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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KeberleFN: see Keberlein.

KeberleinFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Arnstein.  Later spelled Keberle (Mai1798:Pf34).  Kuhlberg gives the state as Wuerzburg.

KeberleinFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg no locality indicated.  Later spelled Keberle (Mai1798:Pf70).

Kebring?, Brandendorf: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to an Arni/Arne family.

KechterFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Waltenbuch, Wittenberg Duchy.

KeckFN: settled, no date given, in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Dillstein, Weissenstein parish, Baden.   Curt says this place is now called Dillweissenstein.  Stumpp p.599 says the Keck family that went to Gueldendorf was from Guendelhof, Calw, Wuerttemberg.

KeckFN: also see Kek.

Kecklingen?GL, Kurpfalz: said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to two Muellecker familes: {Peter}and {Johannes}, with an Op orphan in the Johannes household.  This probably was Kicklingen, Kurpfalz, some 18 miles NW of Augsburg city.

KicklingenGL: see Kecklingen.

KeddinggenGL: see Goettingen.

KefenrodGL: see Keffenrod.

Kefertal(?)FN, Kurpfalz: is an unidentified locality, said by the Rothammel FSL to be homeUC to a Roschauer family.  This might be Kupferzell, Baden-Wuerttemberg which is some 22 miles ENE of Heilbronn.

KeffenachGL, Sulz [Amt], Weissenburg [Oberamt], Elsass: was 2 miles N of Sulz town and said by the Bergdorf 1816 census to be home to the Kauz/Kautz family -- this origin was verified by the GCRA. Proved by the GCRA to be home to frau Martel (nee Dietz) of Kassel.  See the GCRA book for more.

KeffenrothGL: now Kefenrod, Hessen, some 5 miles NE of Buedingen, and said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Jakoby man who married a Weinberger woman in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka; Stumpp said Kefenrod was near Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#604).

KefuescherFN: see Kesisch.

KeglerFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be a step-son living with the Geidereich family which would indicate that frau Geidereich was previously frau Kegler.

Kegler?FN: also see Flegler.

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

KehlFN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be fromUC Steinheim, with his Fuhr wife in the household.   Spelled Kiel in 1798 (Mai1798:Hd9, 15, 16).

KehlFN: also see Klein.

KehlFN: see Wagner of Katharinenstadt and Wien.

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

KehmFN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Hartung (Mai1798:Nr78).

KehmFN: also see Gette.

KehrenbachGL, Hesse: is some 12 miles SSE of Kassel city.

KeibFN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be fromUC Salmuenster,  [Fulda Bishopric], with his Resch wife in the household.   Spelled Keip in 1798 (Mai1798:Hd01).

KeiblerFN: see Kifler?.

KeiferFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Eisenheim, Wuerzburg.

KeiferFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Meila(?).

Keihm/KeimFN said by the Kautz FSL to be fromUC Hamm-amt-Alzey, Kurpfalz.

KeilFN: said by the Anton FSL to be fromUC Heppenheim Oberamt, Kurmainz.  Volz says this family has Hessen origins.

KeilFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Oschatz.

KeilFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Haldorf.

KeilFN: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Dordecken(?), Kurpfalz.

KeilFN: listed (#3) in the 1816 Kassel census and in KS:326 as coming fromUC Rot, Heidelberg [Amt}, Baden.  See the GCRA book for more.

KeilFN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Alzey (no locality mentioned).

KeilFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Babenhausen, Darmstadt. 

KeilFN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC Frielingen, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].  The maiden name of frau Keil was given as Karez? in 1798 (Mai1798:Pp14). 

KeilFN: according to the Buedingen ML a Keil woman fromUC Buedingen married in 1766 an Appel man; by 1767 the couple was in Stahl-am-Karaman (Mai&Marquardt#529).

Keile?FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be a step-son in the Schroeder{Johann} household.

KeilerFN: see Keller.

KeilmannFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Iba.  In 1798 these two families were in Meinhard colony (Mai1798: Mn01, 18).

