman who married in 1766 Schmidt{Johannes} (Mai&Marquardt#619);
by 1767 they were in
Doenhof.
It may well
have been homeUC
to
Weber{J.Heinrich}
a first
settler in
Frank.
Ober KlingenGL:
also see
Ober Klinga,
Oberklingen, and
Oberklinten
Oberklinten(?)GL:
according to the
Frank FSL place
of uncertain
spelling was in the
state of
Kurpfalz and was
homeUC to
Weber{J.Heinrich}.
This
probably was
Ober Klingen,
Kurpfalz.
OberlahnkreisGL,
Hesse: was an
administrative
District that
centered on
Weilburg town on
the Lahn river.
Ober LaisGL,
[Nidda
Amt,
Hessen-Darmstadt]:
is 4 miles E of
Nidda, and 8
miles N of
Buedingen.
Said by the
Kromm version of the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL possibly to be
homeUC to
Daubert,
Fischer, Kaiser,
and
Wert/Wuertz/Werth/Wirth
families (pp.29, 30,
33, 34).
Said by both
Pleve and Kromm
versions of the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL to be homeUC
to
Luft,
Schaefer, and
Scheuermann families, plus 3
Appel and three
Ruhl families;
Stumpp
concurred regarding
the
Appel,
Fischer, Ruhl, Schaefer, and Scheuermann families; Kromm says it may
be that the
Fuchs family
came fromUC
here as well.
OberleinachGL,
Wuerzburg: is
some 7 miles NW of
Wuerzburg city,
and said by the
Goebel FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Kaes family.
OberlieserFN:
said by the
Mariental FSL to
be fromUC
Medebach.
Oberlind(?)GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Holstein FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Heider? family.
There at
least 3 Oberlinds in
Germany.
Obermeilingen, [Katzenelnbogen County],
Hessen[-Kassel
Landgr.]: is 25
km NW of
Weisbaden city
centre and was said
by the
Susannental FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Zimmermann
family.
Obermoerlen, [Kurmainz]: is 4.5 km NW of Friedberg city and was said by the
Recruiter
Beauregard’s list to
have been homeUC
to the
Richmeier{Johannes}family
(Lk73).
Obermoersbach?GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Holstein FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Feuerstein
family.
Kuhlberg said
this was in [Kur-]Mainz. The only
Obermoersbach I can
find was 15 miles SW
of
Siegen city, then in
Sayn-Hachenburg
County.
Obermohr, [Pfalz-Lautern Principality]: is 11 miles WNW of
Kaiserslautern
city, and was said
by the
Ober-Monjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Bepler/Pepel family.
Ober-MonjouVV:
aka
Kriwowskoje,
Obermonjou, and Obermunjour,
was a German
Catholic village on
the eastern side of
the Volga founded in
1767. The
FSL is
published in Pleve,
Einwanderung …,
vol.III, pp.
289-310.
According to
this, the first
settlers were from
the following places
with the family
names shown here in
parens. If a name is
in italics it comes
from the Kuhlberg
lists.
If a family
name occurs more
than once among the
first settlers,
given names in {}
brackets follow the
family name.
The number
after a name is its
FSL household
number:
from
Adelsberg:
(Neubauer{Christoph}11,
{Michael}86);
from
Albstadt?, Schwaben: (Schuetz54);
from
Allendorf: (Brehm{Johannes}20);
from
Alzey,
Wuerzburg[sic]: (Geist23);
from
Aremind?: (Schmidt{Joseph}56 and possibly
Stupart/Stuppert{Johannes}56a);
from
Arfurt, [Kurrier]: (Kuntz58);
from
Auma, [Kur-]Sachsen: (Ludwig6);
from
Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Brehm{Peter}33,
Strecklein/Stecklein8, Wenger88);
from
Beckum?: (Wenimherr79);
from
Bellingen?,
Luxembourg:
Leinen69);
from
Benschelent?,
Dessau: (Hauptmann93);
from
Bermel, [Kur-]Mainz: (Wendemann/Wiedemann49
and possibly
Dreher/Trerin49a);
from
Besers?/Besseringen?,
Mainz: (Bartis/Bertus73);
from
Bietigheim: (Goering74);
from
Birgel: (Siekart30);
from
Breitenguessbach,
Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Leribel61
and possibly
Sack61a);
from [Isenburg-]Buedingen [County?]: (Doerfler22);
from
Busendorf: (Unrein24);
from
Camberg?,[Kurtrier]: (Giebler62);
from
Denkendorf: (Thaeler19);
from
Denklingen: (Hemann?82);
from
Dorheim: (Bisl/Biehl/Pihl44);
from
Drien?, [Kur-]Trier: (Thueringer28
and possibly
Wendler/Wendeler28a);
from
Einbach: (Lammer/Limmer36);
from
Elfershausen: (Sell87);
from
Gatscha?, [Oesterreich?]: (Fuchs/Funk50
and possibly
Duchscherer/Tuchscherer50a);
from
Geiselbach, [Kurmainz]: (Krapp/Krapf34);
from
Gerolzhofen?, [Wuerzburg Bishopric]: (Waldheuser/Waldgener?/Waltgeiser38
and possibly
Seifert38a);
from
Gerstheim?,
Wuerzburg[sic?]: (Rumbach52);
from
Gohr: (Silberhorn/Silberngon7);
from
Graben: (Koch25);
from
Graefenroda, [Sondershausen-Ruolstadt County?]: (Kohl27);
from
Hoechst, [Friedberg Imperial City?]:
Dechaut/Dechant64);
from
Kammerforst: (Boese31, Brull{J.Adam}84,
{Johannes}47;
from
Kanth,
Schlesien: (Konrad/Konradi?76);
from
Karling: (Esperein/Oesterlein4 and
possibly
Blumberger4a);
from
Klasid?: (Abt67);
from
Konstanz, [Imperial City and Bishopric]: (Schenk92);
from
Kosswig, [Kurbrandenburg]: (Walter{Charlotta}94);
from
Langendorf: (Fleischmann18);
from
Laubach: (Metzer/Metzler10);
from
Lauben: (Gruendler16 and possibly
Hesslich16b and
Wahll6a);
from
Leidendorf: (Bersa/Berzi&Bertz37,
Schneider{Georg}39);
from
Leiningen [County]: (Neuheim/Nauheim53,
Neulist51);
from
Limburg: (Weimar/Weimer12);
from
Malsbach?, [Regensburg Imperial Abbey?]: (Spaar42);
from
Meisendorf?,
Bamberg[sic?]: (Spister/Speister2
and possibly
Spindt2a);
from
Merdershein?,
Bayreuth[sic?]:
Wulf57);
from
Nadlinger?
Wuerzburg[sic?]: (Nuernberger17);
from
Nassau: (Wilhelm68 and possibly
Esslauer68a);
from
Nervgenstal?,
Mergenthal[?]: (Model59);
from
Netlangen?,
Wuerzburg: (Brant3);
from
Neudorf: (Roth46);
from
Neukirchen, [Nassau-Weilburg Principality]: (Kessler55);
from
Niederbrechen, [Kurtrier]: (Schuj/Schuvie66);
from
Nordheim: (Arnemann89);
from
Obermoersbach?,
Mainz[sic?]: (Feuerstein60);
from
Obermohr, [Pfalz-Lautern Principality]: (Bepler/Pepel65);
from
Obernzenn?, [Seckendorff Barony?]: (Mueller45);
from
Oberwaldstedt?,
[Kurmainz?]: (Fischer77
and possibly
Rupp77a);
from
Ockstadt: (Mathis/Mattias75,
Schuhmann78,
Sennt/Selbeck?43, and
possibly
Diehl{Friedrich}43a);
from
Oppertshofen: (Sollbach5 and possibly
Kirchturm5a);
from
Orlich?,
Trier:
Hertling/Gertling29);
from
Paris,
Frankreich: (Koenig81);
from
Pfaffenwiesbach,
[Wallbott Barony]: (Lauer95);
from
Rabachan?: (Weber48 and possibly Krueck48a
and
Stupart/Stupert{Katharina}48b);
from
Rastatt, [Baden-Baden Margraviate]: (Himmel/Huemmel13);
from
Reischenschlerch?:
(Vogel35
and possibly
Lenkof/Leikam35a);
from
Resfenberg?,
Bassenheim: (Waldschmidt80);
from
Riol: (Schaller41 and possibly
Hessemar/Gesmer?41a);
from
Roedern?: (Diehl{Katharina}15);
from
Ronneburg: (Arzt85);
from
Schoeneberg: (Marqua/Marquardt90);
from
Sondersfeld, [Kurbayern]: (Doeringer/Doehring/Doering71);
from
Starkstadt?,
Mainz: (Aumueller26);
from
Tiefenthal: (Fuschsner32);
from [Kur-]Trier: (Zimmermann91);
from
Umkirchen?: (Ditrich70);
from
Wien,
Oestrerreich: (Sommer83
and possibly
Pauly83a);
from
Wiesbach: (Kranewitz/Krannewitter63);
from
Wiesbaden,
Mainz: (Boos/Boes{Michael}9);
from
Wiesthal,
Franken: (Matheas/Matasch&Mattias72);
from
Windheim?: (Heppner/Huebner/Hoepfner40);
from
Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Grenzer/Krentzer1,
Muench/Mink14,
and possibly
Burger1a);
from
Zeisdorf, [Kursachsen?]: (Betz21);
other possible first
settlers are:
Bender{Philipp},
Stuckart{Elisabeth},
Walter{Georg/Erhard},
Wasen{Philipp}
and
Weiberich[Georg}.
