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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Gra?FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Arsalen?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

GrabGL, Dnelaschni(?): surely this is a garbled form of Graben, Durlach.

GrabbeFN: said by the Messer 1798 census to be the maiden name of one of the frau Manweiler (Mai1798:Ms50).

GrabenGL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Koch family.  There are 20 Grabens in Germany and Austria.

GrabenGL, [Baden-]Durlach: is some 11 miles NNE of Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to Wenz families.  Said by the Dreispitz FSL to be home to a Klein family; this origin was proven by Jim Mizouni in 2007.

GrabenGL, Karlsruhe [Amt], Baden: is some 11 miles NNE of Karlsruhe city, and has been proven by the GCRA, using FHL(1,238,310), to be the place where a son was born to the Braun who went to Bergdorf ; see their book for more details.  This is the same place as the previous entry, except 40 years later.

GrackaVV: is a variant of KratzkeVV.

GradwohlFN said by the Kautz FSL to be fromUC Ottenheim, Kurpfalz.

GraeberFN: see Groeber.

GraefFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Fritzlar(?).

GraefenhainGL, [Kur-]Sachsen: is some 16 miles NW of Dresden city and said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Wenig family.

GraefenhainichenGL, [Kursachsen]: is some 11 miles SE of Dessau city, and said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Zorn family, and possibly to a Hank family.  Kuhlberg says this was in the state of Dessau.

GraefensteinGL: is some 9 miles NW of Braunfels city.

GraetzFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Kiel, Holstein.  Later spelled Gretz or Kretz (Mai1798:Db72).

Graf FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Oberweld?.

Graf{Heinrich}FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Langenbach.  For 1798 see 1798Mai:Dl40.

Graf{Johannes}FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Dorschheim, Ansbach [Margraviate].  For 1798 see 1798Mai:Dl10, 37.

GrafFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Inerepach(?), Oroningen(?).  The 1798 census says Baumgaertner was his wife’s maiden name (Mai1798:Db58).

GrafFN: said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Eckstedt.  The Rosslau ML says this man married a Osstermeyer woman in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#859).

GrafFN: arrived in South Russia in 1819 and later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; Curt Renz reports that he found the Graf family records in Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.  Stumpp, p.599, mistakenly says this was a Grass family from Tuttlingen, Wuerttemberg.

GrafFN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Hilsbach, Sinsheim Amt, Baden.

GrafFN: said by the Laub FSL to be a step-son living in the Ganser household, so frau Ganser evidently was previously frau Graf.

Graf FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Vorweichloch?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sm44.

Graf{Jakob} FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#26) and KS:282 to have come fromUC Gaggenau, Ratstatt [Amt], Baden. Using FHL#1,189,097, the GCRA proved their origin in Hillsbach, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden.  See the GCRA book for more.  Also spelled Graff.

Graf{Johannes/Jakob/Peter}FN: listed by the 1858 Neudorf census (#238) without origin and said by the GCRA to be fromUC Josephsberg, Galicia.  See their book for more.

GrafFN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC Worms, Kurpfalz.

GrafVV (aka Krutojarovka or Krutoyarovka): a Russian Catholic German village situated on the eastern side of the Volga.  Its FSL has been published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp.59-71.  According to it, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens:

from Alzey, Kurpfalz: (Mueller45);

from Aschaffenburg: (Hepp10, 11, frau Remus13, Wagner12);

from Bergzabern, Zweibruecken: (Remus13);

from Blieskastell: (Wasinger26);

from Boehmen: (Janson20);

from Burglengenfeld, Kurpfalz: (Leisel39);

from Damice, Osesterrich: (Zahn18);

from Dindelsbuehl: (Metzinger5);

from Eckstedt: (Graf1);

from Erfurt, Sachsen: (Hatzer34);

from Frisack, Brandenburg: (frau Weinberg7);

from Heidelberg, Kurpfalz: (Geiger8 and possibly Walter8a);

from Heilbronn: (Brant15);

from Heilbronn, Kurmainz: (Kohlmeier21);

from Homburg, Wuerzburg: (Weber38);

