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Waag^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Wabern?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Volmer family.  This may have been in Hessen-Kassel, some 15 miles SSW of Kassel city, but there are other options.

Wachbach^GL: is some 24 miles WSW of Wuerzburg city and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Wittig family and possibly to a Stein family.  In the 1760s it was either governed by the Teutonic Order or by a local barony.

Wachmeister^FN: see Wachtmeister.

Wachtel^FN: said by the 1798 Orlovskaya census to be the maiden name of frau Blum (Mai1798:Or24).

Wachtenberg^GS: an unidentified country; see Elbruck.

Wachter^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Bleifeld-bei-Hoffnungsthal.  The family name was later spelled Waechter (Mai1798:Mt48).

Wachtmeister^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Sachsen-Meiningen.  Later spelled Wachmeister (Mai1798:Pf29).  The Buedingen ML says this man married a Goebel woman from^UC Eisenach in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt:592).

Wachtel^FN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be from^UC Gilbstett(?).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bt41 and 35.

Wackelderbusch?^GL: said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be home^UC to a Pollet family.  This may be Wachholderbusch, Bayreuth Margraviate, 6 miles NW of Hof [now Bavaria] city.

Wackenhut ^FN: using a report from the Evangelischer Oberkirchenrat, Landeskirchliches Archiv, abstracting from Langenalb church records, Dick Kraus proved that this was the maiden name of the Dahlinger widow who settled in Galka.

Wacker^FN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:660, 471) to have been from Neusatz, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,056,826.  The Amt jurisdiction must have switched from Calw to Neuenburg after the emigrants left Neusatz.  On its way to Russia, this family lived for a time in Klecko Amt, Posen, Suedpreussen moving to Bergdorf in 1809. ).  See the GCRA book for more detail.

Wacker^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Gruenewald, Hessen-Darmstadt.  Doris Evans says that research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for the Frank Research Fund has found the parents of this man in Crainfeld.  His earliest known Wacker ancestor was born about 1620 in Allmenrod.

Wacker^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr49, 35, 159, 111 and 146.

Wacker^FN: said by the Norka 1798 census to be the maiden name of the wife of Schlitzer Heffeneder (Mai1798:Nr209).

Wacker^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Schwabach, Wuerzburg.

Wadendorf^GL: see Wallendorf.

Waechter^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Appelbrun?, Hanau.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Waechter^FN: also see Wachter.

[Isenburg-]Waechtersbach^GS, [County]: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Hahn family.  See Isenbueg-Waechtersbach County.

Waener^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Lieg?, Hessen-Darmstadt County.  Identified by the Walter Research Group as a Wagner family.

Waesterwaller^FN: see Westerwaller.

Waffel^FN: according to the Grimm FSL a Waffel orphan (no origin indicated) was living with a Baecker family from Darmstadt (no locality indicated).

Wagemann^FN: see Wagenmann.

Wagenleiter^GL: see Wagenleitner.

Wagenleitner^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Linz, Oberoesterreich.   Spelled Wagenleiter in 1790 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2985,Wr101,Dn48,Bg9).

Wagenmann^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Doerrenbach, Bergzabern Amt, Rheinpfalz.  Stumpp, p.524, says this Wagemann arrived in Russia in 1818.

Wagenmann^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#79) and KS:472 with no origin.  Using FHL#193,818, the GCRA proved their origin in Doerrenbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See the GCRA book for more.     Also spelled Wagemann.

Wagner^FN: a Wagner woman who married a Ruth man in 1766 and then went to Balzer was from^UC Unterreichenbach according to the Buedingen ML (Mai&Marquart#417).

Wagner^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Dierbach, Zweibruecken.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Br15, 21, 37 and 48.

Wagner^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Mainz (no locality mentioned).

Wagner^FN{J.Martin}: this stepson was said by the Boaro FSL to be living in Koch{J.Gottfried} family that was from^UC Dessau (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Wegner in 1798 (Mai1798:Ka73,Pl46).

Wagner^FN{J.Michael}: said by the Boaro FSL to be an orphan living in a Reisegerste family that was from^UC Golniss, Dessau.  I did not identify his 1798 whereabouts.

Wagner^FN: a stepdaughter listed by the Boregard FSL in the Hoffmann household.

Wagner^FN:  a Rosslau ML says this woman (no origin given) married in 1766 a Fischer man; who settled as single man in Brabander (Mai&Marquardt#1026).

Wagner^FN: the Buedingen ML says this woman from^UC Werda, Truembach married in 1766 an Albrecht man; by 1767 this couple was in Dobrinka (Mai&Marquardt#626).

Wagner^FN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Stollberg (no locality mentioned).

Wagner^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Rinteln, Frieberg(?).  Doris Evans says that research done by Ruth Froelke for Dorothy Thomas confirms that this man was born in 1723 in Langgoens which was also home to his earliest known Wagner ancestor born about 1720.

Wagner^FN: said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg.

Wagner^FN: in 1817 settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Gerlingen, Leonberg parish, Wuerttemberg.

Wagner^FN:  the Herzog FSL indicates that frau Glaser from^UC Amburg, Bayren was the widow Wagner.

Wagner^FN: listed by the Jost FSL but no origin was given.

Wagner^FN{Adam}: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Anhalt- Zerbst (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Kn31.

Wagner{Christoph}^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC [Anhalt-]Zerbst [Principality] (no locality mentioned) with a Wolfart orphan boy from Wagner’s sister’s household.

Wagner^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Helmstedt(?), Braunschweig.

Wagner?^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Raitersaich.

Wagner^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Wien, Oesterrieich with a Klein wife from^UC Schierstein.  In 1798 his wife’s maiden name is given as Kehl (Mai1798:Ka119).

Wagner^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be a brother-in-law living in the Gareis household.

Wagner^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be from^UC Isenburg.  According to the Buedingen ML this Wagner man from Calbach married in 1766 a woman who was the adopted aughter of a Reuther from Lieblos (Mai&Marquardt#534).

Wagner^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Willmandingen, Wuerttemberg.

Wagner ^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned) and the wife’s maiden name was given as Tiefenthaler.  A Danzig ML says they married in 1765, both from^UC the Palatinate and she being a widow of Tiefenthaler (Mai&Marquardt#753).

Wagner^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Winterborn.

Wagner{Christian}^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#50) and KS:472 with no origin.  The GCRA found a source which said he came from^UC Offendorf, [Bischweiler Amt, Elsass?], but they did not find him in Protestant records there.  See their book for a bit more.

Wagner{Peter}^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#24) and KS:472 without origin. See the GCRA book for a bit more

Wagner^FN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be from^UC Grossbothen?. Frau Wagner’s maiden name was given as Witzenhausen in 1798 (Mai1798:Or49).

Wagner^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Usingen (no locality mentioned) with a Schnell stepdaughter in the household.

Wagner^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Koblenz. 

Wagner^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Weinsheim.

Wagner^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be from^UC Heringen, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].  For 1769 see (Mai1798:Mv2288).

Wagner^FN: listed in the Pobochnaya FSL so may have been from Darmstadt state.                    

Wagner^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Remich, Luxembo.

Wagner^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Grafschaft Manderscheid.  For 1797 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2479, Rm52 and En21.