KeimFN: said mistakenly by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671, 326) to be fromUC Feldstetten, Muensingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,569,074-5 and 1,469,082), the GCRA proved origin in Reutlingen, Reutlingen Amt, Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more details.

KeimFN: said by the 1816 Kassel census (#5, KS:685) to be from Feldstetten, Muensingen [Amt}, Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL#1,190,246, the GCRA proved this origin.  KS:326 mistakenly said this man went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more.

KeimFN: said by the Messer 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Willmann (Mai1798:Ms65).

KeimFN: also see Kaehm and Keihm.

Keinberg(?)GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Knoll family.  This might be Kemberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, some 6 miles S of Wittenberg city.

KeipFN: see Keib.

KeiserFN: see Kaiser.

KeitelFN: see Knittel.

KeiterFN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Seligenstadt (no locality mentioned).

KeitmanFN: see Keytmann.

KekFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Ehring, Ansbach.  In 1798 the family name was given as Keck (Mai1798:Lw33).

KekselFN: see Keskel.

Keksholm, [Russia]:  nka Priozersk, some 77 miles N of St. Petersburg city centre, and said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to a Kandelin family.

Kel?FN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of Bachmann’s wife (Mai1798:Nr67).

KelberFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Burglengenfeld, Kurpfalz.

Kelberdinger?FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Eich  I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.

KelbermaterFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Raron?, Schweiz. 

Kelchart?FN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Stolberg (no locality mentioned).

KelchnerFN: said by the Enders FSL to be a step-son living in the Brant household; the FSL said frau Brant [his likely mother] was said to be fromUC Neustadt, Wernburg. I cannot find this Kelchner family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KelengarGL: a varient spelling of Gelnhaar in the Walter FSL.

KelgarGL: a varient spelling of Gelnhaar in the Walter FSL.

Kelgin(?)GL, Strumbach(?):an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Schueber family.

KelgorGL: a varient spelling of Gelnhaar in the Walter FSL.

KelheimGS: Kelheim, Bavaria is some 12 miles SW of Regensburg.  It was the orginial home in the 1100s of the Wittlesbach Dukes, who later came to control much of Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia, with scattered lands there centered on Cologne which for a very long time was under their control as well.  It must be that one of their minor branchs called their lands around Cologne, Kelheim.  It is here that most the localities said by the Preuss FSL to be in the state of Kelheim seem to be.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Jungblut family.

KelheimGL, [Kur-]Bayern: is some 12 miles SW of Regensburg.  Said by the Herzog FSL to be home to Glaser, Ortmann, Richmeier, and, perhaps, Wallborg families.

Kelheim, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC to a Brenauer family.

Kelheim?, Mannheim, [Kurpfalz]: an unidentified place said by the Husaren FSL to be homeUC to a Hoefner/Hoefer family.

KeligarGL: a varient spelling of Gelnhaar in the Walter FSL.

KelingGL: a varient spelling of Gelnhaar in the Walter FSL.

KelkerFN: according to the Doenhof FSL he was an orphan living in a Nuss household from Isenburg.

KelleFN: see Koelle.

KellenbachGL, Baden [surely this was Kurpfalz, not Baden]: is some 3 miles NNE of Kirn, Rhineland-Palantinate, and said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Bronn man who in 1766 married a Heinrich woman; by 1767 this couple was in Norka; Stumpp says Kellenbach was near Kirn, Pfalz (Mai&Marquardt#702).

KellenbachGL, Kurmainz: said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to Stamm, and possibly Gabel, Hammel and Trinak families. The only Kellenbach I can find is some 19 miles WSW of Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, and then surely should have been Kurpfalz, not Kurmainz.

KellenbachGL, Simmern Kreis, Preussen Rheinland: is some 9 miles S of Simmern city, and may have been homeUC to the Schuetz family that went to Glueckstal via Tscherwenka, Hungary. The GCRA also proved this place the origin of the Miller/Mueller{G.Peter, Heinrich, J.Philip} family that settled in Kassel and of the Pleisch/Pleiss/Pleinis/Pleim and Krain/Krein/Grein families that settled in Neudorf.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

KellerFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality indicated).

