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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Kichler?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Marburg, Hessen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KicklingenGL: see Kecklingen.

Kidow(?)GL: was an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the state of Hessen-Darmstadt and was homeUC to a Eckert family.

KieblerFN: see Kifler?.

KiedemannFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Machzen(?).

KieferFN: see Kieffer.

KiefferFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Neukirchen, Luxembourg [Duchy].    Spelled Kiefer in 1798 (Mai1798:Dl37).

KieffertFN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be fromUC Luxembourg, no locality given.   In the printed FSL Herr Kieffert’s given name is Mangriech, but in 1798 his daughter’s maiden family name seems to be Manrich (Ls33).

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

KielFN: see Kehl.

KielGL, Holstein[-Gottorp Duchy]: is some 51 miles N of Hamburg city and some 36 miles NW of Luebeck city.  Said by the Bauer FSL to be homeUC to a Witt family.  Said by the Bettinger FSL to be homeUC to a Busch and perhaps a Wilke? family.  Said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Luis family.  Said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to Gromann, and Weissbrot families.  Said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to Dietz and Graetz families. Said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to three Endersen families.  Said by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to an Andersen family. Said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Suksdorf?/Suchsdorf family.  Said by the Graf FSL to be homeUC to a Stollmann family.  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to a Heiland family.  Said by the Kratzke FSL to be homeUC to a Lange family.  Said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to Althausen and Stern families.  Said by the Merkel FSL to be homeUC to a Flohr family.

Kielerakpow(?)GL, Holstein: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Cabobel family.  This might be Kiel, Holstein?

KiesFN{Abraham, David}: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671,675) with no origin; but KS:329 said they were from Moehringen, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL(1,055,882-7), the GCRA verified this origin.  One of the sons married a Zehender.  See the GCRA book for more.

KiesFN{Jacob}:  listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 677) with no origin, but said by KS:329 to be from Moehringen, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  The GCRA proved this family was not fromUC Moehringen, and almost surely was fromUC Tscherwenka, Batschka, Hungary.  See their book for more detail.

KiesFN: also spelled Kiess, Kiesz, Kis, and Kiss.

KieslingFN: see Kiserling.

KiessFN: see Kies.

KiesserFN: see Kisser.

KieszFN: see Kies.

KiewitFN: see Kiwet?.

Kifler?FN: a frau Kifler? was said by the Enders FSL to be a Kolberg widow fromUC Durlach.  The Enders 1798 census said her maiden name was Riesch (Mai1798:En12).

Kifler?FN: said by the Enders FLS to be a step-daughter living in a Kraft household.  A Luebeck ML gave her mother’s maiden name as Kuemler; but the 1798 Katharinenstadt census gave her mother’s maiden name as Kiebler (Mai&Marquardt#114).

Kifler?FN: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC PaterburgGL, Katelbusch?. . The family name in 1798 was spelled Kiebler and the wife was said to be fromUC Durlach (Mai1798:En12).

Kifler?FN: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC PaterburgGL, Katelbusch?.  The family name in 1798 was spelled Kiebler (Mai1798:En2).

KihslerFN: see Kissler.

KilbFN said by the Seewald FSL to come fromUC Schmitthausen, Zweibruechen.  Later spelled Kuelpe.

KilchbergGL, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 3.5 miles SW of Tuebingen city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Kapp family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

KildauFN: see Kuelthau and Kuhlthau.

KilianFN: the Beudingen ML says this woman (no origin given) married a Kahl man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Dobrinka (Mai&Marquardt#403).

KilianFN: Herr Kilian was said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Rekgoberteng?, Frankreich, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Pichel (no origin given).  I could not find this Kilian family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KillmeyerFN: see Kohlmeier.

Kilmeis?, Schwaben: an unidentified place said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Wiedemann family.

Kilrastof(?)GL, Holstein: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to Arp and perhaps Benedikt families.

KiltauFN: see Kuelthau.