ObermonjouVV:
an alternate name
for
Ober-MonjouVV.
ObermunjourVV:
an alternate name
for
Ober-MonjouVV.
ObermundstadtGL,
(might be
Ober-Mockstadt
which is 7 miles NW
of
Buedingen),
according to the
Frank FSL, was
in the state of
Isenburg and was
homeUC to
a
Stamm family.
Obermusbach,
Freudenstadt [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: is
3 miles NE of
Freudenstadt
city, and was
proven by the
GCRA to be home
to the
Bohnet/Bonnet
family that settled
in
Neudorf.
ObernauGL:
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Kraz? family.
There is one
Obernau 15 miles WSW
of Reutlingen, one 3
miles SSW of
Aschaffenburg, and
one 18 miles WSW and
one 24 miles SW of
Siegen.
Obern BreidenbachGL:
is some 6 miles SSW
of
Alsfeld, Hessen.
Said by the
Buedingen Births and Deaths record to be in the district of
Romrodt and to
be homeUC
to a
Helwig man; he
and his wife later
went to
Kraft (Mai&Marquardt#1218).
Oberndoerfer{Paulus}:
son of {Andreas} of
Eltersdorf
married in
Woehrd on 7 May
1766
Frey{A.Maria}
daughter of
{Nicolaus} fromUC
Amberg now in
Bavaria (Mai&Marquardt#799). KS147
gives 1765 as the
year.
The
Stahl-am-Tarlyk
FSL (#38) said he
was fromUC
Eltersdorf,
Erlangen,
Nuernberg [Imperial City].
For 1798 see
Mai1798:St33
which gives the
maiden name of his
wife as
Frei.
ObendoerferFN:
said by the
Stahl-am-Tarlyk
FSL to be fromUC
Eltersdorf, Erlangen, Nuernberg [Imperial
City].
The maiden
name of his wife was
given as
Frei in 1798 (Mai1798:St33).
This
Oberndoerfer man
of
Eltersorf
married in
Woehrd in 1766 a
Frey woman
of Amberg (Mai&Marquardt#799).
OberndorfGL:
see
Oberdorf,
Wuerttemberg.
OberndorfGL,
Oberentrecht?:
an unidentified
place said by the
Brabander FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Brandecker
family.
There are an
even one billion
Oberndorfs in the
Germanies!
ObernhausenGL,
Freie Adelprovinz
der alten Ritter:
is some 2 miles N of
Gersfeld, Hessen
and
was the birthplace
of some of the
children of the
Zitzmann
colonist who went to
Frank.
Obernhausen,
Kurtrier: an unidentified place said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Keller/Keiler family.
I can find 5
Obernhausen in
Germany, none of the
five on lands that
were then
Kurtrier.
Obern-OhmGL,
[Lauterbach?]:
is some 11 miles W
of
Lauterbach town,
and said by
the
Buedingen ML
to be homeUC
to
a
Weidhardt
man who in 1766
married a
Schwing woman; by 1767 this couple was in
Karasnoyar;
Stumpp said this
place was near
Alsfeld, Hessen
(Mai&Marquardt#597).
Obernubel?GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Wernerhold
family.
Said by
Kuhlberg to be in
Hessen..
Obernzenn?, [Seckendorff Barony?]: is 11 miles NNW of Ansbach city, and was said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Mueller family.
OberolmGL:
is some 5 miles SW
of
Mainz city
center, and said by
Stumpp to be near
Mainz as well as
homeUC to
the
Kaemmerer man who married in 1766 a
Voelcker/Voelker
woman in
Buedingen;
by 1767 this couple was in Goebel (Mai&Marquardt#357).
Oberolm was a
possession of Mainz,
but I do not believe
it was considered
part of
Kurmainz.
Also see
Grosserlach.
Oberpesin(?)GL,
Zorn(?): an
unidentified place
said by the
Dobrinka FSL to
be homeUC
to
Vogel families.
This might
have been
Ober Bessingen, Solms-Braunfels, some 3 miles E of
Lich town.
Oberpfalz: is
the Upper Palatinate, which today is the part of Bavaria NE, E and SE
of
Nuremberg.
OberramstadtGL:
said by the
Kamenka FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Schaefer family.
There is an
Oberramstadt in
Bavaria 6 miles
WNW of
Ansbach but more
likely the following
entry:
Ober-RamstadtGL,
[Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:
is some 5
miles SE of
Darmstadt city, and said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to Bichner, Hinkel,
Kuhlmann, and
Rothgang families. Said
by the
Warenburg FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Fischer family.
Ober-RamstadtGL,
Hessen: is the
preceding entry, but
also see
Oberdarmstadt
and
Ramstadt.
OberrauGL:
see
Friedberg.
OberritterFN:
the
Buedingen ML
says this woman
from
Schlirbach
married a
Richter man in
1766; by 1767
this couple was in
Norka (Mai&Marquardt#693).
Her name is
given elsewhere as
Ritter.
Oberrod, [Kur-]Mainz[sic?]: said by
the
Schaefer FSL to
be homeUC
to the
Weber wife of
Appel.
I found 4
Oberrods, none of
them in lands that
had been
Kurmainz.
See
Oberroth/Oberroden.
Ober RodenGL,
Hessen: see
Oberroth, Kurmainz.
OberrohnGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be homeUC
to an
Aitrich family.
Kuhlberg said
this was in
Riedesel.
The only
Oberrohn I can find
is some 9 miles SW
of
Eisenach city,
and was then
apparently in either
Eisenach Duchy
or
Eisenach County
… The
Riedesel
evidently had
married into the
ruling family in
Eisenach.
Ober-RosbachGL,
Darmstadt: see
Rosbach.
OberrothGL,
Kurmainz: an
unidentified place
said by the
Goebel FSL to be
homeUC to
Nadler,
Winter, and perhaps Leonhard
families.
V. Kirchmier
of Cologne, Germany
says this is the old
name for
Ober-Roden which
in 1478-1803
belonged to
Kurmainz and is
today in the
district of
Roedermark, some 10
miles SE of
Frankfurt-am-Main.
OberotterbachGL,
Doerrenbach [Amt], Bergzabern [Oberamt],
Rheinpfalz: is 1 miles SSE of
Doerrenbach
town.
Using
FHL#193,120 and 193,818 it was proven by the
GCRA to be home
to the
Ketterling
family that settled
in
Kassel.
Obersabelrot?GL,
[Hessen-]Darmstadt
[Landgraviate]: an unidentified place said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Doering family.
There is an
Ober Seibertenrod.
OberschlettenbachGL,
Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 7
miles NW of
Bad Bergzabern.
The
GCRA found
indications that the
Miller{G.Peter,
J.Philip} family was
there before going
to
Kassel. Both the
1816
Kassel census
(#24) and
KS:310
incorrectly stated
this was homeUC
to the
Hof family that
settled in
Kassel.
Oberschgogen?,
Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Scheierling widow.
Ober Schwarzbach:
is 22 km ESE of
Heidelberg and
said to be home to
Baer{J.Nicolaus
& Philipp} who were
among the first
settlers of
Anton.
ObersdorfGL,
Kurpfalz: an
unidentified place
said by the
Kolb FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Minch family.
Later spelled
Mink.
Ober-SeemenGL,
Gedern Amt,
Stollberg-Gedern
County: is 9
miles NE of
Buedingen, 6
miles E of
Nidda, and said
by the Kromm and
Stumpp versions of
the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL to possibly
be homeUC
to a Langlitz family.
Schott{J.Henrich}
was from
Ober-Seemen
according to his
son’s March1733
Mittlel-Seemen
parish marriage
record.
OberseebachGL,
Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: is some 3.5
miles SE of
Wissembourg city
and
proven by the
GCRA to have
been one of the
homes of the
Bender family
that went to the
Glueckstal
colonies, and to be
home to the
Rindel/Riddell
family that went to
Bergdorf.
Also
proved by the
GCRA as the home
of Frau
Springer (1816
Kassel #16), née
Pflug, and to be where of the last children were born of the first
Reuter/Reuther/Reiter settler in
Neudorf prior to
leaving for Russia.
The
GCRA also
proved this to
be the home of a
Hofwald woman
who became frau
Peter
Hofer, and
proved it the
birthplace of some
of her
Hofer children
who settled with
their parents in
Neudorf.
See
the
GCRA book for more details on each of these families.
Ober Seibertenrod, [Hessen-]Darmstadt
[Landgraviate]: is 33 km E of
Giessen city.
See
Obersabelrot.
ObersinnGL,
Wuerzburg: said
by the
Krasnoyar FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Mueller family.
Wuerzburg here
apparently is a
mistake: in the
1760’s Obersinn was
a part of the
Thuengen Barony,
not of the
Wuerzburg Duchy.
Obersorg: is 7
km SSE of
Alsfeld town.
KS125
said
a Doerganz man & wife leftUC from here, no date was given.
Obersotzbach
GL: is 8 km NE
of
Gelnhausen city.
OberstFN: said by the Roethling
FSL to be fromUC
Koponwuen(?),Wuerzburg,
Bavaria.
OberstadtGL,
Schwaben: an
unidentified place
said by the
Brabander FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Rach family.
ObersteinGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Boregard FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Hahn{Georg}
family.
