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Ta-Thz
T43: stands for
#43 in the
Transport [List] of
the Volga Germans
from Oranienbaum to
the Colonies on the Volga 1766-67 as translated and edited by Brent Alan
Mai and published by
AHSGR in 1998.
Tab(?)GL,
Oesterreich:
this may now be in Hungary
some 71 miles SW of
Budapest,
and said by the
Dobrinka FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Rauch family.
TackFN:
see
Tak.
TacksFN:
see
Teschke.
Taebingen,
Sulz [Amt],
Wuerttemberg: is
10 miles SSE of
Sulz-am-Neckar
and was
proven by the
GCRA to be home
to a
Hering/Gering/Goehring family that settled in Neudorf.
Taerkauf FN:
said by the 1798
Schwed census to
be the maiden name
of the wife of the
Burghardt who
had originally
settled in
Kano
(Mai1798:Sw06).
Her family
name was spelled
Tenerkauf and
her origin given as
Quellendorf in
the Kano
FSL.
Taerkauf FN:
also see
Tenerkauf.
TagFN:
said by the
Jost FSL to be a
step-son living in
the
Krieger
household.
TagFN:
said by the
Volmer FSL to be
fromUC
Zweibruechen.
TagFN:
also see
Tak.
TailfingenGL,
Herrenberg
Amt, Wuerttemberg: is 2.5
miles S of
Herrenberg town,
and
proven by the
GCRA to be home
to a
Reichert family
that went to
Bergdorf.
Tain?{Bernard}FN:
mentioned in 1795 in
Straub census
(Mv2869) but I did
not find him in any
FSL.
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Wr83.
Tain? FN:
also see
Dein.
Tairnov?FN:
said by the1798
Paulskaya census
to be maiden name of
frau
Kopstin?.
TaisFN:
see
Daiss,
Deis, and Deitz.
TakFN:
said by the
Graf FSL to be
fromUC
Lauggen,
Wuerttemberg.
Later spelled
Tack (Mai1798:Gf14).
TakFN:
said by the
Schuck FSL to be
fromUC [Kur-]Trier
(no locality
noted).
Takse?FN:
see
Teschke.
Tallin: the
capital of Estonia;
see
Reval.
TalovkaVV:
a variation of the
Russian name for
BeideckVV.
TalowkaVV:
a variation of the
Russian name for
BeideckVV.
Taunus: these
mountains are E of
the Rhine, N of the Rhine/Main, S of the northern portion of
the Lahn and W of
Frankfurt-am-Main.
TangermuendeGL:
see
Trugermuende.
Tanhalzen(?)GL,
Braunfels: an
unidentified place
said by the
Kukkus FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Dittenbier
family.
TannGL, Hessen: is some 18 miles E of Schlitz and was in the 1760’s the seat of the small Tann barony.
In 1972 the
Flegels found mention of the following families in 1762-67 Tann
church marriage
records:
Althof, Bachmann,
Bernhard, Bokris,
Bonn, Both,
Braeuning,
Braeutigam, Danner,
Ettlinger, Ewald,
Foerges, Freund,
Fuss, Gerstung,
Grentzer, Grob,
Groening, Gross,
Gueenther, Gundlach,
Guthmann, Handschuh,
Hartung, Henkel,
Herchenhan, Hoffman,
Huneck, Jacobi,
Kalb, Kirchner,
Klueeber, Knapp,
Koch, Kramm, Krenzer,
Laemmerhirt, Link,
Marth, Michael, Mihm,
Moritz, Mueller,
Neuman, Ort, Pilger,
Reichenbach,
Reichert, Richter,
Ritz, Sahoth,
Schmidt, Schubert,
Schuhmann, Schwarz,
Seiffert, Stahl,
Stiehl, Stopfel,
Stumpf, Thiel, Trott,
Voegler, Wagner,
Werner, Wiegand,
Witzel, and
Ziegler.
TanndoerferFN:
said by the
Seelmann FSL to
be fromUC
Bretzfeld, Bamberg
[Bishopric].
I did not
locate them or any
descendants in
Mai1798.
TannerheimGL:
an unidentified
place said by
a
Luebeck ML to be homeUC to
a
Reich woman who
in 1766 married in
1766 a
Weistheim man;
by 1768 this couple
was in
Galka (Mai&Marquardt#138).
KS:163 said this
was
Tannheim.
TannheimGL:
there are at least
five Tannheims and
Thanheims in
Germany.
See
Tannerheim.