Wagner^FN: said by the Schoenchen FSL to be from^UC Steckenborn.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Om23.

Wagner^FN: she is said by a Rosslau ML to have married a Kellermann in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#935); by 1768 they were in Schuck.

Wagner{Heinrich,J.Peter,Johannes}^FN: I could not find them in any published FSL but members of this family were reported to have come from Schulz in 1787 and to be living in Pobochnaja in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2660,2661,Pb31,32 and maybe 23?).  

Wagner^FN: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Hausen-Arnsbach, Nassau-Usingen [Principality].  I did not find them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Wagner{Philipp}^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Busecker Tal, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Ur20,2,24 and 1.

Wagner{Sigmund}^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Luedershausen-bei-Artlenburg, [Lueneburg Principality, Kurbraunschweig].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Ur10.  In 1766 in Rosslau he married a Kermin woman (Mai&Marquardt#1010).

Wagner^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Kronebor, Kur-Mainz.

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

Wagner^FN: also see Waener and Wegener.

Wahl^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Soden(?), Kurpfalz.

Wahl^FN: Curt Renz has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, family in Lindach, Gmund Oberamt, Wuerttemberg. 

Wahl^FN:  said by the Koehler FSL and by the 1798 Koehler census (Mai1798:Kl32) to be the maiden name of one of the frau Huber/Hubert.  The Buedingen ML said that this woman from^UC the area of Saalmuenster (Mai&Marquardt#568).

Wahl^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Alsfeld, Darmstadt.

Wahl^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC [Hessen-]Darmstadt with Rihl step-children in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Wahl^FN: mistakenly said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#72, 92) and KS:473 (2 entries) to have come from^UC Rittershofen, Sulz [Amt], Elsass. Using FHL#1,457,535, the GCRA proved their origin in Insheim, Moerlheim parish, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See the GCRA book for more.

Wahl^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be an orphan boy in the Gruendler household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wm30.

Wahl^FN: also see Wall.

Wahlen^GL, [Hessen-Darmstadt]: is some 7 miles NW of Alsfeld, Hessen, and said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Sein woman who in 1766 married a Finck man; by 1767 this couple was in Grimm; Stumpp says Wahlen was near Alsfeld (Mai&Marquardt#486).

Wahlschmidt^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Vellinghausen.  Spelled Wahlschmidt in 1798 (Mai1798: Mn16).

Wahmser{J.Melchior}: married a Schleich woman in 1765 in Luebeck; spelled Wahnser in the Transport list; not found resident in Russia so far (Mai&Marquardt#22).

Wahnser ^FN:  see Wahmser.

Waiblingen^GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles NE of Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Waiblingen [Amt]^GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles NE of Stuttgart city, and was an administrative district center.

Waidain^FN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of frau Pan; or it might be Weigand (Mai1798:Nr120).

Waizendorf ^GL: see Weiszendorf.

Waigandshain^GL, [Nassau-Dillenburg Principality]:  is some 2.5 miles NNE of Rennerod.  Stumpp said this place was in the Westerwald near Rennerod and was home to the Volk woman who married Kraus and settled with him in Krasnoyar ks116 (Mai&Marquardt#553).  See Weickersheim.

Walachowski^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Petersburg, Russia.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Walbach^GL, Breuberg: said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a .Koenig man who married a Schaefter woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#547).  By 1767 this couple was in the Belowescher Kolonien.

Walbott^FN: see Waldbott.

Walbourg(?)^GL, Frankreich: probably is some 20 miles N of Strasbourg, Alsace, and said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Bovue family.

Walburg^GL, Weissenburg [Amt], Elsass: now called Walbourg, is some 12 miles SW of Wissembourg city, and said, evidently mistakenly, by the 1816 Glueckstal census to be home^UC to the Gross family.

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

Wald^FN: see Walt.

Waldagesheim^GL, Kurpfalz: is some 19 miles WSW of Mainz and is said by the Rothammel FSL to be home^UC to a Gerte? family.

Wald-Amorbach, Breuberg Condominium: is 3.4 miles NE of Hoechst-im-Odenwald.  Geig1 says this was home to the Dachs woman who married the Hoffgerber man before they moved to Frank.

Waldangelloch^GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 23 miles NE of Karlsruhe and is said by the Kautz FSL to be the home^UC of a Stehle family.

Waldbach^GL parish, Weinsberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 1.5 miles W of Scheppach and was found to be the parish serving the Steigman family that lived in Scheppach, Oehringen Amt, Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Waldbott Barony ^GS: this state consisted of two smallish territories, one 5-7 miles W of Friedberg city, and one 13-15 miles SE of Friedberg, around Schmitten.  Ever since the Chrusades, the homebase of the very influencial Waldbott/Walbott/Walpott family was the Bassinheim Barony, which name was sometimes applied to the lands in this entry – which lands were acquired just about the time settlers were leaving for Russia.

Waldau^GL:  said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to an Anschutz family and possibly to their Mueller{Gottlieb} step-son.  Kuhlberg said this place was in Sachsen.  This probably was in Kursachsen some 8 miles SE of Naumburg city.

Walddorf, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 6 miles NE of Tuebingen city, and was said by the 1816 Neudorf census (#112) to have be home^UC  to a Meier/Maier{Johannes} family.

Waldeck^GL, Herzogtum Mecklenburg[-Schwerin]: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to a Dittmann family. There were two Waldecks in this Duchy: one is 8 km SE of Rostock city; the other is 59 km SW of Rostock.

Waldeck^GS: short for the Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont, for which the German is Fuerstentum Waldeck.  It held extensive lands to the W of Kassel city, mostly in what is now Hessen.  Its seat was Arolsen, some 20 miles WNW of Kassel city.

Waldenbuch^GL, Wuerttemberg Duchy: is some 11 miles SSW of Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg; see Waltenbuch, Wittenberg Duchy.

Waldenhausen, Wuerzburg [Bishopric]: is 31 km WSW of Wuerzburg city and was said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to an Oswald family.

Walenkepr?, [Kur-]Braunschweig: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Mast family. 

Waldenloch^GL see Waldangelloch.

Waldfischbach^GL: see Fischbach.

Waldgener?^FN: see Waldheuser.

Waldgirmes^GL, Darmstadt: is some 5 miles W of Giessen city, and said by the Bettinger FSL to be home^UC to a Feiling family. Said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to a Zubiks family.

Waldhambach^GL, Bergzabern [Amt], Pfalz: is some 4.5 miles N of Bad Bergzabern, and the GCRA has proven that the Hertle family was here before moving on to Glueckstal. See the GCRA book for more details.

Waldheuser^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Gerolzhofen?, [Wuerzburg Bishopric], with a Seifert step-daughter in the household.    Spelled Waldgener? in 1781 and Waltgeiser in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2056 and Lz40 respectively).

Waldlaubersheim^GL, Kreis Kreuznach, Rheinland: Is some 6 miles NNW of Bad Kreuznach.  Dona Reeves-Marquardt found the record for the baptism of  Herr Schulteiss in the church records in Waldlaubersheim, Kreis Kreuznach, Rheinland.  This family first settled in Grimm where they arrived before 1775 (but not in time to be included in the FSL) and were included in the 1775 census (household 73) there.