There were at
least 4 Obersteins
in the Germanies.
OberstenfeldGL,
Ludwigsburg parish,
Wuerttemberg: is
some 9 miles NE of
Ludwigsburg,
Baden-Wuerttemberg,
and was home to a
Hepperle family
that settled in
Gueldendorf, Odessa.
OberstenfeldGL,
Marbach [Amt], [Ludwigsburg Overamt],
Wuerttemberg: is
some 5.5 miles NNE
of
Marbach town,
and was
proven by the
GCRA, using
FHL#1,187,126 to
be home of
Doering/ Deuring,
and of his
Nafzger wife,
that went to
Bergdorf and
Kassel.
Proved as origin to
the
Hamann family
that went to
Glueckstal by
the
GCRA.
See the
GCRA book for
more detail.
ObertFN{Renard}
and {Georg}: said
(no locality
indicated) by the
Brabander FSL to
be fromUC
Languedoc.
For 1798
see
Mai1798:Bn05 {Renard} and Sm59 {Georg}.
ObertFN:
also see
Hober.
Obertaunus: the
Taunus Mountains run
ENE from
Bingen on the
Rhine to just north
of
Frankfurt-am-Main.
ObertiedfenbachGL:
said by the
Susannental FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Billeau family.
There were at
least 3 places with
this name in the
German-speaking
lands.
I rthink the
one in
Nassau-Dillenburg
Principality 9
km NNE of
Limburg-an-der-Lahn
is the best bet
here.
Ober-UlmGL,
Mainz: some 5
miles W of
Mainz city and
said by the Kromm
version of the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Kaemmerer man
who was sent here as
an 1812 prisoner of
war (p.137).
Oberunstadt?, [Kur-]Bayern: an
unidentified place
said by the
Brabander FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Retenmeier
family.
OberurselGL,
Kurmainz: is 6
miles NW of
Frankfurt-am-Main
centre, and said by
the
Keller FSL to be
homeUC to
Birsack{Johannes},
{Philipp} families.
Said by the
Preuss FSL to be
home to a
Schmidt family.
OberviechtachGL:
is 40 km E of
Amberg and
some 61 miles
E of
Nuernberg, Bavaria.
Oberwaldach,
Freudenstadt [Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
said by
KS:298 to have
been homeUC
to a
Heier family.
The GCRA says
there was no church
in Oberwaldach, it
was in
Tumlingen.
Oberwaldstedt?:
said by the
Ober-Monjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Fischerfamily
and possibly to
their
Rupp
brother-in-law.
Kuhlberg said
this was in [Kur-]Mainz. This probably is
Oberwoellstadt
then in
Kurmainz, 2
miles S of
Friedberg city
center.
OberweierGL,
Rastatt [Amt], Baden: is some 4
miles E of Rastatt
city, and said by
the 1816
Glueckstal census to be a possible homeUC to the
Schaible family.
See the
GCRA book for
more detail.
Oberweld?GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Boregard FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Graf family.
Kuhlberg said
this was in
Sachsen.
OberwetzGL,
Braunfels: is
some 5.4 miles SE of
Braunfels city,
and said by the
Bangert FSL to
homeUC to
an
Otto family.
Oberwiedermus,
Isenburg[-Meerholz County]:
Bonner
proved this the
origin of
Kraeuter/Krauter listed
in the
Balzer FSL (#81).
Now known as
Alt-Wiedermus,
Hessen, 4 miles
SW of
Buedingen city.
Ober WintersheimGL,
Darmstadt: said
by the
Kraft FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Sauerwein
family.
This may be
Oberwiddersheim some
10 miles NE of
Friedberg, Hessen.
OberwittighausenGL:
is in
Baden-Wuerttemberg
some 11 miles SE of
Wuerzburg, Bavaria,
and said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Friedrichsen and
possibly a
Weinberg family.
Oberwoellstadt,
Kurmainz: is 2 miles S of
Friedberg city
center.
OberzellGL,
[Hanau
County?]:
Betty Schmoll has
proof that
her ancestor
Alt{J.Heinrich}who
went to
Norka came from
here.
ObetzFN:
said (no locality
mentioned)
by the
Jost FSL to be fromUC Dessau. I could not find
this family in the
1798 Volga censuses.
ObholzFN:
said by the
Louis FSL to be
fromUC
Bitsch,
Lothringen. In 1798 the
family name was
sometimes spelled
Abholz or
Opholz (Mai1798:Ls9,Mt5,13).
Darrell
Burghardt
reports that he
found this
Opholz family
near
Saarburg in
post-1763 records.
ObiskerFN:
said by the
Seelmann FSL to
be fromUC
Branik?, (Boehmen?). For 1798 see
Mai1798:Sm48.
OblaenderFN:
said by the
Shcherbakovka
FSL to be fromUC
Kleingarten.
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Sv7(the wife’s maiden name is given as Maier) and 42.
OblingerFN:
said by the
Mariental FSL to
be fromUC
Zweibruecken (no
locality mentioned).
ObraurangelGL,
Luxembourg [Duchy]: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Dossier family.
ObrechtFN:
see
Albrecht.
ObreyFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Schlitz marriage
records 1762-1767;
see
Flegel trip.
ObrigheimGL
bei Gruenstadt:
is 13 miles NW of
Mannheim city, and
according to a
contemporary pastor
was home to the
Schlund man who
married a
Matteas woman in
1768 and lived in
Bauer (Mai&Marquardt#1243).
OchsFN:
said by the
Keller FSL to be
fromUC
Tunbahc?,
Kurtrier. For 1797 and
1798 see Mai1798:Mv
Ochs{Wilhelm}:
he is mentioned in
Seelmann in 1797
(Mai1798:Mv2723, Ps6) but I could not find him in any FSL.
OchsFN:
also see
Aks, Oehs, or
Oxt.
OchsenbachGL,
is an
unidentified
locality which,
according to the
Frank FSL, was
in the state of
Wuerttemberg and
was homeUC
to a
Betz family.
This
might be the same
place as the
following entry.
OchsenbachGL,
Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is
some 6 miles SW of
Brackenheim
city, and
the
GCRA proved this
home to the
Lang{Andreas)
family that settled
in
Kassel.
OchsenburgGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Shcherbakovka
FSL to be homeUC
to the
Steinert family.
Although
there are at least 5
Ochsenburgs in the
Germanies, this very
likely was the one
then in
Wuerttemberg Duchy,
6.5 km SSW of
Eppingen city and 5.5 km SE of
Suelzfeld then
the seat of the
Goler von Ravensburg
Ritterkreis, a
knight’s holding,
and home of
the other
Shcherbakovka
Steinert.
OchsenfurtGL,
Dessau: an
unidentified place
said by the
Bettinger FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Schlehe and
possibly a
Richter family.
There is an
Ochsenfurt,
Bavaria, some 10 miles SE of
Wuerzburg.
Ochsenfurt,
Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: is
10 miles SE of
Wuerzburg city,
and said by the
Hoelzel FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Metz family.
OchsenhausenGL:
said by the
Mariental FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Rittmann family.
There is a
place of this name
some 22 miles S of
Ulm city in
Baden-Wuerttemberg.
OchsenhirtFN:
said by the
Messer FSL to be
from
Isenburg.
Wagner1
p. 85 proved that
this
Bueches
schoolmaster was
born (parents named)
in
Duedelsheim, Isenburg[-Buedingen
County] married
there (date, bride
and her parents are
given) and was
cousin to the
Raabs of Duedelsheim,
later of
Balzer.
Ochsenthal, [Wuerzburg Bishopric]: is 5 km W of Hammelburg and said by the
Schoenchen FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Leichner family.
OchsnerFN:
according to
Steven Hahn this
family from
Edenkoben
settled in
Worms, Odessa.
OckelFN:
said by the
Boregard FSL to
be fromUC
Kornbach. The 1798 Boregard census
gives the wife’s
maiden name as
Meingott (Mai1798:Bo09).
OckelFN:
also see
Ogel.
OckstadtGL:
seems to have been
in a tiny barony,
possibly of the same
name, just W of
Friedberg
Imperial City.
Said by the
Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to Mathis/Mattias,
Sennt/Selbeck?, and Schuhmann
families, and
possibly to
Diehl{Friedrich}.
Odenheim,
Bruchsal [Amt],
Baden: is 7.5
miles NE of
Bruchsal city,
and was
proven by the
GCRA to be home
to the
Unger family
that settled in
Neudorf.
OdenwaldGL
is a famous old
forest in
southeastern
Hesse.
Said by the
Messer FSL to be homeUC to an Brunner family.
Oderberg:
unidentified place
said by
Kulberg49 to be
homeUC to
Masch{Johann+w}.
Odessa: a city
around which were
many Russian German
villages on the
Black Sea and to the
north of it.
Od(v)erberg{Lukas}: KS:82 and nnn say this party of 3 fromUC
Siebersdorf(spelling?)
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.
OechsleFN:
see
Oexle.
Oefingen parish,
Donaueschingen [Amt],
Baden: is 1.3 miles E of
Oberbaldingen
village.
OehlmannFN:
this woman
of
Rimhorn,
Breuberg Condominium, married and lived there with an
Olt man from
Wuerzberg prior to their immigrating to Frank (Gieg1).
Oehningen AmtGL,
Wuerttemberg:
this place is on
Lake Constance some
7 miles SSE of the
city of Singen and
was a District
administrative
center.
