Wh
Wianse?, [Kur-]Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the
Reinhard FSL to be homeUC to the Reinhardt family.
Wibstrand(?)/Wiebstrant(?)GL, Finnland; an
unidentified place said by the Kratzke FSL to be homeUC to
a Fabrizius family.
WichslerFN: see Wikeler.
WickartFN: see Wickert and Wickhardt.
Wickenberg?: an unidentified place said by the Brabander FSL to
be homeUC to a Schreiber family. Kuhlbereg said this was
in Ungarn but I can’t find it there.
WickenrodtGL: see Wittenrot.
WickerauGL: see Wieckerau.
WickertFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC
Miesenbach?, Zweibruecken. Also spelled Wichart.
WickhardtFN: said by the Louis FSL to be fromUC
Hosenfeld, Fulda. In 1798 the family name was spelled
Wickart (Mai1798:Ka135,Mv1573).
WidemannFN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC
Ansbach [Margraviate], no locality mentioned. I could not
find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.
WiderspahnFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC
Kelengar, Hanau (Harvey Wederspahn’s family chart). See
Wiederspahn.
Widiu?FN:
said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Vitry,
Champagne, [Frankreich]:. I could not find this family name in
the 1798 censuses.
Widlein?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC
Maschbach?. I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.
WidrichFN: see Wieterich.
WiebeFN:
said by the Orloff FSL to be fromUC Waldorff,
Elbing Amt.
WiebeFN{Duerck},
{Heinrich}: said by the Rosenort FSL to be fromUC
Mielentz, Marienburg Amt.
WiebeFN:
said by the Tiege FSL to be fromUC Zeuerschekampf/Zeyerskampen,
Elbing Amt.
WiebelsheimGL, Kurpfalz-Leiningen: an unidentified
place said by the Bauer FSL to be homeUC to a Vogt
family. This may be Wiebelsheim then in Kurtrier just E of the
Kurpfalz border (but not in either Kurpfalz or Leiningen)
some 19 miles SSE of Koblenz city.
Wiebstrant(?)GL, see Wibstrand.
Wiechert FN: said by the Schwed FSL to be fromUC
Himburg. I could not find them or any likely descendants in
Mai1798.
WieckerauGL, Elbing: this is probably Wickrowo,
Poland, which was in East Prussia some 13 miles ESE of Elbing
city. Said by the Orloff FSL to be homeUC to the
Froese and Penner{Johann} families. Also spelled Wickerau.
WiedebergFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be
fromUC Christinen(?), Daenemark.
WiedeckeFN: see Windecke.
Wiedemach?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC
Sachsen (no locality mentioned). I could not find this family in the
1798 Volga censuses.
WiedemannFN: said by the Doenhof FSL to be fromUC
Wuerttemberg (no locality mentioned).
WiedemannFN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be fromUC
Kilmeis?, Schwaben.
WiedemannFN: also see Wendemann and Wittmann.
WiederauGL, Sachsen: said by the Lauwe FSL to
be homeUC to an Andreas family. This might be some 10
miles NNW of Chemnitz, or some 11 miles SSW pf Leipzig.
WiederholdFN: see Wiederholt.
WiederholtFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC
Isenburg (no locality mentioned). ). In 1798 the family name was
spelled Wiederhold (Mai1798:Ms74). According to the
Buedingen ML this man fromUC Niedergruendau married in
1766 a Heil woman fromUC Unternaubel (Mai&Maarquardt#707).
WiederholtFN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC
Machtlos, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]. Spelled Wiederhold
in 1798 (Mai1798:Pp18, Pl21).
WiederichFN: also see Wieterich.
WiederkehrFN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC
Appenrod, Darmstadt. In 1798 the family name was spelled
Witterker and the wife’s maiden name was given as Jokal/Jokel?
(Mai1798:Lb36).
WiedermusGL, [Isenburg-Buedingen County]: is now
called Altwiedermus, Hessen, is some 5 miles SW of
Buedingen, and is said by Buedingen church records to be homeUC
to a Hohnstein man; he later settled in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#1207).
WiedermusGL, [Isenburg-Buedingen County]: see
Altwiedermus.
WiederrichFN: Curt Renz
has found the church records for this Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia,
family in Hunspach, Weissenburg Kreis, Elsass.
WiederspahnFN:
the Walter Research Group has confirmed in local parish records that
this family, listed in the Walter FSL, came from Gelnhaar,
Isenburg (now Hessen). Exit records are said to indicate
that while the wife and childlren were born in Gelnhaar where the
family lived when it left for Russia, the father had been bornUC
in Usenborn (Auerbach, Niederspahn entry).
