American Historical Society of Germans From Russia

German Origins Project

Legend:   BV=a German village near the Black Sea.   FN= German family name.    FSL= First Settlers’ List.    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.
Names in bold are an entry or a cross-reference to an entry.  Red text calls attention to information for which verification is completed or well underway.

 

 
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Gnang/GanjeFN:  listed by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:667, 274) without origin.  Origin in Neckarwestheim, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by TAS and GP using FHL(1,184,925).  See the GCRA book for more details.

GnelFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  I cannot find them in the index to the 1798 censuses.  Might be Knoell?

Gnesen Kreis, Posen Department, South Prussia: Gnesen town (nka Gniezno, Poland) was its center, 31 miles ENE of Posen city.

Gnewin?, Polen: an unidentified place said by the Husaren FSL to be homeUC to a Voit/Woyd/Vogt family. There was a very old place by this name, nka Gniewino, Poland, but by 1765 it had for more than 100 years been in Prussian, not Polish territory.

GnilushkaVV : a variant spelling of the Russian name for  PfeifferVV.

GniluskaVV : a variant spelling of the Russian name for  PfeifferVV.

GniluschkaVV : a variant spelling of the Russian name for  PfeifferVV.

GnilyshkaVV: a variant Russian name for SchillingVV.   

GoarGL: see Sankt Goar.

GobelFN: see Gobert or Goebel.

GobenGL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Kautz FSL to be the homeUC of a Glockenhammer family.

Gobert/GobelFN: said by the Roethling FSL to be fromUC Langenprozelten, Gelnhausen/Gemuenden (Main), Hessen.

Goburgon?GL, Nuernberg: an unidentified place said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Schuster family.

GochsheimGL: said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Schipper man who in 1766 married a Geiling woman; by 1767 the couple was in Stahl-am-Karaman; Stumpp says this is near Bruchsal in Bavaria (Mai&Marquardt#485).  I find two Gochsheims: one in Bavaria 20 miles ENE of the town of Thuengen; the other in Baden-Wuerttemberg some 7 miles ESE of Bruchsal.

GochsheimGL, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden: is some 7 miles E of Bruchsal town and 5 miles NNE of Bretton town.  Proven by GCRA to be home to the Moor family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more.

GochsheimGL: also see Chochsheim.

Gockelm?GS: an unidentified country; see Kerpche.

GodramsteinGL, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 1.5 miles NW of Landau city, and proven by GCRA to be home to the Fink and Tutt families that went to Glueckstal, and to be home to the Grosshans family that settled in Kassel.  See the GCRA book for more details.

GodwigFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Schtater, Isenburg County.

GoebelFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Rot.

GoebelFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Altenberg?, Stolberg.  Spelled Gebel in 1798 (Mai1798:Gk2).

GoebelFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670, 279) to be either fromUC Wallstadt, Mannheim [Amt], Baden, or from Reutlingen, Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,069,075), the GCRA verified the Reutlingen origin. See the GCRA book for more details.  1,569,075  Also spelled Hebel.

GoebelFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Schwarzach, Franken.

GoebelFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Morbach, [Kur-]Trier.

Goebel?FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Villingen?. The 1798 Kano census gave frau Goebel’s maiden name as Schaefer (Mai1798:Kn37).

GoebelFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Kraus (Mai1798:Ms26).  According to the Buedingen ML this Gebel man from Petersroth married a Kraus woman from Spielberg; Stumpp said Spielberg was in the Pfalz (Mai&Marquardt:506).

Goebel FN: said by the Messer 1798 census to be the maiden name of one of the three frau Hardt (Mai1798:Ms11).

GoebelFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC [Kur-]Mainz.

GoebelFN: two children of widow Sack said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be living in her household next door to the Goebel family.

GoebelFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

GruenFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

GoebelFN: the Buedingen ML says this woman fromUC Eisenach married in 1766 a Wachtmeister man; by 1767 this couple was in Pfeiffer (Mai&Marquardt:592).

GoebelFN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC Ketzeman?.  For 1769 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2287 and Bb2 respectively

GoebelFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Hanau, Hanau County.  Also spelled Gebel and Hebel.