KilthauFN: see Kuelthau.

KiltzFN: see Kilz of Boaro.

Kilz?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Zerbst (no locality mentioned).   Spelled Kiltz in 1798 (Mai1798: Mv296).

KimbaldFN: see Gimbald.

Kimberg(?)GL see Kemberg.

KimetsFN: see Kemet.

KimmelFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Kellhausen, Free Republic.

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

Kimmels FN: see Kemmet.

KindFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Ren?, Hannover.

KindFN: according to a Luebeck ML this woman married in 1766 a Schaeffer man (Mai&Marquardt#183).  By 1767 they were in Phillipsfeld (FSL #32) where her name seems to have been spelled Quint.

KindVV (aka Bashkakovka): a Lutheran colony founded in 1767 on the eastern side of the Volga river not far from Naeb.  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.

KinderknechtFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Blieskastel.

KindsvaterFN: said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Pfalz (no locality indicated).  Brent Mai has confirmed in the local parish records that this family is from Herxheim-am-Berg, Pfalz.

Kins?FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Laubach.

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

Kinterchener?GL, Bamberg: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Fau family and possibly a Mecker family.

Kinzburg?, Schweiz: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Heinze family.

Kinzeldorf?, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to a Freudenberg/Friedenberg family.

Kinzenbach?FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Schwelm, Westfalen.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Kipper/Gipper?/Giper?FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Hesse-Darmstadt.

KippertFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Krem…, Hesse-Darmstadt.  The Walter Research Group has identified this as a Klippert family fromUC Crainfeld(?), Hessen.

KippesFN: said by Pfeifer FSL to be fromUC Werzenburg, France.

KippesFN: also see Kappes.

Kirburg(?)/Kurbburg(?)GL:an unidentified place said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to a Baer/Beer/Baehr/Bayer? family.  There are at least two Kirburgs in Germany: one in Rhineland-Palatinate some 21 miles NNW of Limburg-am-der-Lahn, and one in Hesse 6 miles SE of Limburg.

KirburgGL, Rhineland-Palatinate: is some 16 miles WSW of Dillenburg town, and in the 1760s probably was part of Nassau-Dillenburg County.  In 1972 the Flegels found mention of the following families in 1762-67 Kirburg church marriage records: Becker, Bender, Bertz, Blaser, Brenner, Bucher, Christian, Eberhardt, Engelhardt, Fink, Fischer, Giel, Habel, Hein/Heyn, Held, Heldt, Hem, Hoeltzermann, Hoffman, Imheuser, Imhoeuser, Just, Kle, Klein, Kober, Koch, Kolb, Krahn, Krieger, Leonhardt, Lichtentaeler, Meyer, Mochenhapt, Moog, Mueller, Muller, Naus, Nies, Niess, Nirchega, Pfautz, Pfortz, Philippi, Rinfurt, Rulsmann, Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnabel, Schneider, Schnell, Schumann, Schuster, Schutz, Spaeth, Spamer, Spiess, Steiger, Stein, Stunk, Uhr, Weinbrenner, Wentzelmann, and Weyand.

KirchardtGL, Sinsheim Amt, Baden: is some 6 miles SE of Sinsheim city, and said by KS:289 Glueckstal census to be homeUC to Haaering/Goehring family that went to Glueckstal.  It was home to Brenneise/Brenneisen, Huber, Sauter/Sautter, and Voll families that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa, as well as home to a Horner/Hoerner/Herner family that settled there.  Proved by the GCRA as home to the Frasch family that went to Kassel.

Kirch BeerfurthGL, Erbach County: is in Hessen some 6 miles NW of Erbach city, and home of WalterFN first settlers of Walter colony.

KirchberfurtGL: see Kirch Beerfurth.

KirchbergGL, Baden: an unidentified place said by the Koehler FSL to be homeUC to a Leonhard family and possbily a Weilinger family.

