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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Sibelius FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Nassau with a  Sprecht stepson in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

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

SichiFN: see Tichy.

SichyFN: see Tichy.

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

SickFN: also see Fick.

Sickingen CountyGS: see Siekingen.

SiebFN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC Geperkh/Hepberg(?), Kurmainz.  Later spelled Zipp.

SiebenFN: said by the Schuck FSL to be fromUC Mainz (no localaity mentioned).

Siebenbuergen, [Principality]GS: aka Transylvania, a former state within what is now Romania; an area of German settlement from the 12th century on.

SiebenhaarFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Bamberg.

SiebenlistFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML says he was fromUC Burg Sinn [which was then Thuengen territory not Wuerzburg] and married in 1766 a Prunck woman (Mai&Marquardt#518).

SieberFN: this woman from Bentzheim on the Bergstrass was said by a Friedberg ML to have married in 1766 a Henrich man who settled in Keller (Mai&Marquardt#297).

SiebertFN: said by the Bangert FSL to be fromUC Uckersdorf, Nassau-Dillenburg.

Siebert?FN: according to the Boaro FSL he was the step-son of a Sorgenfrey man who was fromUC Hohen-Pritz.  This family might have been in Zuerich colony in 1798 (Mai1798:Zr01).

SiebertFN: according to the Buedingen ML, a Siebert woman fromUC Unter Lays married in 1766 a Stang man; later the couple went to Jagodnaja Poljana (Mai&Marquardt#718).

SiebertFN: Herr Siebert was said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Alt Simmern, Baden, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Eberle (no origin given).

SiebertFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Arlon(?), Luxembourg.

SiebertFN: said by the Roethling FSL to be fromUC Hanau in the state of Hessen.

SiebertFN: said by the Roethling FSL to be fromUC Hosenfeld, Fulda, Hessen.

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

SieboldFN: Bonner found that the record of her Eckartshausen marriage to Hohnstein{ Nicolaus }, later of Norka, said this was her maiden name and that she was fromUC Vonhausen.  This name appears later to have been rendered Erbold.

Siedlung: German for suburb.

SiefertFN: see Schaefer.

Si[eg]burg(?)GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Lauterbach family.

SiegelFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Eppingen.

SiegelFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Bellingen(?), Mavetz(?).

SiegeleFN: see Siegle.

SiegenGL: is a city some 57 miles NNW of Frankfurt-am-Main.  In the 1760s it was the seat of Nassau-Siegen Principality.

SiegfriedFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Mainz (no locality mentioned).

SiegfriedFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg.

Siegle{Johannes}FN: mistakenly said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#25) and KS:446 to have come fromUC Winnenden, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#1,056,942, the GCRA proved their origin in Neustadt, Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more.  Also spelled Siegele.

Siegle{Johannes}FN: mistakenly said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#73) and KS:446 to have come fromUC Beilstein, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg.

SiegwardFN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be a Siewert fromUC Mitz?, Wittenberg.  Doris Evans says his origins are confirmed in research done by David Schmidt for Edward F. Wagner: he was born in Metzingen, [Wuerttemberg Duchy], immigrated to Sweden in 1763 and then to Dreispitz in 1766-1767.  His lineage is traced back to a Siegwart born about 1580 in Doeffingen [Wuerttemberg Duchy].

SiegwardFN: see Siewert.

SiehrFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Merzig, Kurtrier.  The family name was later spelled Zier (Mai1798:Fz02?).

SiekartFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Birgel.  I could not find this man in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Siekingen: might this be Sickingen County?

Sielers(?)GL, see Zilers.

SiemensFN: said by the Rosenort FSL to be fromUC Neusteterwald, Elbing, with an Emsen friend living in the household.

SiemensdorffGL, Marienburg Amt: an unidentified place said by the Orloff FSL to be homeUC to a Wiensz {Johann} family.  Also spelled Siemensdorf.