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

Keller FN {J.Jakob}: mistakenly said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670) to be fromUC Mothern, Weissenberg [Amt], Elsass, and mistakenly said by KS:326 to be fromUC LeimersheimGL, Germersheim [Amt], Pfalz.  Using FHL(1,056,860), the GCRA proved origin in Schlierbach, Goeppingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  His Stotz wife is is suspected by the GCRA to be fromUC Wollishofen, Zurich [Amt], Schweis.  See the GCRA book for more details.

KellerFN{Heinrich, Jakob, Peter}:  these actually were Kessler men incorrectly listed as Keller men in the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671, 674, 327).

KellerFN: arrived in South Russia in 1819; later these three families settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Gondelsheim, Bruchsal Oberamt, Baden.

Keller{frau Berkirchert}FN: both using FHL#1,184,780-1 was proven by the GCRA to be from Hausen-an-der-Zaber, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more.

KellerFN: said by the Keller FSL to be fromUC Gunsbach, Kurpfalz.  Spelled Keiler in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn75).

KellerFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Alsfeld, Darmstadt.

KellerFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Isistadt(?), Brandenburg.

KellerFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Laubach.  According to the Woehrd ML this man was fromUC Dobesrieth and married a Brunner woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#821).

KellerFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Obernhausen, Kurtrier.    Spelled Keiler in 1798 (Mai1798:Sm25, Hz39).

KellerFN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wives of two Isenburger Derr men (Mai1798:Nr19, 44).

KellerFN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Frank (Mai1798:Nr176).

KellerFN: listed in the Pobochnaya FSL so may have been from Darmstadt state.  

KellerFN: said by the Seewald FSL to be fromUC Dirmstein, Worms.

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

KellerFN see also Kahler or Koehler.

KellerGL: an unidentified place said by the Louis FSL to be homeUC to a SchaeferF family.  There are at least six Keller in Germany.

KellerVV: (aka Krasnorynovka and Krasnorynowka) is a Catholic German village founded in 1766 on the eastern side of the Volga.  It was completely destroyed by the Kirghiz in 1774.  Many of its survivors went to Neu-Kolonie.  For several of the surviving families I have indicated where members were in 1798.  The Keller  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol. II, pp. 341-357.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places, italics indicate information from the Kuhlberg list, with the family names shown here in parens. Other spellings of family names, usually from later sources are in square brackets. {Adam} indicates that there were more than one of a family name listed in the FSL, and the given name of this one was Adam.  Verified origin information is in red.  The number after the family name is their FSL household number:

from Allendorf, Kurmainz: (Guntherom48);

from Bettenhausen?, Kurmainz: (Riebel[Ruppel]3);

from Bissersheim, Kurmainz: (Degass67);

from Bodenheim, Kurmainz: (Bernhardt39, Grollmann28, Hahn{Jacob}31, Kloster{Johannes}32, Schippert[Schipper]27, and possibly Fell27a);

from Bommersheim, Kurmainz: (Schmidt{Johannes}46, {Lorenz}47);

from Bruchhausen, Kurpfalz: (Bracht2, and possibly Richelhof2a);

from Calbach, Kurmainz: (Adam49, and possibly Diel{Karl and Katharina}49a);

from Gauersheim, Kurpfalz: (Thomas{Heinrich}52);

from Gross Winterbach?, Kurpfalz: (Koch35, Schmidt{Michael}38);

from Gunsbach, Kurpfalz: (Keller[Keiler]1);

from Hattersheim, Kurmainz: (Hahn{Friedrich}18, Hesser11, Philipp33, Walter10, and possibly Jost11a and Leindecker33a);

from Hausen, Hessen-Kassel: (Gerlach20);

from Heimbach, Wuerttemberg: (Mueller{Herman}9);