KirchbergGL, Baden-Durlach: an unidentified place said by the Louis FSL to be homeUC to a Marx family and an unknown widow [who might have been the widow Brandt].

KirchbergGL, Hessen: said by the Bauer FSL to be homeUC to a Ferber family.  This may be the Kirchberg that is some 6 miles NNE of Giessen.

KirchbergGL, Schwaben: said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to a Boxler family.  This probably is the Kirchberg that is some 35 miles S of Nagold.

Kirchberg[-an-der-Murr], Backnang and Marbach [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 3.5 miles E of Marbach-am-Neckar and 4 miles W of Backnang city, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Laier/Layher family that settled for a time in Neudorf.

KirchbrachtGL, [Isenburg-Birstein? County]: is some 9 miles N of Waechtersbach, Hessen.  According to the Buedingen ML this was homeUC to the Schott man who married a Scheller woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#505); by 1767 this couple was in Moor.  Said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to the Weinberger woman who married an Kayser man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka; Stumpp said this place was near Waechtersbach (Mai&Marquardt#678).

KirchdorfGL: an unidentified place said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Schmidt, and perhaps a Sterlang, family.  There were numerous Kirchdorf in the Germanies.

KirchentellinsfurtGL, Tuebingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 3 miles E of Tuebingen city and proven by the GCRA to be the birthplace of the Nagel who went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details.  Curt Renz proved it was home to the Nagel family that settled in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia.

Kirchgessner FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Gemuenden-am-Main.

KirchhaltGL, Hanau [County]: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Krefeld family.  Pleve has at other times rendered this Kirchhahn and Kirchnahn.  Many additional spellings have been checked for territory that was Hanau County.

KirchhausenGL, [Tuetonic Order]: is some 5.5 miles NW of Heilbronn city, and was said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Maerz family.

KirchheimGL: an unidentified place that might have been homeUC to the Klipfel who went to Berdorf.  See the GCRA book for detail.  There are at least 4 Kirchheim in Baden-Wuerttemberg today.

KirchheimGL: an unidentified place Said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be homeUC to a Loebe family.

KirchheimGL, Hessen: is some 14 miles NE of Alsfeld, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Kahlbrenner family.

KirchheimGL, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: an unidentified place mistakenly said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be homeUC to the Schreiber family, or perhaps this was Heuchelheim, Ludwigshafen mis-transcribed?

Kirchheim [Amt]GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 15 miles SE of Stuttgart city, and was a District administrative center, now known as Kirchheim-unter-Teck.

Kirchheim-am-Neckar, Heilbronn and Besigheim [Amt], [Ludwigsburg Oberamt], Wuerttemberg: the GCRA proved this to be home to the Albrecht and Roesch families that went to Glueckstal, and it believes it homeUC to Landsberger aka frau Schrieber as well. It was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Moench family that settled in Kassel.  See their book for detail.

Kircheim[-unter-Tech], Nuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 5 miles ENE of Nuertingen city. Mistakenly said by KS:418 to be homeUC to the Schaefer family that went to Glueckstal.

KirchheimbolendeGL, see Kirchheimbolanden.

Kirchheimbolanden/KirchheimbolendeGL: is 15 miles WNW of Worms and 25 miles SW of Mainz in the Rhineland-Palatinate and is said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to a Leopold family.

KirchheimbolandenGL, Kurpfalz: is in Rhineland-Palatinate, some 25 miles SW of Mainz, and said by the Volmer FSL to be homeUC to a Litikh/Littig/Littich? family

Kirchheimbonlanden [Amt]GL, Pfalz: is some 23 miles NW of Mannheim city, and was a District administrative center.

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

KirchnerFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Erfurt, Thueringen. According to a Rosslau ML this Kirchner man married in 1766 a Hentze woman (Mai&Marquardt#925).

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

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

KirchnerFN: also see Kirschner.

KirchrothGL, Bayern: is some 21 miles ESE of Regensburg and said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to a Trier family.

KirchturmFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be an orphan girl in the Sollbach household. I could not find this woman in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KirnGL, Rhineland-Palantinate: is some 29 miles WNW of Alzey, Rhineland-Palatinate.

KirnerFN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:672, 330) with no origin.  The GCRA found reason to believe origin in Weinsheim, Bad Kreuznach [Amt], Rheinpfalz but did not verify this.  Koerner is the better spelling.

KirsbachGL, Kurpfalz: said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to an Engel family.  The only Kirsbach I can find is some 35 miles WSW of Koblenz in what surely was not Kurpfalz territory.

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

Kirschbach(?)GL, was an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the state of Erbach and was homeUC to a Bauer family.

Kirschbaum/KerschbaumFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Hostet(?), Kurpfalz.

KirschenmannFN: see Kirschmann.

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

KirschmannFN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#32) and KS:330 to have come from Duerrweiler, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg (modern spelling seems to be Durrweiler   Using FHL#1,884,557, the GCRA proved this origin.  See their book for much more.  Also spelled Kirschenmann.

KirschnerFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Isenburg.  Later spelled Kirchner.

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

Kirtorf(f)GL is 7 miles W of Alsfeld and said by the Buedingen ML and by Stumpp to be homeUC to the Schmidt wife of Buxmann of Mueller (Mai&Marquardt:651).

KisFN: see Kies.

Kisauer?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Berlin.  Spelled Kissauer in 1798 (Mai1798: Mv332, Or02).

Kischkeer: aka Kisker; see Klein-ker.

KiselmannFN: said by the Pleve version of the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Wittenberg.

KiselmannFN: see also Kisselmann.

Kiserling?FN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Welferode.  In 1798 this family name is rendered  as Kiesling (Mai1798: Ml04).

Kisi?GL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC Jung, Justus, and Nau families.  This might be Giessen? Or Kesselbach which is about 1 mile NW of Rabenau?

Kisichheim?GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Korn family.

Kisker, Batschka, Ungarn: aka Klein Ker 18 miles NW of Novi Sad.  The GCRA found evidence that the Kron family was here before going on to settle in Neudorf.  They also found it associated with Brachenmacher and Kron families.

Kislach, Gaisen, Podolia: 2.4 miles NNE of Gaisen.  The GCRA believed it near Nemirow [which seems to be 27 miles to the NW … rak] and found it associated with a Kis family in 1837.

Kislering?FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Hamburg.

Kisling?FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Neukirch, Sachsen.

KisnerFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Freiburg. 

KisnerFN: also see Kisser.

KissFN: see Kies.

KissauerFN: see Kisauer.

KisselmannFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Buedingen.

KisselmannFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

KisserFN: said by the Hildman FSL to be fromUC Gotha, Sachsen with his Malchus wife in the household.  Spelled Kisner (Mai1798:Hd38) in 1798 and Kiesser (Mv880, Lg23) in 1795 and 1798.

KissingGL: is some 6 miles SE of Augsburg in Bavaria and is said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to a Bock family.

KissingGL, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Eischader family.

KissingenGL, Wuerzburg: is probably the place known today as Bad Kissingen some 28 miles NNE of Wuerzburg city; said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to a Schunk family.

KisslerFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Penrot(?),Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?).  Doris Evans says that research by Manfred Steinberger for Clarence Kissler confirms that the Kihsler man who settled in Frank came there from Bannerod.  However there is no record of the family in Bannerod before him.  Clarence says that Bannerod was served by the parish of Nieder-Moos.

KisslerFN: also see Kessler.

KisslerRN, Clarence found the origins of the FrankVV Kissler family.

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

Kister/KuesterFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Hanau (no locality mentioned).

KisterFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Linkenheim, Baden-Durlach County.

KistnerFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Tiren(?), Muelhausen.

KitsheimGL, Wuertsburg: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Echt family.  The Walter Research Group has identified this place as Kitzingen, Wuerzburg Principality (now Bavaria).

