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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Ber Bid
Bok Bre C
Da Den Do
Ea Em Fa
Fo Ga Gi
Gn Gr Ha
He Hel Hi
Ho I J
Ka Ke Ki
Kn Kr Ku
La Le Li
Ma Me Mi
Na Ni O
Pa Pf Q
Ra Re Ri
Ro Sa Scha
Schm Scho Se
Si Sta Sti
Ta Ti U
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Ku

KuebelFN: see Niebel.

Kuebelstein, Bamberg [Bishopric]: is 11 miles NE of Bamberg city, and was said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Hoffmann family.

Kuebler FN: was wife of Benignus.

Kuechen-bei-Waldkappel, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 18 miles SE of Kassel city, and was said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to homeUC to Berge and Jung families.

Kueff(en)FN: see Kuff.

Krueger{Jacob}FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 344) with no origin.  See the GCRA book for some detail.

KruegerFN: also see Krieger.

KuchFN: listed in KS:345 as having come to Glueckstal from Entringen, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  The GCRA proved this origin using FHL 1,475,173; see their book for detail.

KuehnFN: said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be fromUC Bruenn.

KuehnFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Zuerich, Schweiz with a Klein wife fromUC Amsterdam.  A Luebeck ML says this Kuhn man married in 1765 a Klein woman (Mai&Marquardt#42).

KuehnFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Echzell. 

KuehnFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Aschaffenburg. 

KuehnFN: also see Kahn.

KuelpeFN  see Kilb.

Kuelsheim, Bamberg [Bishopric]: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be homeUC to a Zaper/Sapper family.  There was a place of this name within the realm of Windsheim Imperial City, just N of that city, 33 miles SW of Bamberg city.

Kuelthau/Kiltau/Kilthau/KildauFN said by the Kautz FSL to be fromUC Hasslock/Hassloch, Kurpfalz.

KuelzGL: an unidentified place said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be homeUC to a Hoefner family.  Kuhlburg says the state is Mainz.  There is a Kuelz some 34 miles W of Mainz city.

Kuemler: see Kifler of Enders.

KuemmelFN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Reisch.

KuemmerleFN: she married Haas in Glueckstahl and was proven by the GCRA to be from Stetten, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg using FHL 1,184,750; see their book for detail.

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

KuenhausenGL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Bauer FSL to be homeUC to a Gussfeld? Family.  This might be Kuhlhausen, Sachsen-Anhalt, some 19 miles NE of Stendal.

KuenstlerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Wiesbaden, Hessen.

KuenzlerFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Laubach.

Kuenzler FN:  said by the Ober-Monjou 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Aumueller (Mai1798:Om38).

Kueregiso?GL, [Kur-]Koeln: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Beil family.

KuernbachGL, Bretten [Amt], Baden: is 6.5 miles NE of Bretten city, and was proven by the GCRA to have been a homeUC to the Sifferman family before it went to Bergdorf.

KueselGL, Aufhaussen: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Kraft family.  There is one Kusel in the Rhineland-Palatinate, some 19 miles N of Zweibruecken; and two Kuesel in Sachsen-Anhalt NE of Magdeburg, one some 20 miles and one some 46 miles away.

KuesterFN: see Kister.

KuestrinGL: this might be Kuestrin-Kietz, Brandenburg, some 50 miles E of Berlin center.  See Tuchland.

KuffFN: a Luebeck ML says this woman in 1765 married a Raeuscher man; by 1766 this couple was in Katharinenstadt; Stumpp spelled her name Kueff(en) (Mai&Marquardt#20).

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

KuhfeldFN: said by the Urbach FSL to be fromUC Tessin(?)/Tesil, Mecklenburg.

KuhlFN: according to the Buedingen ML a Kuhl woman from Birstein married in 1766 a Juncker man; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#559).

KuhlFN: said by the 1798 Laub census to be the maiden name of frau Roth (Mai1798:Lb12).

KuhlFN: the 1798 Norka census says this was the maiden name of the wife of one of the Hessian Schaefers (Mai1798:Nr198).

KuhlhausenGL: see Kuenhausen.

Kuhlhausen, Krzepice Amt, Kalisch Kreis, Posen Dept, South Prussia, later Warsaw Duchy: aka Herzogt?, nka Weglowice, Slaskie, Poland, 11 miles W of Czenstochau.  Found by the GCRA to have been associated with Auer, Fischer, Ginger, Harr, Kirschmann, Klauss, Knoedler, Notz, Veil, Walz and Wetzler families.  See the GCRA book for more on these families.

