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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Hobach/HoebachGL: see Herborn.

HobeckGL, [Kur-]Sachsen: is some 17 miles ESE of Magdeburg city, and said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Bamar family.

HoberFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Schlockenau,Bamberg [Bishopric].   Probably spelled Obert in 1793 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv947?, Bn5?)

HobergGL, South Prussia: mispelled Hohberg.

Hobert(?)GL, Bistum Bruessel: an unidentified place in the Brussels bishopric said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Seiffert family.

HochFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Bernkastel, Kurtrier.

HochFN: also see Hock.

HochbergGL: aka Bergfelde.

HochdorfGL, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: the 1816 Kassel census (#35) mistakenly said this was homeUC to the Mettler{J.Jakob} family.  Following KS:374, the GCRA says the Mettler{Melchior} left hereUC in 1809 going first to Glueckstal and then to Kassel.

HochhalterFN: listed by both the 1858 Kassel census (#252) and KS:308 without origin. Using FHL#1,189,091 the GCRA proved their origin in Eppingen, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden.

HochstGL, Umstadt Amt, Breuberg County: see Hoechst.

HochstadtGL, Breuburg County, near Erbach: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to a Morasch family.

HochstaedterFN: see Akhtshteter.

HochstetterFN: see Akhtshteter.

Hochweiler, Pabianice, South Prussia: was SW of Lodz, now Poland. According to the GCRA aka Wyskitten Revier [nka Wiskitno? 8 miles NE of Pabianice, rak], Poland, was associated with a Haas family in 1803.

HockFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Berching, Hanau.  Doris Evans says this origin is confirmed in research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for Edward F. Wagner: the family name was various spelled: Haak, Hack, Heck and Hoch … the colonist was born in Bergen, Hanau County and the lineage has bee traced back to a Hack born about 1600 from Bleichenbach although most of his children were christened in Bergen parish.

HockFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Meiningen, Sachsen.

HockFN: the Buedingen ML says a Hock woman from Rimmern, Erbach married a Schaefer man in 1766; the couple later moved to Frank (Mai&Marquardt#602).

HockFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Huck. 

HockerbergVV (aka Bohn): a Lutheran colony founded in 1767 on the eastern side of the Volga river not far from Hummel.  To the best of my knowledge no copy of its First Settlers’ List has been found and published.  Anyone learning of such a document, please let us know immediately.

Hockler?: an unidentified country.  See Bogart.

HockmanFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).

HockwaldFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Heckweld in 1775, and Egewald in 1798 (Mai1798:Nr164, 199).

HoebachGL: see Hobach.

HoechsFN: this family was in Glueckstal for some years and its origin was proven by GCRA in Pfaeffingen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg using FHL 1,457,485 and 1,485,186. Also spelled Heck, Hecks, and Hoeck.

Hoechst, [Friedberg Imperial City?]: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Dechaut/Dechant family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hanau [County] … it would have been right on the border.  Same place as the following entry.

HoechstGL in der Wetterau: nka Hoechst-an-der-Nidder, is 9 miles NNE of Hanau city, and probably in was owned in the 1760s by Friedberg Imperial City.  Said by the Buedingen ML and by another source to be on the Nidde [i.e Nidder] river (Mai&Marquardt#352).  The Buedingen ML says this was homeUC to a Thiel woman who in 1766 married a Schaeffer man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Frank (Mai&Marquardt#352) -- this origin of this Diehl woman has been confirmed.  Said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to the Diehl man married a Zimmer woman  (Mai&Marquardt #709); see Diel of Koehler.  Bonner proved this home to the Hoffman woman who married a Knaus man and was mother to the Knaus who settled in Moor.

HoechstGL, Umstadt Amt, Breuberg County, near Erbach: is some 8.7 miles N of Erbach city, and said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to a Lust family, although he spelled Umstadt, Ulmstadt and said it was near Nidda, evidently confusing this place with Hoechst-in-the-Wetterau.  Also see Ext.

HoechstedterFN: see Akhtshteter.

HoeckFN: see Hoechs.

HoefenGL, Neuenbuerg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: an unidentified place thought by the GCRA to be home to Schuh{Johannes} who went to Glueckstal.