KittlerFN: this family spent some time in both Glueckstal and Neudorf, but the GCRA could find no origin for it; see their book for more detail.  Also spelled Kettler.

KittlerFN: also see Kettler.

KitzingenGL, Wuerzburg Principality (now Bavaria): is some 10 miles SE of Wuerzburg city.  See Kitsheim.

Kiwet? FN: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Stockholm, Schweden. The family name in 1798 was spelled Kiewit (Mai1798:En34).

Kiwet?FN: frau Kiwet? was said by the Enders FSL to be formerly a widow Kronstan? fromUC Strausberg, Sachsen.

KlaasFN:  said by the Orloff FSL to be fromUC Ohrlofff, Tiegenhoff Amt.

KlaassenFN: said by the Rosenort FSL to be fromUC Sandhof, Marienburg Amt with a Neufelt friend living in the household.

KlaasenFN{Abraham}: said by the Tiege FSL to be fromUC Brescky, Marienburg Amt.

Klaassen FN {Johann}: said by the Tiege FSL to be fromUC Moesland, Moewa Amt or Dirschau Amt.

KlaehrFN: see Klehr.

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

KlammFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Ziegenberg, Darmstadt.

Klap?FN: see Klapp.

KlappFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned), while a Schmidt step-son is living with the family.   In 1798 the family name was spelled Klap? (Mai1798:Ms9).

KlapperFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Biskirchen, Braunfels.

Klarenthal GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Arnold families.  There are at least 4 Klarenthals in Germany: one in the Saar, one in Hessen, and two in Bavaria.

Klasid?GL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to an Abt family.

KlassFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Amersfoot.

Klaudi?FN: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Donau?, Hannover. I cannot find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KlaudiabelFN: see Kladibali.

KlausFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (Bonner proved he was baptized and had children baptized and buried in Duedelsheim, Isenburg County); said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be fromUC Buedingen in the Principality of Idenburg.

KlausFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Westlanger, Baden-Durlach.    Spelled Kloss in 1798 (Mai1798:Gk44).

Klaus FN:said by the Moor FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Klein (Mai1798:Mo47). Bonner proved that both Apollonia and J.Peter Claus/Klaus of Moor were baptized in Duedelsheim, Isenburg County, where J.Peter was married to his Scheid wife who was also baptized there along with their eldest children, one of whom is buried there.

Klaus/ClausFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (Bonner proved his origin and that of his Scheid wife in Duedelsheim, Isenburg County); he was brother to the Balzer Klaus and likely a cousin to the Moor Klaus.

KlausFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Gettorf?.

KlausFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Hohenfriedeberg, Schlesien.

KlausFN, see also Claus.

KlauserFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Orb. 

KlauserGL, Hannover: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Eckardt family.

KlausthalGL, Hanover: is some 48 miles SE of Hannover city, and said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to a Arndt family that came later than the first settlers (p.137).

Klauswetz?GL, Mecklenburg: an unidentifed place said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Lass family.

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

KlebeckspissFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Hammelburg.  Later spelled Klebenpies (Mai1798:Pf32). 

KlebenpiesFN: see Klebeckspiss.

KleberFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Neubruck(?), Holstein.  Later spelled Kleiber.

KleberFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Nienbrock(?), Daenmark.  Later spelled Kleiber.

Klecko AmtGL, Posen, Suedpreussen: is some 27 miles NE of Poznan, Poland.  The Wacker family that went to Bergdorf lived here until 1809.  See the GCRA book for details.

KleebergGL, Wetterau, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Bangert FSL to homeUC to Gammel/Hammel, Hamel, and Schmidt families.

KleeburgGL, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: is now Cleebourg some 3 miles SW of Wissenbourg city, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Haller family which went to Bergdorf and to the Loebs family that went to Glueckstal and to be the home of the Hassauer{J.Jakob} family that went to Kassel and to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

KleeburgGL: also see Cleeburg and Klieburg.