from Homberg-an-der-Ohm, Darmstadt: (Hermann28);

from Kahla, Sachsen: (Kellfuss[Hellfuss]40);

from Kail, Kurpfalz: (Kunz43);

from Kiel, Holstein: (Stollmann32);

from Kopenhagen, Daenemark: (Laaber41);

from Langenfeld: (frau Stollmann32);

from Lauggen, Wuerttemberg: (Tak27);

from Linz: (frau Zahn18);

from Luxembourg: (Buchholz29, 30, Kunz35, Zimmermann25);

from Mannheim, Kurpfalz: (Eckel14, frau Hatzer34, Heidel4, Peil9, Schnepp19, Sutner?17, Vogel23, Wolf36, 37, and possibly Haaley36a);

from Nordhausen: (Klepphorn48);

from Ostritz, Sachsen: (Tonat[Donad]46);

from Regesnburg: (Eckel31, Esslauer3, Windholz6);

from Salmuenster, Fulda: (Ruebesam22);

from Schoenburg: (frau Ruebesam22);

from Seiz(?), Mirtepolska(?): (Gabel24);

from Siersk, Frankreich: (Weiss33);

from Speyer: (Glaese42);

from Ulm: (Schmidt44);

from Wuerzburg: (frau Janson20, Merker[Maerker]2, Weinberg7 and probably Hein20a);

from Zindenfels, Kurpfalz: (Wolf16).

GrafarFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC L avan(?), Frankreich.

GrafenreuthGL: the Pleve book suggested this might be what was meant by Graefenroda.  There are two small places name Grafenreuth in present-day Bavaria.

Graefenroda, [Sondershausen-Ruolstadt County?]: is 18 miles SW of Erfurt city, and was said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Kohl family.  The Pleve book suggested this might be Grafenreuth, but that seems extremely doubtful.

GraffFN: see Graf.

Grafschaaft Hanau GS: the County of Hanau.  See Hanau.

GrainFN: see Bra.

GrammFN: of Kassel, see Frasch.

Granau(?)GL, see Granov.

Granov/Granau(?): an unidentified place said by the Leichtling FSL to be homeUC to a Schneider family.  In Poland there are places called Granov, Granow, and Granau …

GrapeauFN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be fromUC Naujan,  Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

GrapowskyFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Weiher/Weier and to have married the widow Heck in Oranienbaum.

GrasbrunGL, was an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the state of Ansbach and was said to be homeUC to a Bereht family.

GrasFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Umstadt(?), Hessen-Darmstadt.

Grasemeuchen?GL, Mainz: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Neubert family.

Grasmick/GrasmueckFN: said by one or both versions of the Balzer FSL to be from Rohrbach, Isenburg[-Buedingen County].  Rohrbach parish records say these Grasmuck families left their home in Rohrbach for Russia in 1766 (Mai&Marquart#1254 and 1256).  Bonner proved origin in Rohrbach, the same for the Lepper wife of one of them.

GrasmuckFN: see Grasmick.

GrasmueckFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Friedland, Sachsen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

GrasmueckFN: see Gaurer of Lauwe.

GrasmueckFN: also see Grasmick.

GrasnovatkaVV: a Russian name for SchuckVV.

Grason?FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Debertsin(?), Austria.

GrassFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Breitenbach.

GrassFN: also see Graf.

GrassertFN: see Griser.,

GrasshofFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Berneburg? and to have Golop step-children in the household.  I could not find this Grasshof family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

GrassmannFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Anhalt-Dessau (no locality mentioned).  Spelled both Grassman (Rm28) and Grossmann (Sh02) in 1798 (Mai1798:).

GrassmannFN: the Katharinenstadt FSL says these stepdaughters were living in a Westhausen family fromUC Mecklenburg (no locality mentioned).

GratzGL, Steiermark: is some 88 miles SW of Vienna, Austria, is also spelled Graz, and is said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Rauscher family.

GratzVV: another name for BaselVV.

GratzkaVV: is a variant of KratzkeVV.