HoeferFN: see Hoefner.

HoeffnerFN: see Hoefner.

HoefnerFN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be fromUC Neckarsulm, [Tuetonic Order].  Spelled Hoeffner in 1798 (Mai1798:Hd40).

HoefnerFN: said by the Holstein FSL to be fromUC Pomar(?), Preussen.

HoefnerFN: said by the Husaren FSL to be fromUC Kelheim?, Mannheim.  Spelled Hoefer in 1798 (Mai1798:Hn13).

HoefnerFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Loehnfeld(?), Kurpfalz.

HoefnerFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Kuelz.  Later spelled Hoeffner (Mai1798:Pf66).

HoegenGL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Uhl family.  There are at least 15 Hoegen in the Germanies.

HoehnFN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Rosenfeld, Sulz Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

HoellerbachGL: see Hollerbach.

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

HoelzelFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Wien, Oesterreich. For 1798 see Mai1798:Hz19.  Pleve said he thought this name had been changed to Keller, but I could find no evidence of that.

HoelzelVV: aka Kocetnaja, Kotschetnoje, Kotshetnoye, and Neuendorf, is a German Catholic village on the eastern side of the Volga founded in 1767. Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp. 109-123.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. If a name is in italics it comes from the Kuhlberg lists.  If a family name is shown coming from more than one place, given names in {} brackets follow the family name.  The number after a name is its FSL household number:

from Anspach: (Bender/Beneder??24);

from Audressein?, Frankreich: (Manlinger/Mahlinger38, and possibly Mueller38a);

from Augsburg: (Hegele57);

from Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Lee17);

from Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Korger43a, Loch10a);

from Bernkastel, [Kur-]Trier: (Weiss7);

from Bischdorf, Lothringen: (Hubert/Haubert25);

from Boehmen: (Bertram49);

from Buchhorn, Lothringen: (Schmidt{Theodor}27);

from Dreuschendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Roppelt/Ruppelt/Rumpelt/Ropolt?51);

from Fell, [Kur-]Trier: (Hof{Mathias}/Hoff26, Witna52, and possibly Busch52);

from Freienfels?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Helmlein/Mehrlein15);

from Frelen?, Luxembourg: (Grosser/Glasser35);

from Frunkenstadt?, Schlesien: (Netger5);

from Geiselwind, Schwarzenberg: (Fichtel13);

from Gelpern?, [Kur-]Trier: (Neu29);

from Gerlinheim?, [Kur-]Trier: (Jaeger/Geger/Geher32);

from Hirshaid, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Rost2);

from Hoelzern?, Wuerttemberg: (Sessler50);

from Kelheim, Kurpfalz: (Brenauer48);

from Kremerew?, [Kur-]Trier: (Pusterin/Bustert31);

from Kurpfalz: (Habetitz41);

from Langdorf?, Lothringen: (Allerborn/Ahlerborn21);

from Lebach?, [Kur-]Trier: (Schaefer30);

from Migeren?, [Kur-]Bayern: (Haag/Hack53);

from Morbach, [Kur-]Trier: (Goebel46);

from Muehlendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Weber11);

from Nassgut?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Hagen{Heinrich}/Haagen4);

from Neubrunn, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Geritzdorf or Heritzdorf42);

from Neundorf, Kurpfalz: (Klostermeier58);

from Neustadt, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Seelmann/Solmer44);

from Nietheim?, Schwaben: (Hartmann37);

from Nigausdorf?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Leonhard59);

from Ochsenfurt, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Metz8);

from Ostendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Geringer43);

from Pettstadt, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Baessler/Bessler/Besslert/ Besener/Beuler/Bauser/Boehringer3);

from Portljaes?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Niesslein10);

from Pustertal, Tirol, Oesterreich: (Stetter55);

from Regensburg: (Gerber/Gerbert45);

from Reichenbach, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Aman19, Lang16);

from Remeling?, Luxembourg: (Bernard/Bergem34);

from Richel?, Kurpfalz: (Holig23);

from Rossdorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Popp9);

from Salz, Kurpfalz: (Hof{Philipp}40);

from Schlockenau, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Hober/Obert12);

