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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HebelFN:  in 1766 she married a Richter man in Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#1012); by 1768 they apparently had settled in Urbach.

HebelFN: also see Goebel.

HebenhausenGL, Witzenhausen [Amt], Hesse: the GCRA found some evidence that the Haering man who went to Glueckstal came fromUC here; see their book for detail.

HeberFN: said by KS:296 to have come toUC Glueckstal, mistakenly giving census #38, fromUC Ossweil, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg, via Hungary.  However the CGRA established that they did not come to Glueckstal; see their book for detail.

HeberleinFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Giburkhtgausen, Saxony.  The Buedingen ML says this Eberlein man of Reppeshain, Ulrichstein married in 1766 a Stein woman (Mai&Marquardt#637).

HeberlinFN: the Buedingen ML says a Heberlin woman fromUC Reppesheim in 1766 married a Bartholomaeus man; by 1767 this couple was in Walter; Stumpp says her family name was Herl and that she was from Rebgeshain near Lauterbach, Hessen (Mai&Marquardt#694).

HebsackGL, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 6.4 miles E of Waiblingen town, and mistakenly said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home to the Nachtrieb who went to Glueckstal; according to the GCRA the Hebsack man went instead to Marienfeld in the Caucausus.  Mistakenly named by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#34) and KS:316 as a possible originUC for the Ilig family.

HechtFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Reitenken(?), Worms.  May later have been spelled Gegd (Mai1798:Gb43)?

HechtFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Regensburg

Heck/HessFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned) and to have married in Oranienbaum, Grapowsky..

Heck?FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Kerebach?. The 1798 Boregard census gives the wife’s maiden name as Jordan (Mai1798:Bb28).

HeckFN: also see Hock Hoechs, and Hoeck.

Hecke?FN: see Hesse.

Heckeberg(?)GL, Hanau: an unidentified place said by the Kolb FSL to be homeUC to a Arnst family.  Try Hekeberkhental.

HeckelFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Laibstadt?, Nuernberg.  This family moved to Jost (Mai1798:Jo20,26,44).

HeckelFN: see Hegel.

Hecken, Kurmainz[sic?]: said by the Seelmann FSL to be homeUC to a Kolkepp family.  I found 5 Hecken b ut none of them so far as I could tell were then in lands then controlled by Kurmainz.

HeckenbergheimGL, Stolberg-Gedern County:  also see Hekeberkhental.  This was a “suburb” of Bergheim, 1 mile E of Ortenberg town, now in HesseHome of the Braun family that went to Walter.

HeckenbinderFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Wermen, Lothringen. I could not find this family name in the 1798 censuses.

HeckerFN: see Geker.

Heckert?FN: see Geker.

HechingenGL, Hohenzollern Principality: is some 14 miles SW of Reutlingen city.

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

Heckmann?{Adam}FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Heckmann in 1798 (Mai1798:Bz59).

Heckmann{A.Barbara}FN: given by the Balzer 1798 census as the maiden name of frau Klein{Jacob Jr} (Mai1798:Bz67).

Heckmann{Elizabeth}FN: given by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk 1798 census as the maiden name of frau Berg{Georg} who first settled in Balzer (Mai1798:St61).

Heckmann?{Michael}FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Heckmann in 1798 when the miaden name of the wife was given as Berg (Mai1798:Bz68, for others in this line see Mo41 and St30).

Heckmann?FN: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Schlechtenwald?, Boehmen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

HecksFN: see Hoechs.

Heckster?FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Klinstadt(?), Holstein.

HeckwaldFN: see Hockwald.

HeddersdorfGL, Hersfeld-Hesse: is some 6 miles WSW of Bad Hersfeld, Hessen, and is said by the Norka FSL to be homeUC to a Schmer family.

HeddesbachGL, Eberbach [Amt], Baden: is 6 miles W of Eberbach town and 8 miles NE of Heidelberg city.  The GCRA may have found here the Coellmer woman who was listed in the Glueckstal census as frau Goebel.  See their book for detail.