TannhofGL,
Pfahlbronn parish,
Welzheim [Amt],
Schwabisch Gmuend:
is 3 miles NW of
Pfahlbronn
village, on the SE
side of
Welzheim town.
TardiveFN:
said by the
Franzosen FSL to
be fromUC Paris,
Frankreich.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga censuses.
TarlykVV:
is the Russian name
for
LaubVV.
TarlykovkaVV:
a form of the
Russian name for
DinkelVV.
TarlykowkaVV:
a form of the
Russian name for
DinkelVV.
Tarsilant(?)GL:an
unidentified place
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Stecker family.
TartraycherFN:
said by the
Phillipsfeld
1798 census to be
the maiden name of
frau
Heldt{Herman}
(Mai1798:Pp8).
See
Dietrich.
TarttilaGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Galka FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Gelwer family.
There is a
Tarttila, Finland,
75 miles NNW of
Helsinki.
TarutinoBV, Bessarabia:
founded as
Elisabeth in
1815, name changed
to Tarutino in 1818.
TatingGL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC
to
Breidenstein,
Haberkorn,
Speler, and possibly Ziegler
families.
Tats?FN:
see
Datz.
TaubFN:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Willebadessen.
For 1798
maybe see
Mai1798: Ur03? and maybe Sv35?
TaubFN:
said by the1798
Shcherbakovka
census to be the
maiden name of frau
Lang
(Mai1798:Sv35).
Taubach, Fulda
[Bishopric][sic?]:
said by the
Susannental FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Schmidt{Gottfried}
family.
The only
Taubach that I
can find was then in
Sachsen-Weimar Duchy
6 km SE of
Weimar
city centre, not in
Fulda Bishopric.
Tauban(?)GL, Holstein: an
unidentified place
said by the
Dinkel FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Andersen and
possibly a
Rau family.
Taube: the 1798
Norka census gives
this as the maiden
name of frau
Schilling (Mai1798:Nr27).
TauberbischofsheimGL,
[Kurmainz]:
is 27 km SW
of
Wuerzburg and said by
the
Caesarsfeld FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Mariental
family.
Tauck FN:
see
Pauck.
TaugemuedungGL,
Preussen: an
unidentified place;
see
Stals.
TaurenheimGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Buedingen ML to
be homeUC
to a .Dreuth
family.
Tauscher{J.Heinrich+w}:
Kulberg159 said
they were of the
Reformed
faith
from
Hessen.
Not found in
T. Said by the Kano
FSL (#54) to be fromUC
Rauschenberg,
Hessen.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga censuses.
Tautfest FN:
see
Trutfest.
TautrichFN:
said by the 1798
Paulskaya census
to be the maiden
name of frau
Merkel.
TebeleFN:
see
Tehele.
TecherFN:
see
Tischler of
Mueller.
Tede(?), Fulda,
Hessen: an
unidentified place
said by the
Roethling FSL to be home of a
Rousch family.
Tefer?FN:
said by the
Galka FSL to be
fromUC
Menzingen [Barony]. I could not
find this family in
the 1798
Volga
censuses.
TefingerFN:
see
Doeffinger.
TegeFN:
said by the
Pfeiffer FSL to
be fromUC
Steinheim.
TegeFN:
said by the 1798
Reinwald census
to be the maiden
name of frau
Guenter{Georg} (Mai1798:Ka120).
TegemanFN:
see
Tegemann.
Tegemann{Wilhelm+w+4c}:
Kulberg89 said
they were of the
Reformed
faith fromUC
Westfalen.
Said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL (#51) to be fromUC
Recklinghausen,
Koeln.
Later spelled
Tegeman (Mai1798:Mv1176).
TeglerFN:
see
Daechler.
TeheleFN:
see
Debele.
TeiberFN:
see
Deibert.
Teich?FN{David}:
KS124 said this
Deich man married
Zoellner{Johanne
Christiane} in
Rosslau 1766.
said by the
Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Magdeburg
(no locality
mentioned).
According to a
Rosslau ML this
Deich man
married 8 April 1766
Zoellner{Johanne
Christiane} (Mai&Marquardt#919).
TeigeFN:
said by the
Kolb FSL to be
fromUC
Strassburg, Frankkeich.
Teisel?FN:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Dachwig.
I could not
find this woman in
the 1798 censuses.
May be the
same as
Teusel?
TelausaVV:
one spelling of the
Russian name for
FischerVV.
Telchmann?FN:
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC
Rintein.
TelemannFN:
see
Dehlermann.
TelermanFN:
see
Dehlermann.
TelfFN:
said by the
Mariental FSL to
be fromUC
Saarburg, Kurtrier.