from Schluesselfeld, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: (Neubauer47);

from Schulz, Elsass: (Honecker6);

from Schwiztigel?, Luxembourg: (Hippedinger/Hippendinger33);

from Seinsheim?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Lindner/Lintner28);

from Steinsheim, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Rossner20 and possibly Rassler21a);

from Stetten?, Kurpfalz: (Hermann/Herrmann39 and possibly Fort39a);

from Summern?, Luxembourg: (Pauli54);

from Treunitz, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Ziegemann18);

from [Kur-]Trier: (Redel/Riedel35a);

from Untersteinbach, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Lauchner/Leichner56);

from Wien, Oesterreich: (Hoelzel1);

from Wiesendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: (Hagen{Johannes}/Haagen14);

from Windsdorf, Lothringen: (Bontemps/Bontag/Bundan36);

from Wochern, Lothringen: (Schmidt{Nikolaus}22).

HoelzerFN: see Helzer.

Hoelzern?, Wuerttemberg: is 6 miles NE of Heilbronn city, and said by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC to a Sessler family.

HoenigmuthFN: see Honigmuth.

HoepfingenGL, Wuerttemberg: is 11 miles SSW of Wertheim city and may have been the home of the Barth family that ended up in Bergdorf by 1816; see the GCRA book for more detail.

HoepfnerFN: see Heppner.

HoepnerFN: see Hoeppner.

HoeppnerFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Nidda, Darmstadt.  According to a Luebeck ML this Hoepner man from Darmstadt married in 1766 a Rau woman (Mai&Marquardt#234).

HoerdtGL, Germersheim [Amt], Pfalz: is 4 miles SW of Germersheim town, and was said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be homeUC to the Schwind family.

Hoergenau(?)GL: Said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Winterholler family.  See Herchenau.

HoernerFN: see Horner.

HoeslerFN: see Hesler.

HoetzelFN, see Getzel.

HofFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Gellhausen.  That surely is Gelnhausen.

HofFN: said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Langen, Hessen-Darmstadt.

Hof{Mathias}FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Fell, [Kur-]Trier.    Spelled Hoff in 1798 (Mai1798:Nk36).

Hof{Philipp}FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Salz, Kurpfalz.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

HofFN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#24) and KS:310 said this family came fromUC Oberschlettenbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  Usin FHL#193,201 the GCRA proved their origin in Vorderweidenthal, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  Also spelled Hoff.  See the GCRA book for more.

HofFN: also see Hoffmann.

HofGL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Heilmar? family.  There are more than 40 Hofs in the Germanies.

HofGL, Bayreuth: is some 28 miles NE of Bayreuth city, and said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Gerwelheim? family, and possibly to an Antor family.

HofGL, Wuerttemberg: an unidentified place said by KS:437 to be home to Schuh{Gottlieb} who went to Glueckstal.

HoferFN: the GCRA found a record indicating that this woman, frau Knauer, was born in Neudorf; see their book for detail.

HoferFN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Niederseebach, Weissenburg Kreis, and Ingolsheim, Sulz Oberamt both in Elsass.

Hofer{Peter}FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#76) and KS:310 (twice) to have come from Niederseebach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass.  His wife and children were born in Oberseebach. Using FHL#778,441 and 777,206, the GCRA proved these origins.  Also spelled Hoffer.  See their book for more.

Hofer{Theowald}FN: see Hafner{Dewald} of Neudorf..

Hofesass/GofesassFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Roding.

Hofmann: see Hoffman/Hoffmann.

HoffFN: is a single man in the  Mueller FSL but no origin is given.

Hoff FN: also see Hof.

HoffaerberFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Geinsheim(?), Erbach.  The Buedingen ML says this Hoffaerber man fromUC Hoechst, Erbach married a Dachs woman fromUC Ambach, Erbach in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#605).

HoffaerberFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Sandbach(?), Erbach.

HoffenheimGL, Sinsheim Amt, Baden: is some 1.4 miles NW of Sinsheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Quenzer family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa and to Engelhardt ant Horst families that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia; Horst in 1822.  Both the 1816 Kassel census (#60) and KS: 341(twice!) mistakenly said this homeUC to the Kraft family that settled Kassel.  See the GCRA book for more.