HeddesbachGL, Kurmainz: this is the same place as the previous entry, just a few decades and a country change earlier.

Heddesheim [Amt], Heidelberg [Oberamt], Baden: is 7 miles NNW of Heidelberg city.

HeddesheimGL: also see Hedersheim.

Hede?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Rieben, Dessau.  Spelled Gedde in 1769, 1792 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv263,Mv264,Mv327,Bx35) and Hidde in 1798 (Hm5).  His wife's maiden name was given as Riel in 1792 (Mai1798: Mv327).

Hedersheim(?)GL, Pfalz: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to Engelstaedter’s wife.  It probably is Heddesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, some 20 miles WSW of Mainz city center.

HederslebenGL: see Hadersleben.

Hedicke FN: according to a Rosslau ML this woman married a Schuster man in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#907).  See also Gedek.

HeegeFN: using FHL#1,184,780 the GCRA proved she was from Hausen-an-der-Zaber, married Klooz and later died in Kassel.  See their book for detail.

Hefebach?, [Kur-]Trier: an unidentified place said by the Seelmann FSL to be homeUC to a Diel family.

HefeleFN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be fromUC Schulzendorf?, Renberun?.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Heffele (Mai1798:Dr04).

HefenederFN: see Heffeneder and Heifeneider.

HefeneiderFN: see Heifeneider.

HeffeleFN: see Hefele.

HefersweilerGL, Niederkirchen [parish], Kusel [Oberamt], Rheinpfalz: was 2 miles N of Niederkirchen and 12.5 miles E of Kusel town. Using FHL#415,842 was proved by the GCRA to be home to the Bosche/Boschee family that settled in Kassel. 251

HeffeleFN: see Hefele.

HeffeniderFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Schlitz [County] (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 this was spelled Hefeneder, and the wife’s maiden name was given as Wacker (Mai1798:Nr209.  For other family members in 1798 see Mai1798:Bd84. 

HefnerhesselGL, Wittenberg: an unidentified place said by the Dreispitz FSL to be homeUC to a Wolet? family.  This surely is Haefnerhasslach, Wuerttemberg.

HeftFN: by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality indicated).  And said by the Stumpp version to be fromUC Isenburg (no state or locality indicated).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz48 and 111.

HefterFN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be fromUC Festsolzig?, [Kur-]Sachsen.  I could not identify him or any offspring in Mai1798.

HegelFN: listed by the 1816 Neudorf census (#5, 8, 101) and KS:275 and 297, all without origin.  Also spelled Heckel and Geckel.  The GCRA found evidence that they may have come fromUC Seivatz, Nus Canton, France.  See their book for more.

HegelFN: see Hetzel.

HegeleFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Augsburg (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

HegerFN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Glueck.

HegerGL: also see Haiger.

HegewaldFN: by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality indicated).  Spelled Egewald in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr199 and 164).

HegnerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Hallerndorf.

HehnFN: said by the Moor FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned) and a Hubert brother-in-law was living in the household.  The family name was spelled Henne in 1798 (Mai1798:Mo56,20).

HehnleinFN: according to a Rosslau ML this woman married in 1766 a Lang man; by 1767 this couple was in Hoelzel (Mai&Marquardt#1024).

HeibFN: see Gib.

HeickFN: this orphan boy was said by the Koehler FSL to be living in the Frick household.  I could not find this family name in the 1798 censuses.

HeidFN: mistakenly said by the 1816 Neudorf census (#81) to have come fromUC Eschelbronn, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden.   Using FHL#193,085-6, the GCRA proved their origin in Nussdorf, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz. Using FHL#193,023, the GCRA proved that at least one of their children was born in Leinsweiler, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.  Better spelled Heil.

HeideFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Brandenburg (no locality mentioned).