SiemerodeGL: is in Thueringen some 9 miles SW of Duderstadt; see Sinrot.

Sierck/Siersk, Frankreich: said by the Cheisol FSL to be homeUC to Maerz/Mertz/Markus and Schoenberger families.  Said by the Graf FSL to be homeUC to a Weiss family.  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to Deisch, Mellinger, and Schmidt families.  Now known as Sierck-les-Bains, Moselle, Lorraine, France, being some 24 mils SW of Trier city.

SierckGL, Lothringen: is now known as Sierck-les-Bains, is some 15 miles SE of Luxembourg city, and is said by the Louis FSL to be homeUC to Mutin and Springer families.  Same place as the preceding entry.

SievertFN: this woman may have married in 1766 in Luebeck the Mai man who as a widower settled in Neidermonjou.

SiewertFN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be fromUC Mitz?, Wittenberg.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Siegward (Mai1798:Kf28). Doris Evans says his origins are confirmed in research done by David Schmidt for Edward F. Wagner: he was born in Metzingen, [Wuerttemberg Duchy], immigrated to Sweden in 1763 and then to Dreispitz in 1766-1767.  His lineage is traced back to a Siegwart born about 1580 in Doeffingen [Wuerttemberg Duchy].

SiffermanFN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:661, 447) without origin.  Said by KS:423 to be from Leonberg, Wuerttemberg.  Origin in Leonberg, Stuttart [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,056,728), in addition the GCRA using FHL(718.629) has proven that the family was earlier in Mittelbergheim/Barr, Strassbourg [Amt], Elsass, and also in Kuernbach, Bretten [Amt], Baden before going to Bergdorf.   See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Seifermann and Schiffermann.

Sigila(?)GL, Nassau: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Vogel family.

Sigmarigen?GL, [Hohenzollern Principality]: said by the Brabander FSL to (mistakenly) be in the country of Oberesterhof? and to be homeUC to a Stalldecker family.

SigmarswangenGL, [Horb Amt], Sulz [Oberamt], Wuerttemberg: is some 2 miles S of Sulz-am-Neckar, and 8 miles SSW of Horb-am-Neckar.  Proven by the GCRA to be home to the Leicht family which went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details.  Also proven by Curt Renz as home to the Bippus, Hetzel and Zuern families that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

SigwartFN: see Siegward.

SilberhausGL, Nassau: said by the Dietel FSL to be homeUC to a Engelmann family.  This probably is Selbenhausen, Hessen, some 12 miles NE of Limburg-an-der-Lahn.

SilberhornFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Albstadt?.    Spelled Silberngon with the maiden name of the wife given as Farenies? in 1776 (Mai1798:Mv2041); however her maiden name was given as Nagengart in 1798 when she was frau Riesch (Om36).

SilberngonFN: see Silberhorn.

SildenbachFN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Aschaffenburg (no locality mentioned).  According to the Buedingen ML, this Sendelbach man married a Seils woman, no origin given for either (Mai&Marquardt#387).

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

SilesiaGL:  was an area which was annexed by Prussia in 1742; most of it is said now to be in southwestern Poland.  The GCRA believes that the Liebig family that settled in Kassel may originateUC here.

SilkerodeGL, [Schwarzburg-Sondershausen County]: is a village some 17 miles WNW of Nordhausen, Thueringen, and said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to Berg and Zose? families, and possibly a Brando? family. Said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to Brot and Pilner families.  Said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Senne family; in the case of this family Kuhlberg said Silkerode was in the state of Schwarzburg.

Sim(?)GL, Baden: an unidentified locality said by the Rothammel FSL to be homeUC to a Bieber family.  There is a Zimmern 17.5 miles SW of Baden-Baden, and a Sinzheim some 3 miles W of Baden-Baden.