HofferFN: see Hofer.

HoffmanFN: Bonner proved this woman was baptized in Hoechst, [Freidberg Imperial City], married a Knaus man and was mother to the Knaus who was baptized in Diebach, and settled in Moor.

HoffmanFN: this family name was found recorded in marriage records 1762-1767 for three different places: Herborn, Kirburg and Tann; and in Schotten and Haiger parish records for many generations prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

HoffmanFN: also see Hoffmann.

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

Hofmann/HoffmannFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  He may be the man a Luebeck ML says married in 1766 a Finck woman, both from Riedesel (Mai&Marquardt#280).

Hofmann/HoffmannFN{J. Philipp}: listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659, 311) without origin. Origin in Mackweiler, Elsass was proven by the GCRA using FHL(771,146 and 778,355); they also found evidence that the family was in Hilsbach (now Czarny Las, Poland) S. Prussia for a time on its way to Russia.  See their book for more detail.

Hofmann/HoffmannFN{Matthias}: was in Bergdorf but was not the man listed in the 1816 census; said by KS:311 to be from Scheppach, Weinsbach [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  The GCRA, using FHL 1,346,109 verified his origin. This same man was erroneously said by KS:311 to have been in Bergdorf. See the GCRA book for detail.

HoffmannFN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be fromUC Auschenburg(?), Hessen.

Hoffmann FN{Martin}: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Borg with a Wagner stepdaughter in the household.

HoffmannFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Zoller?.

HoffmannFN: said by the Dehler FSL to be fromUC Spelcher, [Kur-]Trier.

HoffmannFN: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Linz(?), Darmstadt.

HoffmannFN: said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Waltenberg County (no locality indicated).

HoffmannFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Eckarsbrun, Hessen-Darmstadt.

HoffmannFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Langebranich(?), Erbach.

HoffmannFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Lovis?.

HoffmannFN: according to the Goebel FSL and to the 1798 Goebel census (Mai1798:Gb52), this was the maiden name of Schmidt (fromUC Ebensfeld, Bamberg)’s wife.

HoffmannFN: according to both the 1798 census (Mai1798:Gb24) and the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Gottfried (fromUC Kaisersbach, Kurmainz)’s wife.  Apparently this was a 2nd marriage for him.

HoffmannFN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

HoffmannFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Hirschberg?, Schleisien.

HoffmannFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Meckenburg-Schwerin.

HoffmannFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Maehren.

HoffmannFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Reichenbach, Schlesien.

HoffmannFN: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Allendorf, Kurmainz, with a Knapp orphan girl in the household.  Spelled both Hof and Hoffmann in 1798 (Mai1798:Nk36, Mv1882).

HoffmannFN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Ulrich.

HoffmannFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Giessen(?), Darmstadt.

HoffmannFN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Neustadt (no locality mentioned).

HoffmannFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Kuebelstein, Bamberg [Bishopric]. A Rosslau ML says a  Sapper married a Hoffmann woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1033); by 1767 this couple was in Leitsinger.

HoffmannFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Poland (no locality mentioned).

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

HoffmannFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Zell.  

HoffmanFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Mecklenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Hoffmann (Mai1798:Nr132).

HoffmannFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Hirschfeld.

HoffmannFN: also see Ofman.

HoffmeisterFN: Sherri Stahl has found the marriage records of a Goettmann man from Reichelsheim and a Hoffmeister woman from Nieder-Kinzig, Erbach, a first settler family in Frank.