GrauFN:  said by the 1798 Wittmann census to be the maiden name of frau Wiedemann of Ober-Monjou, now frau Junck of Wittmann (Mai1798:Wm9).

GrauFN: said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be fromUC Gening.  Spelled Krau in the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL.

GraubergerFN: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Strassburg, Elsass.

Graubuenden KantonGL, Schweis: this kanton is eastern Switzerland.

GraudenzGL, Poland: an unidentified place said by the Schuck FSL to be homeUC to a Glass family.  This probably is Grudzendz, aka Grudziadz, Kujowsko-Pomorskie, Poland, some 60 miles S of Gdansk.

GrauerFN: see Graul.

GraufFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Schezler(?), Wuerzburg.

Graul?FN: said by the Fischer FSL to be step-children living with the Kaust? family indicating that frau Kaust was earlier frau Graul?.  The Graul? family name was spelled Grauer in 1798 (Mai1798:Fs12).

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

Grauss?: see Gross.

GrazGL: see Gratz.

Great PolandGL: see Grosspolen.

GrebeFN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC Altenmoor, [Holstein Duchy?].

GrebenhainGL, Alsfeld: then within Hessen-Darmstadt, is some 18 miles SSE of Alsfeld city and said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Kruse family.

GrebenhainGL, Darmstadt: said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Wiel family.  Same place as the previous entry.

GrebingFN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Falwinhausen?, Waldeck, with a Jung{H.Christian} orphan boy in the household.   Spelled Greving in 1769 (Mai1798:Mv562).

Grechinnaya LukaVV: a version of the Russian name for WalterVV.

Greder?FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Affeln, Kelheim.

Greder?FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Braband.

GrefathGL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Mai family.  This might be Grefrath some 21 miles WNW of Duesseldorf city.

GrefensteinFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Esch, Schoenborn.  In 1798 the family name was given as Greifenstein (Mai1798:Lw40).  Greiffenstein of Aich married a Linert woman ofUC Hauddorf near Christian Erlang in April 1766 in Woehrd (Mai&Marquardt#771); in May he was a witness at the Woehrd wedding of Lampel to Voitling (#790 note 782).

GrefrathGL: see Grefath.

GregerFN: listed by KS:283 with no origin.  Should have been listed in the 1816 Neudorf census (#97) but that entry was omitted in the printing process.   Also spelled Griger.  See the GCRA book for much more.

Greich?FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Lachen, Kurbayern, with Schmidt step-children in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

GreifensteinFN: see Grefenstein.

GreifertFN: see Pfeifner.

GreiffensteinFN: see Grefenstein.

GreiftsFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Kaltenordheim, Saxony-Weimar Duchy.  Identified by the Walter Research Group as the Greifzu family.

GreifzuFN: see Greifts.

GreinFN: said by the Roethling FSL to be fromUC Langen, Offenbach, Hessen.

GreinFN: also see Krain.

Greiner{Michael}FN: KS:283 mistakenly says that this man went to Neudorf.  According to the GCRA his name was substituted for Greger who did go to Neudorf.  See their book for more.

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

Grenau, Prussia : an unidentified place which the GCRA found associated with a Berg family in 1772.

Grenlich?FN{Christoph}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Hamburg.  I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.

Grenlich?FN{J.Wilhelm}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Hogen?.  I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.

GrensFN: see Grenz.

Grentu(?)GL, Bamberg: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to Knopf and Rauch families.  There is a Greuth, Bavaria, some 10 miles S of the city of Bamberg.

GrentzFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Hilders.  Later might be spelled Gretz and Krentz (Mai1798:Pf23?,Vm42?).

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

GrenzFN: said by the Holstein FSL to be fromUC Raibach, Darmstadt.  The Buedingen ML says this Grens man from Reibach in 1766 married a Volger woman (Mai&Marquardt#72).  Later spelled Krentz.

GrenzerFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg [Bishopric] (no locality indicated) with a Burger orphan boy in the household.  Spelled Krentzer in 1795 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2104, 2105, and Mt5, Wm34, respectively).