Wiederwellstadt?GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano
FSL to be homeUC to a Klein family. Kuhlberg said this
was in Riedesel.
Wied-Neuwied
CountyGS : a county, often refered to simply as Neu-Wied,
whose lands extended northerly from Neu-Wied town.
[Wied-]Runkel
[County]GS: this state, popularly referred to simply as
Runkel, was seated in the town Runkel which is some 25 miles E of
Koblenz city and some 29 miles NW of Frankfurt-am-Main. Some
of its territory lay to the N and E of Runkel town, but at least as
much lay N of Coblenz in somewhat scattered pieces at Dierdorf and N
and W; at Grenzhausen and E of Grenzhausen; and a small piece to the W of
Herschbach but not including that town. Said (no locality mentioned) by the
Pleve version of the Balzer FSL to be homeUC to a
Spaeth family. Said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou
FSL to be homeUC to Bisterfeld, Kuhn, Voeller,
and perhaps Schaefer families. Said (no locality mentioned) by
Kuhlberg to be homeUC to a Dietrich family and possibly a
Hillegbich? family.
WiegandFN: this family name was found recorded in Tann
marriage records 1762-1767; see Flegel trip.
WiegandFN: also see Weigand.
Wiege(?)GL:
an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC
to a Reinhardt family. This might be in Picardie, France,
some 72 miles SW of Brussels, Belgium.
Wiegener?FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC
Minirzel(?), Kurpfalz. Spelled Wegener (Mai1798:Dg6)
and Weg (Sd28) in 1798.
WiegenerFN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Warenburg
FSL to be fromUC Magdeburg [Duchy]. They surely
died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.
WiegnerFN: this family name was found recorded in
Winterhausen marriage records 1760-1769; see Flegel trip.
WiehlFN:
said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Eket(?),
Friedberg.
WiehlFN:
this family name was found recorded in Schotten parish records for
many years prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.
WielFN:
said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC Grebenhain,
Darmstadt. In 1798 spelled (Mai1798:Ps40).
Wielkibor, Czenstochau, South Prussia: the GCRA
said it was aka Hochberg and was associated with a Dollinger
family in 1803. This proably is nka Wielki Bor 3 miles W of Czestochowa,
Poland.
Wielkie JeziorkeGL: as best I can tell this was not another
name for Hohensalza.
WielstFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC
Korbach.
WienGL:
said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a Meier
family. Said by the Warenburg FSL to be homeUC to a
Molko family. Surely the same as the next entry.
WienGL,
Oesterrieich: is Vienna, Austria, said by the Goebel FSL
to be homeUC to a Anger family. Said by the Hoelzel
FSL to be homeUC to a Hoelzel family. Said by the Kano
FSL to be homeUC to a Gedeke family. Said by the
Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Wagner family.
Said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a Pachtrech
family. Said by the Louis FSL to be homeUC to a Winker
family. Said by the Ober Monjou FSL to be homeUC to a
Sommer family and, possibly though much less likely, a Pauly
family.
WienerFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC
Crumstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt. For 1798 see Mai1798:Br36.
WiensFN:
see Wiensz.
Wiensz FN {Wilhelm}: said by the Orloff FSL to be
fromUC Berwald. Also spelled Wiens.
WienszFN{Duerck}: said by the Orloff FSL to be fromUC
Muensterburg, Tiegenhoff Amt. Also spelled Wiens.
Wiensz {Johann} FN: said by the Orloff FSL to be fromUC
Siemensdorff, Marienburg Amt. Also spelled Wiens.
WienszFN{Johann}: said by the Tiege FSL to be fromUC
Schoenesee, Tiegenhoff Amt.
WienszFN{Claasz}: said by the Tiege FSL to be a friend
living with the Toews{Abraham} family.
WieraGL:
see Werda.
Wiersdorf?, Kurmainz[sic?]: an unidentified place said by the
Seelmann FSL to be homeUC to a Pfeifer family. I
found four Wiersdorfs but none in lands that were then Kurmainz.
WiershausenFN: said by the1798 Warenburg census to be
the maiden name of frau Nickel{J.Peter}.
WiesbachGL: an unidentified place said by the Ober-Monjou
FSL to be homeUC to a Kranewitz/Krannewitter
family. There are at least 3 such placenames in Germany.
Wiesbach, Bassingheim Barony: near Schmitten, Hesse.
WiesbachGL, Zweibruecken: is some 5 miles N of
Stambach and has parish records which include the Artzer family
that went to Seewald.