The family
name was later
spelled
Teller (Mai1798:Mt06,23).
TeljausaVV:
one spelling of the
Russian name for
FischerVV.
TeljauzaVV:
one spelling of the
Russian name for
FischerVV.
TellFN:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be a stepdaughter
in the
Gaus household.
Teller{Christina
Sophia}:
married in
Rosslau on 8
April 1766
Frank{J.Karl}
(Mai&Marquardt#920).
She is listed in
KS128 and 160.
For 1767 see
Paulskaya (#58).
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Pl5.
TellerFN:
also see
Telf.
TelyausaVV:
one spelling of the
Russian name for
FischerVV.
TempelFN:
said by the
Kraft FSL to be
fromUC
Umstadt, Darmstadt.
TempelFN:
said by the
Kraft FSL to be
fromUC
Umstand, Pfalz.
Temppi(?)GL,
Prussia: an
unidentified place
said by the
Merkel FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Krieger family.
Tenerkauf{Christian}FN:
said by the
Kano FSL to be
fromUC
Quellendorf.
Spelled
Taerkauf? in
1798 (Mai1798:Sw06).
Tenerkauf{J.Christian}FN:
said by the
Kano FSL to be
fromUC
Quellendorf.
TenerkaufFN:
see also
Taerkauf.
Tenius?FN:
said by the
Moor FSL to be
fromUC
Isenburg (no
locality mentioned).
).
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
TenneFN:
said by the
Bettinger FSL to
be fromUC
Segeberg. Spelled
Denke in 1798 (Mai1798:Bt11 and 12).
Tennig?GL,
Ansbach: said by
the
Laub FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Weber family
which hosted
Braun orphans.
There is a
Tennig some 6 miles
SW of
Bayreuth city,
but this seems
unlikely Ansbach
territory.
TergawFN:
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC
Sulzfeld.
Terrillon: see Derillion.
Terrillou: see Derillion.
Tersich?FN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Elz.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
Teschen?
Duchy: an unidentified country; see Theresienheim.
TeschkeFN:
said by the
Rosenheim FSL to
be fromUC
Filehne?,
Polen.
In 1786
spelled
Tacks (Mai1798:Mv2454)
and in 1790
spelled
Takse? (Mv2472). In 1798
his widow’s maiden
name was given as
Brug (Fs6),
which source
mistakenly said she
came to
Fischer from Schaefer.
TeschowGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Schwab FSL to be
homeUC to
Ermann,
Friedenberger,
and
Knorr families. There
were at least five
Teschows in the
Germanies.
TesilGL:
see
Tessin.
TeskeFN:
listed in the
Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:669,
462) without origin.
The
GCRA has found
that this was the
son of a
Neudorf settler.
TeskeFN:
The
GCRA
found reference to
this immigrant to
Neudorf as
having been born in
Erlenbach, and
has proven
using
FHL(245,507) that he lived in
Eichfelde and
Zickwerder of Wirsitz parish,
Posen Province,
Prussia, before coming to
Bergdorf.
Teske{Christian}FN:
said by the 1816
Neudorf census
(#94) and said by
KS:462 to have
come fromUC
Poland. Using
FHL#245,507, the GCRA proved their origin in
Wirsitz,
Posen Department,
Prussia.
The
GCRA found
evidence that at
least one of their
children was born in
nearby
Zickwerder and
maybe
Eichfelde.
See the
GCRA book for
more.
Teske{J.Christoph/Johannes}FN:
listed [incorrectly
as a 9-year-old son
in his step-father
Bischke’s household) by the 1816 Neudorf census (#98) with no origin. Using FHL#1,189,762 and 1,194,743, the
GCRA proved
their origin in
Samoszcin,
Posen Department, Warsaw
Duchy.
See the
GCRA book for
more.
Tessin(?)/TesilGL,
Mecklenburg: an
unidentified place
said by a family
chart to be homeUC
to a
Kuhfeld family.
There are at
least 4
Tessins in present-day
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
See
Dessow,
Mecklenberg.
TeternFN:
also see
Dederer.
TeterowGL,
Mecklenburg[-Schwerin Duchy]: is some 28 miles SE of Rostock city, and said by the
Enders FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Kraus family.
Teubert?FN
{Ludwig}: said by
Kuhlberg3143 and
the
Huck FSL to be
fromUC
Isenburg (no
locality or country
indicated).
Teuschnitz,
Bamberg [Bishopric]: is
40 miles NE of
Bamberg city, and
was said by the
Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Schielein family.
Teusel?FN:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Dachwig.