HoffnungstalBV, Bessarabia: a Lutheran German village founded in 1842-48 mostly by settlers who had lived elsewhere in south Russia prior to coming to Hoffnungstal.  For a thorough history see http://www.odessa3.org/collections/history/link/hoffbess.txt and Stumpp, The Emigration…, pp.85-86.  Stumpp, pp.523-24 provides with no sources indicated an undated list of 55 households with some unverified origins information.  Curt Renz, AHSGR village coordinator for Hoffungstal, working in collaboration with Gwen Pritzkau, has spent over 20 years verifying their actual origins.  They have personally found in German church records the births for some 39 Hoffungstal family names which Curt now shares with us.  The family names follow.  Their origins are shown in separate entries for each family name elsewhere in this index.  Each of those separate entires gives both the village and the parish of origin:Aichele/Aickele, Aippersbach/Aipperspach, Aldinger, Bauer, Beck, Bollinger, Ehret, Eider, Eisenbeiss, Engelhardt, Goetz, Goll, Graf, Halt, Henke/Hinke, Hoehn, Hofer, Horst, Kaepple, Laemmle, Naass/Naasz, Obenauer, Pfitzer, Reinhardt, Reiser, Rieger, Rieker/Riecker, Schaible, Schlepp, Schnaible, Schott, Schweigert, Seebold, Simon, Singer, Wagenmann, Wahl, Weisshaar, Wenzel, and Wiederrich.

HoffsinGL: see Essen.

Hoffstaedten/HofstaedtenGL: is some 10 miles NNE of Aschaffenburg, and Said by the Buedingen ML to be home to the deceased husband of the Weber widow who married a Schuettler man in 1766; by 1767 the couple was in Kraft; Stumpp says it was near Aschaffenburg (Mai&Marquardt#688).

Hofgeismar, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 12 miles NNW of Kassel city, and was said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to homeUC to a Hose/Gose family, and possibly to an Erchardt family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.

HofheimGL, [Kurpfalz?]: is some 2.5 miles NE of Worms.  This was the home of the Urich family that went to Dietel.  Said by the Rothammel FSL to be homeUC to a Rupp family and perhaps to a Hermann family as well.  Said by the Seewald FSL to be homeUC to Sauer and Schwab families.

Hofheim-am-TaurnusGL: see Alt Hofheim.

HofheimGL, Wuerzburg: said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to a Bender family.  Hofheim-in-Unterfranken is some 34 miles NE of Wuerzburg city.

Hofheim-in-UnterfrankenGL: see Hofheim, Wuerzburg.

HofmannFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Gruenberg, Darmstadt.

HofmannFN: see Hoffmann.

HofmeisterFN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659) to have been fromUC Bondorf, Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  KS:312 said this family was fromUC Braunschweigueber Neu-Verbas, Ungarn.  The GCRA using FHL(1,055,978) has proven them to be fromUC Fellbach, like the Aldinger family into which a Hofmeister married, and to have come to Bergdorf via S. Prussia, not Hungary.

HofstaedtenGL: see Hoffstaedten.

HofstaetterFN: said by the Herzog FSL to be fromUC Regensburg.  Later spelled Hofstetter (Mai1798:Hr4).

HofstetterFN: see Hofstaetter.

Hofwald aka frau Peter HoferFN: using FHL#777,206, the GCRA proved her maiden name and her origin in Oberseebach, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass.  See the GCRA book for more.

Hogen?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Wemelik?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Hogen?GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Grenlich?{J.Wilhelm} family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Pommern.  There were seveal Hogen and Hoegens in the Germanies, but none that I can find in Pommern lands.

Hohberg, South Prussia: aka Bergfelde.

HohenackerGL, Waiblingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 2 miles N of Waiblingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Weisshaar family that settled in Hoffnungstal leaving home in 1800.

HohenaeckerFN: see Hohnecker

HohenburgGL: an unidentified place said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to Gerhauser and Meier families.  There are at least four Hohenburg in Germany and Austria.

Hohenfelser FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Dessau.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

HohenfriedebergGL, Schlesien: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home UC to a Klaus family.  This place seems now to be Dobromierz, Poland.

HohenloheGS Principality and County: one of the Hohenlohe Counts was seated at Oehringen with lands surrounding that city and extending NE to beyond Kuenzelsau and well beyond Langenburg. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Doenhof FSL to be homeUC to a Frank family.

Hohen-PritzGL/GS: an unidentified place said  by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to Sorgenfrey and possibly Siebert? families.  This probably was the town some 20 miles E of Schwerin city.

HohensiedelGL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Steinwasser family.  There is a Hohenseefeld, Querfurt Principality, Kursachsen, some 42 miles S of Berlin.