OehringenGL,
[Hohenlohe
County/Principality]:
is some 13 miles ENE
of
Heilbronn city
and 73 miles SE of
Frankfurt-am-Main.
said by
KS:160 to be the
homeUC to
a
Tehele/Tebele
family, and by
KS:162 to be
home to a
Volz/Voltz man;
Bonner
proved that
Voltz was born
and baptized here.
OehringenGL,
Oehringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg:
proven by
GCRA to be home
to the
Breloas family
that went to
Glueckstal.
See
the
GCRA book for more details.
This is the
same place as the
previous entry, but
is 40 some years
later.
Oehringen [Amt]GL,
Wuerttemberg: is
13 miles ENE of
Heilbronn city,
and was a District
administrative
center.
KS:478 said a
Weidner man came
toUC
Neudorf fromUC
Ohringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg; no
locality mentioned;
no other information
available at this
time.
The same
place as the
previous entry.
OehsFN:
said by the
Norka FSL to be
fromUC
Hessen (no
locality mentioned).
Later spelled
Ochs (Mai1798:Pb38),
Oelsberg?GL,
[Kur-]Trier: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Dornhof family.
Oelschlaeger{Peter}FN:
listed in the 1798
Straub census
(Sr52) but I did not
find the family name
in any FSL.
Also spelled
Eischleger? in 1798 (Mai1798:Dn18).
Oerlenbach: an
unidentified place
said by
Recruiter
Beauregard’s list to
have been homeUC
to
Spaeter{Christian}
(Lk152).
There are two
Oerlenbachs in
Germany.
OeslauGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Ribling? family.
This may have
been in the
Coburg Duchy, 3
miles NE of
Coburg city.
OesterleinFN:
see
Esperein.
OestereichFN:
said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be fromUC
Alsfeld, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate],
with
Bastian and
Schwengel orphans in the
household.
Spelled
Oestreich in 1798 (Mai1798:Wr117
and 43).
OesterreichGS
is Austria.
Said (no
locality mentioned)
by the
Boregard FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Schon family.
Said (no
locality mentioned)
by the
Franzosen FSL to
be homeUC
to
Braun and
Lefebvre families.
OestreichFN:
see
Oestereich and
Osterreich.
OestringenGL,
Bruchsal [Amt],
Baden: is 8 miles NE of
Bruchsal city,
and
the
GCRA proved origin here for the Foerderer family that spent time in Glueckstal.
OetisheimGL,
Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is
about 5 miles NE of
Pforzheim.
The
GCRA indicates
that
Rudolf{Christian}
received a pass from
here to Taurien
Province in 1831.
Both the 1816
Kassel census (#51), and KS:411
mistakenly said this
was homeUC
to the
Rudolph{Daniel} family.
Oetting,
Oesterreich: is 26 km SW of
Berchtesgarden
and was said by the
Rosenheim FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Funk family.
Oettingen CountyGS:
this sizeable county
by held lands
surrounding but not
including the
Imperial Cities of
Noerdlingen and
Bopfingen.
OettlingGL,
Baden-Durlach:
said by the
Louis FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Ziegelmeier
family.
This might be
Ettlingen?
OexleFN:
listed by both the
1858
Kassel census
(#237) and
KS:388 without
origin.
More often
spelled
Oechsle. See the
GCRA book for
more.
OfelsinFN:
said by the 1798
Pfeiffer census
to be the maiden
name of frau
Schmidt{J.Peter}
(Mai1798: Pf4).
Off/Aff{J.Peter}FN:
said by the
Kraft FSL (kf47)
to be fromUC
Ruppertsburg(?)GL,
Laubach.
KS:118 says
Ruppertsburg
near
Gruenberg now in
Hesse.
OffenbachGL:
an unidentified
place said by both
versions of the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL to be homeUC
to
Leinweber and
Litzenberger
families.
Said by the
Pleve version of the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL to be homeUC
to two
Baer families.
Said by the
Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to frau Felsing.
Offenbach-am-Glan,
Wild and Rhine County:: said to be the place where
Fuchs{J.Georg}
and
Gresser{Friederica
Magdalena} married
in 1761.
Offenbach-an-der-QueichGL:
see
Offenbach, Kurpfalz.
OffenbachGL,
Dillkreis, [Nassau-Dillenburg Principality]: is a small municipality some 42 miles NW of Buedingen and 6 miles SE of
Dillenburg. Said
by
KS:123 to be
homeUC to
a
Buchner family,
while the Stumpp
version of the
Balzer FSL says
they were
Isenburgers.
Isenburg-Offenbach
was a whole
different place.
OffenbachGL,
Isenburg[-Birstein Principality]: city some 4.4 miles ESE of
Frankfurt-am-Main,
Hesse, and some
20 miles SW of
Buedingen.
Said by the
Stumpp version of
the
Balzer FSL to be
homeUC to
Blitz,
Kaiser, Kalbin, Kleinfelder, Koehler, Mesinger/Messinger,
Neugard/Neuhard
(K:147),
Rutt, Schlegel,
Schleuger, Sinner,
Tirol, and,
possibly,
Scheidt families. Said
by the Stumpp
version of the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL it may have been
homeUC to
Leinweber and
Litzenberger
families; according
to the Kromm version
it may have been
homeUC to
Lahnert and Lautenschlaeger
families. Said by
the
Keller FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Mathius family.
Said by
the
Buedingen ML
to be homeUC
both to
the
Herdt man
and to
the
Zipp woman whom
he married in 1766
(Mai&Marquardt#473);
by 1767 this couple
was in
Moor;
Bonner
proved
Herdt was
baptized here.
Said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be homeUC
to
Dittenbier and,
Kiegler?
families.
OffenbachGL,
[Isenburg-Birstein
Principality]:
said by the
Kano FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Zindel family;
Kuhlberg said
this place was in
Isenburg.
Offenbach,
Isenburg[-Birstein
Principality]:
said by the
Straub FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Baecker{Daniel}
family.
Said by
KS146 to be home
to
Mueller{Ernst
Wilhelm} who settled
in
Norka FSL (#21).
Same place as
the preceding entry.
OffenbachGL,
Kurpfalz: Said
by the
Volmer FSL to be
home to a
Huss family.
This is the
same place as the
next entry.
OffenbachGL,
[Kur-]Pfalz: this is
Offenbach-an-der-Queich,
some 13 miles SW of
Speyer city.
Said by the
Stumpp version of
the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL to be homeUC
to
Leinweber and
Litzenberger
families; Kromm
agreed as regards
Litzenberger,
but thougtht
Leinweber just
might have been from
Kreuznach.
OffenbachGL,
Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 3
miles E of
Landau-in-der-Pfalz.
The
GCRA confirmed
this origin for the
Doerr family
that settled in
Kassel.
This is the
same place as the
previous three
entries some four
decades later.
Offenburg [Amt], Baden: the city is
11 miles SE of
Strasbourg city.
Offendorf,
Bischweiler [Amt],
Elsass: s 4
miles SE of
Bischwiller town,
and was
proven by the
GCRA to be home to the Walz{Daniel
family that settled
in
Neudorf.
OffenhausFN:
see
Aveliuss.
OffmanFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Herborn marriage
records 1762-1767;
see
Flegel trip.
OfmanFN:
said by the
Walter FSL to be
fromUC
Kerschveld[Gersfeld]GL,
Freie Adelprovinz
der alten Ritter.
Shown by the
Walter Research
Project to be
Hoffmann.
Ofterdingen,
Tuebingen [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: is
7.5 miles S of
Tuebingen city,
and mistakenly said
by
KS:385 to be
homeUC to
the
Neuschler woman
who went to
Glueckstal; see
the
GCRA book for
detail.
Oftersheim?GL,
Kurmainz: an
unidentified place
said by the
Keller FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Gebhard family.
The only
Oftersheim I can
find was in
Kurpfalz, 5
miles SW of
Heidelberg city.
OgelFN:
said by the
Bauer FSL to be
fromUC
Neiderheimstadt(?),
Darmstadt. In 1791 and 1798
spelled
Ockel (Mai1798:Mv152 and Br60.
OhlFN:
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC
Schlangenbad,
Kurmainz.
Pleve thought
this might be
Uhl.
OhlFN:
said by the
Kukkus FSL to be
fromUC
Hanau (no
locality mentioned).
OhlFN:
said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be a stepson in the
Kanzel
household.
I could not
find him in
Mai1798.
OhlschmidtFN:
wife of
Roesner, said by
the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC
Neuwirt(?),
Grabschaft(?). See
Schmidt.
OhmdenGL,
Nuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is
8.5 miles ENE of
Nuertingen city,
and evidently
erroneously said by
the 1816
Glueckstal
census to be a
possible homeUC
to the
Veil family.
Ohrdruf,
Sachsen[-Gotha Duchy]: is
12 km S of
Gotha city and
was said by the
Straub FSL to be
homeUC to
the
Straub{J.Heinrich}
family and possibly
Schmidt and Weller
families as well.
OhringenGL:
correctly spelled
Oehringen.
OhrloffGL,
Tiegenhoff Amt:
said by the
Orloff FSL to be
homeUC to
the
Klaas,
Penner{Davit}, and Reimer{Gerhard}
families.
Also spelled
Orloff.
This today is
probably Orlowo,
Poland, which
was some 1.5 miles W
of
Tiegenhoff city.
Ohrloff: also
see
Orloff.