Gress{Christmann}aka Jakob{Anton}FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#75) and KS:283 with no origin.  Using FHL#756,809, the GCRA proved their origin in Roppenheim, Bischweiler [Amt, Hagenau Oberamt], Elsass.  See the GCRA book for more.

GressFN: this family name was found recorded in Haiger parish records during the years prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

GressertFN: see Griser.

Gretchinaja LukaVV: a version of the Russian name for WalterVV.

GretschFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Weissenfeld.

GretzFN: see Graetz. and Grentz.

GreuthGL, Bavaria: see Grentu.

GrevingFN: see Grebing.

GriebFN:  said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660) to have been from Mohringen, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,055,882-7).  See their book for more detail.

Griedelbach, [Solms-Braunfels Principality]: is 6 miles SE of Braunfels city, and said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be homeUC to a Schwabacher?/Schweicheret/Schwabecher, and possibly to a Diel family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Braunfels.

Griedelbach, [Solms-Braunfels Principality]: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be homeUC to an Ebert family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Solms.  Same place as the preceeding entry.

GriesFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Ziegenberg, Darmstadt.  Later spelled Griess.

GriesbachGL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Schmidt family.  There were at least 16 Giesbachs in the Germanies.

GrieserFN: see Griser.

GrieshaberFN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:668) without origin. Origin given in KS:283 as Gross-Sachsenheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg; this verified by GCRA using FHL(1,184,619); see their book for detail.

GriesheimGL, Frankfurt-am-Main: is now a neighborhood within the city just before the Main turns sharply to the SW on its way out of the city, and said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Lohmann family.

Griess/Gries/GrieszFN:  according to Steven Hahn this family from Edenkoben settled in Russia.

GriessFN: see Gries,  and Grisin.

GriesmannFN: see Griessmann.

GriesselFN: see Krissel.

GriessmannFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Laubach, Buedingen.  Later spelled Griessmann.

GrieszFN: see Griess.

Griger FN: see Greger.

GrigoriopolGL, Odessa: another colony in the Glueckstal Gebeit from which Reiser{Philip}came to Kassel.

GrigoriusFN: see Grigoritsch.

GrigoritschFN: said by the Husaren FSL to be fromUC Beczkarik?, Oesterreich.  Spelled Grigorius in 1798 (Mai1798:Hs56).

GrillFN: listed in the Bergdorf census (KS:665, 284) without origin.  Proved by the GCRA to have been in Pleidelsheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg (FHL 1,187,180-2) and then in Grossingersheim, same Amt (FHL 1,184,928) prior to coming to Bergdorf.

GrimburgGL, Kurtrier: is some 14 miles SE of Trier city and said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to a Zimmermann family.

GrimmFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Dan, France.

GrimmVV (aka Kamenskiy, Lesnoi Karamysch, Lesnoi Karamysh, Lesnoj Karamys) is a German village of the Reformed faith on the western side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp. 73-85.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. The number with the name is their household number in the FSL.  Dona Reeves-Marquardt tells me that at least two families "first settled" in Grimm but did so after the FSL was put together; I have added the two that I have been told about in red below::

from Brandenburg: (Ehrlich82, Heide21);

from Danemark: (Dumler[Tumpler], Schultheiss);

from Darmstadt: (Ab/Aab16, Albrecht44, Baeker53, Balzer20, 58, Benner77, Brahm?86, Erdmann1, Felda45, Fink52[from(UC) Zell], Fischer70, Heimbuch7, Heppel/Geppel48, Icks75[from(UC) Romrod], Just4, Kaiser46, Koch73, Lefler42[from(UC) Heimertshausen?], Maus71, Mueller43, Pfeif13, Rau12, 69, Reich11[from(UC) NiederOhm], Salzmann37, 38, Schaefer17, Schamber15, Schmidt74, 85, Schneider31, Schulz26, Strebe28, Walter60, Zulauf49, and possibly Heil74a, Merz48a, Tripper/Trimper16a, Waffel53a);

from Durlach: (Seifert27);

from Erbach: (Kerber84);

from Frankfurt-am-Main: (Goetz65);

from Friedberg: (Biermann66, Brunhardt82, Groh79, Kirchner6, Kraft55, Kuhn5, Major72, Seibel7a);