HeideGL, Holstein: is some 42 miles WSW of Kiel, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Samder and probably an Altmann family.

HeideckerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Luxembourg (no locality mentioned).  A Luebeck ML says this Heydecker man married in 1766 a Krueger woman (Mai&Marquardt#125).

HeidelFN: said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Mannheim, Kurpfalz.

HeidelFN: also see Heindel.

HeidelbachFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Erzein(?), Darmstadt.  A Luebeck ML says this man married a Mueller woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#135).

Heidelberg, [Kurpfalz]: is a city some 11 miles SE of Mannheim.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Blank family.  Said by the Stephan FSL to be homeUC to a Schaefer{Albert} family.

HeidelbergGL, Baden: the GCRA found a record indicating that this was the originUC of the Quade family that spent at least 20 years in Kassel.  This is the same place as the next entry, but is 50 years later.

HeidelbergGL, Kurpfalz: said by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to a Meier family.  Said by the Graf FSL to be homeUC to a Geiger and possibly a Walter family.  This surely is the same place as the preceding entry.

Heidelberg OberamtGL, Kurpfalz: is the district that contains Heidelberg city and the surrounding villages, and is said by the Anton FSL to be home to Albrecht, Arnhold, Baer, Baumgaertner, Eichner, Engelhardt, Erder?, Ewig, Focht, Fuchs, Ganshorn, Kunzmann, Metzger, Mueller, Paul, Reuter, and Wenzerich? families.

Heidelsheim, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden: is 2 miles SE of Bruchsal city, and was mistakenly said by both the 1816 Kassel census (#104) and KS:262 to be homeUC to the Diehl/Dehl {Philipp} family. Said by KS:250 to have been homeUC to Eberhard{Michel} who it mistakenly said went to Neudorf.

HeidemanFN: see Heidemann.

HeidemannFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Wittenberg.  Spelled Heineman in 1769 (Mai1798:Mv261) and Heideman in 1798 (Mai1798: Zr27).

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

HeidemannFN: said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be fromUC Bissersheim.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

HeidemannFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Fledang(?), Mecklenburg.

Heidenfeld?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: is 27 km NE of Wuerzzburg city and was said by the Susannental FSL to be homeUC to the Mueller{Adam} family.

Heidenheim [Amt]GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 11 miles S of Aalen city and was a District administrative center.

HeidenreichFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Gelstein, Henburg CountyThe Walter Research Group has identified this as a Heitzenrider family from Hellstein, Hesse.  I think there is an outside possibility that Hellstein about 1766 was under the control of the Henneberg Duchy.

HeidenreichFN: also see Rendenreich.

Heider?FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be fromUC Oberlind(?).

HeiderFN: the Katharinenstadt FSL says this orphan was living with a Schoenebeck family fromUC Nasnitz(?).

HeidgardtFN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of a frau Schnell.

HeidleFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:673) to be from Krummhardt, Esslingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,184,642), the GCRA verified this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Heydle and Haidle.

HeidtFN: said by the Phillipsfeld 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Lies (Mai1798:Pp6).  Might be Heldt??

HeidtFN: also see Heit and Heyd.

HeierFN: said by KS:298 to have come fromUC Oberwaldach, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg going to Neudorf.   However, GCRA determined that no such family was ever in Neudorf.  See their book for more.

HeifeneiderFN: see Heffeneder.

HeikelheimGL: probably is Reichelsheim, Erbach.

Heil{A.Margaretha}FN: said by the Balzer FSL (#96a) to be the mother-in-law living in the Engel household.  She surely died prior to the 1798 Volga census.

Heil{A.Margaretha)FN: said by the1798 Balzer census to be the maiden name of frau Engel (Mai1798:Bz7).

Heil{Conrad}FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no state or locality identified).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz6, Hk46, 62, Lw18.

HeilFN: according to the Grimm FSL a Heil orphan (no origin indicated) was living with a Schmidt family from Darmstadt (no locality indicated).

HeilFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Egenik?, Schwaben.    Spelled Heile in 1798 and the wife’s maiden name is given as Paul (Mai1798:Gf01).

HeilFN: a Luebeck ML says this woman married a Meyer man in 1765; by 1766 this couple was in Katharinenstadt (Mai&Marquardt#21).

HeilFN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Doering.

Heil FN:  According to the Buedingen ML this woman fromUC Unternaubel married in 1766 a man fromUC Niedergruendau; by 1767 they were in Messer (Mai&Maarquardt#707).

HeilFN: see Heid of Neudorf.

HeilFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Fulda.  His wife's maiden name is given as Dinger (Mai1798:Pf05).

HeilFN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Laubuseschbach, [Wied-]Runkel [County].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Lz5.

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

HeilFN: also see Veil.

HeilandFN: said by the Bangert FSL to be fromUC Neustadt, Kurmainz.  I could not find this family in  Mai1798es.

HeilandFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Kiel, Holstein.

HeilandFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Worms.

HeilandFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Kamberg, Kur Trier.

Heilberscheid, [Kurtrier]: is 4 km SE of Montabaur city and was said by the Stephan FSL to be homeUC to a Guenter{J.Heinrich} family.

HeilbronnGL, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: origin proved here for the Gebhard family that went to Glueckstal; see the GCRA book for detail.

HeilbronnGL, Kurmainz: said by the Graf FSL to be homeUC to a Kohlmeier family.  I can find no Heilbronn in Kurmainz lands.  This very likely was Heilbronn Imperial City.

Heilbronn, Wuerttemberg [Duchy]: said by the Reinwald FSL to be homeUC to the Laub family.  Heilbronn was then an independent country, not part of Wuerttemberg, but it was surrounded on three sides by Wuerttemberg lands and the family may have obtained Wuerttemberg travel documents, just in case.  Same as the next two entries.

Heilbronn-am-NeckarGL: is in Baden-Wuerttemberg some 23 miles N of Stuttgart and is said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to Beider, and Pless/Bless? families. .  In the 1760’s it was an independent state: see Heilbronn [Imperial City]GS.

Heilbronn [Imperial City]GS: a free imperial city from 1281, now Heilbronn-am-Neckar in Baden-Wuerttemberg, some 23 miles N of Stuttgart.  As best I can tell all of villages and towns it controlled were within a few miles of the city on both sides of the Neckar River. None of the following references indicate a locality.  Said by the Doenhof FSL to be homeUC to Faber, Hans, Schneider, and possibly Ort families. Said by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to an Edel family.  Said by the Graf FSL to be homeUC to a Brant family.  Said by the Reinwald FSL to be homeUC to Dubs, Hoffstetter, Kober, Koerber{HansGeorg}, and Ledererfamilies, as well as frau  Nor? [nee Hofstetter].  Said  by the Schaefer FSL to be homeUC to the Bollinger and Hermann{Johannes} families.  Said by the Volmer FSL to be home to Hohlmann and Schmidt families.

HeilbrunFN: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate] (no locality indicated).   For 1798 see Mai1798:Dt29, 50.

Heildesheim, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden:

HeileFN: see Heil.

Heilig?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Bibra.  Spelled Hellwig in 1771 and 1798 (Mai1798: Mv273, Mt03).

HeiligencreutzGL, a village in the Barony of Thuengen, northern Bavaria.  HomeUC to an Appel family of Stahl-am-Karaman, per Buedingen ML – locality not yet confirmed.

HeiligenstadtGL: an unidentified place said by the Hildmann FSL to be homeUC to Gallinger{Konrad}, {Johannes} families.  There are at least 6 places of this name in Germany and Austria.  Jerry Frank says that a Gallinger married a Steinwald in Hopfau and that there is a place called Heiligenzimmer only 12 km SE of Hopfau

Heiligenstadt, [Kur-]Mainz: is 14 miles SE of Goettingen city, and said by the Hildmann FSL to be homeUC to a Koch family.