Wiesbaden, [Nassau-Usingen Principality]: is some 19 miles WSW of
Frankfurt city center, and said by the Kano FSL to be homeUC
to a Pflug family and possibly to a Zimmermann family. Said by
the Mariental FSL to be homeUC to the wife of Herr
Marquart. Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be homeUC to a
Hammel family. Said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC
to a Boos/Boes{Michael} family; Kuhlberg [mistakenly] said
this was in [Kur-]Mainz. Said by the Warenburg FSL to
be homeUC to Todt10 and possibly Haussorg?
families.
WiesbadenGL, Frankfurt-am-Main: said by the
Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Bager family.
Either Wiesbaden or Frankfurt must be a mistake.
WiesbadenGL, Hessen: said by the
Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Kuenstler
family. It was not in the 1760’s in Hessen, but was in the
Nassau-Usingen Principality.
WiesbadenGL, Nassau[-Usingen Principality]:
is some 19 miles WSW of Frankfurt-am-Main and was in the 1760s
the seat of the princes of Nassau-Usingen. Said by the Kraft
FSL to be homeUC to a Koch family. Said by the Kratzke
FSL to be homeUC to a Mueller/Miller family. Said
by the Kukkus FSL to be homeUC to a Goetz family.
Wiesbaden, Nassau-Usingen Principality: this city has been owned
by one or another of the Nassau houses since the 12th century
(except for a few years in the 13th). It was made their major
princely capital in 1744.
Wiesen, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate][sic?] an
unidentified place said by the Warenburg FSL to be homeUC
to a Saalfeld family. There were several Wiesens in German-speaking
lands but I could not find one that was then in Hessen-Darmstadt.
Wiesen AmtGL, Bern: said by the Kano FSL to be
homeUC to a Rothe family. Was Wiesen a district within
Bern Kanton in Switzerland?
Wiesendorf, Bamberg [Bishopric]: is 13 miles S of
Bamberg city, and said by the Hoelzel FSL to be homeUC
to a Hagen{Johannes}/Haagen family.
WiesensteigGL: an unidentified place said by the Kano
FSL to be homeUC to a Schotter family. This probably was
in Kurbayern some 10 miles SE of Kirchheim-unter-Tech city.
WiesentalVV: was an alternate name for StraubVV.
WiesenthauGL, Ansbach: is some 3 miles ESE of
Forchheim city, and said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to
a Markus family.
Wiesepans? GL, Nassau: : an unidentified place said by
the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to a Dotz? family.
Wieser?FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be fromUC
Laubach.
WiesmerFN: see Wiesner.
Wiesner/WeisnerFN: his wife is said by the Belowescher
Kolonien FSL to be a Horn fromUC Freiberg.
WiesnerFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC
Zweibruecken (no locality mentioned).
WiesnerFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC
Rassnitz.
WiesnerFN said by the Schwab FSL to be fromUC
Rodenbach. For 1794 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2684, Sb 24, 25,
and Gk37; also spelled Wiesmer (Gb48).
WiesnerFN: also see Weiser and Wiessner.
WiessnerFN: said by the Volmer FSL to be fromUC
Memmingen. Later spelled Wiesner.
Wiesst/WiestFN:
birth records found in Erlenbach by Harold Wiest and relatives; family
traced back through the Palatinate to Switzerland about 1598. Settled in
Rohrbach, Odessa in 1809.
WiesteinGL, Mainz: see Wistein..
Wiesthal, [Kurmainz]: is 12 miles ENE of Aschaffenburg
city, and was said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be homeUC to
a Matheas/Matasch&Mattias family. Kuhlberg said this
was in Franken, which was not then a political entity, but a regional
one mostly indicating northern Bavaria.
WieterichFN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census
(#80) and KS:485 with no origin. Using FHL#717,097,
the GCRA proved their origin in Hunspach,
Sulz [Amt], Elsass. See the GCRA book
for more. Also spelled Wiederich and Widrich.
WigandFN: see Weigandt.
Wigner?FN: see Pligner.
Wikansdol?GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by
the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to a Maiwald family.
WikelerFN: listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:666,
486) without origin. Origin in Schwieberdingen,
Ludwigsburg [Amt],
Wuerttemberg
was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1056,754 & 1,056,758)
following his birth in Markgroeningen, proven using FHL(1,056,750).
See the GCRA book for more details. Also spelled Wichsler and
Wixler.
Wikster?FN: said by the Laub FSL to be fromUC
Koenigsberg, Preussen. In 1798 it was spelled Vigek? (Mai1798:Lb20).