Simbirsk, Russland: is 213 miles NNE of Saratov city and was said by the Husaren FSL to be homeUC to a Sawazki/Sawatski family.  Today (or at least yesterday!) it was Ulyanovsk, named for its famous (infamous) son: Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, aka Lenin  … was not his mother Ger-Rus?

Simpfendoerfer FN: the GCRA verified this family’s origin in Waldbach, Scheppach [parish], Winsberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg, using FHL#1,346,109.  They also indicate, but do not explain, that this family may have been associated with the Steigmann family that went to Bergdorf; see their book.

SimlinFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  I cannot find them in the index to the 1798 censuses.

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

SimmernGL: in the 1760s and until 1778 this was a Kreis i.e. district administrative center for the country of Kurpfalz.  After 1778 it was part of Bavarian-owned Rheinpfalz.  After 1813 it became part of the Prussian Rheinland province.

Simmern KreisGL, Prussian Rheinland: is some 27 miles S of Koblenz city and was a District administrative center.

Simmozheim, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Dompert family that lived for a time in Neudorf.

SimmozheimGL: also see Simonsfeld.

SimonFN: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Marnsaberg(?)GL, von Gutstein(?) Domaene, Pfalz.

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

SimonFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Blankenhof(?), Baden-Durlach.

SimonFN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Eggenstein, Karlsruhe Amt, Baden. 

SimonFN: said by the Holstein FSL to be fromUC Preussisch Holland(?), Preussen.

SimonFN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be fromUC Mainz.  The Buedingen ML says this man married in 1766 a Weitzebach woman who also was from Mainz territory (Mai&Marquardt#355).

SimonFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Steinau, Hanau.

Simon FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Grossen Buseck.

SimonRN, Paul: generously supplied information on his Simon, Weinbender and Weissebach ancestors’s origins.

SimonsfeldGL, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg: an unidentifed place; there was a Simmozheim 3.5 miles NW of Calw city..

SimpelFN: the Katharinenstadt FSL says this stepdaughter was living with a Kaweller? family fromUC Stockort(?).

Simrod: see Sinrot and Zimrot.

Simroth: see Sinrot.

SindelFN: see Zindel.

SingerFN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Korb, Waiblingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg.  Stumpp, p.524, says they arrived in Russia in 1800.

SingerFN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Neustadt (no locality mentioned).  According to the Buedingen ML this Sanyer man married in 1766 a Gathoff woman, no origin given for either (Mai&Marquardt#428).

SinnerFN: said by the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Offenbach, Isenburg.

SinnerFN: Gary Martens says that according to Igor Pleve the original Schilling Sinner was born in Ranstadt, but was living in Rinderbuergen when he left for Russia.

SinrodFN: see Sinrot.

Sinrot/Sinrod/Simrod/SimrothGL, Darmstadt: an unidentified place said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poyjana FSL to be homeUC to a Kniss family.  Spelled Simroth by the Kromm version which suggests it was really Siemerode (p.30), and says that Schneidermueller/Schneidmueller families were also from there (pp.27, 30).

from Sinrot(?)/Sinrod/Siemerode, Darmstadt: (Kniss43);

from Simroth/Sinrod/Simrod/Siemerode: (Schneidmueller2a, 38);

SinsheimGL, 61 miles SSE of Frankfurt-am-Main; said by the Roethling FSL to be in Baden or Kurmainz.  Probably the same place as the following entry.

SinsheimGL, Baden: is 17 miles NW of Heilbronn, Baden, Wuerttemberg.

Sinsheim [Amt]GL, Baden: the city was also a District administrative center.

SinslerFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg.

SinzingGL, Bayern: said by the Herzog FSL to be homeUC to a Gerstner family.  There at least three Sinzings in Bavaria, but the most likely one, I think, is some 3 miles SW of Regensburg.

Sipachisch?GS: an unidentified country.  See Witt.

SippelFN: this family name was found recorded in Schlitz marriage records 1762-1767 and in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767;; see Flegel trip.

Sippert FN: said by KS:448 to have been inUC Neudorf.  Evidently there is no confirmation of that.