HeiligkreuzsteinachGL, [Kurpfalz]: is 6.5 miles NE of Heidelberg city, and was said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be homeUC to a Kugel family.

Heiling?FN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Loewenstein, Schwaben.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Hellburg?GL: said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to an Eberlein family.  This might have been in Kurbrandenburg some 72 miles NW of Berlin??

HeilmFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Pommern (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Helm, information supplied by Kathryn Drozdik.

HeilmanFN: see Erfurth.

HeilmannFN: this orphaned nephew was said by the Boaro FSL to be living with his Lohr uncle's family that was fromUC Weier.  I could not find Heilmann in the 1798 Volga censuses.

HeilmannFN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:676, 677, 298) to be from Weinheim, Mannheim [Amt], Baden.  Using FHL(1,052,419), the GCRA verified this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.

HeilmannFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg [Bishopric] (no locality mentioned).

HeilmannFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Marklibisch?. The family name was spelled Heilman in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2149).  This may be the Heilmann-Berger who married in Luebeck in 1766 (Mai&Marquazrdt#146).

HeilmannFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Gemuenden?. 

HeilmannswaldGL: see Heilmannswalde.

Heilmannswalde, Krzepien, South Prussia: aka Heilmannswald; an unidentified place which the GCRA says was near Czenstochau and was associated with Benz, Dieterle, Dollinger, Feigert, Ginger, Walz, and Wetzler families 1802-1808.

Heilmar?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Hof.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.  Could this be Heilmann?

HeimFN: Dona Reeves-Marquardt found the records showing that this woman from Gross Zimmern married a Reinhardt man as they were leaving for Denmark on their way to Russia; in 1766 they were in Doenhof.

HeimFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Orb

HeimFN: no place of origin is given for this orphan in the Pfeiffer FSL but she is living in the household of a Spahn family fromUC Schoenborn

HeimFN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be fromUC Manderscheid, [Kur-]Trier.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sm6.

Heim?GL, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be homeUC to a Bittenbender family.

HeimannFN: said by the 1798 Yagodnaya census to be the maiden name of frau Schmidt{Martin} (Mai1798: Yp57). 

Heimbach: an unidentified place said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be homeUC to a Eckel/Jaekel family.  There are at least 11 Heimbachs in Germany.

HeimbachGL, Wuerttemberg: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be homeUC to a Mueller{Herman} family.  There are several Heimbachs but none that I can find in Wuerttemberg lands.

Heimbach Weis?GS: was one of the very few “free” villages, independent of any larger country, situated 2-3 km NE of Neu-Wied town, and said by the Schoenchen FSL to be homeUC to a Bock family.  The independence of the place was sometimes described as an “Imperial City” in a country format!

HeimbichnerFN: see Heimbuechner.

HeimbignerFN: see Heimbuechner.

Heimbuch{Heinrich}, {Johannes}FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be from Isenburg.  Bonner proved both men were baptized in Huettengesas, Isenburg[-Meerholz County].  For the line of Johannes in 1798 see Mai1798:Bz16, 47, Lw35, and Ml24.

HeimbuchFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

HeimbuchFN: said by the1798 Schwab census to be the maiden name of frau Biel{J.Wilhelm} (Mai1798:Sb9).

HeimbuechnerFN said by the Frank FSL (fk101) to be fromUC Neustadt, ErbachDoris Evans says research by Anneliese Micheiwski for the Frank Research Fund confirms Hainbuechner family origins in Neustadt, Sandbach parish, Erbach County [sic for Breuberg Condominium].  Geig1 confirmed birth in Neustadt, Breuberg CondominiumLater also spelled Heimbigner and Heimbichner.