Wald-Michelbach^GL, [Kurpfalz]: is some 12 miles NE of Heidelberg city, and 12 miles SSW of Fraenkisch-Crumbach.  Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Hirsch family.  This probably is the Michelbach that was home to the Schaefer {G.Philipp} family that left Fraenkisch-Crumbach for Russia in 1766 (Gieg1).

Waldorf ^GL: see Waldorff.

Waldorff ^GL, Elbing Amt: is now Powalina, Poland, and was some 3.5 miles E of Tiegendorff city. Said by the Orloff FSL to be home^UC to Wiebe family.  Also spelled Waldorf and Walldorf.

Waldschmidt^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Reifenberg, Bassenheim.  For 1798 see (Mai1798:Nk43).

Waldschmidt^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Resfenberg?.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Om65, Lz31.

Waldsprechtsweier^GL, Baden-Baden Margravite: is some 9 miles SSW of Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg; see Veileraporekenokh.

Waldstaedten^GL: an unidentified place said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Wunderlich family.  The Belowescher Kolonien FSL said he was from Anspach.

Waldweiten^FN: said by the Schoenchen FSL to be from^UC Luxemburg [Duchy] no locality mentioned.  I could find no member of this family in Mai1798.   

Wale^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:677, 678) with no origin, but KS:474 said they were from^UC Freilaubersheim, Bad Kreuznach [Amt], Rheinhessen.  See the GCRA book for more detail.  Also spelled Walle.

Walenhausen^GL, Hesse-Darmstadt County: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to an Asmos family.  Confirmed by the Walter Research Group to be an Asmus family from Wallernhausen, Hessen.

Walensheim?^GL, Wuerzburg: an unidentified place said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to a Hahn{Kaspar} family.

Waler?^FN: no place of origin is given for this orphan in the Pfeiffer FSL but she is living in the household of a Schubert family from^UC Wuerzburg. 

Walerode/Wallenrod: is some 11 miles W of Schlitz city, and was in Amt Romrot, Hessen-Darmstadt Duchy.  See Schlitz.

Walerode^GL: the Schlitz ML says this was home^UC to the Kenel woman who married in 1766 a Bindewald man;  by 1767 this couple was in Boaro; Schulze says this is Wallenrod (Mai&Marquardt#742). 

Waleske^FN: see Waljatski.

Waljatski^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Raschau, Polen.  In 1798 the name was spelled Waleske (Mai1798:Jo48).

Walkenbach^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Oberhausen, Kur Trier.  Later spelled Falkenbach.

Walker^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671, 474) with no origin.  Using FHL(1,457,504), the GCRA proved origin in Wankheim, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more detail.

Walker ^FN: also see Walter.

Wall^FN: said by the Tiege FSL to be from^UC Lesckerfeld, Marienburg Amt.

Wall^FN: listed by both the 1858 Kassel census (#224, 225) and KS:474 without origin. Using FHL#1,457,535 the GCRA proved their origin in Moerlheim, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz.    Also spelled Wahl.

Wall^GL: an unidentified place said by the Mueller FSL to be home^UC to a Meier family.  The Kuhlberg list gives the state as Isenburg.

Wallbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Brock family.  There are many place names like this in Germany.

Wallbach^GL: said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC to a Brunner woman who in 1766 married a Haag man (Mai&Marquardt#599)..  By 1767 this couple was in the Belowescher Kolonien.  This surely is Walbach/Wallbach, Breuberg.

Wallbott^FN: see Waldbott.

Wallborg^FN: said by the Herzog FSL to be the maiden name of the wife (no origin given) of the Ortmann who came from^UC Kelheim, [Kur-]Bayern.

Walldorf, Heidelberg [Amt], Baden: is 7 miles SSW of Heidelberg city, and was mistakenly said by the 1816 Kassel census (#100) to be home^UC to the Frei/Frey{Jakob} family that settled in Kassel.

Walldorf^GL, Kurpfalz: said by the Bauer FSL to be home^UC to a Mohr family.  This may have been Walldorf, Hessen, some 9 miles SSW of Frankfurt-am-Main city center.  This is the same place as the previous entry, except 40 years earlier.

Walldorf ^GL: also see Waldorff.

Wallduern, Baden-Wuerttemberg: in the 1760’s probably was part of Kurmainz and is some 29 miles SSE of Aschaffenburg.

Walle^FN: see Wale.

Wallenberg{Elisabeth}^FN: said to be the wife of Maul in 1798 (Mai1798:Sr41) but I did not find her in any FSL 

Wallendorf?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Bazel family. Kuhlberg said this was in the state of Dessau.  Stumpp said the place of origin was Quellendorf near Dessau (Mai&Marquardt#883).  I think Stumpp was most likely correct: see Quellendorf.

Wallendorf?^GL, Dessau: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Schneider family.  This may have been Wadendorf some 10 miles SSW of Dessau city, or Quellendorf, see above.

Wallenfelsch^FN: the Buedingen ML says this woman married a Repp man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Dobrinka (Mai&Marquardt#414).

Wallenflesh^FN: see Wallenflesch.

Wallenrod^GL: is some 3 miles NW of Lauterbach city and said by the Mueller FSL to be home^UC to an Usinger family.

Wallenrod^GL: also see Walerode.

Wallerfangen, Lothringen: is 45 km NE of Metz city and was said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Masuri family.

Wallerhausen^GL: see Wallernhausen.

Wallernhausen, [Isenburg-]Budedingen is 19 miles SE of Giessen city, and said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Stang family.

Wallernhausen^GL, Nidda Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt, near Buedingen: is some 1.5 miles SE of Nidda and said by the Frank FSL to be to be home^UC to a Zimmermann family and mistakenly(?) said to be in the state of Fulda.  Said by the all versions of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be home^UC to Asmus/Asmuss, Jungmann, and Stang families.  Said by the Kromm and Stumpp versions to be home^UC to Beutel and Goerlitz/Goersitz families although the Pleve version mentions only Nidda.  Said by Stumpp to be home^UC to Conrad and Johannes Beutel, as well as of the Stang woman who married Johannes, all of whom went to Jagodnaja Poljana (Mai&Marquardt#715, 719).  Confirmed by the Walter Research Group to be home^UC to an Asmus family from Wallernhausen, Hessen.  Sometimes spelled Wallerhausen, Wallershausen, or Walenhausen.

Wallerode^GL: said by the Niedermonjou FSL to be home to Riefer and Staerz families.  Kuhlberg said this was in Riedesel.  Pleve noted this might be Wellerode.  See also Wallenrod . In the case of the Riefer family, at least,  this was Wallroth.

Wallershausen^GL, see Wallernhausen.

Wallrath^GL: see Wallroth.

Wallroth?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a  Staf? family.   There was a Wallroth 3.5 miles NW of Schluechtern town, and one 13 miles ESE of Bonn city.  There was also a Wallrath 13 miles SW of Duesseldorf city.

Wallroth^GL:  this place was 3 miles N of Schluechtern city.  Kuhlberg said it was in the Riedesel [Barony].  If so, it was very near the common border with Hanau County and Fulda Bishopric.  Steven and Michael Grau have proven this as the origin for the Rieffer/Rueffer family of Nieder-Monjou.