Okser(?)GL,
see
Auxerre(?).
OldenbergerFN:
said by the
Belowescher Kolonien
FSL to be fromUC
Nassau (no
locality mentioned)
and he married a
Krieger woman
(origin not given)
in
Oranienbaum.
However,
a
Luebeck ML says
he married a
Krueger woman in
1766 there (Mai&Marquardt#163).
Oldenburg: said
by
Kulberg85 to be homeUC to Weitz{Hermann+w}.
Said by the
Rosenheim FSL to
be homeUC
to frau
Fiedler.
This probably
is the same place as
the next entry.
Oldenburg,
Grafschaft Oldenburg: is 40 km WNW of Bremen city center and was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be homeUC to a Gogorscht family.
OldenburgGL,
Daenemark[sic
for
Holstein-Gottorp Duchy]: is 49 km W of Kiel city and was said by the the Rohleder FSL to be homeUC to Koch(Friedrich).
Oldenburg,
Holstein[-Gottorp Duchy]:
said by the
Schaefer FSL to
be homeUC
to frau
Schmidt.
Same place as
the preceding entry.
Oldenburg [County]GS: seated in the city of the same name, the
territory of this
country was W and NW
of
Bremen city, S
almost to
Wildeshausen and N
up into the North
Sea. This County was
promoted to a Duchy
in 1777.
Olderdorf
GL: see
Olderdorf.
Oldorf(?)GL,
Mecklenburg: an
unidentified place
said by the
Dobrinka FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Langhofer
family.
This might
be
Olderdorf in
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,
some 28 miles NE of
Rostock.
Olenburg?GS:
an unidentified
state.
See
Eschach.
Olengein(?):
unidentified place
said by
Kulberg163 to be
homeUC to
the single Catholic
Berg{Conrad}.
OleschnaVV:
is a Russian name
for
DietelVV.
OleshnaVV:
is a Russian name
for
DietelVV.
OleshnyaVV:
is a Russian name
for
DietelVV.
Olf FN:
said by the
Galka FSL to be
fromUC
Grosshausen, [Hessen-]Darmstadt (no
locality mentioned)
.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
Olgaten?FN:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Wittenberg.
OlingenGL,
Nassau: an
unidentified place
said by the
Preuss FSL to be
home to a
Meilinger
family.
Olmuetz?GL,
Oesterreich: is
now Olomouc, Czech
Republic, some 131
miles ESE of
Prague, and said
by the
Koehler FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Lang family, and
possibly to an
Egner family.
Olofsen FN:
said by the
Merkel FSL to be
fromUC
Finland (no
locality mentioned).
OlstedGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Kano FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Mir? family.
There are at
least 5 Olsteds in
Denmark.
OltFN
said by the
Frank FSL (fk93)
to be fromUC
Witzbarch(?),
Erbach. Sometimes
spelled
Alt.
Gieg1 proved
he was born in
Wuerzberg,
Erbach County,
married in
Rimhorn,
Breuberg Condominium, and moved into his Oehlmann in-law’s properties in Rimhorn before immigrating to
Frank.
Olzfeld?GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Gaus and
possibly to a
Tell family.
This might be
Alsfeld?
Ondenbrun?GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Boregard FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Heidemann
family.
Onshewald?: an
unidentified place
said by
Recruiter
Beauregard’s list to
have been homeUC
to the
Baumgarten{Enfried}family
(Lk15).
OpFN:
said by the
Brabander FSL to
be an orphan boy the
Muellecker
{Johannes}
household.
Spelled
Apts in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn45).
Also spelled
Abt.
Oper?FN:
said by the
Boregard FSL to
be fromUC
Lydershausen
with a
Windemann orphan
boy in the
household. ?.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
OpferFN:
said by the
Dobrinka FSL to
be fromUC
Belterstein(?),
Darmstadt.
The
Buedingen ML
says this
Opper man
married a
Weitzel woman in
1766 (Mai&Marquardt#430).
OpfermannFN:
said (no locality
mentioned) by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Frankreich.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 censuses.
OpholzFN:
see
Obholz.
OpitscFN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Halle.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
OppFN:
said by the 1816
Glueckstal
census (KS:675, 389) to be from
Birlenbach,
Sulz [Amt], Wissenburg [Oberamt],
Elsass. However, using
FHL(193,128),
the
GCRA proved
origin in
Rockenhausen,
Kirchheim-Bolanden [Amt],
Pfalz,
and found that they
were in
Tscherwenka,
Hungary on their
way to Russia.
See the
GCRA book for
more details.
Oppeln?, [Kur-]Sachsen: is 19 km
ESE of
Bautzen city and
was said by the
Schaefer FSL to
be homeUC
to the
Meier{Christoph}
family.
OppelsbohmGL,
Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is
some 7 miles NE of
Waiblingen city,
and was
proven by
GCRA to be home
to the
Nies family that
went to
Glueckstal.
See
the
GCRA book for more details.
OppelshausenGL:
see
Friedberg.
OppenheimGL:
in the 1760s and
until 1778 this was
a Kreis i.e.
district
administrative
center for the
country of
Kurpfalz.
After 1778 it
was part of
Bavarian-owned
Rheinpfalz.
The town is
some 11 miles SE of
Mainz city.
A reference
could be either to
the town or to the
district.
Oppenlaender{Rosina
Barbara}
For more
information :
Brent Mai proved her to be daughter of Oppenlaender{Michael & Rosina} in born in 1732 in
Kleingartach
where she married
Brinkmann/Brenckmann{Hanss
Balthasar} in 1760.
The couple
settled in
Shcherbakovka in
1766.
For more
information go to
http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/b/brickman_shcherbakovka.cfm.
OppenrodGL,
Darmstadt: an
unidentified place
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Hahn family and
possibly to a
Fink family.
OppenweilerGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Sohn family.
This probably
was the same place
as the following
entry.
Oppenweiler,
Backnang [Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
was proven by the
GCRA to be home
to the
Stradinger
family that went to
Glueckstal.
OpperFN:
see
Opfer.
Oppertshofen: is
24 miles NNW of
Augsburg city,
either in the lands
of
Kaisheim Imperial
Abbey or of
Oettingen County.
It was said
by the
Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Sollbach family and possibly to the Kirchturm orphan girl living in their household.
OranienbaumGL:
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
homeUC to
an
Otto family.
Said by the
Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a
Koch family.
This might be
in
Sachsen-Anhalt some 7 miles ESE of Dessau city, or in
Brandenburg some
16 miles NNW of
Berlin center.
OranienbaumGL,
[Anhalt-]Dessau
[Principality]: is some 7 miles ESE of Dessau city, and said by the
Boaro FSL to be
homeUC to
Glueck,
Luebert,
Mueller and Roenke?
families.
Said by the
Jost FSL to be
homeUC to
Krieger and
possibly a
Tag family.
Said by the
Kano FSL to be homeUC to Mai, Matinus,
Rahnefeld, and
possibly
Schapp families.
OranienbaumGL,
Sachsen: said by
the
Kano FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Hartmann{Maria}
widow.
Sachsen would be
Kursachsen and
has to be a mistake
for
Anhalt-Dessau
Principality
which is where
Oranienbaum was.
Oranienbaum, Russia:
this was Katharine
the Great’s summer
palace west of St.
Petersburg, at which
many settlers in the
1760’s took their
oath of allegiance
to Russia, and near
which most of them
were temporarily
(sometimes for
months) housed prior
to transshipment on
to the Volga or
elsewhere.
OrbGL:
this probably is
Orb,
Kurmainz. Said by the
Leichtling FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Fassnacht/Fastnacht
family.
Said by the
Koehler FSL to be homeUC to Bishammer, Imhof, and
possibly
Rupp and
Seibel families.
Said by the
Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Kesselring man. Said by
the
Pfeiffer FSL to
be homeUC
to
Alles,
Arnhold, Frank, Heim,
Heiss,
Klauser, Pfeifer,
Schetzel,
Thesch, and Ulrich
families.
Said by
Recruiter
Beauregard’s 1768
list to have been
homeUC to
several probable
first settler
families in
Luzern:
Bassert?{Adam}118,
Bauer{Adam}113,
{Johann}64, and
{J.Jacob}114,
Bittel{Caspar}124,
Heil{Adam}59,
Herr{J.Peter}65, Meier(Heinrich)86),
Pfeifer{Jacob}57,
Ritter{Jacob}52,
and
Schlotter{Philipp}115.
Said by
Recruiter
Beauregard’s 1768
list to have been
homeUC to
Eck{Jacob} a
possible first
settler in
Rosenheim.
Said by
Recruiter
Beauregard’s 1768
list to have been
homeUC to
several probable
first settler
families in
Zug:
Depperschmidt{Michael},
Engel{J.Adam},
Heil{Philipp}, Null/Knoell/Noll{J.Adam}, Reberger{Philipp},
and possibly
Ihl{Catharina}.
Said by
Recruiter
Beauregard’s list to
have been homeUC
to
Conrad{Christopher}
(Lk155),
Metzler{Johannes} (Lk143)
and
Morstein?{Michael}
Orb (Lk62)
Orb/Orba(?)GL: said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to a Roeder/Raeder family.
Probably
Orb, Kurmainz some 12
miles SE of
Buedingen.
OrbGL, [Kur]mainz:
today is
Bad Orb, Hessen, is some 7 miles E of Gelnhausen, Hessen. Said
by the
Goebel FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Trinak family.