Sipsmar(?)GL, Breitenbach: an unidentified place said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Hess, and perhaps a Mispeck family.

SirchingenGL, Urach Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 3 miles S of Bad Urach, Baden Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Werner family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Sirsk(?)GL, see Sierck.

SissellRN, Eleanor is one of  the AHSGR village coordinators for Kukkus and has proven the origins of her Maser and Krumm ancestors.

Sit(?)GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Michaelis family.

Sitler/SchitlerFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Muenzesheim, Baden.  The Buedingen ML says this Schuettler man fromUC Muentzesheim, Baden-Durlach, married in 1766 a widow Weber, nee Mueller (Mai&Marquardt#688).

Sittig FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Kersdorf.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nb11.

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

SittnerFN: also see Zitner.

Sitz/Seiss?FN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be fromUC Undeit.

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

SitzmanFN: see Zitzmann.

SkatovkaVV: was a Russian name for Straub.

SkatowkaVV: was a Russian name for Straub.

SlawskGL: see Gross Slawsk.

Sleigouim?GL, Fraenkischen Ritterkreis: an unidentifed place said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Schmidt family.

SmolinGL, Reichau [Kreis], Galicia: now called Karpy, Ukraine, some 33 miles NW of L’viv city, and proved by the GCRA to be the place where Miller{Joseph}’s children were born (1800-1805) prior to coming to Bergdorf.

Smoplinski, Poland: an unidentified place which the GCRA found associated with frau Mauch (nee Wedel) in 1786.

Snetning?GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Hill family.

Snip?FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Guntershausen, Kurpfalz.  Might this name be Schnepp?

Sobyn, Zgiers, South Prussia: an unidentified place the GCRA said was near Schoeneich, NW of Lodz and was associated with a Huff family 1801-1803.

Soden(?)GL, Kurpfalz: said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Wahl family.  The only Soden I can find is 4 miles SE of Aschaffenberg city, but in 1766 it was in Kurmainz, not Kurpfalz.

SoedelGL, [Solms]: is some 8 miles N of Niederwoelstadt and was home to the father of at least one of the Klein men who went to Frank.  See Kleim.

SoedelGL: also see Sedal, Solms.

SoederFN: see Jeder.

SoellnitzGL: said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Gruen family.  This probably was in the Weimar Duchy some 8 miles SE of Weimar city.

Soerth(?)GL, Baden-Durlach: an unidentified place said by the Kukkus FSL to be homeUC to a Hertel family.

SoetherFN: see Jeder.

SohnFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Oppenweiler.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Nm22.

SokolowFN: said by the Husaren FSL to be fromUC Aschaffenburg.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

SokolowskiFN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be fromUC Uschatsch, Polen.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Sokolowsky (Mai1798:Dr05).  Possibly nka? Uchacze, Poland, 46 SSE of Warsaw.

SokolowskiFN: said by the Husaren FSL to be fromUC Newel, Polen.  In 1798 spelled Sokolowsky (Mai1798:Hn9).

SokolowskyFN: see Sokolowski.

Soldinin(?)GL, Elbin(?):said by the Dietel FSL to be homeUC to a Koch family.  This might be Soldin, now Mysliborz, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland.

Sollbach FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Oppertshofen, with a Kirchturm orphan girl in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

SollerGL: see Zoller.

Sollnitz?GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to an Otto man.  This is likely the same place as the next entry.

SollnitzGL, Anhalt-Dessau: is some 5 miles SE of Dessau city, and said to be homeUC to a Hartmann woman who married a Reifegerste man and went to Boaro (Mai&Marquardt#1137).

SollnitzGL: also see Soellnitz and Zoellnitz.

SollschwitzGL, Sachsen: an unidentifed place said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Goldberg family.  There are at least two Sollschwitz in Saxony.

SolmerFN: see Seelmann.