from Heimerdingen, Wuerttemberg: (Hahn{Gottfried}23, and possibly Fritz23a);

from Hesseneck?, Kurmainz: (Werner8);

from Horn, Kurmainz: (Heinrich15);

from Ingelheim, Stein: (Walter{Maria Eva}75);

from Kaiserslautern: (Bohn13, Heisser14);

from Kaltenborn, Kurpfalz: (Bellmann42);

from Kamberg, Kurtrier: (Pauly71);

from Kammerstein, Kurpfalz: (Job61);

from Kempton, Kurmainz: (Bleitz[Blaits]{Peter}29, {Adam}30);

from Kettenbach, Hesse-Kassel: (Burgholz43);

from Koeln: (Spithof[Spaedter]61a);

from Koenigshofen, Nassau: (Gorgie41, and possibly Riegelhof41a);

from Kolheim?, Kurmainz: (Ulrich45);

from Konstanz: (Eklich?63);

from Konz, Kurtrier: (Folop?24);

from Kottenheim, Bassenheim: (Ebers22, Fischer{Nicolaus}16, {J.Heinrich}56, Rau21, and possibly Rauch22a, and Riegelhof16a);

from Kurmainz: (Jbel17);

from Kutonin?, Mainz: Acqua[Aqua]64;

from Laubenheim, Kurmainz: (Martin4, Philipp{Adam}5);

from Mainz: (Herwig[Herrwig]50);

from Merzig, Kurtrier: (Hoffmann[Hof]37, and possibly Knapp37a);

from Milchenbach?, Westfalen: (Schulz60);

from Muehlenbach: (Klotz{Heinrich}53);

from Muenchen: (Hasselwanter62);

from Neulussheim, Kurmainz: (Leichner12);

from Nuernberg: (Holzer73);

from Oberhofen, Mainz: (Fletschinger40);

from Oberursel, Kurmainz: (Birsack[Biersack]{Johannes}58, {Philipp}72);

from Offenbach, Isenburg: (Mathius26);

from Oftersheim?, Kurmainz: (Gebhard6);

from Reifenberg, Bassenheim: (Brendel7, Fischer{Barbara}70, Waldschmidt68);

from Rothenbach, Kurmainz: (Diel{Johannes}51);

from Scheer?, Oesterreich: (Wenzel{Christian}44);

from Schlechtenwald?, Boehmen: (Heckmann?55);

from Schwassing-bei-Muehle, Boehmen: (Schindler65);

from Sponsheim?, Kurfalz: (Lemrich57 and possibly Kastell57a);

from Strassburg: (Girdwar36 and possibly Kloster{David}36a);

from Tunbahc?, Kurtrier: (Ochs25);

from Unknown: (Jserloh9a, Wenzel{Kaspar}74);

from Urlichstadt?, Darmstadt: (Muehlhaus[Muehlhausen]54, and possibly Thomas{Konrad}54a);

from Villmar, Kurtrier: (Schaf59, and possibly Brehn[Brehm]59a);

from Walensheim?, Wuerzburg: (Hahn{Kaspar}66);

from Welshofen?, Kurpfalz: (Scherer{Antonette}19, Schwarz69);

from Westhofen, Kurpfalz: (Scherer{Johannes}34).

KellermannFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Anhalt- Zerbst (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Kn31.

KellermannFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Suhl, Saxony.

KellfussFN: said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Kahla, Sachsen.  Later spelled Hellfuss and Delfuss (Mai1798:Gf41).

KellhausenGL, Free Republic: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Kimmel family.  The Walter Research Group identified this as Gelnhausen.

KellnerFN: see Kelner.

Kelner/Koelner/Kellner?FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Kur Trier (no locality mentioned).

Kelor(?)GL, Friedberg: an unidentified place said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Beckel family.

Kelzhaus(?)GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Schnieder and perhaps an Erlich family.

KemannFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Fahrt (?), Hannover.

Kembel/KempelFN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Kemberg(?)/Kimberg(?)GL: said by the Kratzke FSL to be homeUC to a Sommer family.  It surely is the same place as the following entry.  See also Keinberg.