KleemannFN: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Oberheim, Darmstadt. Later spelled Kleimann.

Kleer? FN: given by the 1798 Norka census as the maiden name of Knippel’s wife (Mai1798:Nr21).

KleestadtGL, Hanau County: is some 16 miles S of Hanau city; see Kleinstadt.

KlehmannFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality] with a Retz stepson in the household.  Spelled Kleman in 1798 (Mai1798:Kn25).  According to a Rosslau ML this Klemann man married a Retz woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#897).

KlehrFN: two families said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Klaehr (Mai1798:Nr58).

KleiberFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  The maiden name of the wife is later said to be Loos (Mai1798:Nr94).

KleiberFN: also see Kleber.

KleimFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Niederwoellstadt, Solms.  The Buedingen ML says one of these Klein man from Niederwoelstadt married a Fischer woman from Muentzenberg and another married a Bingemer woman from Rendel in 1776; later the couples moved to Frank (Mai&Marquardt#684, 685).  Doris Evans says that research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for the Frank Research Fund confirms that at least one of these Klein men came from Nieder-Woellstadt but his father died in Soedel in 1671.

KleimFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Sedal(?), Solms.

KleimFN: see Gaurer of Lauwe.

KleimFN: also see Klein.

KleimannFN: see Kleemann.

KleinFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Baden-Baden, Baden.

KleinFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC Schoenfeld, Kurpfalz.

Klein{Fried.}FN: listed by the Bergdorf census (KS:665, 331) without origin, but origin was proved by the GCRA in Kleiningersheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg, using FHL 1,184,931.

KleinFN: according to a Luebeck ML this woman married a Boster man in 1766; by 1767 this family was in Boaro (Mai&Marquardt#61). 

KleinFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Kaltenborn, [Kur-]Koeln.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bn50.

KleinFN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be from Graben, Durlach; using an FHL film Jim Mizouni in 2007 found the birth records and parents of this Dreispitz First Settler; Jim is still looking for the records of his marriage and the births of his first 3 children.. In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Beisler (Mai1798:Dr33); in 2007 Jim was guessing that she was related to Beisser of Sulzfield, Heilbronn, Baden and will be looking for records there.

KleinFN{A.Barb.}: who came to Glueckstal at some point married Fink who was listed in the 1816 Glueckstal census as #115 (KS:676); the GCRA proved her origin in Frankweiler, Landau [Amt], Pfalz, using FHL 1,257,451; see their book for detail.

Klein FN{Ludwig}: said incorrectly by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:673, 676, 331) to be from Urbach, Saargmuend [Amt], [Pfalz].  Using FHL(193,364) the GCRA proved origin in Goellheim, Kirchheimbonlanden [Amt], Pfalz, and they found strong evidence that this family had spent some years in Tscherwenka, Batschka, Hungary on their way to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

KleinFN {Nikolaus, Peter}: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674) to be fromUC Urbach, Saargmuend [Amt], [Pfalz].  However, using FHL(721,668), the GCRA proved origin in Burbach, Zabern [Amt], Elsass, and found strong evidence that they had spentUC a few years in Tscherwnka, Batschka, Hungary on their way to Glueckstal.  See their book for more detail.

KleinFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Hanau (no locality mentioned).

KleinFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

KleinFN: said by the Husaren FSL to be fromUC Marienburg, Polen. For 1798 see Mai1798:Fz43.

KleinFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC Wiederwellstadt?.  A Luebeck ML says this man married in 1766 a Loth woman (Mai&Marquardt#174).

KleinFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Amsterdam, Holland.  A Luebeck ML says this woman married a Kuhn man in 1765; Stumpp gives his name as Kuehn; by 1766 this couple was in Katharinenstadt (Mai&Marquardt#42).

KleinFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Schierstein, Usingen.  Later spelled Kehl (Mai1798:Ka119).

KleinFN said by the Kautz FSL to be fromUC Freimersheim, Kurpfalz.