Kuhlhausen-bei-Warschau, Krzepice Amt: was nowhere near Warsaw and refers to the same place as the previous entry.

Kuhlhausen KolonieGL, Iwanowice Amt, Suedpreussen: an unidentified place said by the GCRA to have been a jumping off point for many colonists, like Knoedler, going to South Russia.  Where Michael Fischer lived and held office before proceding to Bergdorf; see the GCRA book for more.

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

KuhlmannFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Ober-Ramstadt, Darmstadt.

KuhlthauFN: two families said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  The 1798 Norka census says that the maiden name of the wife in one was Kratserber? and that the man’s family name was Kildau (Mai1798:Nr207).

KuhnFN: Bonner proved this the maiden name in Huettenegsas, Isenburg County, of the mother of Herr Zieg who settled in Balzer.

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

KuhnFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Seligenstadt, Kurmainz.

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

KuhnFN: said by the Herzog FSL to be fromUC Ebernburg.

KuhnFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC [Wied-]Runkel [County].

KuhnFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Judy Curtis says this family name is Koch in the orginal Russian translation.

KuhnFN: also see Kaun and Kuehn.

KuhnleFN: the GCRA established that this was the maiden name of the second frau Gugle of Bergdorf and, using FHL 1,056,991, that she was from Endersbach, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for a bit more detail.

KujakFN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Bruhl.

KukkusFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Alsbach, Kurpfalz.

KukkusVV (aka Neubrabant, Neu-Brabant, Volskoye, Wolskoje) is a Lutheran German village on the eastern side of the Volga.    Its FSL has been published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp.463-473.  According to it, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. The numbers after the family names are the household numbers from the FSL:

from Albig, Kurpfalz: (Boos16, Gaul15);

from Allendorf, Braunfels: (Gerlach8, Johannes33, Stahl28, Volk29);

from Alsbach, Kurpfalz: (Kukkus1, Reitz25);

from Asslar, Braunfels: (Forschauer47);

from Bechlingen, Braunfels: (Herbel27, Neuhard9);

from Berghausen, Braunfels: (Becker5,31,37, Isheim7);

from Biskirchen, Braunfels: (Engelmann32, Klapper49, Schwab30, Schweizer11);

from Boddin, Brandenburg: (Mell20);

from Braunfels: (Gerhard26);

from Bueblingshausen, Braunfels: (Reinhard34);

from Dierdorf, Nassau: (Berger40, and possibly Gruenwald40a);

from Ennerich, Runkel: (Ilberg?/Ulberg45);

from Ettringen, Braunfels: (Seib13);

from Hachenburg, Kurpfalz: (Kaun?/Kuhn10);

from Hanau: (Ohl51, Pohl70);

from Hessen: (Albrecht21);

from Hirschhausen, Braunfels: (Debus3, Goetz2, and perhaps Muen?2a);

from Holzhausen, Braunfels: (Kloss50);

from Kurpfalz: (Jaeger4);

from Lehnheim(?), Braunfels: (Schinckel46);

from Loehnfeld(?), Kurpfalz: (Hoefner23, Maser24, Schaefer22, and maybe Houg?23a);

from Maastricht, Holland: (Bakler70);

from Marbach(?), Isenburg: (Wetter44);

from Niederbiel, Braunfels: (Mittelhof36);

from Niedershausen(?), Braunfels: (Mueller17);

from Niederweiler, Baden-Durlach: (Weigand43);

from Raubach, Isenburg: (Hergenroeder19);

from Rohrbach, Kurpfalz: (Herzog6);

from Selzen, Kurpfalz: (Rosenthal18);

from Soerth(?), Baden-Durlach: (Hertel42);

from Tanhalzen(?), Braunfels: (Dittenbier50b);

from Ulm(?), Braunfels: (Weber35);

from Vechta: (Esslau69);

from Wenings(?), Isenburg: (Krumm38);

from Weilrod(?), Braunfels: (Feil48);

from Werdorf(?), Braunfels: (Heinrich39, Kuhlmann14);

from Wiesbaden, Nassau: (Goetz41);

from Worms: (Heiland12);

from Zeiskam, Kurmainz: (Baum50a).

KulmGL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Hermann family.   Kuhlberg said this was in Ansbach.  There were some 11 Kulms in the Germanies, but none that I can find on lands that had been that of Ansbach Margraviate.

KulmitzGL: Culmitz is some 24 miles NNE of Bayreuth city, and said by the Louis FSL to be homeUC to a Hamalka family.