Wallstadt^GL, Mannheim [Amt], Baden: is now a suburb just east of Mannheim city, and mentioned by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670, 279) as a possible origin^UC for the Goebel family.

Walpott^FN: see Waldbott.

Wals^FN: this stepson, according to the Louis FSL lived with a Schmidt family from^UC Gruensfeld, Wuerzburg. In 1798 the family name was spelled Waltz (Mai1798:Ls15).

Walt^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to have been born in Diesdorf and to have come to Russia from^UC Koethen.  Another source says he moved from Diesdorf, Dessau to Porst, near Coethen in 1761  (Mai&Marquardt#1166).  Spelled both Walt (Mai1798: Bx13) and Wald (Bx35) in 1798.

Waltenberg County: said (no locality indicated) by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to Hoffmann, Knobloch, Reigel, Rein, and Wirth families.  Dona Reeves-Marquardt has found the Knobloch, Reichel and Wirth family birth records in Mettenheim, Wartenberg church books.

Waltenbuch^GL, Wittenberg Duchy: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Kechter family.  Identified by the Walter Research Group as Waldenbuch, Wuerttemberg Duchy.

Waltenheim, Lothringen[sic?]: said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Bausert/ family.  I could find no Waltenheim in lands that were Lothringen, but there was one in Elsass very near the Lothringen border 20 km NW of Strasbourg.

Walter^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Weisel(?), Sachsen.

Walter^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Wolfhagen, Hessen-Kassel.

Walter^FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be from^UC Hattenbach, [Hersfeld Principality].  Spelled Walker in 1798 (Mai1798:Fs7, Er10, 12, Bs31).

Walter^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Hasselborn, Nassau.

Walter^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Neustadt, Erbach.  Doris Evans says research is being done by Anneliese Micheiwski for Jim Walter on the Walther family of Neustadt, Sandbach parish, [Breuberg Condominium].

Walter^FN: said by the Goebel FSL to be from^UC Schlierbach and that his wife’s maiden name was Fuchs.

Walter^FN: the Graf FSL says this was the maiden name of Geiger’s wife.

Walter^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

Walter^FN: said by the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Danram? later than the first settlers (p.35).

Walter^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Buedingen.

Walter^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

Walter^FN{J.Adam}: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Hattersheim, Kurmainz.  For 1798 see (Mai1798:Nk34, 38).  In this FSL the frau Hesser’s maiden name was given as Walter.

Walter^FN{Maria Eva}: according to the Keller FSL she, the orphaned sister-in-law of Herr Hesser, was from^UC Ingelheim, Stein.

Walter^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Braunfels (no locality mentioned).

Walter^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of a frau Steinbock.

Walter^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Freiberger.

Walter^FN: said by the Kolb FSL to be from^UC Weissenbach, Hessen-Kassel.

Walter^FN: said by the Kolb FSL to be from^UC Duerkheim, Hessen-Darmstadt.

Walter^FN: according to a Luebeck ML a Walter woman from Solms-Laubach married in 1766 a Eckhard man; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#263).

Walter^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Blasien?.  The 1798 Mariental census gives his wife's maiden name as Hilt (Mai1798:Mt80).

Walter^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Lutenburg, Holstein.

Walter^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Hessen. For 1798 see Mai1798: Mv1900.

Walter{Eva}^FN: listed in the 1816 Neudorf census (#70) as frau Lippert, who had married as the widow Meier.  The GCRA says the death reports of both her and her daughter Maria Meier indicate birth in an unidentified place called Roth, Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book under all three family names for more.

Walter{Philipp}^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#118) and KS:475 with no origin. Using FHL#193,201 , the GCRA proved his origin in Doerrenbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more, including the possible relationship with Valentin.

Walter{Valentin}^FN: see Ili of Neudorf.

Walter^FN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Fuchs (Mai1798:Nr189).

Walter{Charlotta}^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Kosswig, [Kurbrandenburg].

Walter{Katharina}^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Krapf  (Mai1798:Om34).

Walter^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Stuperrot?.  A Luebeck ML said this man from the Wetterau married in 1766 a Keyeserborg woman from the Darmstadt area (Mai&Marquardt#242).

Walter{Anna Maria}^FN: wife of Mohr{Nikolaus} was said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC [Kur-] Mainz.

Walter{Valentin}^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC [Kur-]Mainz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rl04.

Walter^FN: first settlers of Walter colony who came from Kirch Beerfurth, Erbach.  One of them, J.Peter, according to parish records, a son of a Walther of Kirchberfurt [sic for Kirch Beerfurth] married a Weber woman from Erlau [sic for Erbach County?] in 1766 in Fraenkisch Crumbach prior to coming to Russia (Mai&Marquardt#752).  Spelled Walther in Fraenkisch-Crumbach (Gieg1).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Wt95.

Walter^FN: said by the Walter FSL to be from^UC Lieg?, Hessen-Darmstadt County.

Walter^FN: said by the 1798 Rohleder census to be the maiden name of frau Mahr/Mohr{Nikolas} (Mai1798:Rl23).  She was said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC [Kur-]Mainz.

Walter{Adam}^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Pfedelbach?, [Hohenlohe County/Principality].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rm15 and 56.

Walter{Wilhelm}^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Hollabrunn?, Oesterreich.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Rm42(where the wife’s maiden name was given as Arnold) and 32.

Walter ^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Kelesheim?, Kurmainz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sm42.

Walter^FN: said by a Rosslau ML to be the maiden name of the woman who married a Richter man in 1766 [thence to Stahl-am-Tarlyk] (Mai&Marquardt#1025).  KS:151 said it was in 1765.

Walter{Johannes}^FN: said by the Stephan FSL to be from^UC Nidda, [Hessen-Damstardt Landgraviate]. I did not find them or any descendants in Mai1798.  The family name was Walter in 1767 (T117-118).

Walter{Philipp}^FN: said by the Stephan FSL to be from^UC Nidda, [Hessen-Damstardt Landgraviate]. In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Ruppel (Mai1798:Sp25).  This Walther man from^UC Nidda married in 1766 in Buedingen a Ruppel woman {Mai&Marquardt#706).  The family name was Walter in 1767 (T119-120).

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

Walter^FN:  according to Steven Hahn this family from Edenkoben settled in Worms, Odessa.

Walter^FN: also see Walther, Welter and Wolter.

