American Historical Society of Germans From Russia

German Origins Project

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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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WeberFN: said by one or both versions of the Balzer FSL to be fromUC Rohrbach, Isenburg.  But this family may well have been from Fraenkisch Crumbach near Dieburg in Hessen (Mai&Marquardt).

Weber{A.Catharina}FN: Bonner proved she was (although not so named) the stepdaughter from Rohrbach of a Grasmueck in the Balzer FSL (#78).  In addition Bonner proved that Weber{J.Caspar} of Rohrbach died there having married there a Lepper woman who was the mother of this girl and the wife of Grasmueck.

Weber{A.Margaretha}FN: Bonner proved that this  widow of Balzer (FSL #98) was baptized  a Volckers/Volkers in Leustadt, and that she married in, and her husband and children were born in, two of whom were buried in, Bueches.

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

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

WeberFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Frankfurt-am-Main with a Schuhmann stepson in the household.  Spelled Wever in 1798 (Mai1798:Bo31).

WeberFN{Peter}: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Kestenhof?.

WeberFN {Peter}: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Kunzdorf?, Luxembourg.

WeberFN: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Hasloch, Kurpfalz.

WeberFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Erstein(?), Birkenfeld(?).  In 1798 his wife is said to be a Rescher (Mai1798:Gb57).

WeberFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).

WeberFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Oberklinten(?), Kurpfalz.

WeberFN{Christian}: said by KS:477 to be fromUC Liebling, Banat, and to have marriedUC a Bauer woman in Glueckstal.  See the GRCA book for detail.

WeberFN: said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Homburg, Wuerzburg.

WeberFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Muehlendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric].

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

Weber{Gottfried}FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#45) and KS:477 without origin.  The GCRA found evidence that one daughter was born in Latschanow, Poland in 1807; they think this may have been Latoszkowa near Kepa, now absorbed within Warsaw itself.  See their book for more.

WeberFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Dresden, Sachsen.

WeberFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Koeln.

WeberFN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Leinecker.

WeberFN: according to the Buedingen ML a widow Weber nee Mueller ofUC Hoffstaedten, married a Schuettler man in 1766; by 1767 the couple was in Kraft (Mai&Marquardt#688).

WeberFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Buedingen, Isenburg.

WeberFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Ulm(?), Braunfels.

WeberFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Tennig?, Ansbach.

WeberFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Hessen-Kassel; at the same time it says his wife is from Koeln.

WeberFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

WeberFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned), and the maiden name of the wife was given as Just.

WeberFN: said by the Moor FSL to be fromUC Gelnhausen (no locality mentioned).

WeberFN: said by the Moor FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).,

WeberFN: the Buedingen ML says this woman from Wenings married an Eberling man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#678).

WeberFN: the Buedingen ML says this woman fromUC Wenings married a Mueller man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#635).

Weber{Heinrich}FN: mistakenly said by both the 1858 Neudorf census (#235) and KS:477 to have come fromUC Bruehl, Mannheim [Amt], Baden.  Using FHL#488,316, the GCRA proved their origin in Ottersheim, Germersheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See the GCRA book for more.

WeberFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

WeberFN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Bauer (Mai1798:Nr55).

WeberFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Rabachan? with a Krueck step-daughter and a Stupart{Katharina} orphan living in the household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bo21, Hr14 and possibly Om43.

WeberFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be a step-daughter living with the Schelhler? family which would indicate that frau Schehler was previously frau Weber.

WeberFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Ersingen.

WeberFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Dalov(?), Champagne, France.

WeberFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Ris(?), Kur Trier.

WeberFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Schwellheim, Wuerzburg.

WeberFN: father-in-law and sister-in-law (of a Lichtenberger man) said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Krumbach, Hessen-Darmstadt County.  They were said by Fraenkish Crumbach parish records to be from Erlach (Mai&Marquardt#750).