Kulz-bei-OberviechbachGL: is some 3 miles SE of Oberviechtach (not Oberviechbach), Bavaria, and said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Gulder family.

KulzfeldGL: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to a Steinert family.

Kulzfeld(?)GL, Heilbronn: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Hafele family.  As nearly as I can tell, all of the lands Heilbronn controlled were within a few miles of the city.

KumlerFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Freistadt, Pfalz.

Kummel?FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Waserschlech(?).

KummerFN: see Kaemmer, Kommer and Krimer.

Kummerhausen(?)GL, was an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the state of Nuernberg and was homeUC to a Saalmeier family.

KummersheimerFN said by the Kautz FSL to be fromUC Mutterstadt, Kurpfalz.

KumpalloFN: he was said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC Bernkastel, Kurtrier and his wife to be from Meisenheim, Zweibruecken. There was a Schaefer stepson living in the household.

Kumpelstadt(?)GL: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Reinhard family.

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

Kunbach(?)GL, Pfalz: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Werner family.

Kundenschburg?GL, Hessen-Kassel: an unidentified place said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Kohl family.

Kunerot(?)GL, was an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the state of Isenburg and was homeUC to a Ruppel family.

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

Kunsonheim(?)GL, Wittenberg: an unidentified place said by the Bauer FSL to be homeUC to a Schlotterbeck family.

KunstFN: see Kunz.

Kuntersbleim?GL, Leidinsk?: said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to a Britenfeld? Family.

KuntzFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Arfurt,[Kurtrier].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Om1, 48, 74, Zg9).

KuntzFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Mainz.

KuntzFN: this family name was found recorded both in Herborn and in Kroppach marriage records 1762-1767; see Flegel trip.

KuntzFN: also see Kunz.

KunverskikheneGL, Laubach County: said by the Walter FSL to be homeUC to a Sommer family.  This place is identified by the Walter Research Group as Gonterskirchen.

KunzFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Fanhausen? or Freihausen?.  Spelled Kuntz in 1798 (Mai1798:Zr11,12).

KunzFN: said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Kail, Kurpfalz.  Later spelled Kunst (Mai1798:Gf42).

KunzFN: said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Luxembourg (no locality mentioned). 

KunzFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Winterbach, Schwaben. In 1798 the name was spelled Kunst (Mai1798:Jo16).

Kunz FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Philippstein.

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

KunzelmannFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be step-sons in the Mainz household.  I could not find them in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KunzhausenFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Ulm, Schwaben.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

KunzhausenGL, Anspach: an unidentified place said by the Schuck FSL to be homeUC to a Stadelmann family.  This might be Kunzhausen, Bavaria, some 36 miles SE of Nuernberg and 53 miles ESE of Ansbach, Bavaria.

KunzmannFN: said by the Anton FSL to be fromUC Heidelberg Oberamt, Kurpfalz.

KunzmannFN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be fromUC Weinem(?), Kurpfalz.

Kupe?FN: said by the 1798 Boregard census to be the maiden name of frau {Friedrich}Baumann.

KuptsovVV: see Beker’s Khutor.

KurbayernGS: was the country under the control of the Elector of Bavaria.

Kurbburg(?)GL, see Kirburg(?).

KurbrandenburgGS: the Brandenburg Electorate,  controlled in the 1760s by the Kingdom of Prussia.

[Kur-]BrandenburgGS: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to Barth, Enster, Guenter, Krone, and Otto families.  Also see Brandenburg.

KurbraunschweigGS: name often used for Kurhannover.

KurkoelnGS: was the term applied to the extensive lands controlled by the Elector of Koeln, aka Cologne.  These lands stretched from Holland south mostly, but not exclusively, in a wide band along the W bank of the Rhine river towards Coblenz on the S.  Usually referred to simply as Koeln or Cologne.

Kurland DuchyGS: (aka Courland) an independent country in what is now Latvia, then controlled by a German elite with most everything but farming totally in German hands.  Its capital was Mitau.  It was absorbed by Russia in 1795.  Said (no locality indicated) by the Grimm FSL to be homeUC to a Engel family. 

KurleFN: see Kurrle.

KurmainzGS: was the name applied to the scattered lands controlled by the archbishop-princes of Mainz, electors of the Holy Roman Empire.  These, at various times, included Mainz city, lands south of the city, lands around Bingen (west of Mainz city at the bend of the Rhine), a long, narrow slice northeast of the city up to Koenigsstein in Hesse, and extensive lands in Hesse east from Seligenstadt on the north and from Heppenheim on the Bergstrasse on the south, and much more. Said (no locality indicated) by the Dehler FSL to be homeUC to Faeling? and Schneider widows.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Keller FSL to be homeUC to a Jbel family.