GoebelFN: this family name was found recorded in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

GoebelVV (aka Ust-Grasnukha, Ust-Graesnucha, or Ust-Grajasnucha): a Russian Catholic German village situated on the western side of the Volga.  Its FSL has been published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp.37-58.  According to it, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens:

from Altenmittlau, Hanau: (Schneider70, 74);

from Alzey, Mainz: (Franz18, and possibly Schreiber18);

from Attaching, Wuerzburg: (Sachs68);

from Beselich(?), Braunfels: (Krueger65,66);

from Brushal: (Deprat17);

from Busecker Tal, Wuerzburg: (Veit34, and possibly Unkelbach34);

from Danzig: (Ancre58, Tokarski42, and perhaps Kammerer58a and Steinauer42);

from Ebensfeld, Bamberg: (Schmidt69 and perhaps Hoffmann69);

from Erschail(?), Derik(?), Frankreich: (Tirant45);

from Essenbach, Wuerzburg: (Schick51);

from Ext(?), Kurmainz: (Stieb47, and possibly Roth47);

from Fell, Trier: (Kossmann11, Rutkowski59);

from Fischbach, Mainz: (Ulrich28);

from Friedberg, Wuerzburg: (Haag20, and possibly Faust20);

from Friedenberg, Schlesien: (Neumann62, and perhaps Weiss62);

from Grosserlach, Kurmainz: (Kemer40 and perhaps Hein40, 40a);

from Hanau: (Klein76);

from Heddesbach, Kurmainz: (Bertram15);

from Hirschthal(?), Mainz: (Reising24);

from Johannesberg, Kurmainz: (Wunderlich41, and perhaps Unkelbach41);

from Kaisersbach, Kurmainz: (Gottfried33, and perhaps Hoffmann33);

from Kage(?), Oesterreich: (Berkus67);

from Karburgheis(?), Wuerzburg: (Kollmann16);

from Kellenbach, Kurmainz: (Stamm2, 43, and possibly Gabel2, Hammel43 and Trinak2a);

from Kervenheim, Wuerzburg: (Popp7, Regard13);

from Kissing, Kurmainz: (Eischader44);

from Kleinsteinhausen, Mainz: (Konrad12);

from Koster(?), Kurmainz: (Rausch48, and possibly Heisling48);

from Lichtenhausen, Franken: (Getterich14 and possibly Seifert14);

from Liega: (Berin23);

from Mainz: (Bathauer5 and possibly Neubert5, 5a);

from Margetenhaun, Fulda: (Schaefer26, and perhaps Hellferich26);

from Mittelsinn, Wuerzburg: (Bittner19, and possibly Eberhard19);

from Muehlhausen: (Bachmann36, and perhaps Neumann36a);

from Nadelgerheim(?), Kurpfalz: (Bauschneck6);

from Neuweiler, Lothringen: (Reiher37);

from Oberberg, Kurmainz: (Kaiser75 and possibly Happel75);

from Oberleinach, Wuerzburg: (Kaes10);

from Oberroth, Kurmainz: (Nadler38, Winter63, and perhaps Leonhard63);

from Orb, Kurmainz: (Trinak73);

from Pout-aux-Moines(?), Frankreich: (Person30, and perhaps Kraemer30 and Schiel30a);

from Pressburg, Ungarn: (Bahlt71);

from [Queckborn]: (Schmidt65);

from Reidenheim, Worms: (Muetzig55,56, and perhaps Reisenbach56);

from Reitenken(?), Worms: (Hecht4);

from Rengshausen(?), Kurmainz: (Barberich50);

from Rodenbach, Kurmainz: (Kortz64);

from Rohrbach, Lautenbach: (Daum21);

from Schlierbach: (Walter3, 8, Merkel9, and possibly Fuchs3);

from Schotten, Darmstadt: (Kern35, 37);

from Schwarzach, Franken: (Goebel60 and perhaps Hein60a);

from Seligenstadt, Kurmainz: (Kuhn61, Reiss53, 54 and perhaps Schuck54, Schutz61, and Weiz53a);

from Sipsmar(?), Breitenbach: (Hess57, and perhaps Mispeck57);

from Soden(?), Kurpfalz: (Wahl32);

from Strassburg: (Apfel1);

from Tating, Kurmainz: (Breidenstein29, Haberkorn31, Speler39, and possibly Ziegler31, 31a);

from Walbourg(?), Frankreich: (Bovue22);

from Weilbach, Mainz: (Breining25);

from Weinbach, Darmstadt: (Schaefer52);

from Weisenau(?), Kurmainz: (Beratz49, and perhaps Wender49);

from Wien, Oesterrich: (Anger72);

from Worms: (Kasson46, and perhaps Frick46);

from Zellingen, Wuerzburg: (Litzauer27, and perhaps Kertzinger).