WeberFN: according to Fraenkisch-Crumbach parish records a Weber woman from Erbach , who already had an out-of-wedlock Doerr son, married in 1766 a WalterFN man; by 1767 this couple was in Walter colony (Mai&Marquardt#752).

WeberFN: this family name was found recorded in Haiger parish records during the years prior to 1767, and both in Kroppach and in Schlitz as well as in Herborn marriage records 1762-67; see Flegel trip.

WeberFN: also see Stahl and Veber.

WeberGL: an unidentified place said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be homeUC to a Guenther/Guenter family.  There is a Webern some 9 miles SE of Darmstadt city center.

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

WeblerFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Weller (Mai1798:Nr206).

WechterFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Niesau?, Dessau.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

WechleinFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Willmandingen, Wuerttemberg.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

WedeFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from Frassdorf, Dessau.  According to Anhalt-Dessau archives as abstracted by Dr. Waeschke and annotated by Dr. Lippert, the Wede family left Fraszdorf, Dessau, for Russia (Mai&Marquardt#1170).

WederspahnFN: see Widerspahn.  Harvey Wederspahn provided origins information from his family chart.

WeenerGL: said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to Dick and Kremer families.  Said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Hasselblatt? family.  This probably was in East Frasia Princiality some 6.5 miles SW of Leer city.

WegauFN: see Faller.

WegelinFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Berlin, Prussia.

WegelinFN: said by the Merkel FSL to be fromUC Wenger, Prussia. 

Wegener/Wagner?FN: according to the Boaro FSL the orphan was living in a Jaeger household which was fromUC Brundorf.

Weginer?FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Koethen.  Later spelled Weigandt (Mai1798:Mv1194).

WegnerFN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Helenhof, Kurpfalz.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

WehrGL: an unidentified place said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be homeUC to a Bernhardt family.    Kuhlberg said this was in Hessen.  There were at least 5 Wehrs in the Germanies … none that I can find in former Hessen lands.

WehrdaGL: now in Hessen some 12 miles WNW of Fulda city.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be homeUC to a Braun family.  Also see Verg and Werda.

WeibertFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

WeicheltFN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be fromUC Braun.

WeichersbachGL, [Hanau County]:   Betty Schmoll says research done for her in Germany says her Alt and Vogel ancestors who went to Norka came from here and from Oberzell.

WeickersheimGL: an unidentified place said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Volck woman who married a Kraus man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar; Stummp said this was Waigandshain in the Westerwald (Mai&Marquardt#553).

WeidachGL, Ulm [Imperial City]: is some 4 miles NW of Ulm city, and said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to an Ott family, and possibly a Berer family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Schwaben.

Weideman(n)FN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Ilbeshausen, Hessen-Darmstadt.  Doris Evans says his origin is confirmed in research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for Edward F. Wagner: he was born in 1734 in Ileshausen.  His lineage has been traced to a Weydemann born about 1640 in Audra, Eichsfeld.

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

Weiden?GL: said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Windemuth family and possibly to their Schaefer{J.Valentin} step-children.  Kuhlberg said this place was in Hessen.  This probably was in Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate some 22 miles ESE of Kassel city.

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

WeiderspahnFN: see Wiederspahn.

WeidhardtFN: see Weithardt.

WeidenerFN: the GCRA using FHL1,346,109 proved their origin in Scheppach, Walbach parish, Weinsberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg, and found records of them leaving for South  Russia, but could not find record of them in a Glueckstal colony; see their book for detail.

WeidnerFN: KS:478 said he came toUC Neudorf fromUC Ohringen [Amt], Wuerttemberg; no locality mentioned.  No other information available at this time.

WeierGL: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Lohr family, and possibly to a Heilmann family.

WeierGL: also see Weiher.

WeiganFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Gross Steinum?.  Later spelled Weigand (Mai1798:Pf14).

WeigandFN: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Schleusingen, Gekenburg(?).  I did not identifiy this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

WeigandFN: the maiden name of the wife of a Boehmer couple from Mettenheim, Wartenberg, who settled in DietelVV(Mai&Marquardt#1236).