KembergGL, [Kur-]Sachsen: is some 7 miles S of Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anahlt.  Said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Hein family.Said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Richter family.

KemerFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Grosserlach, Kurmainz.  Later spelled Kaemmerer (Mai1798:Gb66).  The Buedingen ML says this Kaemmerer man from Mainz married a Voelcker woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#357).

KemetFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671, 674, 327) to be from Ehrstaedt, Sinsheim [Amt], Baden.  Using FHL(1,189,149), the GCRA verified this origin, and that his wife had been a Stahl. See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Kemmet, Kimets and Kimmels (KS:329).

Keminisch(?)GS: an unidentified place said (no locality mentioned) by the Doenhof FSL to be homeUC to a Detterer family.

KemmerFN: see Kaemmer.

KemmererFN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Seligenstadt (no locality mentioned).  According to the Buedingen ML this Kaemmerer man married in 1766 a Lang woman, no origin given for either; Stumpp says he was from Altenstadt near Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#411).

KemmerzellFN: see Kammerzell.

KemmetFN: see Kemet.

KempelFN: three families said by the Moor FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  The family name was spelled Kembel and one wife’s maiden name was given as Michel in 1798 (Mai1798:Mo38,29).

KempelFN also see Kembel.

KempfFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Oberhoechstadt, Mainz.

KemptenGL: see Kempton.

KemptonGL, Kurmainz: is likely Kempten, just barely NE of Bingen-am-Rhein, and said by the Keller FSL to be homeUC to Bleitz{Peter}, {Adam} families.

KemptenGL, Schwaben: this city is some 52 miles SW of Augsburg, Bavaria and said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Gindlein? family.

KenaerFN, see Kerner.

KenelFN: the Schlitz ML says this woman fromUC Walerode married a Bindewald man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Boaro (Mai&Marquardt#742).  A later source gives (unless he married a second time) her maiden name as Rael.

KenerFN: said by the Herzog FSL to be fromUC Roding, Bayern.  Later spelled Kenner and his wife’s maiden name is given as Erlich (Mai1798:Hr20).

KenerFN: the Norka FSL says this servant was living in a Helzer household from Hessen.

Kengi?GL, Holstein: an unidentified place said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to a Brant family and possibly to a Kelchner family.

Kengott FN:  listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:672) as frau Fischer without origin; the GCRA proved her origin in Reutlingen, Reutlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg, using FHL 1,596,075; see their book for detail.

KennerFN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be fromUC Nussdorf.

KennerFN, also see Kener and Kerner.

Kenzingen?GL, Britzgau?,: is 14 miles NNW of Freiburg city, and said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Huck family.  Kuhlberg said, evidently mistakenly, that this was in Ungarn. 

Kepa, Warschau Duchy: the GCRA says it has now been incorporated with Warsaw city and was associated with a Weber family in 1807.

KepelFN: listed by the 1816 Kassel census (#114) as missing with no origin given.

Kepler? FN: said by the 1798 census to be the maiden name of Streb/Schreb’s wife (Mai1798:Db12)..

Kepp?FN: Herr Kepp was said by the Fischer FSL to be fromUC Berboe, Polen; his frau was said to come from Lanzberg?, Brandenburg.   I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

KerbelFN: see Kerber.

KerberFN: said by the Brabander 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Dentler. A Woehrd ML says this Coerper woman of Schluesselfeld married in 1766 a Dentler man (Mai&Marquardt#795).

KerberFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Durlach (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Kerbel.

KerbsFN: said by the Holstein FSL to be fromUC Frohburg, Sachsen.

KercherFN: listed by the 1858 Neudorf census (#249) with no origin.  The GCRA did no treat this family.,

Kerebach?GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Heck? family.  The 1798 Boregard census gives the wife’s maiden name as Jordan (Mai1798:Bb28).

Kergbolan(?), Nassau: an unidentified place said by the Kratzke FSL to be homeUC to a Gross family.