HeimelFN: said by the Schulz FSL to be fromUC Sachsen-Weimar [Duchy].  They surely had died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Heimel FN: the wife was said by the Schulz FSL to be fromUC Amsterdam, Holland.  I could not find her in Mai1798.

Heimerdingen?GL, Lothringen: an unidentified place said by the Louis FSL to be homeUC to a Delvau family.

Heimerdingen GL, Wuerttemberg: is 13 miles ESE of Pforzheim city, and said by the Keller FSL to be homeUC to the Hahn{Gottfried} family, and possibly a Fritz family.

HeimerdingerFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 299) to be fromUC Spiegelberg, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However, using FHL(105,922), the GCRA proved origin in Echterdingen, Esslingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more details.

HeimersheimGL, [Kurpfalz]: is about 1.5 miles NW of Alzey city and some 25 miles NW of Mannheim city, and said by the Buedingen ML to be in the mid-Pfalz and homeUC to a Bretz man who in 1766 married a Rohner woman; by 1767 this couple was in Koehler; Stumpp says Heimersheim was near Alzey (Mai&Marquardt#632).  The Koehler FSL said they were from Mannheim.

HeimersheimGL,  Alzey Amt, [Kurpfalz]: is 3 km NW of Alzey town and was said by a Friedberg ML to be homeUC to Jung{Andreas} who in 1766 married a Bichmann woman (Mai&Marquardt#299); by 1768 this couple was in Warenburg.

HeimertshausenGL, Hessen-Darmstadt: see Hillmershausen.

Heimkehr(?)GL, Hessen: said by the Dietel FSL to be homeUC to Foos and Tino families.  Dona Reeves-Marquardt proven that this place was Heimkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, confirmed by Brent Mai.

Heimkehr(?)GL, Kurpfalz: said by the Dietel FSL to be the home of a Steinmetz family.  Dona Reeves-Marquardt proven that this place was Heimkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, confirmed by Brent Mai.

HeimkirchenGL, Pfalz: is some 8 miles NNW of Kaiserslautern.  See Heimkehr.

HeimsheimGL, Leonberg parish, Wuerttemberg: is 7 miles WNW of Leonberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Seiter/Seyder family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Heimweiler(?), Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?): an unidentified place said by the Kolb FSL to be homeUC to Bart, Henkel, and Schreiner families.

HeimzFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Kopenhagen.

HeinFN: they were listed by the Cheisol FSL as step-children in the Koehler household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gr30, Ls34.

HeinFN: according to the Goebel FSL this orphan lived with a Kemer family fromUC Schwarzach, Franken.

HeinFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Hirschfeld, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?)Doris Evans says research by Anneliese Micheiwski for the Frank Research fund confirms that this man was born in Rommers, Free Noble Province of Ancient Knights.  The original spelling evidently was Heun.  An ancestor was mayor of Gersfeld in 1649.

HeinFN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Goebel (fromUC Schwarzach, Franken)’s wife.

HeinFN: the wife of Janson is said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg (no locality mentioned) and his stepson’s family name is said to be Hein.

HeinFN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Waechtersbach, Isenburg.

HeinFN: in the Huck FSL a Hein orphan was living the Freis who are said to have come from Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).

HeinFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Kemberg, Sachsen. According to a Rosslau ML this Heine man married in 1766 a Zander woman (Mai&Marquardt#949).

HeinFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of one frau Ruhl.

HeinFN: the wife (maiden name not given) of Herr Hein of Essegney?, France was said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Busendorf, Lothringen.

HeinFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Busendorf, Lothringen.

Hein FN: said by a Luebeck birth record to the maiden name of frau Mueller{J.Friedrich} (Mai&Marquardt#1284); by 1768 the couple was in Warenburg.

HeinFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Essegney?, Frankreich.

Hein/HeynFN: this family name was found recorded in marriage records 1762-1767 for two different places: Kirburg, and Kroppach; see Flegel trip.

HeinFN: also see Heinz.