WeigandFN:  the 1798 Galka census said this was the maiden name of frau Wunsch (Mai1798:Gk34).

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

WeigandFN: said by the Husaren FSL to be fromUC Hammelburg.    Spelled Weigand in 1798 (Mai1798:Rt34) as well as Weingard (Km67), and Weingandt (Mv1038 in 1792).  This Weigandt man married in 1766 in Buedingen a Steiner woman (Mai&Marquardt#412).

WeigandFN: said by the Kano FSL to be fromUC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].

WeigandFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Fulda (no locality given), and his frau’s maiden name was given as Straubach (no origin given).

WeigandFN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be fromUC Niederweiler, Baden-Durlach.  The Friedburg ML says this man was from Niederweiler, Baden and that he married in 1766 a Mohr woman from Niederwiesen, Pfaltz (Mai&Marquardt#341).

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

WeigandFN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Friedberg.    Spelled Wiegand in 1798 (Mai1798:Nm54).

WeigandFN: three families said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Spelled Weigandt in 1775.  Later again spelled Weigand (Mai1798:Nr24, 72).  The maiden name of one of the wives is later said to be Lefeld? (Mai1798:Nr72).  The Buedingen ML says this Weygand man in 1766 married a Hildebrand woman (Mai&Marquardt#576).

WeigandFN said by the Rothammel FSL to be fromUC Dirmstein, Worms.

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

WeigandFN: also see Waidain or Weigan.

WeigandVV: an alternate name for NorkaVV.

WeigandtFN: is a single man living in the household of a family from Nordeck in the Mueller FSL but no origin is given for him.

WeigandtFN: also see Weginer and Weigand.

WeingardFN: see Weigand.

WeigelFN: said by the Herzog FSL to be fromUC Passau, Ansbach.  A Luebeck ML says he married a Bergel woman in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#29).

WeigelFN: his wife is said by the Herzog FSL to be fromUC Erlangen, Bayreuth.  A Luebeck ML says her maiden name was Bergel, marrying Weigel in 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#29).

WeigelFN: said by the Jost FSL to be fromUC Dinkelsbuehl?, Schwaben (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Vogel censuses.

WeigelFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Leipzig with a Pastern wife fromUC Gruenberg.

WeigelFN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be fromUC Aschaffenburg.  MalyavskiFN: see Maljawski.

WeigelFN: see Feidel and Gitte.

Weiher/WeierGL: an unidentified place said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be homeUC to a Grapowsky family.  There are many places with these names in Germany.

WeiherGL: also see Weier or Weyher.

WeikaufFN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC Starenkburg(?), Heppenheim.

WeikersheimGL, Nassau(?): Said by the Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Strifler? family.  There was a Weikersheim some 21 miles S of Wuerzburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

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

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

WeilGL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to a Steigel family. There were at least at least six Weils in Germany, one of which, Weil-der-Stadt, 14 miles WSW of Stuttgart city, was an Imperial City with a relatively small territory.

WeilFN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#44) and KS:479 without origin.  The GCRA found reason to believe the family came fromUC somewhere in Prussia.  See their book for more.

WeilbachGL, Hessen: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Schander family.  This probably was in Mainz, not Hessen, and was the same as the next entry.

WeilbachGL, Mainz: is some 7 miles ENE of Mainz city and said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Breining family.

WeilburgGS: usually refers to the County of Nassau-Weilburg which was seated in the town of the same name some 11 miles WSW of Giessen city.   Said by the Herzog FSL to be homeUC to the wife of Schell.

Weilburg, Nassau: said by the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to a  Mueller family.  See the previous entry.

Weil-der-Stadt Imperial CityGL: was 14 miles WSW of Stuttgart city and held only a relatively small territory.

WeilerFN: two families said by the Blumenort FSL to be fromUC HalbstadtGL, Marienburg.

WeilerFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Freiburg. 

WeilerFN: also see Weiwer.