KerlFN: see Carl.

KernFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Stroumbach?, Wuerzburg [Bishopric].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn28.

KernFN: said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Pfalz (no locality indicated).

KernFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Schotten, Darmstadt.  Later spelled Kerne (Mai1798:Gb67).

KernFN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be a widow in the Amrhein household.

KernFN: according to a Luebeck ML this woman married a Mueller man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Kano (Mai&Marquardt#213).

KernFN:  the GCRA believes this woman who is frau Knapp in the 1816 Kassel census (#75) may have come fromUC Fischbach, Lemberg, Pirmasens [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.

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

KernFN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Dinges (Mai1798:Nr43).

KernbachGL, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is some 6 miles NW of Marburg-an-der-Lahn, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Mai family.

KerneFN: see Kern.

KernerFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Delchenburg?.  Spelled Koerner in 1798 (Mai1798:Ka34).

KernerFN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be fromUC Leipa, Boehmen.  Spelled Koerner in 1798 (Mai1798:Ld7).

Kerner/Kenaer/KennerFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Wimmelbach/Wimelbach.

KernerFN: both the 1858 Kassel census (#227) and KS:328 said this family came fromUC Ubstadt, Bruchsal [Amt], Baden.  Using FHL#1,336,992 the GCRA proved origin in Maubach, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See their book for more.  Better spelled Koerner.

KernerFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be a step-son living in the Schatz household.  This would imply that frau Schatz was formerly frau Kerner.  In 1798 the family name was given as Koerner and Geringer (Mai1798:Lw8).

Kerpche?, Gockelm?: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Kroneberger family.

Kersary(?)GL, Nassau: an unidentified place said by the Bauer FSL to be homeUC to a Schlund family.  It might be the place from which Schlund started his journey to Russia, but he evidently was born in Obrigheim-bei-Gruenstadt.

Kersbach?, Bamberg [Bishopric]: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to Dedzor and Raab families.   Kersbach, Bamberg Bishopric was 16 miles SSE of Bamberg city.

KerschbaumFN: see Kirschbaum.

Kerschvelt/Kerschwald/Kirschalt/Kirschfelt[Gersfeld]GL, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to Bartelmei, Bartolmei, Bartolomei, Burkhart, Kammerzell, Limpert, Ofman, and Streck families.  The Buedingen ML includes one of these men saying he was from Gersfeld.  The Walter Research Project also has identified Kerschvelt as Gersfeld, Hessen.

KerschwaldGL, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: Evidently a variation of Kerschvelt.

KersdorfGL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Sittig family.  This probably is was 39 miles ESE of Berlin city centre, in Kurbrandenburg.

KersterFN: see Gerstner.

KertzingerFN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Ancre (fromUC Danzig)’s wife.

Kervel(?)GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Stohr family.

KervenheimGL, Wuerzburg: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to Popp and Regard families.  The only Kervenheim I can find is in North Rhine-Westphalia, some 27 miles SE of Arnhem.

KerzenheimGL, [Nassau-Weilburg Principality]: is some 12 miles SSW of Alzey city, and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Heinrich family.

KesbachGL, Franken: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be homeUC to a Fertig family.

KeserlankFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Altenfeld.  Spelled Kesslering and Kessler in 1798 (Mai1798: Hm03).

KesischFN: a Kesisch woman married a Lutze man in Rosslau in 1766; later they may have gone to Frank.  Stumpp gives the family name as Kefuescher and the date as 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#988).

Keskel?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Westerburg.  Spelled Keksel in 1798 (Mai1798: Mv307, Fs05).

Keskel{Adam}FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Westerburg.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Keskel{Mathias}FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Westerburg.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KeskelFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Insterburg?.  I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.

Keskel?FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Wetterburg. ).  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

KesnerFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg no locality indicated.  

Kess?FN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Kestrich.

KessFN: also see Kaes.

KesselFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Luebeck. I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

KesselbachGL: see Kisi.

KesselringFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Orb.  I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.