Walter^VV: (aka Grechinnaya Luka and Gretchinaja Luka) is a Lutheran village on the western side of the Volga River.  Its FSL is being prepared for publication by Jean Roth and Mary Mills, the AHSGR Village Coordinators, who have generously agreed to allow this project to index their work-in-progress, a many-year-old attempt to identify and confirm exact German origins for every first settler.  Their work is phenomenal, having started with a copy of the original Russian list, they have coordinated translation and research contributions from many people, in the US, in Germany, and in Russia, although a great deal has been done by Jean Roth herself.  Their working title is Village of Walter Emigration List ….  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown in parens following the place. Verified entries or corrections are in red.  Each entry below begins with the place of origin followed by the family names from that place in parens.  The number with the family name is their household number in the FSL:

from Aberspach, Hesse-Darmstadt County: (Sufner39);

from Ankhekh, Hesse-Darmstadt: (Yaist[Geist]76);

from Atenbach, Hesse-Kalelskogo: (Karl63);

from Broenkhelaim, Hesse-Darmstadt County: (Linker65);

from Burkan[Burghaun], Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: (Gize[Gies]53, Seipel33, Viz[Geis]51, Zell27);

from Danzig, Free Republic: (Arent58, Felker[Voelker]54);

from Ekeborn[Eckartsborn], Ints[Hesse-Darmstadt] County: (Lenz79);

from Ekersporn[Eckartsborn], Hesse-Darmstadt County: (Bechtolt[Bechtold]64);

from Erenga[Herrnhaag], Isenburg: (Windecker81);

from Fegenheim[Fechenheim], Hanau County: (Ewald77);

from Fuerth, Erbach County: (Yais/Jais2);

from Gatsheim, Erbach County: (Missler74);

from Gelgar/Kelengar/Kelgar/Kelgor/Keligar/Keling[Gelnhaar], Isenburg County: (Beck88, Beckel[Boegel]62, Fogal[Vogel]59, Homburg[Hamburg]89, Linz[Linck]87, Wiederspahn61);

from Gelstein[Hellstein?], Henburg [Hessen or Henneburg?]County: (Heidenreich[Heitzenrider]70);

from Giburkhtgausen [Hildburghausen], Saxony: (Heberlein100);

from Gitserzhdorf/Genersdorf/Gekersdorf[Gittersdorf], Hesse-Darmstadt County: (Bloch58, 102);

from Golzhiem[Holzheim], Hessen-Nassau County, Denmark: (Albert30);

from Grosendorfel[Oberdorfelden], Hanau County: (Behmer44);

from Grossenmoor, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: (Heinrich9, Izik[Isaak]8);

from Grumberg[Fraenkish-Crumbach, Rodenstein Barony]: (Becker78);

from Hanau, Hanau County: (Goebel85, Schmitt5);

from Hekeberkhental/Heckenbergheim/Ekebergen, Hanau County: (Braun90, Steinmetz98, Thiel34, 35, 36);

from Inganten[Inheiden], Laubach County: (Schneider37);

from Iningeim[Ingenheim], Kurpfalz: (Lokas[Lukas]21);

from Kaigareltz, Isenburg County: (Reisbich[Reiswig]46);

from Kaltenordheim, Saxony-Weimar Duchy: (Greifts[Greifzu]19);

from Kangen[Kaichen], Friedberg: (Herr[Derr]6,7);

from Kellhausen[Gelnhausen], Free Republic: (Kimmel50);

from Kerschvelt/Kerschwald/Kirschalt/Kirschfelt [Gersfeld], Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: (Bartelmei/Bartolmei/Bartolomei17, 94, 103, Burkhart16, 106, Kammerzell101, Limpert13, Ofman[Hoffmann]18, Streck15);

from Kirch Beerfurth, Erbach County: (Walter1, 41);

from Kitsheim[Kitzingen], Wuertsburg[Wuerzburg] Principality: (Echt82);

from Kleinstadt/Kleistadt[Kleestadt], Hanau County: (Gertman[Hartmann]75, Gertmann[Hartmann]107, Hartman [Hartmann]87a, 96a, 105);

from Krem…[Crainfield?], Hesse-Darmstadt: (Kippert[Klippert]92);

from Klinen[Klingen], Kurpfalz: (Folk[Volk]23);

from Krofrogheim, Hesse-Darmstadt: (Lichtenberger42);

from Kronebor[Kronberg], Kur-Mainz: (Wagner83);

from Kronstat: (Schmal4);

from Krumbach: (Becker48, Weber42a);

from Kunverskikhene[Gonterskirchen], Laubach County: (Sommer45);

from Langenschwarz, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: (Ils10, Schissler29);

from Landauk[Landau], Frants[Pfalz]: (Wittenberger26);

from Laurenbach, Laubach County: (Vajas/Foltz[Volz]14);

from Leipzig, Saxony: (Strauch28).

from Lieg, Hessen-Darmstadt County: (Walter72);

from Linkenheim, Baden-Durlach County: (Kister20);

from Liesborg/Lizborkh[Lissberg], Hesse-Darmstardt County: (Benzel91, Leitz86)

from Lofert[Laufach], Hesse-Darmstadt: (Stan[Stamm]90);

from Lorbach, Isenburg: (Nazarenus69);

from Lorndern, Hesse-Darmstadt: (Becker91a);

from Malkhin[Malchin], Mecklenburg: (Pohlman84);

from Origin not given: (Focht[Vogt]38);

from Ottenberg, Stolberg County: (Engel24);

from Paulsheim[Paulshain?], Plekenberg[Blankenburg?] County: (Burgeis73);

from Poleng[Bohlingen], Durlach principality: (Mehling49);

from Reimkeln, Hesse-Darmstadt County: (Knorr56);

from Rietelspach, Gerbach County: (Schaefer57);

from Roth, Anspach County: (Fefter[Pfefter]25);

from Rudenkirch[Rothenkirchen], Fulda Principality: (Peter43);

from Saalfeld, Coburg Duchy: (Schiffler11);

from Schtater, Isenburg County: (Godwig37);

from Schlatserot[Schletznrod], Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: (Schaefer40);

from Shodlins[Koesslin], Prussian Pomerania: (Schmidt60);

from Spitsa..ton/Spitza..ton[Spitzaltern], Yanauzen[Hanau] County: (Hilt[Hill]96, 97).

from Starfritz[Sterbfritz], Hesse County: (Brethauer3);

from Uendveisen, Hesse-Darmstadt: (_eman99);

from Veileraporekenokh[Waldprechtsweier], Baden-Baden Margravite: (Morlan[Mohrland]52);

from Wenings, Isenburg[-Birstein County]: (Roth104);

from Verg, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: (Melkhert[Melcher]22);

from Walenhausen[Wallernhausen], Hesse-Darmstadt County: (Asmos[Asmus]71);

from Waltenbuch[Waldenbuch], Wittenberg[Wuerttemberg] Duchy: (Kechter32);

from Wanzel, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: (Waener[Wagner]31);

from Wildensee, Erbach County: (Ament12, Beidenkopf47);

from Zehlenroth/Zehlroth/Gemrot[Sellnrod], Hesse-Darmstadt: (Dietz66, 68, 93, Roun[Rohn]67)

from Zlupelheim, Hesse-Darmstardt: (Roten[Roth?]95).

Walter Research Group: the umbrella name for the people who have done the spade work on the Walter colony FSL, under the leadership of Jean Roth and Mary Mills.

Waltgeiser^FN: see Waldheuser.

Walth^FN:  said by KS:476 to have gone to^UC Glueckstal from Wuerttemberg.

Walther^FN: a Rosslau ML said this woman (no origin given) married in 1766 a Kassner man; by 1767 this couple was in Brabander (Mai&Marquardt#951).

Walther^FN: said to be from^UC Oberklingen, [Kurpfalz], this woman in 1766 in Buedingen married Schmidt{Johannes} (Mai&Marquardt#619); by 1767 they were in Doenhof.

Walther^FN: according to the Buedingen ML a Walther woman from^UC Spachbruecken married a May man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Holstein (Mai&Marquardt#584).

Walther^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Riedesel, Darmstadt.  Later spelled Walter.