GoeckenheimerFN: see Geckenheimer.

GoecklingenGL, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 4 miles SW of Landau-in-der-Pfalz, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Laut and the Meier{Peter} families settled in Kassel.

GoehrenGL: see Gohren.

GoehringFN:  mistakenly said by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:668, 280, 275) to have been from Unterjesingen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However the GCRA using FHL(1,184,982) has proven this family’s origin in Freudenstein, Maulbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See their book for more detail.

GoehringFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:669, 280) to be from Entringen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL(1,475,173), the GCRA verified this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.  KS:289 also spelled it Haering and said the family came fromUC Kirchardt, Sinsheim, Baden.

Goehring{Jakob}FN: listed by the 1816 Kassel census (#88) and by KS:277 with no origin, while KS:280 said this family came fromUC Erzingen, Balingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  The GCRA proved that the Jakob of that origin never came to Kassel.  They say that a child of the correct man was born in 1803 inUC Gross Slawsk, Posen Province, Prussia; however the FHL# they provide as proof, 11,797, has nothing to do with Gross Slawsk.  Also spelled Gering.

Goehring/Gerin/Gering/Gehring?FN said by the Kautz FSL to be fromUC Hasslock/Hassloch, Kurpfalz.

GoehringFN: also see Haering and Hering.

GoellheimGL, Kirchheimbonlanden [Amt], Pfalz: is some 5 miles S of Kirchheimbonlanden city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Klein{Ludwig} family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

GoennheimGL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Beier family.  This probably was in Kurpfalz some 8.5 miles NNE of Neustadt-an-der-Weinstrasse.

GoenningenFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Nordhausen, Thueringen.

Goenningen(?)GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Werner family.  This might refer to the area just SW of Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

GoeppingenGL, Goeppingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 10 miles NE of Kirchheim-unter-Tech city, and proved by the GCRA to be home to Fischer{Michael}’s  widow, nee Steib, as well as birthplace of her illegitimate Ekler daughter, both of whom are listed in the 1816 Bergdorf census.

Goeppingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: was a District administrative center.  Same place as the previous entry.

GoeringFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Bietigheim.  For 1798 Mai1798:Pm44.

GoeringenFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Wittenberg, Sachsen; in their household as a Schmidt step-daughter which indicates that frau Goeringen was formerly frau Schmidt.  I could not find this Goeringen family in the 1798 censuses.

GoerlitzFN: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Nidda; Kromm says he was from Wallernhausen, Nidda.  This man is said by the Buedingen ML to be from Wallernhausen and to have married in 1766 a Schaeffer woman from Ober Lays; later the couple went to Jagodnaja Poljana (Mai&Marquardt#717).

GoerlitzGL, [Kur-]Sachsen: is some 54 miles ENE of Dresden city Saxony, and  said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to a Forster family.  Also spelled Foerster.  Said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Linke family.

GoerlitzFN: also see Gerlitz.

Goernitz(?)GL, Bayren: is some 32 miles SE of Bayreuth city, and said by the Herzog FSL to be home to a Haalen family.

GoersdorfGL, Hunspach parish, Woerth [Amt], Elsass: is 1 mile NE of Woerth, Elsass, and proven by GCRA to be home to the Geist family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

GoetheFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Stubben, Holstein.  Later spelled Goetle?

Goethen?GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Freis family.  This probably was some 25 miles S of Bremen city, belonging to either Hesse-Kassel Landsgraviate or Hoya County, Kurbraunschweig.

GoethmannFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Nieder-Kinzig, Erbach.  Later spelled Goettmann.  Sherri (Gettman) Stahl, AHSGR village coordinator for Brunnental, has traced these her ancestors back to the German records: the Goettmann husband was born in Reichelsheim and the Hoffmeister wife came from Neider-Kinzig.  For more details please visit Sherri’s website:  http://www.brunnental.us/family/gottmann.html.

GoetleFN: see Goethe.

GottlerFN: see Goetz.

GoetschFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Eckersdorf, Bayreuth.

GoetschelFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Berschbach, [Luxembourg Duchy].  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Goette/GetteFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Alave, Italien.

GoetteFN: also see Gota.

GoettelfingenGL, Freudenstadt parish, Wuerttemberg: is some 8 miles NNE of Freudenstadt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to two Pfeifle families that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

GoettersdorfGL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Steiniger family.  There were at least 5 Goettersdorfs and 2 Gottersdorfs in the Germanies.

GoettingenGL,  Hesse-Kassel: is some 5 miles N of Marburg-an-der-Lahn, and said by the Preuss FSL to be home to Kohlenberg and Pott/Bott? families. Sometimes spelled Keddinggen in Russian records.

Goettingen [Principality] GS: NW of Kassel city, was a relatively small country, which owed allegiance to Kurhannover, and which spread irregularly, mostly 13 miles W, 20 miles SW, 8 miles E, and 19 miles N of Goettingen city.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Blun? family.

GoettlingerFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

GoettmannFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Nordhausen.  Spelled Gettmann in 1798 (Mai1798:Ka88).

Goettmann: also see Goethmann.

GoetzFN: a Luebeck ML said this woman fromUC Isenburg married in 1766 a Schleuchert man; they settled in Balzer (FSL #101) (Mai&Marquardt#233).  Bonner proved the man was born a Schlegel and guessed that the bride may have been from Lieblos.

GoetzFN:  said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659, 662, 280) to have been fromUC Pfullingen, Reutlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However the origin of this family in Haiterbach, Nagold [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,201,990), having come to Bergdorf via S. Prussia.  See their book for more detail.

GoetzFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Erinz?.

GoetzFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Felzig, Bamberg.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn62, Mv344.

GoetzFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Neidelfetz(?), Oschbauch(?).

Goetz FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670, 280) to be from Ellhofen, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,344,078, 1,346,078), the GCRA verified this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Goettler.

GoetzFN{Adolph,Christoph}: the GCRA found no record of these men in Glueckstal; see the GCRA book.

GoetzFN: see Hess of Goebel (Mai1798:Gb15).

GoetzFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Frankfurt-am-Main (no locality mentioned).

GoetzFN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Ellhofen, Weinsberg Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

GoetzFN: Darrell Brungardt believes this was the real family name of the man who is listed as Welscherketz? in the Herzog FSL.

GoetzFN: several families said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Nidda , and by the Kromm version to be fromUC Eichelsdorf, Nidda.  According to the Buedingen ML one of these men was fromUC Eichelsdorff and married in 1766 a Koch woman fromUC Fauerbach (Mai&Marquardt#729).  Two of the Goetz girls were foster daughters of Lautenschlaeger.

Goetz{Jakob}FN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#115) and KS:280 said this man came fromUC Ellhofen, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for a bit more.

Goetz{Johann}FN: listed by the 1858 Kassel census (#139) with no origin.  I do not find him in the GCRA book.

GoetzFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Buedingen, Isenburg.

GoetzFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Hirschhausen, Braunfels.

GoetzFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Wiesbaden, Nassau.

GoetzFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg.

GoetzFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

GoetzFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Allendorf.  The wife’s maiden name was given as Sander in 1798 (Mai1798:Or26).

GoetzFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be a step-son living with the Hancke family which would indicate that the second known frau Hancke was previously frau Goetz.

Goetz?FN: also see Getse.

GoetzenhainGL, [Isenburg]: said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Herman woman who in 1766 married a Weisbinder man; by 1767 this couple was in Grimm; Stumpp says Goetzenhain was near both Langen and Offenbach, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#657).  This place does not show in my atlas, but my gazatteer says it has been in the administrative area of both Urberach and Ober-Roden, both of which are some 6 miles SE of Dreieich, Hessen.

GofesassFN, see Hofesass.

Gogel?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Minsteinnarch(?) (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

GohlFN: see Hell.