WeilerGL, Isenburg: said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Wolf family.  This seems to be Weiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, some 18 miles WSW of Mainz city, in which case Isenburg probably is a mistake and it should have been Pfalz.

WeilerGL, Nuernberg: is some 9 miles SW of Nuernberg city and said by the Jost FSL to be homeUC to a Lemmernmann? family.

WeilerGL, Pfalz: said by the Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Balzer family.  There were at least Weiler in the Pfalz, but it seems likely that this is same one as the homeUC of the Wolf family.

Weiler-an-der-NohGL: an unidentified place that the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL says may have been home to the Fuchs family (p.34).

Weiler-an-der-ZaberGL, Brackenheim, Neckar, Wuerttemberg: is some 14 miles SW of Heilbronn, Baden Wuerttemberg, and proven by Jerry Amen as the home of the Doenhof Legler families in the 1600s and 1700s.  Proven by Curt Wenz to be home to the Stegmeier family that settled in Gueldendorf.

Weiler-zum-SteinGL, Marbach Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is some 5 miles SE of Marbach-am-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Koch family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.

WeilingerFN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Leonhard.

WeilmeisterFN: see Weilmuenster.

WeilmuensterFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Weilmeister.

WeilmuensterGL, Hesse: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to a Schmidt family.  This may be the Weilmuenster that is some 24 miles NW of Frankfurt-am-Main.

WeilmuensterGL, Nassau-Weilburg: is some 6 miles SE of Weilburg town, and said by the Bangert FSL to homeUC to a Erber family.  Said by the Kolb FSL to be homeUC to a Paul family.

Weilrod(?)GL, Braunfels: an unidentified place said by the Kukkus FSL to be homeUC to a Feil family.

WeimannFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Posen, Polen.

WeimarFN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be fromUC Riede, Hessen.  Later spelled Weimer (Mai1798:Db29) and Weiner (Db62).

WeimarFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Katzennelnbogen, Hessen.

Weimar/WeimerFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Breitenbrunn, Friedberg.

WeimarFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC Limburg.    Spelled Weimer in 1777 (Mai1798:Mv2944).

WeimarGL, 11 miles NW of Jena, and said by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be in the Empire of Saxony and to be the homeUC of a Migne family.

WeimarGL, Sachsen: the seat of the duchy of Saxe-Weimar, said by the Grimm FSL to be homeUC Roeder and possibly Wiltendorf? families.  This might refer to the duchy, not to the town.

Weimar DuchyGS: this small duchy seated in the town of the same name held lands with extremely irregular borders with isolated pockets beyond them … in all directions from the town.

WeimerFN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 479) with no origin.  The GCRA thinks he may have come fromUC Untergroeningen, Jagstkries [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See their book for details.

WeimerFN: also see Weimar.

WeinbachFN: according to Dona Reeves-Marquardt the Mettenheim, Wartenberg, church records say that this was the maiden name of Johann Jacob Rein’s wife; the couple went to Dietel.

WeinbachGL, Darmstadt: said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Schaefer family.  There is such a place some 3 miles S of Weilburg town, but it would have been in Nassau-Weilburg, not Darmstadt.

WeinbaerFN:  said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden name of frau Weinzettel.

Weinbender: the Mueller FSL says was from Karb.  This information from Paul Simon who believes Karb may be Korb.

WeinbenderFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Karbach?.  Might this be Calbach?  Paul Simon says the source gives Karb as the place of origin and that he believes Karb may be Korb.  In 1798 the wife's maiden name (no origin given for her) is given as Schmidt (Mai1798:Ml29).

WeinbergFN: a Luebeck ML says she married in 1766 a Friederichsen man; later that year they were in Dingel (Mai&Marquardt#71).

WeinbergFN: said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Wuerzburg (no locality mentioned).

WeinbergFN: his wife is said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Frisack, Brandenburg.

WeinbergFN: the Katharinenstadt FSL says this orphan was living with a Friedrichsen family fromUC Oberwittighausen.

WeinbergerFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled Weisgerber? (Mai1798:Nr42?).

WeinbergerFN: the Buedingen ML says this woman fromUC Kirchbracht married a Kayser man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#604).

Weinborn, Bassingheim Barony: near Schmitten, Hesse.

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

Weinem(?)GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Schaefer  FSL to be homeUC to a Kunzmann family.  This probably is Weinheim, see below:

WeinerFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be an orphan boy in the Bischoff  household.

WeinerFN: also see Weimar.

Weinert?FN: said by the Fischer FSL to be fromUC Koterschbleim?, Kurpfalz.

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

WeingardFN: see Wangar.

WeingartenGL, Landau [Amt], Pfalz: is 1.5 miles N of Niederhochstadt town and using FHL#247,646, was proven by the GCRA to be the birthplace of two of the Bressler sons who went to Kassel.  See their book for more.

WeinheimGL, Franken: said by the Schmidt family (Warenburg colony) chart to be homeUC to a Schmidt{Nicholaus} family.  This probably was Weinheim, Kurpfalz, some 9.5 miles N of Heidelberg city, but there was another Weinheim, also in the Franken area, some 2.5 miles W of Alzey, Kurpfalz.

Weinheim [Amt], [Heppenheim Kreis], Hesse: the same place as WeinheimGL, Mannheim [Amt], Baden.

WeinheimGL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Preuss FSL to be home to Bender and Wimmer families.  See the previous entry.

WeinheimGL, Mannheim [Amt], Baden: is some 10 miles NE of Mannheim city, and proven by GCRA to be home to the Heilmann family that went to Glueckstal.  See the GCRA book for more details.  This is the same place as the previous two entries.

Weinheim GL, Rhineland-Palatinate: also see Weinem.

Weinichweler?GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Michael family.  This might have been Wirschweiler in Pfalz-Zweibruecken some 23 miles E of Trier city.

WeinmannFN: the GCRA using FHL1,884,557 proved their origin in Duerrweiller, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg; records there said the family left for South Russia, but the GCRA was unable to locate them there; see their book for a bit more detail..

WeinmeierFN: said by the Preuss FSL to be fromUC Gundelfingen, Kurpfalz.

WeinmeisterFN: said by the Stumpp supplement to the Dietel FSL to be fromUC the principality of Anhalt.

Weinrich/WenrichFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Erbach and to have married a Krenter man in Oranienbaum. 

WeinrichFN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be fromUC Bernkastel, [Kur-]Trier.  Spelled Weirich in 1798 (Mai1798:Gf22,27).

WeinsbergGL, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 2.5 miles E of Heilbronn city, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Wolf{Elias} family that went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details.

Weinsberg [Amt]GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 2.5 miles E of Heilbronn city, and was a District administrative center.

WeinsheimGL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC to a Leopold family. Said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be homeUC to a Wagner family.  There were at least 4 Weinsheims in the Germanies.

WeinsheimGL, Bad Kreuznach [Amt], Rheinpfalz: is 4 miles W of Bad Kreuznach city, and the GCRA believes it may have been home to the Kirner family that went to Glueckstal.

Weinz{Johannes}FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#44) and KS:479 to have come fromUC Hennweiler, Kirn [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  However, the GCRA thinks it more likely he came fromUC Otzweiler, Kirn [Amt], Rheinpfalz.  See their book for more.

Weinz{Martin}FN: listed by the 1816 Neudorf census (#66) with no origin and by KS:479 as being from the German Empire (aus dem Reich).  The GCRA believes this family arrived in Hilsbach, South Prussia, in 1801, its children having been born inUC Otzweiler, Kirn [Amt], Rheinpfalz. See their book for more.

WeinzetelFN:  see Weinzettel.

WeinzettelFN: Herr Weinzettel was said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Mondsee, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Weinbaer (no origin given). The family name was spelled Weinzetel in 1798 (Mai1798:Kl79).