[Kur-]MainzGS: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to Goebel, Neff, and Sack families.

KurpfalzGS: (sometimes shortened to just Pfalz) from 1708 (there is a great deal of earlier history too) to 1778, these were the lands of the Palatinate Elector which extended W of the Rhine river and Sof Bingen town, then SE in a scattered way E across the Rhine not quite as far as the city of Heilbronn, having its broadest holdings in the lower Neckar river valley.  West of the Rhine, there usually were 12 Kreis (districts): Alzey, Bacharach, Frankenthal, Germersheim, Lauterecken, Lautern (aka Kaiserlautern), Kreuznach (aka Bad Kreuznach), Neustadt-an-der-Weinstrasse, Oppenheim, Simmern, Stromberg, and Veldenz.  In 1778 Kurpfalz was absorbed into Bavaria and was then known as Rheinpfalz.

KurpfalzGS: said by one or both versions (no locality mentioned) of the Balzer FSL to be homeUC to Bauer, Blitz, Busch, Busick/Busiek, Decker, Eichner, Geist, Gropp, Haupt?, Heckmann, Heft, Herzog, Hoffmann, Huber, Kolb, Ritter, Robertus, Scheck, Spaeth, Steinepreis/Steinpreis, and Stoehr families.  Said by the Pleve version of the Balzer FSL to be homeUC, with no locality mentioned, to Merkel and Scheck families; the Stumpp version says Pfalz.  Said (no locality mentioned) by a Luebeck ML to be homeUC to a Schmidt woman who in 1765 married a Koenig man; they settled in Boregard (Mai&Marquardt#1176).  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Doenhof FSL to be homeUC to Andres, Bauer, Becking, Eichhorn, Gomer, Queissner, Schenkel, Stoll, and perhaps Hack families. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC to a Habetitz family.  Said by the Huck FSL to be homeUC to Bohl, Frei, Herr?, Leinschmidt, Scheuermann/Schermann?, Schneider, Schwabauer, and Strupp families; in addition a Hein orphan was living the Frei s and may have been from Kurpfalz too. : Said (no locality given) by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to a Kraft family.   Said (no locality mentioned) by the Kukkus FSL to be homeUC to a Jaeger family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be homeUC to a Kraemer family.

KurpfalzGS: Said (no locality mentioned) by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Fritzmann family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Messer FSL to be homeUC to Beckel, Lorenz, Meiserling, Meng, Messer, Schmall, Schmidt, Schwan, Weber, and possibly Brauer, Just and Schulz families.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Moor FSL to be homeUC to Bender, Bickert, Eberhardt, Guwst?, Hehn, Moor, Scherf, Schneider, Schremser, Wagner, Zeltenreich, Zimmermann, and possibly Bamberger, Hubert, and Stelwa? families. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Harer family.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Norka FSL to be homeUC to Bruu[Brun/Bruhn], Jacoby, Jeder[Soeder/Seder], Pekar, and Rothau[Rotau/Rodau] families.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Schuck FSL to be homeUC to a Janson family.

KurrFN: arrived in South Russia in 1819; later settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Schwaigern, Brackenheim Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.

KurrleFN: said by the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:666) to have been from Gross-Bottwar, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,187,184) and using FHL(1,055,809) they also found that the family had earlier been in Kaltental, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg. .  See the GCRA book for more detail.  KS:349 gave Pleidelsheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt] as an alternative origin.  Also spelled Kurle.

KursachsenGS: Electoral Saxony.

Kursdorf?GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to the Gottfried{Peter}family.  There were several possible variations of Kursdorf in the Germanies, and this place is probably the same as the Gondorf from which the other Kano Gottfried was said to have come.

KurtFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Zerbst (no locality mentioned).   Spelled Kurth in 1798 (Mai1798: Bx39).

KurthFN: see Kurt of Boaro.

[Kur-]TrierGS: with no locality mentioned: said  by the Degott FSL to be homeUC to a Groeber family.   Said  by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC to a Redel/Riedel family.  Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Zimmermann family.

KurtrierGS: literally,  the holdings of the Imperial Elector os Trier.  No locality mentioned in any of the following: said  by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Pilen family and possibly to a Friedritz family.  Said (no other locality mentioned) by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to the wife of Herr Schunk.   Said  by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Kelner/Koelner/Kellner? family.  Aka Trier.

KurtzFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Riedesel (no locality mentioned).