Wilburgstetten [Oberamt, Wuerttemberg Duchy]: is 4 miles
SE of Dinkelsbuehl city centre. This place seems to have been the
principal town in a small island of the Werttemberg Duchy (its
easternmost holding?) just SE of the lands of Dinkelsbuehl Imperial City.
WildFN:
said by the Lauwe FSL to be fromUC Beckenau?,
Wittenberg. In 1798 the maiden name of his widow, then frau Buss, was
given as Witt (Mai1798:Lw18).
WildFN:
listed by the 1858 Neudorf census (#152) with no origin and said by
KS:486 to have been fromUC Schorndorf,
Waiblingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. This family was not
treated by the GCRA.
Wild
FN: also see Will.
WildbachGL, Wittenberg: an unidentified place said by
the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC to an Ekspel? family.
WildbergGL, Calw parish, Wuerttemberg: is some
5 miles S of Calw, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and
was home to a Dengler/Dangler family that settled in Gueldendorf,
Odessa.
Wildberg, Wuerttemberg [Duchy]: said by the Urbach
FSL to be homeUC to a Kaempf family. This is the same
place as the previous entry, except 50 years earlier.
WildeFN:
said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC Nieder Weisel.
I could not find this man in the 1798 censuses.
WildenseeGL, Erbach County: said by the Walter
FSL to be homeUC to Ament and Beidenkopf families.
Wildensee, Bavaria is some 19 miles NE of Erbach, Hessen.
Wildenstein AmtGL, Erbach County: said by the Kromm
version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be homeUC to a
Voelker family; the Pleve version only mentions Erbach. Kromm
says this was near Rhonstadt, which does not seem to be the case. The town
of Wildenstein is some 18 miles NE of Erbach city and is 2 miles W of
Wildensee village, Bavaria.
WilgerFN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be fromUC
Trier, no locality given. For 1798 see Mai1798:Ls45.
WilhelmFN: said by the Bauer FSL to be fromUC
Luebeck. This couple probably died before the 1798 census.
WilhelmFN: a woman said by the Belowescher Kolonien
FSL to be fromUC Danzig (no locality mentioned) and to
have married in Oranienbaum, Steger.
WilhelmFN: said by the Dreispitz FSL to be fromUC
Seifhennersdorf, Sachsen.
WilhelmFN said by the Huck FSL to be fromUC
Hanau (no locality mentioned).
WilhelmFN: said by the Kolb FSL to be fromUC
Luetzelhausen, Hanau. The Buedingen ML says this man married
a Schmidt woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#369).
WilhelmFN{J.Jacob}: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC
Isenburg (no locality mentioned). For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr78.
WilhelmFN{Johannes}: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC
Isenburg (no locality mentioned). For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr16.
WilhelmFN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be fromUC
Nassau (no locality indicated) with an Esslauer orphan girl in
the household.
Wilhelm FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC
Bischausen-bei-Waldkappel, [Hessen-Kassel
Landgraviate], with a Ludwig orphan in the household.
WilhelmFN: listed in the Pobochnaya FSL so may have
been from Darmstadt state.
WilhelmFN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be fromUC
[Isenburg-]Meerholz [County]. For 1788, 1797 and 1798
see Mai1798:Mv2402, 2423, Ks10, Rh15, Rw47 and 55.
WilhelmFN: this family name was found recorded in Herborn
marriage records 1762-1767; see Flegel trip.
WilhelmFN: also see Wilhelmi and Willhelm.
WilhelmiFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC
Konstanz, Schwaben. Later spelled Wilhelm (Mai1798:Ka116).
WilhelmiFN: his wife was said by the Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC Stadthagen, Luzembourg.
WilhelmiFN: said by the Koehler FSL to be the maiden
name of frau Dreschsler.
Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg [Imperial City]: was immediately S
of Hamburg city, and was said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be
homeUC to the Brunckhorst family.
WilkFN:
said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Hamburg
(no other locality mentioned).
WilkeFN:
said by the Bettinger FSL to be the maiden name of frau Busch.
Wilke?
FN: according to the Bettinger FSL two orphaned Wilke?
brothers of frau Busch were living with the Busch family that
had come fromUC Kiel. In 1780 they were referred to as
Welker (Mai1798:Mv235) but I could not find them in Mai1798es.
WelkerFN: see Wilke.
Will{Peter}FN:
listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 677, 486) with
no origin; however, KS:487 said he came fromUC
Schafheim, Dieburg [Amt], Hessen, thence to Neu
Verbas, Hungary, and that his father {Kaspar}came from
Pirmasens, Pfalz, thence to Torschau, Hungary.