from Fulda: (Mueller18);

from Gelnhausen: (Abich56, Schroeder50 and possibly Pea50a, Strecker56a);

from Gelnhausen, Hessen: (Hepp[Hess]36);

from Gerden(?): (Wohlender9);

from Gerz: (Braun10);

from Hanau: (Fischler19);

from Hessen: (Gabel[Happell]64 and possibly Sutter64a);

from Holstein: (Marquart34 and possibly Hessenbeie?34a);

from Isenburg: (Batz2, Hartmann57, Hock[Huck]67, Kisselmann40, Klein78b, Leonhard80, Muth39, Schaefer63, Schlefler88, Vogel51, Waag81, Weilmuenster[Weilmeister]47, 61, Weissbinder59[from(UC) Dreieicherhayn],  Wolf41 and possibly Andrian51a, Schekedanz[Schickedanz]80a);

from Kleinburg(?): (Hesse29);

from Kurland: (Engel25);

from Laubach: (Worms76[from(UC) Freyenseen]);

from Lauterbach: (Schwarz78a);

from Leonbronn, OberAmt Brackenheim, Wuerttemberg, via Danemark: (Dumler[Tumler];

from Mannheim: (Bleichroth35, Lutz35a, 89);

from Marburg: (Lipp3 and possibly Stiel/Stihl3a);

from Mehlis(?): (Schott68 and possibly Berger68a);

from Pommern: (Heilm23, Pikus32a, Rusch22, 24);

from Ruedesheim, Imkelburg(?): (Schmidt33);

from Sachsen: (Hendel32);

from Schlitz: (Rusch8a);

from Waldlaubersheim, Kreis Kreuznach, Rheinland: (Schultheiss);

from Warschau: (Kasimirow30);

from Wehrda: (Braun8);

from Weimar, Sachsen: (Roeder62 and possibly Wiltendorf?62a);

from Wirtheim: (Axthelm87);

from Wuerttemberg: (Scherer14, Strecker54);

from Zwibruecken: (Heinz78).

GrimmelfingenGL: is a neighborhood to the immediate SW of Ulm city; see Grimmellfingen.

GrimmellfingenGL, Ulm, Schwaben: and said by the Bangert FSL to be home to a Huber family and possibly to a Gerhardt family; see Grimmelfingen.

GrimmenGL: see Gommern.

GrischowskyFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Danzig.

GriserFN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#84) and KS:283 without origin. See the GCRA book for more.  Also spelled variously Grassert, Gressert, Grieser, and Groessert.

GrisinFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Griess (Mai1798:Nr111, 216).

GrisselbachGL: see Kaisersbach.

GrjasnowatkaVV: a Russian name for SchuckVV.

GrjaznuchaVV: a variation of the Russian name for KraftVV.

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

GrobauGL: said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Zwikau? family.  This might be the Grobau which is some 31 miles SW of Zwikau, Saxony.

GroeberFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Degott FSL to be fromUC [Kur-]Trier.    Spelled Graeber in 1798 (Mai1798:Dg03,04,05).

GroembachGL, Freudenstadt Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 9 miles NE of Freudenstadt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Schaible family that settled in Hoffnungstal leaving home in 1808.  Proved by the GCRA to be home to Schaible{J.Martin} and Schumacher{Adam}who went to Glueckstal. : Mistakenly said by  KS:293 to be homeUC to the Harr family that settled in Neudorf. Also istakenly said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#93) and KS:230 to have homeUC  to the Bohnet/Bonnet family that settled in Neudorf.   See the GCRA book for detail on these families.

GroembachGL, Ludz Amt, Suedpreussen: nka Laznowska Wola which is 2 miles NW of Laznow, Poland and some 15 miles SE of Ludz, Poland, and was the colony in which a Stein family lived for a few years and two of their children were born before the family went on to Bergdorf.  The Weisert family that went to Berdorf was here for a time.  The Schmid{J.Georg} family that settled in Kassel was there for a time.  Other families which the GCRA associates with this place are Henger, Rath, Reutter.  See their book for details.