Hein?GL, Holstein: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be homeUC to a Michelsen family.

HeinaGL, [Hessen-Kassel]: is some 16 miles SSE of Kassel city, and said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to an Elscheidt man.

Heindel/GeidelFN : FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be fromUC Steinsdorf, Bamberg [Bishopric].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn58 and also then spelled Heidel (Bn32).

Heindorf FN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Hartwig.

HeineFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Bernbaum.

HeineFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Einbeck.

HeineFN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#716) and KS:299 to have come fromUC Sachsen, with no locality given.  The GCRA found evidence the family had been in Poland and/or Purssia prior to coming to Russia; see their book for more.   Also spelled Heyne.

HeineFN: also see Hein

HeinemanFN: see Heidemann.

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

HeinitzFN: see Gemnitz and Linde.

Heinlein?FN: see Hort of Laub.

HeinrichFN: said by the 1798 Balzer census to be the maiden name of frau Dingel/Bengel.

HeinrichFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned) and to have married in Oranienbaum an Engel man.

HeinrichFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Kranzberg.

HeinrichFN: said by the Degott FSL to be fromUC Kaiserslautern, [Pfalz-Lautern Principality], Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Dg06.

HeinrichFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Guestrow, Mecklenburg.

HeinrichFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Klostob(?), Holstein.

HeinrichFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Palyusel(?), Daenmark.

HeinrichFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Palyusel(?), Daenmark.

HeinrichFN: said by the Fischer FSL to be fromUC Erbach (no locality mentioned).

HeinrichFN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be fromUC Salmuenster,  [Fulda Bishopric].

Heinrich FN: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Bodenheim, Kurmainz. For 1798 see (Mai1798:Nk11).  A Friedberg ML said this Henrich man fromUC Hornau, Mainz near Koenigstein, married in 1766 a Sieber woman from Bentzheim on the Bergstrass (Mai&Marquardt#297).

HeinrichFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from Werdorf, [Solms-]Braunfels [Principality].  Confirmed with information, provided by Eric Hahn who was hired by Joan Knizek, taken from Werdorf Reformed Lutheran Church records and from Solms-Branunfels Castle civil records in Braunfels Joan has birth dates and parents for this couple as well as birthdates for their children; prior to leaving Germany the family name was normally spelled Henrichs. All this information she shared with Robert J. Heinrich who originally provided it to this Project.

Heinrich FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be an orphan girl in the Mehner? household.

HeinrichFN{Andreas}:  said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:90, 1, and maybe 151 and 11?

HeinrichFN{A.Margareta}:  a widow said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy] (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:154, 161, and maybe 151 and 11?

HeinrichFN{Peter}:  said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy]  (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:221, and maybe 151 and 11?

HeinrichFN{Rosina}:  said by the Norka 1798 census to be the maiden name of the wife of Herr Bruhn (Mai1798:Nr127).  The Buedingen ML says this woman fromUC Ruschberg, Zweybruecken, married in 1766 a Bronn man (Mai&Marquardt#702).

HeinrichFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Kerzenheim.

HeinrichFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be step-daughters in the Bergmann family.

HeinrichFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC MainzHeinrichFN: also see Hendreg.

HeinrichFN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be fromUC Mutersbach?.

HeinrichFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Grossenmoor,  Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.

HeinrichRN, Robert J. has confirmed the Werdorf origins of the Heinrich who settled in Kukkus.  His address is 7615 North 22nd Place, Phoenix, Arizona 85020-4712.

HeinrichFN: this family name was found recorded in Winterhausen marriage records 1760-1769; see Flegel trip.

HeinrichsdorfGL, Galicia: was about 2 miles N of Josefow.  The GCRA found it associated with Merkel and Schmidt families in 1818 and 1819 respectively.  They think it may have been aka Krasnadelien.

HeintzFN: filed below among the Heinz.