I could not
find this woman or
her children in the
1798 censuses.
May be the
same as
Teisel?
Teutonic OrderGS:
a German
military/religious
state was founded in
1190 in Acre after
Chrusaders captured
that city.
In the next
centuries it
acquired lands
throughout Europe
and the Middle East.
By the 1760’s
it was much reduced
from its former
powerful position,
seated in
Mergentheim
city, and was
largely controled by
the Hapsburg family.
TeutschbrodGL,
Boehmen: aka
Boehmisch Brod or Deutsch Brod, is now Cesky Brod, Czech Republic,
31 km E of
Prague, and was
said by
KS124 and
a
Woehrd ML
to be homeUC
to the father of
Karl{Franz}
who settled in
Schoenchen
(Mai&Marquardt#829).
Texter?FN:
said by the
Boregard FSL to
be fromUC
Niel.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
Thaeler FN:
said by the
Ober-Monjou FSL
to be fromUC
Denkendorf.
I could not
find these men in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
ThaiFN:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Ukkel?.
Spelled
Thiel in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv1925).
Thalberg: an
unidentified place
said by the
Susannental FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Schultheis
family.
There were at
least 3 Thalbergs in
the German-speaking
lands.
ThalhausenGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Kano FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Wels family.
There were at
least 6 Thalhausens
in the Germanies.
ThalheimerFN:
said by the
Mariental FSL to
be fromUC
Ansbach.
Later spelled
Dahlheimer (Mai1798:Mt48).
A
Luebeck ML says
this
Dollheimer man
married a
Kaelber woman in
1765 (Mai&Marquardt:19).
ThallichtenbergGL:
see
Lichtenberg.
Thalsueden CountyGS:
see
Piermasens, Pfalz.
ThanFN:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Rieden. Pleve
thought this might
be
Dahn. I could
not find this family
in the 1798
censuses.
ThanheimGL:
see
Tannheim.
ThaufestFN:
see
Trutwest.
Thaumann?FN:
said by the
Kano FSL to be
fromUC
Berlin.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
ThautFN:
said by the
Seewald FSL to
be fromUC
Frankenthal, Pfalz.
ThautFN:
also see
Daut.
TheisFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Herborn marriage
records 1762-1767;
see
Flegel trip.
TheissFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Kroppach
marriage records
1762-1767, and in
Schotten parish
records for many
generations prior to
1767; see
Flegel trip.
TheobaldFN:
was the maiden name
of frau
Din of
Neudorf.
Theobald FN:
also see
Dewald.
Theresienheim?,
Herzogtum Teschen?: an unidentified place said by the
Rosenheim FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Leffler family.
TheschFN:
said by the
Pfeiffer FSL to
be fromUC
Orb.
Later spelled
Desch (Mai1798:Pf72).
The 1798
Pfeiffer census
says his wife's
maiden name was
Schloessler (Mai1798:Pf72).
ThielFN:
according to the
Buedingen ML
this woman
fromUC
Hoechst in the
Wetterau
married a
Schaeffer man in
1766; by 1767
this couple was in
Frank (Mai&Marquardt#352).
Doris
Evans
says that research
done by
Jean Roth
confirms this origin
of this woman and
thather lineage has
been traced the back
several generations
to a
Diehl of
Duedelsheim near
Nidda.
ThielFN:
said by the
Kolb FSL to be
fromUC
Langensalzberg,
Isenburg.
Thiel{J.Peter}FN:
listed with
his
Popp wife and her sister in the 1772 Pobochnaya first settlers’ list (pb10) with no origin mentioned ;
for 1798 see
Mai1798:Ks88.
Thiel/DielFN{Asmus,
Christian, and
J.Heinrich}: said by
theWRG
version of
the
Walter FSL to be fromUC Heckenbergheim/Hekeberkhental/ Ekebergen, Hanau. Said by the
Pleve version to be
fromUC
Hoehenbergheim,
Hanau County.
Hanau administered Stolberg-Gedern
until 1742.
ThielFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Tann marriage
records 1762-1767;
see
Flegel trip.
ThielFN:
see also
Diehl, Diel, Thai, or
Tihl.
Thiergarten(Tielmannshoff)GL,
Suedpreussen: an
unidentified place
where the
Weisert family
that went to
Berdorf is
reported to have
stayed for a time.
See the
GCRA book for
details.
ThierleinFN:
said by the
Belowescher Kolonien
FSL to be fromUC
Erland(?).
TheisauGL,
[Kur-]Bayern: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Sendelbeck{Maria} widow.