Hohensalza, Posen Department, South Prussia: nka Inowroclaw, Poland; it was 23 miles SE of Bromberg, and 61 miles NE of Posen, and the GCRA says that the Leicht and Reich families that went to South Russia, were associated with it.  They also suggest it was aka Wielkie Jeziorke which seems to be an entirely different place.

HohenSolmsGS: said by a Friedberg ML to be homeUC (no locality mentioned) to a Nild woman who in 1766 married a Bauer man (Mai&Marquardt#338).  By 1767 this couple was in the Belowescher Kolonien.  Also see see Solms-Hohensolms.

HohenstaufenGL, Goeppingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 3 miles NE of Goeppingen city, and was proven by the GCRA as home to the Glockenhan woman who was frau Spaeth in Glueckstal.

HohensteinGL, Besigheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 2.5 miles NW of Besigheim town, and said by KS:351 to have been homeUC to the Laetterle family it said left forUC Glueckstal.

Hohenzell?:  see Krossau.

Hohenzollern PrincipalityGS: held lands surrounding its seat at Sigmaringen which lay 28 miles S of Reutlingen city.  In addition there was a fairly narrow strip of land stretching WNW from Mariaberg Barony (13 miles N of Sigmaringen), through Hechingen town, allthe way to the Neckar river just SW of Horb-am-Neckar.

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

HohlFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC Degerlet(?), Wittenberg.  Later spelled Gol?

HohlFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC Winterburg, Kurpfalz.

Hohl/GolFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Schlierbach.

HohlmannFN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC Heilbronn.  At least one record spells it Almen.

HohlochFN: see Holloch.

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

HohmutFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Niederrissigheim?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Hohn?GL: said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Schroeder family.  This may be some 13 miles NE of Hammelburg and then in the Wuerzburg Bishopric.

Hohn-am-Berg(?)GL: is some 26 miles E of Wuerzburg, Bavaria, some ¼ mile W of Aschbach and said by the Holstein FSL to be homeUC to a Kraus family.  It was in an area where there was a jumble of small states.

Hohndorf FN: see Gondorf.

HohneckerFN: he was for a time in Glueckstal.  The GCRA proved he was not from Neipperg, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg, but could not find his roots;  see their book for more detail.  Also spelled Hohenaecker.

HohnstedtGL, [Goettingen Principality]: is some 15 miles N of Goettingen city, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Nackel? family.

HohnsteinFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).

HohnsteinFN: three families said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Two of the wives’ maiden names were given in 1798 as Karl and Erbold (Mai1798:Nr25, 74).  The Buedingen church records said in 1766 when a daughter was born that one of these men was fromUC Wiedermus (Mai&Marquardt#1207).  A Luebeck ML says that one of these men married a Reichert woman in 1766 [by 1798 he is married to a Karl] (Mai&Marquardt#1199).  Bonner proved that two of these men {Adam} & {Nicolaus} were baptized and married in Eckartshausen, Isenburg[-Buedingen County], and that the third {Johannes} was baptized in Vonhausen, Isenburg[-Buedingen County]; {Adam} married a Kraft and {Nicolaus} married a Siebold fromUC Vonhausen.

Hohnstein CountyGS: this was a relatively small county situated on both banks of the Wipper river to the W and NW of Nordhausen city.

HoldeFN: see Golde.

HoldorfFN: see Goldorf.

HolgartFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Lembach, Darmstadt.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Voelkart (Mai1798:Nb38).  Also see Vollert of Paulskaya.

HoligFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Richel?, Kurpfalz.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

HollandFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). In 1798 the family name was spelled Holland (Mai1798:Ms57).

HollandFN: the Messer FSL census indicates that this was the likely maiden name of frau Zieg (Mai1798:Ms76).

HollandGS: a country which gained its independence from Spain in 1579.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a van der Manen family.

HollbachGL: an unidentified place said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be near Hanau, and homeUC to a Stapper family (pp.31, 34).  There is aa Horbach some 10 miles E of Hanau city.

HollbachGL, Mosel District, Lorraine: an unidentified place said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to a Streif man who came here in 1812 as a prisoner of war (p.35).

Hollbeck?FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Lueneburg.

HollerFN: see Holtner.

HollerbachGL, Erbach: said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Haag man who in 1766 married a Brunner woman (Mai&Marquardt#599).  By 1767 this couple was in the Belowescher Kolonien.  There is a Hoellerbach some 9 miles NW of Erbach city.

Holloch{Ludwig}FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:677) with no origin, But KS:312 has him as Hohloch from Reutlingen, Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,569,075 and 1,569,082), the GCRA proved this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.

Holloch{Konrad}FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#1) and KS:312 without origin. Using FHL#1,569,075, the GCRA proved their origin in Reutlingen, Reutlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more.  Also spelled Hohloch.

Hollstein/HolsteinFN: said by both Pleve and Stumpp versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be fromUC Erbach (now in the state of Hessen); said by Kromm to be be fromUC Hetzbach, Breuberg [County], near Erbach.

HollwegerFN: listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:665) without origin, but KS:312 says their origin was Leidringen, Balingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,732,297).  See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Holweger and Holwegner.

HolwegerFN: see Hollweger.

HolwegnerFN: see Hollweger.

HolmdrupGL, Daenemark: is some 57 miles NNE of Kiel, and said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to a Friedrichsen family.

HolsteinFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Setzingen, [Ulm Imperial City].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk4, 39.

HolsteinFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Muelhausen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

HolsteinFN: also see VonHolstein and Hollstein.

Holstein [Duchies]GS, apparently there were two Holstein duchies in the 1760’s: 1) the Holstein Royal Duchy belonging to the Kingdom of Denmark, and 2) the independent Holstein-Gottorp Duchy.  Their lands all lay S of the Elder and N of the Elbe Rivers, N of Hamburg city, and W and N of Luebeck city.  Their possessions were interspersed and jurisdictions were often contested and ill-defined.  I have found no way to distinguish between them in the Volga FSL.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Bauer FSL to be homeUC to a Mueller family. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Monz/Mons family.  Said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to Elenberger and Nicolausen families (no locality mentioned).  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Doenhof FSL to be homeUC to a Erksin family.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be homeUC (no locality mentioned) to Marquart and possibly a Hessenbeie? family. Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Rotenburg family.  See also Schleswig-Holstein.

HolsteinVV (aka Goldstein, Verchnaja Kulalinka HolsteinVV (aka Goldstein, Verchnaja Kulalinka, Verkhnaya Kulalinka, Werchnaja Kulalinka) is a Lutheran German village on the western side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp. 125-137.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. Verified corrections are in red.  The number with the name is their household number in the FSL:

from Beeskow(?): (Ruf32);

from Bergen: (Kuxhausen1);

from Bielefeld: (Hiltermann4, 15);

from Bietlingen(?): (Peil44);

from Braunschweig: (Stehlfeld9);

from Dergin(?): (Merine?26);

from Digouste(?): (Asmus16);

from Dreihof(?): (Winick/Winicke/Winik11);

from Ehringshausen, Darmstadt: (Beitz39);

from Eutin: (Jung25);

from Fegiandrintza(?): (Breiniger17);

from Frohburg, Sachsen: (Kerbs14);

from Gi?pro(?): (Linde5 and possibly Geinitz5);

from Hohn-am-Berg(?): (Kraus28);

from Iven(?), Pommern(?): (Brickmann22);

from Karlsruhe: (Jauck18);

from Karze(?), (Jauck20);

from Kobern(?): (Dangelin?10);

from Kretz, Sachsen: (Melzer13);

from Langenstein, Sachsen: (Meder43);

from Meimersdorf: (Koeln21);

from Meinzing(?): (Pfeiler12);

from Memelsdorf(?), Holstein: (Schmiese23, Schwin24);

from Miam(?): (Asselmann6);

from Necken(?): (Martens3);

from Nelzinei(?), Darmstadt: (Wittmann35);

from Neubau: (Kast?27);

from Neulise(?): (Knaus29);

from Oberlind(?): (Heider?30);

from Pomar(?), Preussen: (Hoefner7);

from Preussisch Holland(?), Preussen: (Simon31);

from Raibach, Darmstadt: (Borger34, Deisner8,