GroeningFN: said by the1798 Hildmann census to be the maiden name of frau Prediger{J.Adam}  (Mai1798:Hd6).

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

GroessertFN: see Griser.

Groetzingen, Nuertingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is 3 miles WNW of Nurtingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Werner family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

GrohFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Friedberg (no locality mentioned).

GrohFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Friedberg.

GrohFN, see Krib.

Grohnde?GL, [Kurbraunschweig]: is 24 miles SW of Hildesheim city, and said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Geisel? widower.

GrollmannFN: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Bodenheim, Kurmainz with a Fell orphan girl in the household.  I could not find the Grollmann family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

GromanFN: see Gromann.

GromannFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Kiel, Holstein.  Later spelled Groman.

GroppFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz.

Gros AuheimGL: an unidentified place said by the Buedingen ML  to be homeUC to the Mehn man who in 1766 married a Walther woman; by 1767 this couple was in Pfeiffer (Mai&Marquardt:593).  The Pfeiffer FSL says he was fromUC Hannover.  The reference in the FSL to Hannover seems incorrect.  This must be the Gros Auheim that is 2 miles SE of Hanau.

GroschFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Geslokh/Hassloch(?), Mainz.  There is a possibility that Grosch is a misreading of Ketich.

GrosendorfelGL, Hanau County: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Behmer family.  The Walter Research Group has identified this place as Oberdorfelden some 6 miles NW of Hanau city.

GrossFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Koenigsberg.

Gross FN: they were listed by the Cheisol FSL as step-sons in a Spiess household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Mt15.

GrossFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:669, 285) to be fromUC Walburg, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass.  However, using FHL(1,457,438), the GCRA verified origin in Weilheim, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more details.

GrossFN: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be have been born on the trnsport enroute to Russia and to have arrived later than the first settlers (p.137).

Gross{Andreas}FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC [Anhalt-]Zerbst [Principality] (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bt40.

Gross{Eleonora}FN: a widow said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Luettich [aka Liege Bishopric] (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sh24.

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

GrossFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt.

GrossFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Duerkheim/Tirkim(?)GL, Leiningen/Leining.

GrossFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Kergbolan(?), Nassau.

GrossFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Steinburg. 

Gross{Maria, Johann}FN: listed by the 1858 Neudorf census (#153 as in-laws of the Bross family) with no origin.

GrossFN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC Gruenstadt, Pfalz

GrossFN: this family name was found recorded in Haiger parish records during the years prior to 1767, and in Kroppach and Tann marriage records 1762-67; see Flegel trip.

GrossaspachGL, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 1.5 miles NW of Backnang town, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Holzwarth family that went to Glueckstal, and to the Knoedler family that settled (after spending some years in South Prussia) in Neudorf.  See the GCRA book for more details.

GrossaspachGL, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 1.5 miles NW of Backnang town and some 10 miles NE of Ludwigsburg city, and said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be homeUC to the Ibele family that went to Glueckstal.  This is the same place aas the previous entry.

GrossapspachGL, Backnang Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 2 miles NW of Backnang, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Schweigert family that settled in Hoffnungstal leaving home in 1825.

Gross-BieberauGL, Darmstadt: is some 10 miles SE of Dartmouth city, and said by the Bauer FSL to be homeUC to a Erhart family.

Gross-BieberauGL, Dieburg Kreis, Hessen: is some 9 miles SE of Darmstadt city, and may have been homeUC to the Schuetz family that went to Glueckstal via Tscherwenka, Hungary.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

Grossbothen?GL, [Kursachsen]: is some 18 miles SE of Leipzig city and said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Wagner family.

Grossbottwar, Baden-Wuerttemberg: is 1.8 miles SW of Oberstenfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Gross-BottwarGL, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 7 miles NE of Ludwigsburg city, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Kurrle family which went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details.

Grossen BuseckGL, [Hessen-Darmstadt]: is some ½ miles SE of Alten Buseck, and said by a Friedberg ML to be homeUC to a Menzel woman who in 1766 married a Freund man (Mai&Marquardt: 322); the man was in Paulskaya by 1768 apparently with a new wife.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to Damm, Meier, Pabst, Schmidt, Simon, and possibly Folnis families.