Said by the
Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Martin,
Pracht,
Staab,
and
Ulrich families.
Said by the
Pfeiffer FSL to be homeUC to a Herr family; the 1798
Pfeiffer census
says his wife's
maiden name was
Boehm (Mai1798:Pf51).
Orba(?)GL,
see
Orb.
Orbach GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Meier{Kaspar}
family.
Might be
Arbach??
OrberachFN:
an unidentified
place that
the
Buedingen ML
says was homeUC
to
the
Voelcker woman
who married a
Kaemmereer man
in 1766; by
1767 this couple was
in
Goebel; Stumpp
spells it
Urberach saying
it was near Langen (Mai&Marquardt#357).
Urberach is some
9 miles NE of
Darmstadt city
center.
OrdenFN:
said by the
Rosenheim FSL to
be the maiden name
of frau
Janson.
OrdnerFN:
said by the
Anton FSL to be
fromUC
Neustadt Oberamt, Kurpfalz. Spelled
Orner in 1798 (Mai1798:An5).
OrdnerFN:
said by the
Dietel FSL to be
fromUC
Petersberg, Kurpfalz. For 1798 see
Mai1798:Dt69, 1
and Kz10.
OrdnungFN:
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC
Lage.
Orgus?GL,
Danzig: an
unidentified place
within the lands of
the Danzig
city-state said by
the
Boregard FSL to be homeUC to a Mueller{Georg} family.
OrleansGL;
this probably
refers to an area
around or near the
city of Orleans some
75 miles S of
Paris.
Orleans,
Frankreich: said by the
Franzosen FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Lestran family.
Same place as
the previous entry.
Orlen?
Isenburg[?]:an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to Bickart/Buechert
families.
The only
Orlen I can find was
in the
Nassau-Usingen
Principality 7
miles NNW of
Wiesbaden city,
not in
Isenburg County.
OrleshausenGL,
[Isenburg]:
said by
the
Buedingen ML
to be homeUC
to
a
Nagel man;
by 1767 he
and his wife
were in
Norka (Mai&Marquardt#1206a).
Orlich?GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Ober-Monjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Hertling/Gertling
family.
Kuhlberg said
this was in [Kur-]Trier.
OrloffBV,
Halbstad District,
Molotschna: a
German Mennonite
village established
in 1805 (see
KS:97).
Hildegard Wasnick
village coordinator
has begun to
assemble information
on the origins of
settlers of this
village and others,
and to make that
information
available to this
index.
So far her
FSL source is mainly
the
Unruh book, but
for almost every
family listed here,
she has assembled
additional
information from the
records of the
Manitoba Mennonite
Historical Society (MMHS).
The numbers
in parentheses are
the household
numbers in the
village FSL as given
in
Unruh:
from
Berwald/Berwalde/Baerwalde,
Tiegenhoff
Amt: (Dueck13, 14, Reimer{Jacob}20);
from
Elbing: (Warckentin3);
from
Fogelsang,
Marienburg Amt: (Wiensz/Wiens{Wilhelm}2);
from
Heubuden,
Marienburg Amt: (Sowatsky/Sawatsky3);
from
Kalteherberg/Kalte
Herberge, Danzig: (Friesen10,
11);
from
Margenau/Marienau,
Tiegenhoff Amt: (Ensz/Enz18);
from
Milhausen/Muehlhausen,
East Prussia: (Cories/Coris7);
from
Muensterburg,
Tiegenhoff Amt: (Neufelt/Neufeld12,
Wiensz/Wiens{Duerck}5);
from
Ohrlofff/Orloff,
Tiegenhoff Amt: (Klaas16,
Penner{Davit}17,
Reimer{Gerhard}17);
from
Pletzendorff/Pletzendork, Tiegenhoff Amt:
(Epp19);
from
Rosenort,
Elbing: (Loewen1);
from
Siemensdorff/Siemensdorf,
Marienburg Amt:
(Wiensz/Wiens{Johann}9);
from
Waldorff/Waldorf,
Elbing Amt: (Wiebe8);
from
Wieckerau, Elbing: (Froese6,
Penner{Johann}4);
Orloff GL:
also see
Ohrloff.
OrlovskajaVV:
an alternative
spelling for
OrlovskayaVV.
OrlovskayaVV:
(aka
Orlovskaja,
Orlowskoje, and Orlowskaja)
is a Lutheran German
village founded in
1767 on the eastern
side of the Volga.
Its
FSL is now
published in Pleve,
Einwanderung …,
vol.III, pp.
311-330.
According to
this, the first
settlers were from
the following places
{italics indicate
information from the
Kuhlberg list} with
the family names
shown here in
parens.
Other
spellings of family
names, usually from
later sources are in
square brackets.
Verified
origin information
is in red.
The number
with the family name
is their FSL
household number:
from
Allendorf: (Goetz24);
from
Altenrode: (Karl4,5);
from
Altenstein: (Knecht53);
from
Anhalt: (Erfurth[Ehrfurt]1;
from
Anhalt-Koethen:
(Erfurth[Erfurth]8;
from
Ansbach: (Eckslein22, Schelhler?[Schiller]79,
and possibly
Weber79a;
from
Arnsten: (Kahn[Kuehn]40);
from
Auerbach,
Pfalz: (Hertel72);
from
Bamberg: (Frankuechen57, Zimmermann38);
from
Bayreuth: (Bauer44);
from
Bellersdorf: (Vogel28);
from
Berlin: (Burmeister87);
from
Bernartice,
Boehmen: (Frachtel[Frichel]35);
from
Bitterfeld: (Schuster29);
from
Braunschweig: (Bornemann[Borneman/Bornomar?]48;
from
Bretthausen: (Albrecht92);
from
Brieg,
Schlesien: (Neumann70,
and possibly
Dirn?[Thorn]70a);
from
Coburg: (Stapf[Staff]82);
from
Danzig: (Tomson85);
from
Deihofen?,
Zerbst: (Milling23);
from
Dessau: (Alberg58, Albrecht43,
Fischer65,
Krueger73, Reimer[Riemer]42,
and possibly
Knoll58a, and
Lampe[Lempe]65a);
from
Dueben,
Sachsen:
Kraemer6 and
possibly
Merier6a);
from
Elbor?,
Darmstadt: (Loch15);
from
Erfurt: (Wendehahn7);
from
Ersingen: (Weber3);
from
Fauerbach: (Mueller83);
from
Fuerth: (Bauer74);
from
Georgensgmuend:
(Schnurr[Schnorr]66);
from
Graefenhainichen,
Dessau: (Zorn19
and possibly
Hank19a);
from
Grossbothen?: (Wagner62);
from
Gruenberg: (Lingelbach[Linenbach]46);
from
Gschmacheberg?:
(Lehmann76);
from
Halberstadt: (Darius81);
from
Halle: (Bonegardt[Bonagardt/Bernhard]32);
from
Hannover: (Lips20 and possibly Gondorf[Hohndorf]20a);
from
Harmuthsachsen?:
(Saner26);
from
Hellborn:
Hergert[Herget]21);
from
Holzhausen: (Remp[Rempe]69);
from
Immenrode: (Weiss34);
from
Ing?: (Mueller27);
from
Kochstedt,
Dessau: (Krieger45);
from
Koenigsberg: (Schwarz[Schwartz]89);
from
Koethen: (Erfurth[Ehrfurt]86,
Belger[Berger/Belyer?]9);
from
Koethen,
Neustadt: (Reisch2
and perhaps
Deringer2a);
from
Leuth?: (Datz?[Tats?]30);
from
Liega: (Strauss56);
from
Magdeburg: (Baer[Baehr]33,
Hartke[Hardt]90, Helwig91,
Teich?49);
from
Mainz: (Staedt54);
from
Marklibisch?,
Sachsen: (Heilmann[Heilman]63);
from
Mindelheim: (Blum78);
from
Mosigkau?,
Dessau: (Richter51);
from
Nassau: (Geidereich75 and possibly
Kegler75a);
from
Neustadt: (Denk50, Gerlinger[Gehrling/Herrlinger]77, Lonz80 and
possibly
Schulz77a];
from
Neustadt, Bayreuth:
(Schwegert[Schweichert]67);
from
Querfurt: (Weise[Weiss]59);
from
Reibertenrod,
Hessen: (Altenhof[Altenhoff]39);
from
Ronneburg,
Sachsen: (Weise[Weiss]59);
from
Rostock: (Egers47);
from
Schmiedeberg: (Golde13);
from
Seebach?,
Holstein: (Goldorf[Holdorf]11 and possibly
Zoellner11a);
from
Silkerode: (Brot93, Pilner64);
from
Silkerode,
Schwarzburg: (Senne[Senn]60);
from
Spalt,
Nuernberg: (Ludwig71);
from
Stassfurt: (Vogt41);
from
Stemag?,
Sachsen: (Schneider10,
and possibly
Riel10a and Schwarzkopf10b);
from
Vollmerz, [Degenfeld County]: (Zinnkann[Zink]52);
from
Wallendorf?,
Dessau: (Bazel[Patzel]55);
from
Wetterburg or
Wettaburg?: (Keskel?36);
from
Wittenberg: (Nickelson61);
from
Woelferlingen,
Runkel: (Kraemer25);
from
Woerlitz,
Dessau: (Konrad37);
from
Wolfhagen,
Kassel: (Rothermel18);
from
Zerbst: (Doeptor[Deptar?]12,
Hancke[Hank]14, Hemrisch[Ermisch]16,
Kraus31, and possibly Balzer16a,
and
Goetz14a);
from
Zoellnitz,
Dessau: (Kessler[Kissler]17).