SolmsGS, could have been any of about 4 independent Counties with lands SW, S, SE and E of Giessen, Hesse.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be homeUC to a Steger family.

Solms [Feinstein?]GL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?) and was homeUC to a Dietrich family.  This might be the village of Solms that is some 15 miles NNW of Fulda.

Solms-BraunfelsGS: this state was a member of the Bench of the Secular Princes, Upper Rhenish Circle; see Braunfels and Branfelzer.

[Solms-]Braunfels [Principality]GS: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Wasmar? family.

Solms-HohensolmsGS: this state was a member of the Bench of Counts and Lords, Upper Rhenish Circle.

Solms –Laubach [County]GS: this state was a member of the Bench of Counts and Lords, Upper Rhenish Circle; See Laubach.  According to a Luebeck ML a Walter woman from Solms-Laubach married in 1766 an Eckhard man (Mai&Marquardt#263).  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Krasnoyar FSL to be homeUC to an Eckhard family.

SoltmerFN: see Soltner.

SoltnerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Gruenberg, Hessen with a Doerr wife fromUC Hangheim.

SoltnerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Marklein Banghein(?), Ansbach.  Also later spelled Soltmer (Mai1798:Ka27, Mv1180).

SoltnerFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Ansbach [Margraviate].  I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.

Sommer{David}FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Massenheim. The 1798 Boregard census gives the wife’s maiden name as Elscheidt (Mai1798:Mv188).

Sommer{Heinrich}FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Pfaffenheim.

Sommer FN {Conrad}: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Gut Berun, Nassau.

SommerFN {Andreas}: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Milisin?.

SommerFN{Anna Maria} said by the Brabander 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Behm (Mai1798:Bn20).

SommerFN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be fromUC Kemberg(?)/Kimber(?).

SommerFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Freiwalde, Preussisch-Schlesien.

SommerFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Echenbrunn, Bamberg [Bishopric].

SommerFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Wien, Oestrerreich with his Pauly wife and a Pauly brother-in-law in the household.  This couple (she a Pauli) was married in Luebeck in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#124).  For 1770 see Mai1798:Mv2033.

SommerFN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC Heringen, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].  For 1769 see (Mai1798:Mv2291).

SommerFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Kunverskikhene, Laubach County.

SommerFN: also see Samer.

SommersdorfGL, Ansbach: is some 6 miles S of Ansbach city and said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to a Leikam family.

Sompolno, Przedecz, Posen: is 46 miles NNE of Kalisch, Poland, and the GCRA found that it was associated with a Nagel family in 1805.

 

SondFN: said by the Enders FSL to be fromUC Luebeck (no locality given).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Sondersfeld, [Kurbayern]: is 21 miles SE of Nuerenberg city center and was said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a Doeringer/Doehring/Doering family.

Sonnenburg, Oststernberg Kreis, Prussia: nka Slonsk, Poland, is and was 19 miles NNE of Frankfurt-an-der-Oder.

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

SonnengruenFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be a stepson in the Lenk household.

SonntagFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be a step-son in the Sturn family household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

SontauFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Sester, Holstein.

SoquieteFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Paris, Frankreich.

SorbergerFN: according to the Buedingen ML this woman in 1766 married a Jaeckel man (Mai&Marquardt#538).  By 1767 this couple was in Moor.  Bonner proved she was baptized in Wolf.

SorbergerFN: said by the Norka FSL to be step-children in the Anspach household.  Bonner indicates that their mother was born an Armbruster and he proved that her Sorberger children were baptized in Aulendiebach, Isenburg[-Buedingen County].

SorekonkGL: see Soring.

SorgFN: said by the Bangert FSL to be fromUC Moenstadt, Nassau-Usingen.

SorgFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Loewenstein, Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).

SorgFN: also see Borg.

SorgenfreyFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Hohen-Pritz (no other locality mentioned). He married a Berg woman in 1766 in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#214).   I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses. 

SoringFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Wolf.  Pleve noted that his might be Sorekonk?  I could not find this family in the Volga 1798 censuses.

SosnovkaVV: a variation of the Russian name for SchillingVV.  

SosnowkaVV: a variation of the Russian name for SchillingVV.

Sostdorf?FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Lengfeld(?).  Later spelled Suessendorf.

SouffleFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Beauchene, Frankreich. 

South Prussia: aka Suedpreussen, in Poland until 1793 when occupied by Prussia and incorporated into that Kingdom as a Province in 1795.  In 1807 the Province was dismantled and its lands became subject to the semi-independent Warsaw Duchy. In 1815 some eastern parts went to Russia but most of what had once been the Province of South Prussia were folded into the newly organized Prussian province (duchy) of Posen, and so they remained until 1848.

South PrussiaGL: also see Preussisch Schlesien.

SowatskyFN:  said by the Orloff FSL to be fromUC Heubuden, Marienburg Amt.  Also spelled Sawatsky.

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

SpaarFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Malsbach?, [Regensburg Imperial Abbey?].   I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

SpachbrueckenGL, Darmstadt: is some 8 miles ESE of Darmstadt city, and said by the Holstein FSL to be homeUC to Buchsbaum and Mai families.  According to the Buedingen ML a Walther wife of one of these May/Mey men was also fromUC Spachbruecken (Mai&Marquardt#584).  Brent Mai has confirmed Spachbruecken as the place of origin for the families.

SpadiFN: see Spady.

SpadyFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Cesaria.  His wife’s maiden name is later given as Fuchs, and his family name is later spelled Spadi (Mai1798:Nr8, 22).

SpaechtFN: see Specht.

SpaedterFN see Spithof.

Spaeter?FN, see Shpeiter.

SpaethFN: said by the Stumpp version of the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz; and by the Pleve version to be from Runkel.

SpaethFN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 448) to be fromUC Grosssachsenheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However, the GCRA proved this an erroneous origin and thinks he may have come fromUC Sulpach, Goeppingen Amt, Wuerttemberg, but they did not prove that origin.  See their book for more detail.

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

SpaetterFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC Elschiburg?, Kurtrier.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

SpaetterFN also see Spaedter and Spaeter.

SpahnFN{Heinrich}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Hanau [County]. For 1798 see Mai1798: Pl57,Nm28.

SpahnFN{Nicolaus}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Hannover with a Borti step-daughter and a Letz step-son in the household.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Gb35, Pf27, 57?.

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

SpahnFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Schoenborn?. 

SpahnFN: also see Spahnnagel.

Spahnnagel FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Eching.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Spahn (Mai1798:Pl57,Mv2244).

SpaichingenGL, Wuerttemberg: is 36 miles SW of Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

SpaltGL, Nuernberg: is some 20 miles SSW of Nuernberg city, and said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Ludwig family.

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

SpangenbergFN: see Spangenberger.

SpangenbergGL, Hessen-Kassel: is some 16 miles SE of Kassel city, and said by the Anton FSL to be homeUC to a Bremer family.

Spangenberger/SpangenbergFN: the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL gives no place of origin for this step-son in the Langlitz household, but the Kromm version says he was from fromUC Eichelsdorf, Nidda (pp.32, 34).

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

Sparwasser aka fra BierFN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Damehteberg, Pfalz-Zweibrucken.

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

SpechbachGL, Sinsheim parish, Baden: is some 6 miles NNE of Sinsheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Bernhard family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

SpechtFN: said by the Kano FSL to be step-children in the Schaefer{Christoph} household.  In 1798 said to be the maiden (sic for married widowed) name of frau Schaefer (Mai1798:Sh44).

Specht{Heinrich}FN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC [Anhalt-]Zerbst [Principality] (no locality mentioned). I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

SpechtFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Alstein, Pomerania.  Later spelled Spaecht.

SpechtFN: also see Becht and Sprecht.