GohrGL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Silberhorn/Silberngon family.  There are several Gohr, Goehr, and Goors in Germany.

GohranGL, Dessau: see Gohren.

GohrauGL, Dessau: see Gorau.

GohrenGL, Dessau: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Bock family. 28, and possibly Schmidt and Stallbaum families.  There are a few Goehren in Saxony and Saxon-Anhalt, but none that I can find very near Dessau city.

GoingFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Altheim, but Mai and Marquardt render the placename as Atzenheim (Mai&Marquardt:1322).  A Luebeck birth record for their child gives the family name as Honig and the wife's maiden name as Notthaering, both having been baptised in the Hessen-Darmstadt area (Mai&Marquardt:1322). 

GolFN, see Hohl.

GolandFN: see Holland.

Gold?FN: see Holt.

GoldbergFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Sollschwitz, Sachsen.

GoldbergGL: an unidentified place said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Schulz family.  Kuhlberg says this was in Prussia.

GoldeFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Schmiedeberg.   I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.  A Rosslau ML says this Helde man married in 1766 a Meyer woman; Stumpp also gives his name as Holde (Mai&Marquardt#905).

GoldorfFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Seebach?; a Zoellner step-son was living with them which would indicate that frau Goldorf was previously frau Zoellner.  The family name was spelled Holdorf in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2126,Ka45).

GoldsteinVV: another name for HolsteinVV.

GolkoFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

GollFN: see Hell.

GollFN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Neulautern, Weinsberg Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

GollerFN: see Galler.

GolnissGL, Dessau: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Reisegerste family, and possibly to a Wagner family.  This probably is Sollnitz.

Golno-bei-StettinGL, [Naugard Kreis], Prussia[n Farther Pomerania]: nka Goleniow, Poland and was some 10.7 miles SSE of Stettin, Prussia.  The GCRA found evidence that the Berg man who was in Kassel 1818-20 and 1827-33, left here for Russia about 1817.

GolobFN: see Golop.

Goloi KaramyshVV: a version of the Russian name for BalzerVV.

Goloisch?GS: an unidentified state said by the Messer FSL to be homeUC to a Hammel family.

GololobovkaVV: a variation of the Russian name for Doenhof.

GololobowkaVV: a variation of the Russian name for Doenhof.

GolopFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be step-children in the Grasshof household.  Spelled Golob in 1798 (Mai1798:Sh31).

GolterFN: see Holtner.

Goly KaramyschVV: a version of the Russian name for BalzerVV.

Golyj KaramyschVV is a Russian name for BalzerVV.

GolzhiemGL, Hessen-Nassau County, Denmark[sic?]: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to an Albert family.  The Walter Research Group has identified this as Holzheim some 16 miles N of Fulda city.

GomanFN: this may have been the maiden name of the wife of Hamm who first settled in Kano (Mai1798:Sn31??).

GomanFN: also see Russmann.

GomaringenGL, Reutlingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 5 miles SW of Reutlingen city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Nerz family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.  It also was home to a Fauser family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa according to Curt Renz.

GomerFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).

GommernGL, Mecklenburg: said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Scharf family.  Could this be Grimmen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. some 14 miles north of Demmin?

Gommern?GS: an unidentifed country.  Could this have been Pommern?  Could this have had something to do with the city of that name which was in Kursachsen some 9 miles SE of Magdeburg city?

GondelsheimGL, Bretten Amt, Bruchsal Oberamt, Baden: is some 2 miles NW of Bretten town and 5 miles SE of Bruchsal town.  It was home to the three Keller and two Fischer families as well as a Lutz family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

GondorfFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be an orphan boy living with the Lips family. The family name was spelled Hohndorf in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2180).

GondorfGL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to Gottfried{Christian} and Stupp families.  There was more than one Gondorf in the Germanies, and this place is probably the same as the Kursdorf from which the other Kano Gottfried was said to have come.

GonnaGL, Mecklenburg: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to an Arnst family, and possibly to a  Lieders family.  There is a Gonna now in Sachsen-Anhalt, some 146 miles S of Schwerin city …

Gonohorn?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be two orphan boys in a Wolter household.  I could not find the Gonohorn family name in the 1798 Volga censuses.  Using the Transport Lists, Tim Weeder discovered that this name is really Boxhorn.