OrlowskojeVV:
an alternative
spelling for
OrlovskayaVV.
OrlowskajaVV:
an alternative
spelling for
OrlovskayaVV.
Ormesheim: then
in
Nassau-Saarbruecken County, 9 km SW of Blieskastel.
.Denise
Grau proved the
marriage in
Ormesheim of a
Schledor woman
with a
KennerKnect man,
as well as the
baptism of two of
their children (who
later settled in
Louis), KennerKnect’s
death and her later
marriage to
Wasinger{Joseph},
as well as
the baptisms
of their several
children who settled
in
Graf..
OrnerFN:
see
Ordner.
OrnshausenGL:
an unidentified
place which
the
Buedingen ML says this was homeUC
to a
Ziegler man and
a
Voll woman who
married in 1766;
by 1767 they were in
Pfeiffer (Mai&Marquardt:#594).
The
Pfeiffer FSL
said he was fromUC
Wuerzburg (no
locality given).
Oroningen(?)GS:
an unidentified
country.
Orpiszewo [Amt, Krotschin
Kreis,
Posen Department],South
Prussia: nka
Orpiszew 8 miles E
of
Krotschin.
Orscheid FN:
said by the
Straub FSL to be
fromUC
Marienfels,
Kurpfalz. The wife’s maiden name was given as Riegel in 1798 (Mai1798:Sr36).
OrseletFN:
see
Orsulet.
OrstadtFN:
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
fromUC
Frisborn.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
OrsuletFN:
said (no locality
mentioned) by the
Kutter FSL to be
fromUC
Isenburg.
Later spelled
Orselet.
OrtFN:
said by the
Cheisol FSL to
be fromUC
Saarburg, [Kur-]Trier.
Spelled
Orth in 1798
(Mai1798:Ls19, 20,
14, 31, 39).
OrtFN:
the
Doenhof FSL says
he was a step-son in
the
Hans family fromUC
Heilbronn (no
locality mentioned).
OrtFN
said by the
Frank FSL to be
from
Breitenbrunn.
Gieg1
proved that
he was born in
Luezelbach[, Hessen-Darmstadt
Landgraviate],
and was living in
Breitenbrunn, [Breuberg
Condominium]
when he and his wife
left for Russia.
Later spelled
Orth.
Ort{A.Maria}:
Brent Mai
proved that she was
the 2nd
wife of
Blumenschein{J.Peter} married on 24 November 1729 in
Reichelsheim
near
Erbach.
OrtFN:
the
Buedingen ML
said this woman
from
Eschen
married a
Voelker man
also from
Eshen
in 1766 [by
1767 they were in
Schhwab] (Mai&Marquardt#600).
KS:147 and 161
says her name was
Orth and that
she was from
Eschern? near
Erbach.
OrtFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Tann marriage
records 1762-1767;
see
Flegel trip.
Ortenberg,
Hessen-Kassel
Landgraviate:
should be
Ortenberg, Stollberg
County.
The
Stahl-am-Karaman
FSL (#19) said this
was homeUC
to
Pek/Beck{Heinrich}.
OrtenbergGL,
Stollberg-Gedern
County: the town
lies some 4.5 miles
NW of
Buedingen, 2.5
miles NNE of
Stockheim, and
16 miles NE of
Hanau city.
Long ago had
been part of Isenburg, then became capital of the Hanau-administered
Ortenberg
Condominium,
which in 1742
became the
Stolberg- controlled
Stollberg-Gedern
County, although
the Pleve version of
the
Jagodnaja Poljana FSL has it variously as part of
Hanau or
Buedingen [i.e. Isenburg]
and says it was homeUC
to
Konschuh and
Schneider
families.
Said by the
Stumpp version the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL to be in the
region of
Stockheim, Hessen,
and to be homeUC
to the
Konschuh, Schneider,
and
Schneidmueller
families.
OrthFN: see Ort.
OrtmanFN:
see
Ortmann.
OrtmannFN:
said by the
Herzog FSL to be
fromUC
Kelheim, [Kur-]Bayern.
Later spelled
Ortman (Mai1798:Mv817,
Se57).
OrtstadtFN:
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
fromUC
Frischborn.
The
Schlitz ML
said this man
married an
Eiffert woman in
1766 (Mai&Marquardt#740).
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
OrtweinFN:
said by the 1798
Katharinenstadt
census to be the
maiden name (Mai1798:Ka126)
of one of the
Naumann wives
who first settled in
Caesarsfeld.
OschatzGL:
is a town some 30
miles E of
Leipzig, and
said by the
Belowescher Kolonien
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Keil family.
Oschbauch(?)GS:
an unidentified
country.
Oschorburg?GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Boregard FSL to
be homeUC
to an
Edel family.
OsenGL, Daenmark: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to a Friedrichsen family. The
nearest Osen I can
find is now in
Norway, some 154
miles NW of
Alborg, Deanmark.
Oshewald{Eva M.}FN:
listed in
the 1772
Pobochnaya first settlers’ list as the wife of Wittig{Joachim Christian} (pb2).; this may have been
Oswald.
OsinovkaVV:
a version of the
Russian name for
ReinhardVV.
OsinowkaVV:
a version of the
Russian name for
ReinhardVV.
Oslog(?)GL,
Kurpfalz: an
unidentified
placesaid by the
Dietel FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Brauchbacher
family.
Osnabrueck BishopricGS
: the lands of this
country stretched
some 70 km from the
NW ot the SE (with
Osnabrueck city,
its seat, about 2/3
of the way S from
the NW tip) and a
varying 25 to 30 km
E to W.
It was
established in 783
and lasted until
1803.
OsswaldFN:
arrived in South
Russia in 1819;
later settled in
Gueldendorf, Odessa;
family records found
by
Curt Renz in
Ossweil, Ludwigsburg Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.
OssweilGL,
Ludwigsburg Oberamt,
Wuerttemberg: is
some 1.5 miles E of
Ludwigsburg
town, and said by
the 1816
Glueckstal
census to be homeUC
to the
Rost family.
Said by
KS:296 to be
homeUC to
a
Heber family it
mistakenly said went
to
Glueckstal.
It was home to a
Kast family and
an
Osswald family that settled in
Gueldendorf, Odessa.
OstFN:
he was said by the
Urbach FSL to
have died on the way
to Russia.
OstFN:
his widow, later
frau
Roeder, was said
by the
Urbach FSL to be
fromUC
Frankenberg,
Hessen[-Kassel Landgraviate].
Ostenau?, [Schleswig-Holstein Royal Duchy] Daenemark: is 25 km NW of Schleswig town, and was said by the
Reinhard FSL to
be homeUC
to the
Eckardt family.
Ostendorf,
Bamberg [Bishopric]: an
unidentified place
said by the
Hoelzel FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Geringer family.
There was an
Ostendorf probably
in Fugger County,
now Bavaria, 14
miles N of Augsburg
city.
Osterby, [Schleswig-]Holstein [Royal
Duchy]: said by
the
Stahl-am-Tarlyk
FSL to be homeUC
to the
Schoenberg
family.
There were
two Osterbys in this
Duchy: one was 13 km
W of
Flensburg city
and the other was 27
km NE of
Kiel city.
OstermeyerFN:
the
Rosslau ML says
this woman
(no origin given)
married a
Graff man in
1765; by 1766
this couple was in
Graf (Mai&Marquardt#859).
Osterode, [Magdeburg Duchy], Preussen
[Kingdom]:
is 21 km NE of
Goslar city and was
said by the
Schulz FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Woewot? family.
OsterreichFN:
said by the
Messer FSL to be
fromUC
Isenburg (no
locality mentioned).
In 1798 the family
name was spelled
Oestreich (Mai1798:Ms30).
Oster FN:
said by the 1816
Glueckstal
census (KS:674, 390) to be from
Hermersberg,
Pirmasens [Amt], Pfalz.
Using
FHL(193,931),
the
GCRA verified
this origin;
they also found that
this family was in
Tscherwenka,
Hungary on their way to Russia.
See the
GCRA book for
more details.
Oster-NienburgGL,
[Anhalt-Dessau]:
is 8 miles WSW of
Dessau city, and
according to
Anhalt-Dessau
records abstracted
by Dr. Waeshke and
annotated by Dr.
Lippert, a
Wartmann family
movedUC
fromUC
Oster-Nienburg
in 1754 to
Quellendorf (Mai&Marquardt#1169).
From there
they moved to
Paulskaya.
OstertagFN:
said by the
Seewald FSL to
be fromUC
Mannheim, Pfalz.
OstheimGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Strauss family.
There were at
least 9 Ostheims in
the Germanies.
OstheimGL,
[Saxe-]Eisenach [County]: is
some 36 miles SSW of
Eisenach city,
and said by the
Krasnoyar FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Markert family.
Ostheim, nka
Ostheim-von-der-Rhoen
in what is now
Bavaria, was an
isolated outpost or
exclave of
Eisenach
County and
Duchy and, hence, of the
Sachsen-Weimar
Duchy.
OsthofenGL,
Worms Kreis, Hessen:
is 4.5 miles NNW of
Worms city
centre, and
was home to a
Schott family
that settled in
Hoffnungstal.