KurzFN{Jacob}: said by KS:349 to have leftUC Elchesheim, Rastatt [Amt], Baden forUC Glueckstal.  Not in the 1816 census and no comment by GCRA.

KuschFN: see Husch.

Kuschedole, Poland: an unidentified place which the GCRA found associated with a Lang family.  Could this have been Koziedoly 16 miles S of Inowroclaw, Poland?

Kusel [Oberamt]GL, Rheinpfalz: was 16 miles NW of Kaiserslautern city, and was district office for Hefersweiler.  This is the same place as the next entry, but 40 years later.

KuselGL, Zweibruechen is some 20 miles N of Zweibruechen city, and is said by the Seewald FSL to be homeUC to a Hiltenberger/Hildenberger family.  Said by the Volmer FSL to be home to a Mosmann family.

Kusfel(?)GL: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Naumann family.

KussmaulFN: listed in the Bergdorf censuses (KS:661, 667) without origin.  Said by KS:350 to have been from Moetzingen, Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,475,197).  Evidently the Amt jurisdiction was switched to Herrenberg sometime after the Kussmaul family left.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

KustarevaVV: a version of the Russian name for LeitsingerVV.

KustarewoVV: a version of the Russian name for LeitsingerVV.

KutcheraFN: see Kutscher{J.Georg}.

Kutscher?{Caspar}FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Atzenhain, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate].  Spelled Kutscher in 1798 (Mai1798:Er4, 5).

Kutscher{J.Georg}FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Stangenrod, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate].  Spelled Kutchera in 1798 (Mai1798:Bx31, Bs28).

Kutscher?{Johann}FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be fromUC Stangenrod, [Hessen-Darmstadt Landgraviate].    Spelled Kutscher in 1798 (Mai1798:Er12).

Kutonin?GL: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be homeUC to an Acqua family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Mainz.

Kuttendorf?GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Baum family.  There was a Kuttendorf now called Chotin-ves in the Czech Republic some 32 miles NNE of Prague.

KutterVV (aka Brehning, Brenning, Karamysh, Neumann, Parafej Chutor, Pfaffenkutter, Popovka, Popowka) is a German village of the Reformed faith on the western side of the Volga.    Its FSL has been published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp.475-497.  According to it, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens.  As in Huck, the Russian clerk here almost never recorded localities of origin, but usually recorded only the region or state:

from Braunfels: (Maul);

from Ekartshausen, Isenburg[-Buedingen County]: (Niedenthal9);

from Friedberg: (Ickes);

from Friedberg(?): (Honecker);

from Hanau: (Bechtholt/Bechtold, Brehning/Brenning, Forbach?/Vorbach, Horch, and possibly Ruhl);

from Hessen: (Beckel, Boehm, Engelbrecht);

from Isenburg: (Diel, Dietz, Engel, Faust, Frank, Fuss, Gruen81, Gutmann, Haas, Hack, Hagelganz, Hanhardt, Helhorn, Herdt, Hicks?, Hild, Huck, Kaufmann, Kirschner, Klein, Knis, Kuhlmann, Kunkel, Licht2a, Loch/Lach, Lohrey, Loos, Lorenz, Mueller, Nazarenus, Neumann, Niedenthal9, Orsulet, Reichert, Reifschneider, Reinecke, Rieger, Roehrich, Roth, Ruppel, Schenk, Schmick, Schmidt, Schneider, Schroeder, Stuerz, Traut, Trey, Wagner, Weigand, Wetzel, and possibly Beltz, Fuchs, Hergert, and Licht);

from Kurpfalz: (Kraemer);

from Leisenwald, Isenburg[-Wachersbach County]: (Alvater, Licht2a);

from Lorbach, Isenburg[-Buedingen County]: (Nazarenus67);

from Pommern: (Beki?);

from Wolf, Isenburg[-Buedingen County]: (Gruen81, frau Gruen (nee Hart)58);

from Wuerttemberg: (Heinz);

from Wuerzburg: (Goetz, Jorg?, Kroll);

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

Kutzenhausen, Sulz [Amt], Elsass: was 1.5 miles W of Sulz town, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Martel family that went to Kassel.

KuxhausenFN: said by the Holstein FSL to be fromUC Bergen.

KuzovoVV: see Beker’s Khutor.

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

Kyusen(?): an unidentified place said by the Merkel FSL to be homeUC to a Metz family.  This might be one of two Kausen in the Rhine-Palatinate: one 18 miles W of Dillenburg, one 9 miles NNE of Koblenz.

 

 

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