Walther^FN: the Buedingen ML  says this woman of Froschhausen in 1766 married a Mehn man ; by 1767 this couple was in Pfeiffer (Mai&Marquardt:593).

Walther, J.Ludwig (son of M.Elisabethe (Schaefer) Lehn’s 1^st marriage, and J.Philipp with wife, A.Marie (Weber) left Fraenkisch-Crumbach for Russia in 1796 (Gieg1).   So far, I do not know if they arrived.

Walther^FN: this family name was found recorded in Herborn marriage records 1762-1767, and in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

Walther^FN: also see Walter.

Waltz?^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Viersen, Baden-Durlach[?].    Spelled Waltz in 1798 (Mai1798:Gk49).

Waltz^FN: maiden name of one of the frau Hein of Louis as given in 1798 (Mai1798:Ls1).

Waltz^FN: also see Wals.

Waltz?^GL, Nassau-Idstein: said by the Laub FSL to be home^UC to a Aulmann family.  There is a Walsdorf some 2 miles NNE of Idstein town.

Walwetz?^FN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be from^UC Magdeburg, Brandenburg (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family name in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Walz{Jacob}^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:673, 677, 476) to be from Aidlingen, Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for a bit more.

Walz{Johannes, Jakob}^FN: listed by the 1816 Neudorf census (#65) with no origin, mistakenly said by that census (#60) to have come from^UC Aidlingen Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg, and by KS:475 to have come from^UC Kuhlhausen, Prussia.   Using FHL#145,721, the GCRA proved their origin in Neidlingen, Kirchheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See their book for much more.

Walz{Daniel}^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#20) and KS:475 to have come from^UC Aidlingen, Boeblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#1,055,821, the GCRA proved their origin in Offendorf, Bischweiler [Amt], Elsass.  See the GCRA book for more.

Walzer{Ulrich}^FN: I could not find him in any FSL, but he was in Urbach in 1793 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2910, Ur26) and a daughter was in Enders (En35).

Wambach^FN: said by the 1798 Brabander census to be the maiden name of frau Blein (Mai1798:Bn45).

Wambach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Schambler? family.  There were at least 3 Wambachs in Germany.

Wambold^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Ziegenberg, Darmstadt.  In 1798 spelled Wamboldt when the maiden name of the wife is given as Vogt (Mai1798:Dt48, 54).

Wamboldt^FN: see Wambold.

Wane^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Schabenheim?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Wangar^FN: said by the Husaren FSL to be from^UC Prerow, Oesterreich.    In 1798 spelled Weingard (Mai1798:Hn2,22, Fz33). 

Wangen^GL, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is now a suburb just S of Stuttgart city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Weiss family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Wanke^FN: this woman was said by KS:476 to have been born in Glueckstal and to have married Kittler{Michael}.

Wankheim^GL, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 2 miles SW of Tuebingen city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Kaiser and Walker families that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more detail.

Wanner^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:678) with no origin.  Using FHL(1,457,424), the GCRA proved origin in Hagelloch, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more detail.

Wanner^FN: according to the 1798 census this was the maiden name of frau Jaeger of Hoelzel (Mai1798:Hz35).

Wanner^FN: listed by both the 1858 Kassel census (#247) and KS:476 without origin. Using FHL#1,457,424 the GCRA proved their origin Hagelloch, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.

Wanser^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Schellbach.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Wanstaenderer^FN: see Wanstenderer.

Wanstenderer/Wanstaenderer^FN: said by the Roethling FSL to be from^UC Adenau, Koeln.

Wantemut?^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Runzen. 

Wanter?^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Pingensheim?.  In 1798 this was spelled Winter (Mai1798: Nb18, 21).

Wanzel^FN:  said by the 1798 Goebel census to be the wife of one of the Reis men (Mai1798:Gb16).

Wanzel^GL, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter: an unidentified place, said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Waener family.  Identified by the Walter Research Group as a Wagner family.

Warburg?, Brandenburg [Duchy]: an unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to a Schroeder family.  The only Warburgs I can find were not in Brandenburg lands in the 1760s.

Warckentin^FN: said by the Blumenort FSL to be from^UC Elbing.

Warckentin^FN: said by the Orloff FSL to be from^UC Elbing.

Waren^GL, Mechlenburg: is some 44 miles SE of Rostock, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Engelmann family.

Warenburg^GS: an unidentified state; see Kloster Leichtstaedte.

Warenburg^VV: (aka Privalnoye or Priwalnoje) was a German Lutheran village founded in 1767 on the eastern side of the Volga River.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.IV, pp. 321-348.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. Verified corrections are in red.  The number with the name is their household number in the FSL: 

from Aken, Anhalt-Koethen [Principality]: (Rannefeld178);

from Allendorf, Nassau-Weilburg [Principality]: (Garz115);

from Alsfeld, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Oestereich/Oestreich15, and perhaps Bastian15a and Schwengel15b);

from Altenbueren/Altenbuseck?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Freund98, Muehl83, Simon85);

from Alten Buseck, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Konstanz90);

from Altenhasslau?, Hanau [County]: (Ries/Reis120);

from Altenhausen, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Spahr46);

from Analom?: (Peters105);

from Anhalt-Zerbst [Principality]^GS: (Zwickau{J.Andreas}97);

from Annaberg, [Kur-]Sachsen: (Garnisch?74);

from Anterlot?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Kehl114);

from Asch: (Kanzel66, and perhaps Ohl66a);

from Baerstadt, Nassau[-Usingen Principality]: (Baecker/Becker{Christoph}96);

from Beisheim, Wertheim [County]: (Eisner30);

from Berlin: (Becht21);

from Bikschit?, [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy]: (Lorenz145);

from Bladernheim, Hanau [County]: (Lang11 and perhaps Bensler/Benzel11a);

from Born: (Lehmann{Heinrich}152);

from Bothfeld, Hannover [i.e.Kurbraunschweig]: (Mueller{J.Heinrich}12 and perhaps Grossmann12a);

from Breslau, [Preussen]: (Ismann/Isman67 and possibly Bernhardt67a);

from Brsch?, Nuernberg [Imperial City]: (Meier/Maier{Conrad}18);

from Bueches?, Isenburg[-Buedingen County]: (Weber{Georg}147);

from Butzbach, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Mattern/Matern?26);

from [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Kraemer{J.Georg}95 and possibly Sparwasser{K.Margaretha}14a, as well as Koch{Johannes}95a);

from Dawizler?: (Schumacher133);

from Derndur?, Ansbach [Margraviate]: (Baecker{J.Georg}75);

from Doerbach?, Kurpfalz[sic]: (Stephan160);

from Doernigheim, Hanau [County]: (Eisner{H.Christian}135);

from Dresden, [Kur-]Sachsen: (Dening81);

from Eichstedt: (Kremell175);

from Ellingen, Kurpfalz[sic?]: (Boes?/Buss129 and possibly Flach/Flas/Flag129a);

from Erfurt, [Kurmainz?]: (Gruenbaum116, Winkler80);

from Erlangen, [Brandenburg-]Bayreuth [Margraviate]: (Meier{Christoph} and frau100);

from Eschbach, Runkel[sic?]: (Eng141 and possibly Geier141a);

from Florstadt: (Werner7);

from Frankfurt-am-Main [Imperial City]: (Bach76, Koehler{Adam}93);