KleinFN: Herr Klein was said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Gemuenden-am-Main, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Koehler (no origin given); a Schmidtlein orphan was living with them.

KleinFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be fromUC Isenburg.

KleinFN: according to the Buedingen ML a Klein woman, no origin given, married in 1766 a Beyger man later this couple went to Leichtling (Mai&Marquardt#366).

Klein FN: see Schuber of Louis.

KleinFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Rixingen, Lothringen.  A Rosslau ML says this Cleyn man married a Rupp woman (no origin given for either) in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt:840).

KleinFN: said by the  Moor 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Klaus (Mai1798:Mo47).

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

KleinFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Sechshelden, [Nassau-Dillenburg Principality].

KleinFN: said by the 1798 Orlovskaya census to be the maiden name of frau Reisch (Mai1798:Or66).

KleinFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Freimersheim, Bavaria.

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

KleinFN: also see Kleim.

KleinGL, Holstein: said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to a Fallendorf? family.  This might be Klein Vollstedt some 13 miles SW of Kiel city.

Kleinburg(?)GL: an unidentified place said by the Grimm FSL to be homeUC to a Hesse family.

Kleiner-Werder: see Belowescher Kolonien.

KleinfeldGL, Kleve: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Keytmann family.

KleinfelderFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg. Said by KS:139 to be from Isenburg-Offenbach [County].  Bonner proved his birthplace in Duedelsheim, Isenburg[-Buedingen County].

KleingartachGL, Brackenheim Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: the village proven by Dona Reeves-Marquardt to be home to her Fritzler ancestors.  Kleingartach is some 4.7 miles WNW of Brackenheim town.

Klein Geschurki, Posen, Warschau Duchy: the GCRA found a Reich family associated with it; see Gershorki.

Klein Glien?GL, [Kur-]Sachsen: is some 20 miles NE of Rosslau and said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Schleicher family and possibly to a  Keteke family.

Kleingoettingen?GL, Jonville?, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Zimmer family and possibly  Braun and Eberhardt{Johannes} families.

KleiningersheimGL, Besigheim Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 3 miles SE of Bessigheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to two Roerhrich/Roehrig families that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.  The GCRA thinks this a possible homeUC to the Messner family, and proved origin here for the Klein{Fried.} family, both of which went to Bergdorf; see their book for more detail.

KleinkarbenGL: see Friedberg.

Klein-KerGL, Hungary: now Backo Dobro Polje, Serbia, is some 9 miles SE of Kula city, said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be homeUC to the Brechenmacher family.  Aka Kisker.

Kleinlagingen?GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Riedel family.  This probably was Kleinleinungen, Stolberg County, some 11.5 miles SE of Stolberg town in Saxony.

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

KleinmuthFN: see. Herrfort of Boaro.

KleinniedesheimGL, Worms [Amt], Pfalz: is some 4 miles SW of Worms city and is believed by GCRA to be homeUC to the Merkel family that went to Bergdorf.

Klein RohrheimGL: see Krofrogheim.

KleinschmiedFN: see Kleinschmidt.

KleinschmidtFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses .  This Kleinschmied man married a Koch woman in 1766 in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#1194).

Kleinstadt/KleistadtGL, Hanau County: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to Gertman, Gertmann and Hartman families.  Confirmed by the Walter Research Group as being Hartmann families coming from Kleestadt, Hanau County (now Hessen).

KleinsteinhausenGL, Mainz: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Konrad family.  The only place of this name that I can find is some 5 miles SE of Zweibruecken.

Klein VollstedtGL:  see Klein, Holstein.

KleistadtGL, Hanau County: see Kleinstadt.

Kleman FN: see Klehmann.

Klemens FN: see Clemens.

Klemintz?GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Kraemer family.  Might this be Chemnitz which is 19 miles NE of Zwickau.

KlemmFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Leipzig, Sachsen.

KlephahnFN: see Klepphahn.KlepphornFN: said by the