WeirichFN: said by the Bangert FSL to be fromUC Anspach, Trier.

WeirichFN: also see Weinrich.

WeisbadenGL: was the capital of Nassau-Usingen Principality and is some 19 miles WSW of  Frankfurt-am-Main.  Said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to a Mattern{Wilhelm} family.

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

WeisbinderFN: see Weissbinder.

WeisbrodFN: see Weissbrot.

WeiseFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Querfurt. The family name was spelled Weiss in 1798 (Mai1798:Kn29).

WeiseFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Ronneburg. The family name was spelled Weiss in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2136).

WeiseFN: also see Weiss.

WeisebachFN: see Weitzebach.

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

WeiselGL, Pfalz: is some 21 miles NW of Mainz city, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Nulhas family.

Weisel(?)GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to a Walter family.

Weisenau(?)GL: was a village about 1 mile SE of Mainz city (now part of the city), and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Gilge? family.

Weisenau(?)GL, Kurmainz: said by the Goebel FSL to be homeUC to a Beratz and perhaps a Wender family.  Same place as the previous entry.

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

Weisendorf GL: is some 9 miles ENE of Neustadt-an-der-Aisch and said by the Boregard FSL (as Walzendorf) and by a Woehrd ML (as Weiszendorf) to be homeUC to a Fras/Frasz family.

WeisenheimerFN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#63, 103) and KS:258 without origin.  Also spelled  Weissenheimer.  See the GCRA book for more.

WeisensulzGL, see Weissensulz(?).

WeiserFN: said by the Kano FSL to be themaiden name of the wife and the family name of a step-daughter in the Fischer{Heinrich} household.  I could not find the step-daughter in the 1798 Volga censues.

WeiserFN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC Friedberg, Darmstadt.  According to the Buedingen ML this Wiesner man married a Diehl woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#457).

WeisertFN: said by the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659) to have been from Kaelberbronn, Freudenstadt [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,884,557); the family came to Russia via Suedpreussen in at least 3 villages: Groembach, Bergfelde (Hochberg), and Thiergarten(Tielmannshoff).  See the GCRA book for more detail.  Also spelled Weissert (KS:481, 661) and Weisser.

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

WeisgerberFN: also see Weinberger.

WeisheimFN: said by one or both versions of the Balzer FSL to be from Duedelsheim, Isenburg-Buedingen [County]. This origin was proven by Bonner who also proved one of the brothers married a Schwartz woman also from Duedelsheim.  He also proved the maiden name of the widowed mother {M.Sophia} to be Preuser.

Weisheim{A.Barbara}FN:  the Buedingen ML said this woman married in 1766 a Wunsch man; by 1768 they were in Galka (Mai&Marquardt#402).  The 1798 Galka census gave her maiden name as Weigand (Mai1798:Gk34).  KS:163 said her maiden name was Weissenzehn.

Weisheim{Christian}FN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Linden, Isenburg [?].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk22 and Sb40.  A Luebeck ML said this Weistheim man was fromUC Lindheim and that he married in 1766 a Reich woman fromUC Tannerheim (Mai&Marquardt#138).  Bonner proved that this man was baptized in Lindheim, [Friedberg Imperial City].

Weisheim{Peter}FN: said by the Galka FSL to be fromUC Linden, Isenburg [?].  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gk29. A Luebeck ML said this Westingsheim man married in 1766 a Koehler woman; other sources say he was a Westingshausen (Mai&Marquardt#211).  In 1798 the maiden name of frau Weisheim{Peter} was given as Hartwig (Mai1798:Gk29). Bonner proved that this man was baptized in Lindheim, [Friedberg Imperial City].

WeisnerFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Dingen, who married a Horn fromUC Freiberg.

WeisnerFN: also see Wiesner.

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

WeissFN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:667) without origin, however, KS:480 says they were from Entringen, Tuebingen [Amt], Werttemberg. This origin was verified by the GCRA using FHL(1,475,170-1).  See their book for more detail.  See the GCRA book for more details.

WeissFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Fuchsstadt, Wuerzburg.

WeissFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC Ditmolt(?), Hannover.

Weiss FN {Franz}: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671) with no origin.  

Weiss FN {Friedrich}: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671,480) with no origin. See the GCRA book for a bit more detail.

WeissFN{Stephan}: said incorrectly by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:673, 481) to be fromUC Schwieberdingen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,355,991) the GCRA proved origin in Wangen, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg, and that frau Weiss had been a Baumann.  See their book for more detail.

WeissFN: according to the Goebel FSL this was the maiden name of Neumann (fromUC Friedenberg, Schlesien)’s wife.

WeissFN: said by the Graf FSL to be fromUC Siersk, Frankreich.

WeissFN: said by the Hildman FSL to be fromUC Finstreng?, Frankreich, with a Wolf wife in the household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Hd11, Km74, and for 1796 see Mai1798:Mv855.

WeissFN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be fromUC Bernkastel, [Kur-]Trier.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Hz7, Sm11.  A Rosslau ML says this Weise man married a Vizum woman in 1766; KS:161 says she was a Vixum (Mai&Marquardt#998).  According to the 1798 census the maiden name of frau Weiss was Fuchs (Hz7).

WeissFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be fromUC Fulda (no locality given).

WeissFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Langenstadt?, Nuernberg.

WeissFN: said by the Mariental FSL to be fromUC Manderscheid, Kurtrier. 

WeissFN: said by the  Moor 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Galufa (Mai1798:Mo53).  The Buedingen ML gives her maiden name as Wester both fromUC Neu-Ysenburg; Stumpp spells it Neu-Isenburg (Mai&Marquardt#489).

WeissFN{Johann}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Altenfeld; Pleve noted that this might be Weise fromUC Vellinghausen.

WeissFN{Kaspar} FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC [Hessen-]Darmstadt

WeissFN: said by the 1798 Orlovskaya census to be the maiden name of frau Goetz (Mai1798:Or62).

WeissFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be fromUC Immenrode.

WeissFN: said by the Seewald FSL to be fromUC Roth, Speyer.

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

WeissFN: also see Baumann and Weise.

WeissachGL, Vaihingen parish, Wuerttemberg: is some 6 miles SSW of Vaihingen-an-der-Enz, Baden Wuerttemberg, and was home to a Trostel family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa

WeissbachGL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to a Mennike family.  There were at least 10 Weissbachs in the Germanies.

WeissbeckFN: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Mater(?), Kurpfalz.

WeissbeckFN: said by the Hildman FSL to be fromUC Fulda [Bishopric].  The maiden name of Frau Weissbeck was given as Stock (Mai1798:Hd33, 37)

WeissbenderFN: see Weissbinder.

WeissbergFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Jum-Vorwerken.

WeissbergFN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Burmintz?, Daenmark.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

WeissbinderFN: said by the Grimm FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML says this Weisbinder man fromUC Dreieicherhayn married in 1766 a Herman woman (Mai&Marquardt#657).  Later spelled Weissbender.

WeissbrotFN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be fromUC Kiel, Holstein.  Later spelled Weisbrod.

WeissebachFN: see Weitzebach.

WeissenbachGL, a village in the Barony of Thuengen, northern Bavaria, 2.5 miles E of Zeitlos, and where at least one Stahl-am-Karaman couple (Schneider and Kraus) was married in 1766.

WeissenbachGL, is an unidentified locality which, according to the Frank FSL, was in the Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?) and was homeUC to a Luesemann family.  There are several Weissenbach in Germany and many in Austria.

WeissenbachGL, Hessen-Kassel: is 16 miles ESE of Kassel city, and said by the Kolb FSL to be homeUC to a Rupp family.

WeissenburgGL, Elsass: is now called Wissembourg, France and is some 20 miles W of Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Weissenburg [Amt]GL, Elsass: now called Wissembourg.  It was a District administrative center.

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