from Frumet?, Wertheim?: (Rothenberger60);

from Furmal?, Hannover [i.e.Kurbraunschweig]: (Weberling/Beberling5);

from Gaterschlein?, [Schleswig-]Holstein [Royal Duchy]:  (Meier{J.Augustus}19);

from Gemuenden, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:  (Kraemer{J.Philipp}94);

from Gerlachsheim, Kurpfalz[sic?]: (Koehler{Anton}164);

from Grossenkneten, [Bremen Duchy]: (Koch{Johannes}16);

from Hammerstein?[Heimersheim], Kurpfalz: (Jung{Andreas}138);

from Hanau [County]: (Mueller(Joaholz)103 and possibly Gorsch103a);

from Harstein?, Kurpfalz: (Kaiser166);

from Harstein?, [Kur-]Pfalz: (Pfeifer161);

from Heim?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Bittenbender84);

from Hein?, Holstein: (Michelsen54);

from Hermannstadt: (Ritter101);

from Hetzerode?[sic], Hessenburg[sic]: (Mauer{J.Adam}126, {J.Peter}125);

from Hofen, [Wied-]Runkel [County]: (Schaefer{Andreas}142);

from Holstein: (Metzger{Peter}176};

from Holzhausen, Hannau [County]: (Adolph49);

from Humberg?: (Hermann/Herrmann111);

from Inkheim, Hanau [County]: (Schmidt{Ludwig}34);

from Kaduk?, Erbach [County]: (Wolf159);

from Kaesbach, Franken: (Fertig99);

from Kilianstaedten, Hanau [County]: (Gottfried167);

from Kleburg, [Kur-]Sachsen: (Vogt92);

from Kleinstadt, Holstein: (Petersen/Peterson57);

from Koepfingen?, Wuerttemberg [Duchy]: (Lutz82);

from Kopenhagen, Daenemark [Kingdom]: (Adelhof110, Howald102);

from Kranichstein, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Meier{Johannes}50);

from Kubach, Braunfels [sic?]: (Dein/Tain?127);

from Langenhain, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Fuehrer69, Mueller{J.Georg}113);

from Laubuseschbach, [Wied-]Runkel [County]: (Heil169);

from Lichtenberg, [Pfalz-]Zweibrucken [Duchy]: (Bier/Buehr118, Hess119);

from Linz, Oberoesterreich: (Wagenleitner/Wagenleiter137);

from Lohrbach[sic?], [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Schmidt{Jacob}52);

from Lollar?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Braun88);

from Luebeck [Bishopric or Imperial City]:(Brott{Zacharius}20,Detler22);

from Lueckstedt, [Kur-]Brandenburg: (Arndt/Arnst146); 

from Luxemburg [Duchy]: (Nissen37a);

from Magdeburg [Duchy]: (Frisch153, Koch{F.Wilhelm}51, Wiegener151, and possibly Goebel51);

from Meizin?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Get31);

from Menningen?, Kurpfalz: (Berger124 and possibly Conrad124a);

from Merlau?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Rahn9);

from Merzhausen, Nassau[-Usingen Principality]: (Schiffman32); 

from Michelbach, Hanau [County] [sic?]: (Bender121, Gorg/Horch/Korg163);

from Nassau: (Goebel42);

from Nassau-Usingen [Principality]: (Schaefer{J.Georg}62);

from Nassau-Weilburg [Principality]: (Mosel106);

from Nauheim, Hanau [County]: (Franz168);

from Naumburg, [Solms-]Braunfels [County]: (Andreas134);

from Neu-Brandenburg, Mecklenburg[-Strelitz Duchy]: (Reier56 and perhaps Otto56a);

from Neunbach?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Zifler53 and perhaps Mitzig?53a);

from Neustadt, Holstein [Condo]: (Schweiker36);

from Neustadt, [Kur-]Sachsen: (Kerster65);

from Niederdorfelden, Nassau[sic?] (Hoffmann{J.Heinrich}154);

from Nieder Erlenbach, Hanau [County]: (Brott{J.Conrad}123, Schuetz{J.Kaspar}122);  Niedenbach

from Nieder Eschbach, Hanau [County]: (Trippel155);

from Niederhausen, [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy]: (Hoffmann{Philipp}150);

from Nieder-Ingelheim, Kurpfalz: (Beck72 and possibly Hannebolet/Hannewald72a);

from Nieder-Ramstadt, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Engelhardt/Engelhard29, Valentin6);

from Nierstein, Kurpfalz: (Boltz44);

from Niklashausen, Wertheim [County]: (Funkner33);

from Oberaltenbernheim, Kaestel?: (Stroemer/Stumpf39);

from Ober-Ramstadt, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Fischer25);

from Obersabelrot?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:  (Doering/Dering); 

from Offenbach, Isenburg[-Birsteim Principality]: (Dittenbier/Dittenber165, Kiegler?170);

from Pak?, Kurpfalz: (Zies?/Tysysh?/Zieg177);

from Pansenheim?, Wuerttemberg [Duchy]: (Uhl78, and possibly Kraft79);

from Perling…?, Schwaben: (Koch/Kuch{J.Georg}37);

from Philippsburg, Holstein?: (Feil23 and perhaps Sohn23a);

from Polkniz?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Klaum108);

from Potsdam, [Kurbrandenburg]: (Dubach149);

from Reichenbach, Erbach [County]: (Koehler{Franz}63 and perhaps Metzger{Johann}63a);

from Reichenbach, Schlesien: (Ilgner27);

from Ritterhude, Holstein: (Simsen14);

from Rodheim, Friedberg [Imperial City]: (Frick17);

from Rosbach, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:  (Hieronymus64, Zimmermann61, and possibly Seher64a); 

from [Wied-]Runkel [County]: (Diener139);

from [Kur-]Sachsen: Weber{Tobias}93a);

from Schleswig-Holstein [Royal Duchy]: (Boettcher55);

from Schmiedeberg: (Kessler58);

from Seeheim?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:  (Kister4);

from Seelbach, Nassau[-Weilburg Principality]: (Geiter1, Jung{PhilippG.}2, and perhaps Instedt/Ikstadt1a);

from Semd, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate] [sic]: (Moor24);

from Serschsdorf?, Nassau: (Weilander/Weiland41);

from Siegen, Nassau[-Siegen Principality]: (Heinz128);

from Singhofen, Nassau [Condo]: (Roth{Jacob}3);

from Springen?, [Katzenelnbogen County], Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate]: (Weil172);

from Stadtamhof, [Kur-]Bayern: (Barteter?68);

from Stafelberg?[sic?], [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:  (Baecker{Magnus}87);

from Steeden, [Wied-]Runkel [County]: (Krentz131);

from Steinbach, Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate] [sic?]: (Schaefer{Johannes}132;

from Stolb?, Nassau: (Brokin?107);

from Stukelm?: (Deislin?179);

from Stuttgart, [Wuerttemberg Duchy]: (Gos71); 

from Tiligraut?, Dienheim: (Mueller{Christian}112);

from Tra?/Traisa, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Mueller/Muller/Miller{Heinrich}86);

from Treibe?, Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate]: (Motz/Mutz45);

from unknown: (Fels?173, Mueller{J.Peter}174);