I can only find one
Theisau, which today
is in Bavaria, but
then was in either
Bamberg Bishopric
or a small barony.
Thiemans{
Magdalena}: fromUC
Hannover wife of
Bader{Joh.Ernst}
(KS119);
her name is also
given as
Timans{
Magdalena} (Mai&Marquardt#218).
ThiessenFN:
see
Tiessen.
ThilemannFN:
said by the
Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).
Later spelled
Dillmann (Mai1798:Nr2,
140, 153 and 184).
Thiriam/DirlammenGL:
is some 12 miles SW
of
Schlitz city and
was in
Riedesel Barony.
See
Schlitz.
ThirrlammFN:
said by
the
Schlitz ML
to be homeUC
to
the
Kayser woman who married in 1766 an Unkefug man; by 1767 this couple was in Boaro; Dirlammen is said
to be the modern
spelling (Mai&Marquardt#739).
ThoermerFN:
see
Toermer.
ThoetFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Schlitz marriage
records 1762-1767;
see
Flegel trip.
Thoma/TomaFN: said by the
Kamenka FSL to
be fromUC
Schwarzburg/Schwartzburg.
ThomaaFN:
said by the
Pfeiffer FSL to
be fromUC
Lohr-am-Main.
Later spelled
Domme (Mai1798:Pf75).
ThomaeFN:
said by the
Koehler FSL to
be fromUC
Aschaffenburg.
ThomasFN:
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC
Amersfoort with
a
Kohl wife fromUC
Utrecht.
ThomasFN{Heinrich}:
said by the
Keller FSL to be
fromUC
Gauersheim,
Kurpfalz. For 1798 see (Mai1798:Mv1870).
ThomasFN{Konrad}:
said by the
Keller FSL to be
the step-son in the
Muehlhaus
family.
ThomasFN:
said by the
Krasnoyar FSL to
be fromUC
Mannheim, Kurpfalz.
ThomasFN:
said by the
Phillipsfeld FSL
to be fromUC
Iba, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate], with Schneider{Kaspar,etc} orphans in the household.
For 1786 and
1798 see
respectively
Mai1798:Mv2303
and Fs06.
Thomas{Magdalena}:
said to have come
from
Seelmann (Mai1798:Hn25) but I could not find her in any FSL.
ThomeFN:
said by the
Cheisol FSL to
be fromUC
Saarburg, [Kur-]Trier.
Thomsen: see Tomzen.
Thoring: a
German colony in
Denmark (now
Schleswig-Holstein) colonized by people brought in to drain marshes,
location currently
unknown to this
editor.
ThornFN:
see
Dirn.
ThornGL,
[South
Prussia]: nka
Torun, some 21 miles
NE of
Inowroclaw,
Poland.
The
GCRA says it was
associated with a
Bohnet family in
1818.
Thorning,
Denmark:
Gerhard Lang
proved this was
where
Fuchs(J.Valentin}
and
Reitermann{A.Maria}
married in 1760
prior to leaving to
go to
Anton FSL (#38).
I have yet to
find out with any
precision where
Thorning was.
ThuengenGS:
a small, three-part
Barony which in 1766
was in what is now
northern
Bavaria east of
Frankfurt-am-Main.
Proven by David
Schmidt to be
the
Gening or
Dening of the Russian records; in some contemporary German records
it is spelled
Duengen.
The seat of
the northern part
was
Zeitlos,
Bavaria which is 25 miles ESE of Frankfurt-am-Main.
A
Luebeck ML says
that the 1766 bride
in a
Mueller family
that moved to
Frank was a
Hahn from Duengen [Thuengen] in
Franconia (Mai&Marquardt#228).
Thuengersheim:
is 11 km NW of
Wuerzburg city
and was in
Wuerzburg Bishopric
when the
Semenovka FSL
(#3) said this place
was homeUC
to
Chalitz{Anton}.
ThueringenGL:
said (no locality
indicated ) by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Schumann family.
In the 1760’s
this was not a state
but a historical,
geographical area
east of northern
Hessen-Darmstadt.
ThueringenGS
is a state in
eastern Germany.
ThueringerFN:
said by the
Ober-Monjou FSL
to be fromUC
Drien?, [Kur-]Trier, with
Wendler/Wendeler step-children in the household.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
ThurnFN:
listed by both the
1858
Kassel census
(#197), the 1858
Neudorf census
(#246), and
KS:463 without
origin. Using
FHL#247,655
the
GCRA proved
their origin in
Eusserthal,
Godramstein
[parish],
Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz.
Also spelled Turn.
Updated 10/2012
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