Also spelled Willner.
WillFN:
not found in an FSL but was in the 1775 Grimm census #72. For 1798
see Mai1798:Gm140, Br37, Mo69 and possibly Br27 and Kf30.
Will{Gottlieb}FN:
listed by the 1816 Neudorf census (#106) with no origin. Not treated
by GCRA.
Will{Kaspar}FN:
said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#36) and KS:487 to have
come fromUC Pirmasens, Rhinepfalz via Torschau,
Ungarn. See the GCRA book for a bit more.
Will{A.Katharina}FN:
said by the Schwab FSL to be a widow in the Urich household.
No trace of her in Mai1798.
Will{J.Peter}FN
said by the Schwab FSL to be fromUC Hoexster[sic].
I could not find members of this family in Mai798. The Buedingen
ML said this man fromUC Hoechst
in the Wetterau married in 1766 a Ros
widow (Mai&Marquardt#611).
WillFN:
said by the Straub FSL to be fromUC Kroeffelbach,
Nassau[-Weilburg Principality]. Also spelled Wild in
1796, 1797 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2021,Mv2870,Sr43,40,50,Sg66 and Wr66).
WillFN:
also see Konrad, Wiel and Wild.
Willbach, Kurmainz: an unidentified place said by the Cheisol
FSL to be homeUC to a Haale/Halle family.
Willberegein(?)GL: see Willebadessen.
WilleFN:
said by the 1798 Balzer census to be the maiden name of frau
Becker{Weil}.
WillebadessenGL, [Paderborn Bishopric]: is some 13
miles SE of Paderborn city and said by the Mariental FSL to be
homeUC to a Linenberg family. Said by the Neidermonjou
FSL to be homeUC to Muehl and Taub families. At one
time Pleve had rendered one family Mull, and the place
Willberegein(?).
Willez(?)GL, is an unidentified locality which,
according to the Frank FSL, was in the state of Schlitz and
was homeUC to an Eisenach family. There is a
Wolletz in Brandenburg and a Willatz in Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Willging/WillkingFN:
Doris Evans says that research done by Anneliese Micheiwski for Doris
confirms his origins: the Vilquin lived in Genonne/Sedan, France; at least
one went to Otterberg, Germany; a Wilckin went to Erlenbach, Germany; a
Wilking went to Kaiserslautern and on to
Tscherwenka, Hungary; finally two Wilking went to Teplitz, Bessarabia.
WillhelmFN: according to a Woehrd ML this woman fromUC
Waechtersbach, Isenburg married in 1766 a Frasz man; the
couple moved to Boregard (Mai&Marquardt#825). Also spelled
Wilhelm.
Willingen?GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano
FSL to be homeUC to a Kuhlberg said this place was in Pfalz.
There were at least 3 Willigens in the Germanies; not one in lands held by
Kurpfalz as best I could find.
WillmanFN said by the Frank FSL to be fromUC
Harpeshausen(?), Hannover.
WillmandingenGL, Reutlingen Oberamt, Wuerttemberg: is
some 8 miles SSW of Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg,
and was home to a Sauter/Sautter family that settled in
Gueldendorf, Odessa.
WillmandingenGL, Wuerttemberg: is some 8 miles SSW of
Reutlingen city, and said by the Lauwe FSL to be homeUC
to Gaurer?, Wagner, and Wechlein families.
WillmannFN: said by the Messer FSL to be fromUC
Isenburg (no locality mentioned). ). In 1798 the wife’s maiden name
was given as Keim (Mai1798:Ms65).
WillmannFN: according to a Luebeck ML this woman
married a Popp man in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Messer
(Mai&Marquardt#1188).
WillnerFN: see Will.
WilmersdorfGL: an unidentified place said by the Kano
FSL to be homeUC to a Hahn family. There were at least 9
Wilmersdorfs in the Germanies.
Wilsbach?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]: is 16
km NWof Giessen city and was said by the Warenburg FSL to be
homeUC to a Boehmersheim family.
Wilsberg?, Lothringen: nka Vilsberg 27 miles NW of Strasbourg
city, and was said by the Leitsinger FSL to be homeUC to a
Trun family.
Wilteig?FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC
Korbach.
Wiltendorf?FN: the Grimm FSL says there was a step-son
of this name in Roeder household that came from Weimar, Sachsen.
WiltheisFN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC
Seeheim? With a Schrenz? orphan boy fromUC
Sachsen in the household.