from Vienna –see Wien below:

from Walenkepr?, [Kur-]Braunschweig: (Mast77);

from Warburg?, Brandenburg [Duchy]: (Schroeder/Schraeder48);

from Wech?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Weber{Martin}144);

from Weilmuenster, Nassau-Weilburg [Principality]: (Seil43 and perhaps Schuetz/Schatz{Heinrich}43a);

from Weinbach, Isenburg[sic?]: (Burgardt109);

from Weinheim, Franken: (Schmidt{Nicholaus}91);

from Wien: (Molko/Molkof73);

from Wiesbaden, [Nassau-Usingen Principality]: (Todt10 and possibly Haussorg?10a);

from Wiesen, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate][sic?]: (Saalfeld28);

from Wilsbach?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate][sic?]: (Boehmersheim13);

from Winden, Nassau[-Usingen Principality]: (Mueller{J.Friedrich}8);

from Windhausen, Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate]: (Nickel{J.Peter}35 and possibly Raabe35a);

from Windheim?, Franken: (Seibert{Martin}47;

from Wintersdorf, Sachsen[-Altenburg Duchy]: (Fleck89, Roth{H.Balzar}88a);

from Wintersheim: (Seibert{Christoph}59);

from Wintersheim, Sachsen: (Reimer70);

from Wittziengen: (Diener);

from Wolfenshausen: (Steinhauer171);

from Wolfenhausen, Runkel [sic]: (Bien?130, Bretter162, Gilau{Christian}158, {Johannes143}, Just/Jost136, Klamm{Ludwig}157, Krickau/Krikau156, Nickel{Wilhelm}140 and possibly Gilau{J.Georg}156a);

from Wolfgang, Hanau [County]: (Eberhardt117);

from Wuerttemberg [Duchy]: (Kraft79);

from Zebrik?, Nassau: (Hoffert148);

from Zierburg?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: (Klamm{Michael);

from [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy]: (Scherer3a).

Warendorf^GL: is some 15 miles E of Muenster in North Rhineland-Westphalia, and is said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Oberberger family.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Streitholz family.

Warle^FN: Herr Warle was said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Worms (no locality mentioned), and his frau’s maiden name was given as Hermann (no origin given).

Warmbronn^GL, Leonberg Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 2.5 miles SW of Leonberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Hensler/Henssler family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

Warnewalbach(?)^GL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in the state of Thueringen and was home^UC to a Koch family.

Warnold^FN: see Varnotte.

Warsaw: said by the 1816 Bergdorf census to be home^UC to a Faas family.   The GCRA says that the “Warsaw Settlers” in the Glueckstal colonies probably came from somewhere in the province of Posen in the Duchy of Warsaw, but they have been unable to find the specific places.  A Faas son was reported to have been born in Luisenfeld Kolonie, Nowy Dwor [Amt], north of Warsaw.

Warschau^GL, Polen: this is Warsaw, Poland, and said by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC to a Proziminski family.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be home^UC to a Kasimirow family.

Warschau Grand Duchy^GS: during its brief existence, 1807-1815, this French-Saxon client-state included much of the former Kindom of Poland, most of what had been the Prussian province of South Prussia 1795-1807, and much was what in 1815-48 would be the Prussian province of Posen.

Wart^GL: see Friedberg.

Warta River valley: the GCRA believes the Haux family was from this area before 1805.  This river wandered through the heart of the Posen Department; it ran through several Posen Kreis centers: Birnbaum, Oborniki, Posen, Schrimm, Konin, Warta, Sieradz, and Czestochowa, and as many others existing within its valley.

Wartenberg[-Roth County]^GS: 1699-1806, often referred to simply was Wartenberg or Wartenberg County, was a scattered state with separate small portions around Mettenheim, around Ellerstadt, W and NE of Fischbach, and N of Mehlingen, all of which are within 23 miles of Worms city, Mettenheim to the N and the rest to the SW.  Said (no locality mentioned) by the Leichtling FSL to be home^UC to a Messler family.  See also Waltenberg.

Warth^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Leipzig.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Wartmann^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Dessau (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.  According to Anhalt-Dessau records abstracted by Dr. Waeshke and annotated by Dr. Lippert, this man from^UC Quellendorf had moved there from^UC Oster-Nienburg in 1754 (Mai&Marquardt#1169).

Warzenbach, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: is 7 miles NE of Marburg-an-der-Lahn, and was said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be home^UC to a Selbert{Johannes}/Selb family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.

Waschenbach^GL, [Hessen-Darmstadt]: is 5.5 miles SSE of Darmstadt city, and said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to an Elf family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.

Wasenmueller^FN: see Wassenmueller.

Waserschlech(?)^GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Kummel? family.

Wasiljewka^VV: a variation of the Russian name for Basel^VV.

Wasinger^FN: said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Blieskastell.

Waslam?, Frankreich: an unidentified place said by the Degott FSL to be home^UC to a Ludwig family.

Wasmar?^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC [Solms-]Braunfels [Principality].  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Wasmuth^FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be from^UC Fauerbach, [Solms-Braunfels Principality].    Spelled Wassmuth in 1798 (Mai1798:Er1, Bx29, Kd8) and the maiden name of frau Wassmuth was given as Lehr (Er1).

Wasmuth^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Petersfeld, Sachsen.

Wasmuth^FN: the Buedingen ML said this woman from^UC Wolfferborn married a Jung man in 1766 [by 1767 they were in Schwab] (Mai&Marquardt#480).

Wasnick^RN, Hildegard: is the village coordinator who is assembling information on the origins of settlers in German Mennonite villages in Russia, and making that information available to this Index.  For instance see Blumenort.

Wassau^FN: see Schmidt of Boaro.

Wasselheimburg^GL, Strassburg: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Engelstaedter family.

Wassenmueller^FN{J.Peter}:  said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Kirchberg; however, others transliterate this as Kergieberber and say it was near Loewenstein (Mai&Marquardt#556).  For 1793, 1797 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2782, 2795, Sv10, 27, 38, 56 (the wife’s maiden name is given as Weinheimer), Dh66, and Ho35.  This Wasenmueller man married in Buedingen in 1766 a Weinheimer woman  (Mai&Marquardt#556).  Gieg1 says that Habitzheim must have been his home.

Wasserer^FN{Andreas}: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Boxberg Oberamt, Kurpfalz.  In 1798 spelled both Weckeser (Mai1798:Br20) and Wekeser (An47, 46 and 45).

Wasserer^FN{Johannes}: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Boxberg Oberamt, Kurpfalz.  In 1798 spelled both Weckeser (Mai1798:Wr19) and Wekesser (Bz57).

Wassertruedingen^GL: is in Bavaria some 35 miles SW of Nuernberg, and said by the Leichtling FSL to be home^UC to a Alkofer family.

Wassmuth^FN: see Wasmuth.

Waszirge?^GL, Ungarn: an unidentified place said by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC to a Kowatsch  family.

Waterheim?, Leningen [County]: said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to a Max family.  This may be Wattenhiem some 14 miles NE of Kaiserslautern city.

Wattenhiem^FN: see Waterheim.

Wdeges?, [Kur-]Trier: an unidentified place said by the Dehler FSL to be home^UC to a Becker{Peter} family.