HeinzFN: he was listed by the Cheisol FSL as a step-son in the Schuller household.  Spelled Hein in 1798 (Mai1798:Mt29.

HeinzFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Zwibruecken (no locality mentioned).

Heinz{Simon}FN: the 1816 Kassel census (#20) said this family came fromUC Niederhustadt, Gemersheim [Amt], Pfalz and KS:300 said they came fromUC Niederlustadt in the same Amt. Frickenhausen, Nuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#247,646, the GCRA proved his origin in Niederhochstadt, Landau [Amt], Pfalz.  See their book for more.

HeinzFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Wuerttemberg.

HeintzFN: said by the Straub FSL to be fromUC Altenkirchen, Nassau-Weilburg [Principality].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sr20,10,and 9.

HeinzFN: said by the Straub FSL to be fromUC Schierstein, Nassau[-Usingen Principality].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sr45, Bg6 and possibly Wr39?

HeinzFN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Siegen, Nassau[-Siegen Principality].  I could not find them in Mai1798.

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

HeinzFN: also see Gentz and Heinze.

HeinzeFN: said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Kinzburg?, Schweiz.

HeinzeFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Dresden, Sachsen.  Later spelled Heinz (Mai1798:Db25).

HeinzelmannFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671, 672, 300) to be from Bergfelden, Horb [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However, using FHL(1,844,483), the GCRA proved origin in Alpersbach, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more details.

HeiperFN: see Huber.

Heischaeder FN: see Eischader.

Heisel?FN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Wimlingrimbach(?), Erbach.  Also spelled Heusel and HeusselGieg1 proved him born in Moemling-Grumbach, Breubach Condominium and that his 2nd wife who accompanied him to Russia was a Morasch.

HeisendorfFN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 667, 300) as moving there from a neighboring colony; there is some evidence that he came from Prussia.  See the GCRA book for details.

HeiserFN: see Heuser.

HeislingFN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Rausch (fromUC Koster(?), Kurmainz)’s wife.  Her maiden name is given as Gessel in the 1798 census (Mai1798:Gb02).

HeisnerFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Saalfeld.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

HeissFN: said by the Bangert FSL to be step-sons of Herr Reber and to be fromUC Freiburg.  I could not find them in  Mai1798es.

HeissFN: Herr Heiss was said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Aschaffenburg, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Hubert (no origin given).    The family name was spelled Geiss in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv1316).

HeissFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Reinheim, Darmstadt.  The Buedingen ML says this Geist man fromUC Reppeshain married a Schmidt woman fromUC Kirtorf in 1766; Stumpp says he was fromUC Rebgeshain near Lauterbach, Hessen and she was fromUC Kirtorf near Alsfeld.

HeissFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Orb

HeisserFN: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Kaiserslautern. .  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

HeistFN: see Geist.

Heist, [Schleswig-]Holstein [Royal  Duchy]: is 27 km WNW of Hamburg city centre, and was said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be homeUC to the Langmacher family.

Heit?FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be fromUC Kritz?, Dadriof?.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Heidt (Mai1798:Dr09). A Luebeck baptismal record says a son of this Heidt man and his Huber wife was baptised in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#1342).

Heit FN: said by the Susannental FSL to be fromUC Bleidenrod, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate].  I could not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

HeitzFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Hamburg

HeitzenriderFN: see Heidenreich.

HeitzenraederFN: see Heizenroeder.

HeizenroederFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no state or locality identified).  Spelled Heitzenraeder in 1798 (Mai1798:Kk30).

Hekeberkhental/Heckenbergheim/EkebergenGL, Hanau County: an unidentified place, said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to Braun, Steinmetz and Thiel families.  Heckenbergheim might mean something like “At the rear of Bergheim”?  The Walter Resource Group’s best guess is that this relates to the Bergheim that is some 16 miles SSE of Kassel, Hessen in the Fulda River valley.  As of now I doubt that Hanau owned any lands this far north.

 

 

 

 

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