KesselmuehleGL: see Ketzeman and Kessemich.

Kessemich?GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Klotzbach family.  This may be Kessenich, some 21 miles NNE of Maastricht city or a neighborhood must S of Bonn city.  There apparently was a Kesselmuehle not far from Katzenelnbogen and Klingelbach in Katzenelbogen County, which in turn was a subsidiary of  Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate.

Kessenhausen?, [Kur-]Trier: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Lintze family.

Kessler FN{Heinrich, Jakob, Peter}:  incorrectly listed as coming to Glueckstal fromUC Roetzweiler, Birkenfeld [Amt] by KS:328,  incorrectly in the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671, 674) as Keller fromUC Leimersheim, Germersheim [Amt], Pfalz, and incorrectly by KS:327 as Keller fromUC Mothern, Seltz [Amt], Elsass.  Using FHL(1,457,590) the GCRA proved origin in Lohnsfeld, Kaiserslautern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  The GCRA also found evidence that the family came through South Prussia sometime between 1801 and 1808.   See their book for more detail.

KesslerFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Koenigshofen.

KesslerFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Schwaben, while his wife was said to be fromUC Saargemuend, Lothringen.  In 1798 her maiden name was given as Lich (Mai1798:Ls52).

KesslerFN: the 1798 Mariental census gives this as the maiden name of Frau Mueller (Mai1798:Mt80). According to the Mariental FSL she was fromUC Busendorf, Frankreich and her first husband was a Risch.

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

KesslerFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Neukirchen, [Nassau-Weilburg Principality].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Om73, Lz14, Sn46.

KesslerFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Zoellnitz. The family name was spelled Kissler in 1798 (Mai1798:Or41).

KesslerFN: also see Keserlank.

KessleringFN: see Keserlank.

Kestenhof?GL: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Weber{Peter} family.

Kestle?FN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Wuerttemberg (no locality mentioned).

KestrichGL: said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Kess? family.  This surely is the same place as the next entry.

KestrichGL, Hessen-Darmstadt: is some 23 miles NW of Fulda, and said by the Frank FSL to be homeUC to a Schaefer family.  The Buedingen ML spells it Koestrich and another source says it is near Alsfeld (Mai&Marquardt#352).

KesziGL: see Bulkess.

KetekeFN: said by the Jost FSL to be the betrothed of Herr Schleicher and living in his household.  I could not find the Keteke family name in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KeterFN: see Ketter.

KetichFN: also see Grosch.

Kettenbach?GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Bunder family.    Kuhlberg said this was in Runkel.

Kettenbach, [Katzenelnbogen Co], Hesse-Kassel: is some 13 miles NNW of Wiesbaden city, and said by the Keller FSL to be homeUC to a Burgholz family.

KettenheimGL: see Kottenheim.

Ketter FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Friedland.  Spelled Keter? in 1798 and the wife’s maiden name was give as Los (Mai1798:Zr09).

KetterlingFN: said by the Kassel 1816 census and KS:328 to be from Doerrenbach [Amt], Bergzabern [Oberamt], Pfalz. Proved by the GCRA to be from Oberrotterbach in that Amt.

KettlerFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Schweiz.

Kettler FN: said by the 1816 Neudorf census (#116) to be from the Warsaw Duchy and listed by  KS:328 with no origin.  The GCRA believes they were from West Prussia but have been unable to prove where.  Also spelled Kittler. See the GCRA book for a bit more.

KettlerFN: also see Kittler.

KettwigGL, [Werden Imperial Abbey]: is some 6 miles SW of Essen city, and was said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Doenhof family.

Ketzeman?GL: an unidentified place said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to homeUC to a Goebel family.  I could not find this place in the Germanies.  Also see Kessemich.  There apparently was a Kesselmuehle not far from Katzenelnbogen and Klingelbach in Katzenelbogen County, a subsidiary of  Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate.

Ketzeman? an unidentified place said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to homeUC to a Klotzbach family.  I could not find this place in the Germanies.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.&nb