Gross-Elligen(?)GL, Sachsen: an unknown place said by the Bauer FSL to be homeUC to a Rener family which had a Schlege orphan living with them.  In Lower Saxony there are two possibilities: Gross Ellershausen and Gross Gleidingen.

Grossenhain?GL: was probably in Kursachsen 18.5 miles NW of Dresden city, and said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Bote man.

GrossenhausenGL, was an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the state of Hannover and was homeUC to a Krebs/Kret? family.

GrossenluederGL, Fulda [Bishopric]: is some 7 miles WNW of Fulda city, and said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Trutschel family.

GrossenluederGL:  also see Grosslueder.

GrossenmoorGL, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: is some 10 miles NNW of Fulda city, and said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to Heinrich and Izik[Isaak] families.

GrosserFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Ochsenfurt, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]. Spelled Glasser in 1798 (Mai1798:Hz19).

GrosserlachGL, Kurmainz: said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Kemer and perhaps a Hein family.  Stumpp says the Kaemmerer man was from Oberolm near Mainz (Mai&Marquardt#357).  There was a Grossheubach in Kurmainz, some 2 miles NE of Miltenberg, Bavaria.

Grosser-Werder: see Belowescher Kolonien.

Gross FeldaGL, Hessen-Darmstadt: is some 8 miles SW of Alsfeld, Hessen; see Feld.

GrosshansFN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#66, 67) and KS:285 without origin.  Using FHL#247,655 the GCRA proved origin in Godramstein, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.

GrosshausenGL, [Hessen-]Darmstadt: is some 14 miles SSW of Darmstadt.  Said by the Dietel FSL to be homeUC to a Kraemer family. Said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to an Olf family.  Said by the Kautz FSL to be the homeUC of a Knaub family.

GrossheimGL, Mainz, an unidentified locality said by the Seewald FSL to be homeUC of a Nungesser family.

Grossheppach, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 3 miles ESE of Waiblingen city, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to Siegle{Johannes}who settled in Neudorf.

GrossheubachGL: see Grosserlach.

GrossingersheimGL, Besigheim Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 3.5 miles SE of Besigheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Rudolph family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa. as well as an Aippersbach/Aipperspach family that settled in Hoffnungstal leaving home in 1804.  This is the same origin as the next entry.

GrossingersheimGL, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 4 miles N of Ludwigsburg city, and said by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:667, 207, 665, 284, 666, 305) to have been home to Aiperschbach, Grill and Hettich families.  Mistakenly said by KS:435 to have been homeUC  to the Schott family that settled in Neudorf.  This is the same place as the previous entry.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

GrosskarbenGL: see Friedberg.

Grosskopf: see Roskopf.

GrosskopfFN: see Gussfeld.

Gross KottenGL, Filehne Kreis, Posen Province, Prussia: now Kocien Wielki, Poland, some 6 miles NW of Filehne town (now Wielen, Poland): the GCRA believes this the likely origin of the Meske family that went to Glueckstal.

GrossliebenthalBV: was a southern Russian German village itself, and a district (Gebiet) including the villages of Alexanderhilf, Alt-Freudental, Franzfeld, Gueldendorf, Helenental, Josefstal, Klein-Liebental, Lustdorf, Mariental, Neuburg, Neu-Freudental, and Peterstal.  All were located SW of, but very close to, Odessa.  The 1858 Bergdorf census says the Schuler family cameUC here to Bergdorf.

GrossluederGL:  is some 7 miles NW of Fulda city and today is called Grossenlueder.  According to the Buedingen ML this was in the area of Fulda and the homeUC of a Diedrichs man who married in 1766 a Breler woman; by 1767 the couple was in Koehler [where his name was given as Dietrich]; Stumpp used the Grossenlueder spelling (Mai&Marquardt#588). 

GrossmannFN: said by the1798 Ernestinendorf census to be the maiden name of frau Siefert  (Mai1798:Mv569, Bt46).