And it was
proven by the
GCRA to be home
to the
Schott family
that settled in
Neudorf.
OstpreussenGL:
aka
East Prussia,
1758-62 was a
Russian Province;
1794-96 was occupied
by Prussia; in 1796
was incorportated
into the Prussian
Kingdom; 1807,
1812-13 was occupied
by France; 1807 on
was incorported into
Poland.
OstritzGL,
Sachsen: is some
9 miles SSW of
Goerlitz city, and
said by the
Graf FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Tonat family.
OstrowiecGL,
Galicia: was
some 10 miles WSW of
Reichau.
The
GCRA found it
associated with a
Merkel family in
1784-1796.
Oststernberg, Kreis Prussia: was a large district to the E of
Frankfurt-an-der-Oder.
I have not
been able to
identify its capital
city or town.
OstwaldFN:
said (no locality
mentioned) by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Hanau [County].
OswaldFN:
said by the
Kautz FSL to be
fromUC
Eich,
Kurpfalz.
OswaldFN:
said by the1798
Norka census to
the maiden name of
frau
Reichert (Mai1798:Nr30.
OswaldFN:
said by the
Seelmann FSL to
be fromUC
Waldenhausen,
Wuerzburg [Bishopric].
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Sm41(where the wife’s maiden name is given as
Meckel) and 42.
Ostwald(t){Johanna Dorothea}: married
von Bruen{J.Georg}
in
Rosslau on 10
April 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#943,
KS123, 148).
I could not
find this couple in
any published FSL.
Oszwald{Magdalena
Euphrosine}: widow
of
{David} ofUC
Nuernberg now in
Bavaria, who married in
Woehrd on 12 May
1766
Fischer{J.Andreas}
(Mai&Marquardt#809).
I did not
find them in any
published FSL.
OswaldFN:
also see
Oshewald.
OtrogovkaVV:
a version of the
Russian name for
LouisVV.
OtrogowkaVV:
a version of the
Russian name for
LouisVV.
OttFN{Joseph}:
said by the
Brabander FSL
(#91) to be fromUC
Weidach,
Ulm with a Berer stepson
in the household
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Bn61(Ott)
and Bn77(Baehr). A
Rosslau ML said
this Otte man married 10 June
1766
Munar{Maria}
(Mai&Marquardt#1009).
Ott FN{J.Michael}:
said by the
Galka FSL (#4)
to be fromUC
Zeilsheim, [Kurmainz]. In 1788
spelled
Otto (Mai1798:Mv663) and in 1798
Ott
(Sp10,Pb20,14 and
5).
Ott FN{Melchior}:
said by the
Norka FSL(#128) to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).
For 1798 see
Ochs in
Mai1798:Pb38 and
37.
OttFN{Johann}:
said by the first
version of the
Stahl-am-Karaman
FSL (#30) to be fromUC
Schwechat in the
Holy Roman Empire.
For 1795 see
Mai1798:Mv1795.
Ott{Appolonia}:
T7-9 said this widow
and two children
were transported
from Oranienbaum to
Saratov.
I did not
find them in any
published FSL or in
Mai1798.
OttFN:
also see
Ochs and
Otto.
OtteFN:
see
Ott.
Otto{J.Georg}FN:
listed in
the 1772
Pobochnaya first settlers’ list (pb25) with no origin mentioned ;
spelled
Ott in
Mai1798:Pb20.
OttenbergGL,
Stolberg County:
said by the
Walter FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Engel family.
Stolberg
County was in the
foothills of the
Harz Mountains,
there is a
Questenberg
there, but I do not
find an Ottenberg.
Ottendorf,
Boehmen: nka Otovice, Czech
Republic, is 149
km ENE of
Prague city and
was said by the
Seelmann FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Tretler family.
OttenheimGL,
Kurpfalz: an
unidentified place
said by the
Kautz FSL to be
the homeUC
of
Frickel/Frikkel, and Gradwohl
families.
It might be
Ottersheim some 23
miles SW of
Mannheim or
Oppenheim some 11
miles SE of
Mainz.
OtterbeinFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Schlitz marriage
records 1762-1767;
see
Flegel trip.
OtterbeinFN:
also see
Otterpein.
OtterpeinFN:
said by the
Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of one frau Koenig. ).
The
family name was
spelled
Otterbein in
1798 (Mai1798:Kl22).
Ottersheim,
Germersheim [Amt],
Rheinpfalz: is
6.5 miles WSW of
Germersheim
city, and was
proven by the
GCRA to be home
to the
Deschler,
Frei/Frey{Johannes, Michael, Henrich} and
Job/Jopp
families that
settled in
Neudorf.
OttmerFN:
maiden name of one
of the frau
Kinderknecht of
Louis as given
in 1798 (Mai1798:Ls7).
OttoFN{Conrad}:
said by the
Bangert FSL to
be fromUC
Mittelhausen, Nassau-Usingen. For
possible 1798 see
Mai1798:Bg23?
and 22?.
OttoFN{Georg}:
said by the
Bangert FSL to
be fromUC
Oberwetz, Braunfels. For 1798 see
Mai1798:Bg3 and
possibly 23 and 22.
OttoFN:
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
fromUC
Oranienbaum.
Spelled
Otto in 1785 and
1798 (Mai1798:
Mv309, Ka70).
OttoFN:
said by the
Dinkel FSL to be
fromUC
Rosswein, Sachsen.
OttoFN:
said by the
Dreispitz FSL to
be fromUC
Franzburg,
Schwedisch Pommern.
OttoFN:
said by the
Kano FSL to be
fromUC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Kn01).
OttoFN{J.Friedrich}:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Altenfeld.
For 1798 see
Mai1798: Or27.
OttoFN{Peter}:
said
(no locality
mentioned) by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
[Kur-]
Brandenburg.
OttoFN:
listed in the
Pobochnaya FSL
so may have been
from
Darmstadt state.
OttoFN:
said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be a stepson in the
Reier household.
I oculd not
find him in
Mai1798.
OttoFN:
also see
Ott.
Otzberg OberamtGL,
Kurpfalz: is
some 10 miles ESE of
Darmstadt city,
just S of
Lengfeld, an
isolated
Kurpfalz
district just E of
Reinheim
covering
Otzberg hamlet and some nearby villages.
See
Utzberg.
Otzberg,
Wittenberg[?]:an unidentified place, said by the
Galka FSL to be
homeUC to
Schmidt{Kaspar},
{Michael}32,
and
{Nikolaus} families.
The only
Otzberg I can
find was in
Kurpfalz 11
miles ESE of
Darmstadt city.
This is the
same place as the
previous entry.
Otzen?FN:
said (no locality
mentioned) by the
Boregard FSL to
be fromUC
England. ?.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
Otzweiler,
Kirn [Amt],
Rheinpfalz: is 6
miles SE of
Kirn town, and
thought by the
GCRA to be the
likely homeUC
of the
Weinz{Johannes}
family and the
likely birthplace of
the children of the
Weinz{Martin} family both of which settled in Neudorf.
OucartFN:
said by the
Franzosen FSL to
be fromUC
Avignon, Papstprovinz, Frankreich.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
OudiuFN:
said by the
Franzosen FSL to
be fromUC
Chateau-Gontier,
Frankreich.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
OudotFN:
said by the
Franzosen FSL to
be fromUC
Bessan, Frankreich. I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
OuerwinkenGL,
Batschka,
Hungary: an unidentified place which the GCRA believes to have been homeUC to the
Lud/Lutz/Luth/Ludt
bothers who
first settled in
Glueckstal and
then moved to
Neudorf.
OuluGL, Finland: see Ulo.
Overflow ColonistsFN:
some
colonists were
recruited by private
contractor-recruiters.
The largest
of them was Baron
Caneau de
Beauregard.
According to
Igor Pleve in The
German Colonies on
the Volga: The
Second Half of the
Eighteenth Century
p. 135: The basic
group of colonists
recruited by
Beauregard actually
arrived on the Volga
in 1767.
Many of them
had to temporarily
settle in …
previously founded
colonies … because
living quarters had
not yet been
completed. … [even
some housing then
constructed was not
adequate …. Finally]
…. Recruiter
Beauregard’s
colonists were
completely
reestablished on
September 12, 1771.”
Pleve has
made available a
First-Settlers’-List
like list covering
some portion of
these colonists in
his Einwanderung
… pp. 349-380:
from
Bamberg: (Schmidt{Johann}38);
from
Fonnershain?,
Hessen: (Schmidt{Nicolaus}146;
from
Orb: (Schmidt{Heinrich}125);
from
Saalendorf: (Schmidt{Jacob}27):
from
Suhl: (Eckhardt1, and possibly
Reichmann1a);
from
Volkerslheim,
Neukirch: (Schmidt{Johannes}33);
from
Waldhurn?, [Kur-]Bayern: (Schmidt{Johannes}97);
Ovikar?: listed
in the 1798
Seelmann census
(Sm34) but I could
find this family
name in no FSL.
OxtFN:
said by the
Anton FSL to be
fromUC
Hanau (no
locality mentioned).
Spelled
Ochs in 1798 (Mai1798:An35, Mo17, 43, and 53).
OxtFN{Adam}:
said by the
Anton FSL to be
fromUC
Lindenfels Oberamt, Kurpfalz and his wife’s maiden name was given as
Rothermel. Spelled
Jest in 1798 (Mai1798:An59, Mo71).
Updated 10/2012
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