GonterskirchenGL, Laubach County: is some 6 miles N of Nidda; and some 2 miles SE of Laubach city; see Gunterskirchen and Kunverskikhene.

GorauGL: Said by the Boaro FSL to have been the birthplaceUC of the Schmidt man who left from Rehsen, Dessau for Russia.  Stumpp, having mixed up two of the Boaro Schmidts, spelled this Gohrau, Dessau (Mai&Marquardt#70).  This place is some 11 miles E of Dessau city.

Gorderig(?)-am-MindelheimGL, Bavaria: said by the Preuss FSL to be homeUC to an Gertrikh? family.  This was probably what is today Unggenried, some 1.5 miles SW of Mindelheim city.

GoreisFN:  see Gareis.

Gorgie FN: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Koenigshofen, Nassau, with Riegelhof stepchildren in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Gorgom?GL, Wittenberg: an unidentifed place said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Barthulyus family.

GorlebenFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Erbach (no locality mentioned).

GorlingshausenFN: this family name was found recorded in Herborn marriage records 1762-1767; see Flegel trip.

Gorodok: see Belowescher Kolonien.

GorrFN: said by the Stumpp version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Lissberg, Nidda, Buedingen, Hessen; said by the Pleve version to be from Nidda.  According to a Luebeck ML, this Gurr man from Darmstadt married a Hartmann woman from the area of Hanau (Mai&Marquardt#279).

GorrFN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be fromUC Moelz, Saxony.

Gorsei(?)GL, Daenemark: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Bilensky family.

Gorschani?FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Schalkhausen(?).

GorssFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Ruisseveen, Amsterdam, Holland.

GorzeiniaGL:  an unidentified place that the GCRA said this was near Bergfelde, Czenstochau Amt, and was associated with Dollinger and Maihoefer familes in 1802 and 1803 repectively.

GoseFN: see Hose.

GosenplugFN: see Hossenplug.

GoslarGS, Lower Saxony: was an independent city state (called a free imperial city) from 1290 to 1802.

GosmannFN: see Kossmann.

Gosselbach?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Aschen?.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Hasselbach? (Mai1798:Mv2218).

Gossmann?FN: said by the Bangert FSL to be fromUC Steinbach, Darmstadt.

GossmannFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Urbach, Kurmainz. I could not find this family name in the 1798 censuses.

GossmannFN: also see Kossmann.

GotaFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Bierstadt, Mainz.  Later spelled Goette.

GothaGL: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Birner? family.  This might refer either to the city but more likely to the duchy.

Gotha, Sachsen: said by the Hildmann FSL to be homeUC to a Kisser/Kisner/Kiesser family.  This probably is Saxe-Gotha Duchy, see below.

GothaGL, Thueringen: this city was the seat of Saxe-Gotha County, is some 16 miles ESE of Eisenach, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Susdorf family.  Spelled Suessdorf later (Mai1798:Ka132).

Gotha DuchyGS: aka Saxe-Gotha, aka Gotha: seated in Gotha city, with lands roughly 10 miles in every direction from the city.

Gottbegat?FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Steinig?, Fulda.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Gottenstein(?)GL area, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be homeUC to a Batt family.

Gotterdorf?GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Zank family.  My guess is this is the same place as the Goettersdorf from which the Steinigers were supposed to have come.

GottfriedFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Kaisersbach, Kurmainz.  According to the Buedingen ML a Gottfried man married in 1766 a Knoblock woman (Mai&Marquardt#354).  She apparently died before reaching the Volga.

GottfriedFN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be fromUC Aschaffenburg, [Kurmainz], with a Weslauer wife.  Listed in the 1798 census (Mai1798:Hd8, Nk8) with the maiden name of the wife said to be Neslauer (Hd8).

Gottfried{Christian}FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Gondorf.    For 1798 see possibly Mai1798:Kn04.

Gottfried{Peter}FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Kursdorf?.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Kn5,3, Ah37

Gottkan?FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Nassau-Usingen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Gottlieber?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Clausthal(?).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

GottorpGL: see Holstein Duchies.

GotzFN: see Goetz.

 

 

 

 

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