SpeckFN: said by the Buedingen ML to have married a Gutermuth man in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#418).  By 1767 this couple was in the Belowescher Kolonien.

SpeckFN: also see Spek.

Speidel FN:  listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671) as frau Werner without origin, but KS:449 said her family was from Moessingen, Rottenburg [Amt], Tuebingen [Oberamt], Wuerttemberg; the GCRA proved this origin, using FHL 1,457,469; see their book for detail.

SpeigelbergGL, Backnang parish, Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles N of Backnang, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to an Ackermann family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

SpeisterFN: see Spister.

SpekFN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659) to have been from Trossingen, Tuttlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,658,752).  This family stopped in Kolonie Neusulzfeld, Suedpreussen, in 1806 prior to going to Bergdorf.  See the GCRA  book for more detail.  Also spelled Speck (KS:449).

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

SpelerFN: said by the Goebel FSL to be fromUC Tating, Kurmainz.

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

Spenger?FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Dessau (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Spengler in 1798 (Mai1798: Bx 05, 13, 26, 51, Mv336, Er05).

SpeierFN: see Brausemann.

SpenglerFN: see Berger and Schott of Grimm.

SpenglerFN: see also Spenger.

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

SperlingFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Danzig; it also said his wife died in Oranienbaum and he then married an Arnt woman from Marienburg.

SpessartGL is the now name of the northwestern-most section of Bavaria and may have been a part of Hesse in earlier days.

SpeyerGS, is 57 miles SSW of Frankfurt-am-Main.  In the 1760’s it apparently was an independent city-state (see Remmick), but was then much in ruins.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be homeUC to a Lobauer family.  Said by the Graf FSL to be homeUC to a Glaese family.

SpieckerFN: see Spiegel.

Spickelhof, Prussia: an unidentified place which the GCRA found associated with a Gering family in 1797.

SpiegelFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  The maiden name of the wife is later said to be Geier (Mai1798:Nr12).  A Luebeck ML says this Spiecker man married a Geil woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1184).

SpiegelbergGL, Backnang Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles N of Backnang city, and said by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be homeUC to the Heimerdinger family that went to Glueckstal.  Proven by Curt Renz as home to the Ackermann family that went to Gueldendorf, Odessa.

SpielbergGL: is some 7 miles ENE of Buedingen, and said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to an Eckert woman, who married a Rau and then went to Huck (Mai&Marquardt#504).  Said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to Ulrich and Werth{Jacob} families.

SpielbergGL said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to the Kraus woman who married a Gebel man from Petersroth; by 1767 this couple was in Messer; Stumpp said Spielberg was in the Pfalz (Mai&Marquardt:506).  I think Stumpp probably was wrong and that this was the town in Isenburg, some 7 miles ENE of Buedingen city.

SpielmannFN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660, 220) and by his passport to have been fromUC Reilingen, Mannheim [Amt], Baden.  But no record was found in Reilingen records by GCRA; see their book for more detail.

Spielmann/SpielmanFN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#16, Spielman) and KS:449 (Spielmann) to have come fromUC Reilingen, Mannheim [Amt], Baden.  See the GCRA book for a bit more.

SpielmannFN: also see Spielman.

SpiesFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Alsfeld, Darmstadt.  Later spelled Spiess.

SpiessFN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be fromUC Saarburg, [Kur-]Trier, with Gross step-sons in one household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Ls13, 27, 21, 31, Gf19.

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

SpiessFN: also see Spies.

SpikermannFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Geske. 

SpindtFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be step-children in the Spister household.  I could not find this them in the 1798 Volga censuses.

SpinglerFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Zweibruecken (no locality mentioned).

SpiriFN: listed by both the 1858 Kassel census (#246) and KS:450 without origin.  Also spelled Spiry. The GCRA found indications that they may have come fromUC or near Schönau, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.

Spiry FN: see Spiri.

SpissFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC