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Jablonovka^VV: an alternative spelling of the Russian name for Lauwe^VV.

Jablonowka^VV: an alternative spelling of the Russian name for Lauwe^VV.

Jackel^FN: said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned). The family name was spelled Jaekel in 1798 (Mai1798:Mo29,22).  The Buedingen ML says this Jaeckel man from^UC Vonhausen married in 1766 a Sorberger woman (Mai&Marquardt#538).

Jackel^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Hessen-Darmstadt.    Spelled Jaekel in 1798 (Mai1798:Nb14.

Jacob^FN: said by the Balzer FSL to be orphan boys in the Protzmann household.

Jakob ^FN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#19) and KS:318 said this family came from^UC Rechtenbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Pfalz.  The GCRA did not find him in records there; see their book for more.

Jacob^FN{Nikolaus}: said by the Pfeiffer FSL (#106) to be from^UC Neuburg (no country mentioned).

Jacob/Jacobs^FN: Frank Jacobs reports that Prof. Pleve had said elsewhere that the Pfeifer FSL says they were from^UC Neuburg, Mainz. Frank is now going to look into church records kept for Neuburg Hof, Kurmainz for these Jacobs.  Frank also has found through DNA tests that this family which is of the I1a haplogroup is distantly related to the Reeb/Reb family of Alsace Lorraine, France, that settled in Kamenka, and which is of the I1c haplogroup.   He thinks it highly likely that his Jacob family is descended from a Swedish soldier involved in the Swedish invasion and occupation  of the Alsace during the 30-years War.  He also notes that one Jacob descendent, who died on his way to America, was buried in a Jewish cemetery in Kaunas, Poland.

Jacob^FN: said by the 1798 Schuck census to be the maiden name for frau Gehlinger (Mai1798:Su17).

Jacob: she married a Haug man in 1765 in Luebeck; they were in the Transportation List, but have not been found resident in Russia so far (Mai&Marquardt#23).

Jacobi{A.Maria}:  In Rosslau on 24 June 1765 she married Dometri{Johann} (Mai&Marquardt#871).  I did not find them in any published FSL or in Mai1798.

Jakobi{Engel}: on 24 June 1765 married Gaertner{Stepfan} in Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#865 & KS129).  KS136 said her name was Jacobi{Engel A. Maria}.  I did not find them in any published FSL.

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

Jacobi^FN: listed among Jacoby below.

Jacoby^FN{Jacob}: said by the Doenhof FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).

Jacoby^FN{A.Maria}: said by the Mariental 1798 census to be the maiden name of   the wife of Trier{Thomas} (Mai1798:Mt50).

Jacoby{M.Magdalena}: born 1732 in Brotdorf near Metzig, she was the 3^rd wife of Asselborn/Aselborn{Nicolaus} marrying him 14 January 1765; she  was the wife who accompanied him to Russia.  They are found in the Mariental FSL at (#38) and (#75). For more detail go to http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/a/asselborn_mariental.cfm.

Jacoby^FN{Daniel}:  said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).  For 1792 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv1965, Nr190, 208, Ko3, and 13.

Jacoby^FN{Ester}:  said by the Norka FSL to be the mother of  Glanz^FN{Johannes}.

Jacoby^FN{Susanna}: a widow said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Gm92, Kt34 and Lbl47.

Jacobi{A.Maria}: KS125 said she married Dometri{Andreas} in 1765 in Rosslau.  A Rosslau ML said they married on 24 June 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#871).

Jacqnet^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Liege.  Pleve thought this might be Jayuel.

Jaeckel^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be sons of deceased Jaeckel{Peter} and step-sons in the Schatz household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Rm48.

Jaeckel^FN: this widow, later frau Shatz, was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Zwingenberg?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].

Jaeckel^FN: said by the Schuck FSL to be from^UC Tiburg(?), Mainz.

Jaeckel^FN: also see Eckel, Jackel, Jakel and Jockel.

Jaeger^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Brundorf.  Last record for this family seems to be in 1778 (Mai1798:Mv294)..

Jaeger^FN: a stepson listed by the Boregard FSL in the Maass household.

Jaeger^FN: not found in an FSL but was in the 1775 Grimm census #43.  For 1798  see Mai1798:Gm71).

Jaeger^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be from^UC Gerlinheim?, [Kur-]Trier.   Spelled Geger (Mai1798:Nk19) and Geher (Mv954 in 1796) as well as Jaeger with maiden name of the wife given as Wanner in 1798 (Hz35).

Jaeger^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Hanau (no locality mentioned).

Jaeger^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Laubach.

Jaeger^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz (no locality mentioned).

Jaeger^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Marbach, Wuerttemberg.

Jaeger{Kunigunde}: see Heglein?{Michael} of Luzern.

Jaeger^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Steinheim, Kurmainz. 

Jaeger^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be orphaned sons of Friedrich Jaeger and step-sons in the Hergenraeder household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr185.

Jaeger^FN: said by the Schwed FSL to be from^UC Lauterbach, [Fulda Bishopric/Riedesel Barony], with Kater? stepchildren in the household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Sw17.

Jaeger{A.Dorothea}: said by the Pleve transcription of the  Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#8) said she was from^UC Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate].  The first transcription had her husband’s family name as Eger and said she came from Gessen [i.e. Hessen]. Neither version gave any hint as to her maiden name.  I did not find them in Mai1798.

Jaeger{J.Melchior}: said by the Pleve transcription of the  Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#8) said he was from^UC Friedberg.  The first transcription had the family name as Eger and said Friedberg was in the Holy Roman Empire.  I did not find them in Mai1798.

Jaeger^FN: see Pfeifer of Pfeiffer.

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

Jaeger^FN: also see Jaerger.

Jaegersburg^GL: the Walter Research Group says that this place was in the Bergstrasse area north of Heppenheim.  I cannot find it.

Jaekel^FN: see Eckel , Henckel and Jackel.

Jaereke^FN: see Jerke.

Jaerger^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be from^UC Elsass (no locality indicated).  Spelled Jaeger in 1798 (Mai1798:Gm104).

Jagodnaja Poljana^VV, (aka Baum, Beerenfeld, Yagodnaya Polyana), a Lutheran German village on the eastern side of the Volga.  This FSL, together with the results of his own considerable research, was sent by Georg Kromm from the Volga to Schotten, Germany in 1912.  A copy was obtained from a museum there by Art and Cleo Flegel in 1972, and printed by them in “Research in Hesse”, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Work Paper, Vol.XIII (Dec,1973), pp.27-35.  That version was reprinted in Richard D. Scheuerman, Pilgrims on the Earth, 1976, pp.131-37.  An abbreviated, and comewhat changed, version was also printed in Stumpp, The Emigration, pp.78-81, with the entries and additional information interspersed alphabetically pp.117-165.  A translation of the original FSL is published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp.173-194.  According to Kromm and Pleve versions, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens.  Information and spelling sometimes differ between Kromm and Pleve – information from Kromm is presented here in standard bold, if it appears the same way in Pleve, it is underlined, if it appears only in Pleve, it is bold italicized; the number following the family name is the household number in the FSL; information within square brackets are my additions, usually based on contemporary maps -- rak:

from Atzenhain, Gruenberg Amt, near Nidda, [Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Schuckart56);

from Berstadt, Nidda, [Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Pfaffenroth41);

from Bobenhausen, Hanau(sic?): (Merkel34a);

from Bobenhausen, [Lissberg Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Hartman61a);

from Bobenhausen, Lissberg [Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Benner5);

from Bobenhausen, [Lissberg Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: near Buedingen: (Schneidmueller38);

from Bobenhausen, [Lissberg Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt, near Buedingen]: (Stuckart34 and probably Kokon/Kuchin34b);

from Bobenhausen, [Lissberg Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt], or Hanau: (Hartmann54a);

from Burkhards or Eichelsachsen, Schotten [Amt], or Ober Lais, Nidda [Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Fischer49, Kaiser29, Wert/Wuertz/Werth/Wirth48);

from Burkhards, Schotten [Amt], or Ober Lais, [Nidda Amt, Hessen-]Darmstadt: (Fischer16);

from [Hessen-]Darmstadt: (Schneidmueller2a, Flach38a);

from Eichelsdorf, Nidda [Amt, Hessen-]Darmstadt: (Koch17b);

from Eichelsdorf, Nidda [Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Dietz75, Goetz62, 63a, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, Koch18, Langlitz68, Spangenberger68a, Wuertz55, and perhaps Bolaender73a, Ludwig72b and Riklen72a);

from Erbach or Offenbach: (Lahnert42, Lautenschlaeger63);

from Fulda: (Lieder57);

from Glasshuetten, Nidda, [Hessen-]Darmstadt: (Reich39a);

from Hannover: (Stapper);

from Heikelheim[Reichelsheim?], Erbach County: (Zuergiebel46);

from Helpershain, Ulrichstein[sic:  H was actually in Felda Gericht, Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Rausch11);

from Hetzbach[Hetschbach?], Breuberg [County] near Erbach: (Holstein/Hollstein44, Luft17a);

from Hochst[Hoechst], Ulmstadt[sic]/Umstadt Amt, Breuberg Condominium, near Nidda[sic] or Erbach: (Lust66);

from Hollbach, Hannover, near Hanau: (Stapper65).

from Krumbach: (Schaefer64);

from Lauterbach, Ulrichstein: (Rausch11);

from Lissberg: (Benner5);

from Lissberg [Amt], near Nidda, [Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Gorr58);

from Lombach, Wuerttemberg or Mohnbach, Hanau County: (Baum1);

from Messein(?), Pfalz, or Weiler-an-der-Noh, or Oberlais, or Mesen, or Steinfurt: (Fuchs80);

from Moemling-Grumbach, Breuberg Condominimum: (Morasch67);

from Muenzenberg, Sterndorf[Stollberg], or [Hessen-]Darmstadt: (Befus52a);

from Muenzenberg, Stollberg, Braunfels Principality[sic]: (Mohr61);

from Nidda, [Hessen-]Darmstadt: (Becher/Boecher39, Weitz19);

from Nidda, [Hessen-]Darmstadt: (Zimmer77a);

from Nidda, Iteburg/Isenburg Principality[sic Nidda was then a part of Hessen-Darmstadt, not of Isenburg]: (Baer/Ber6, 77);

from Niederseemen, Gedern Amt, Stollberg near Nidda: (Hergert32);

from Niederseemen, Gedern Amt, Stollberg: (Hergert42a);

from Ober/Unter Lais, Nidda [Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Appel13, 14. 15, Luft17a, Scheuermann26);

from Ober Lais, Nidda [Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Schaefer64, 79);

from Ober Lais, Nidda [Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Ruhl35, 52, 53);

from Ober Lais or Glasshuetten, Nidda [Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Daubert9);

from Oberseemen, Gedern Amt, Stollberg, near Nidda: (Langlitz68);

from Offenbach, [Isenburg], or Erbach: (Lahnert42, Lautenschlaeger63);

from Offenbach, Pfalz: (Litzenberger59);

from Offenbach or Kreuznach, Pfalz: (Leinweber27);

from Ortenberg, Buedingen: (Schneider37);

from Ortenberg, Hanau: (Konschu2, 4);

from Ortenberg, Stollberg: (Konschuh2, 4);

from Ramstadt(?)/Ristedt, Darmstadt: (Kraft33);

from Reichelsheim, Erbach County: (Blumenstein46a, 47);

from Rohrbach, [Schwartzenburg-]Rudolstadt [Principality]: (Machleit36 and possibly Ludwig36a);

from Schotten, [Crainfeld Amt, Hessen-]Darmstadt: (Hoffmann22, Kromm20, Repp7);

from Schotten, [Crainfeld Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Diesing21, Dippel30, Kromm31, Seifeld/Seibel28);

from Schotten, Eichelsdorf, or Nidda: (Weitz19);

from Schmalkalden, [Sachsen?]: (Maibeer/Maiber/Schleiber/Schreiber23 and perhaps Kroll/Kral23a);

from Schwalmtal(?), [Romrot Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Schleibor?23 and perhaps Kroll/Kral23a);

from Schwickartshausen, Lissberg [Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Mueller12a, 49a, 53a, Schneider9a, 37);

from Schwickartshausen, [Lissberg Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt], near Nidda: (Mueller74);

from Schwickartshausen, Lissberg [Amt, Hessen-]Darmstadt: (Schneider76);

from Sellnrod, Ulrichstein [Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt], near Nidda: (Rahn/Rohn78);

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

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

from Straithain[Streithain, Schotten Amt2?], near Nidda, [Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Block60, Feller54, and perhaps Barth60a);

from Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg: (Stuckart34);

from Ulfa, [Nidda Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt], near Buedingen: (Kles17);

from Ulmstadt[sic for Umstadt], Breuberg Condominium: (Schmidt45);

from Umstadt, Erbach County [sic for Breuberg Condominium]: (Schmidt45);

from Wallernhausen, Nidda [Amt, Hessen-Darmstadt]: (Beutel24, 25, 51, Goerlitz50, 51a);

from Wallernhausen, Nidda [Amt, Hessen]-Darmstadt: (Asmus/Asmuss10, 12, Jungmann3, Stang8);

from Wildenstein Amt (near Rohnstadt[sic]), Erbach County: Voelker40);

from Womtag(?), Laubach: (Baum1).

Not listed in the FSL but reported in 1798 to be “from Jagodnaja Poljana” with no other colony mentioned so may represent a very early Jagodnaja Poljana settler family: Rueb.

Jagstkreis^GL, Wuerttemberg: is a broad administrative District to the N, S, and W of Ellwangen city.

Jahn{A.Margaretha}.  KS136 says she married in Luebeck in 1765.  She did marry Dewatt{Jakob} on 22 May 1766 in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#1187).  I did not find them in any published census or in Mai1798.

Jahrstedt^GL, Brandenburg: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to a Seignitz? and perhaps a Schneider family.  This probably is Jahrstedt, Sachsen-Anhalt some 27 miles NE of Brunswick city.

Jaibing^GL: see Jambin.

Jais^FN: see Yais.

Jakel/Jaeckel^FN: said by one or both versions of the Balzer FSL to be from Duedelsheim, Isenburg-Buedingen [County].  Bonner proved that Jaeckel married his Burbach wife and they had their first children baptized and buried there.  Wagner1 p.83 concured but said Herr Jeckel married Gerlach.

Jekel^FN: also see Henckel.

Jakob^FN: said by the1798  Dietel census to be the maiden name of frau Andreas Rink(Mai1798:Dt19).

Jakob{Anton}^FN: see Gress{Christmann} in Neudorf.

Jakober^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:670, 318) with no origin.  Using FHL(1,346,082-3), the GCRA proved origin in Gellmersbach, Weinsberg [Amt], Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more details.

Jakobsheim(?)^GL, Anspach: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Engelhardt family.

Jakobsweiler, [Nassau-Weilburg County?]: is 39 km NW of Mannheim city centre. Using LDS Film #193864 Brent Mai proved this the birthplace of Gross {Rebecca Wilhelmina} who married a Kratzke first settler.

Jamburg^V: KS:91 says this was Kingisepp [mistransliterated Kirgisssteppe], which is 70 miles SW of St. Petersburg, Russia.  Gwen Pritzgau says that in 1767 sixty-seven familes founded three colonies near this city, one of the four or five non-Volga-colony areas in 1765-67.

Jambin(?)^GS/GL: an unidentified place said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt family. In Bavaria there is a Jaibing and a Jaubing ...

Jandel^FN: see Jaudel.

Jansen^FN: see Janson and Janssen.

Janson^FN: said by the Graf FSL to be from^UC Boehmen (no locality mentioned).

Janson^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Ikelmein?, Preussen and the wife’s maiden nbame was given as Orden.  I could not identify them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Janson^FN: said by the Schuck FSL to be from^UC Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Fz23.

Janssen^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Holveland(?), Holland.

Janssen^FN: said by a Luebeck ML to be the maiden name of frau Langmacher [of Stahl-am-Tarlyk] (Mai&Marquardt#96).  Also selled Jansen.

Jantzen^FN: said by the Rosenort FSL to be from^UC Ellerwald, Elbing.

Janus^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Prag, Boehmen. 

Jardins^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Paris, Frankreich.

Jarek, Batschka, Hungary: a Lutheran village nka? Backi Jarak 8 miles N of Novi Sad.

Jarke?^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Quedlinburg.

Jarmen^GL, Brandenburg: is 51 miles ESE of Rostock city and said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Krieger family.

Jaubing^GL: see Jambin.

Jauck^FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Karlsruhe.  Later spelled Yauck.

Jauck^FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Karze.  Later spelled Yauck.

Jaudel^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Leinberg, Kurpfalz.  Spelled Jandel in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn18).

Jayuel^FN: see Jacqnet.

Jbel^FN: said (no locality mentioned by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Kurmainz.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Jeckel^FN: see Jakel.

Jeder^FN: see Soeder.

Jeders^FN: said by the 1798 Bauer census to be the maiden name of frau Renz/Rener (Mai1798:Br24).

Jelinz{Samuel}: settled first^UC either  in Grimm  or in Doennhof but by 1775 was in Schilling (Schilling 1775 census, supplement #12 ).

Jelowlja^VV, a Russian name for the village of Leichtling^VV.

Jelschanka^VV: one spelling of the Russian name for Husaren^VV.

Jena^GL, [Altenburg Duchy]: is some 23 milees ESE of Erfurt city, and said by the Galka FSL to be home^UC to a Glasar family.  Said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a widow Beier.

Jenner^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:665) without origin.  Their origin Erdmannhausen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg was proven by the GCRA using FHL(1,187,177 and 1,187,279).  See the GCRA book for more details.

Jenner:also  see Yemer.

Jensen^FN: stepchildren listed by the Boregard FSL in the Mueller{Wilhelm} household.  I could not find the Jensens in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Jensen^FN: said  (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Mecklenburg-Schwerin.  I could not find these families in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Jensen{Matthias}^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Welt, [Schleswig-]Holstein [Royal Duchy].  For 1798 maybe see Mai1798:Dn46?

Jensen{Weiralas}^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Tomesch?, Holstein [Duchy].  For 1797 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2829, and possibly Dn46.

Jerich^FN: see Kalbfleisch.

Jerge^FN: listed by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#99) and KS:320 with no origin, while KS:319 said they came from^UC Polen.  Also spelled Gierke, Girke, Jorgi, and Georgii.  See the GCRA book for more.

Jerke^FN: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Lebbin, Brandenburg. In 1798 the name was spelled Jaereke (Mai1798:Jo053).

Jersch^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Dessau (no locality mentioned).

Jeschurki: aka Geschorki.

Jesel^FN: see Riedel.

Jeserek? ^FN: said by the Susannental FSL to be from^UC Holz?. I could not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Jess?^FN:  aka Yeshin{Elizabeth} said by the Ober-Monjou 1798 census to be options for the maiden name of frau Speister (Mai1798:Lz41).

Jesseitz(?)^GL, Dessau-Anhalt: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Schroeder family.  Probably the same place as the next entry.

Jessel Regen, Prussia: an unidentified place? Which the GCRA found associated with a Berg family in 1784.

Jessen^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Altdorf, Nuernberg [Imperial City].  I could not find members of this family in Mai1798.

Jessnitz^GL, [Anhalt-]Dessau: is some 9 miles SSE of Dessau city  and said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to three Just families.

Jesser^FN: the GCRA proved this Bergdorf village family to be from Gueglingen, Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg, using FHL(1,184,771).  See their book for more detail.

Jest^FN: see Oxt.

Jezorki: aka Geschorki.

Job^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Kammerstein, Kurpfalz.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Job^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#87) and KS:320 to have come from Ottersheim, Germersheim [Amt], Rheinpfalz.   Using FHL#488,316, the GCRA proved this origin; using FHL#193,076 they also proved that the family had moved to Niederhochstadt, Landau [Amt], Rheinpfalz prior to going to Russia.  See their book for more.  Also spelled Jopp.

Joch/Yost^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Bibern/Biberach.  Later spelled Just (Mai1798: Nr173, 178, 184, 213).

Jockel^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:650) without origin.  Also spelled Jaeckel.

Johann^FN: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Lindenfels Oberamt, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:An17, 34, 44, 45, Kk18, and 37.

Johann{Martin}: listed in 1798 as the deceased first husband of Mitter{Katharina} (Mai1798:Zg21);  not found in any FSL, they must have been among the Luzern first settlers.

Johannes^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Allendorf, Braunfels.

Johannesberg^GL, Kurmainz: is 12 miles N of Aschaffenberg, and said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a.Wunderlich and perhaps an Unkelbach family.

Johann-Georgenstadt^GL, Sachsen: is some 22 miles SE of Zwickau city, and said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Endlich family.

Jokal/Jokel?^FN: said by the 1798 Laub census to be the maiden name of frau Witterker (Mai1798:Lb36).

Jokel^FN: given as the maiden name of Eberhard’s wife in Katharinenstadt in 1798 (Mai1798:Ka20).

Jokel?^FN: also see Wiederkehr.

Jonas^FN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be from^UC Seligenstadt (no locality mentioned).

Jonitz^GL, Dessau: an unidentified place said to have been home^UC to a Mueller family that went via Oranienbaum, Dessau to Russia (Mai&Marquardt#1126).  

Jonville?^GL, Frankreich: there are at least two small places of that name in France.

Jopp^FN: see Job.

Jordan^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Hausdorf.  His wife's maiden name was given as Winterhalter in 1798 (Mai1798: Mn20).

Jordan^FN: said by the 1798 Boregard census to be the maiden name of frau Heck?. 

Jordan^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Marisfeld.

Jordan^FN: said by the Dietel FSL to be step-children of Grauberger and to be from^UC Rickling, Frankfurt-am-Main.  I could not find any of them in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Jordan^FN:  Using FHL#193,838, the GCRA has proven that this woman, who died in Kassel as the widow of Abel{Andreas} and may earlier have been frau Steinhauer, was from Erlenbach, Germersheim, Rheinpfalz.

Jorg?^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kutter FSL to be from^UC Wuerzburg.  This might be Georg?

Jorgen{Georg}^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Lippen, [Kur-]Sachsen. Spelled Jurk in 1798 (Mai1798:Rw29,37).

Jorgen^FN: his wife was said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Kaiserslautern, Kurfalz.

Jorgens^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Luebeck.  I could not find this family in  Mai1798.

Jorgi ^FN: see Jerge.

Jorsch{Kornelius,Emanuel,Margaretha}^FN: they were recorded both in Schaefer in 1798 (Mai1798:Sf4) and as coming from Schaefer  in 1790 (Mai1798:Mv2522,Rl20) but I could not find them in any published FSL.

Jorter^FN: said by the 1798 Anton census to be the maiden name of frau Ganzhorn (Mai1798:An20).

Josefow^GL, Galizien: aka Josephsberg, and now is probably Yuzefka, Ukraine, and said by the GCRA to be a Lutheran center located NE of Lemberg, not far from the then Russian border town of Radzivilov.  The GCRA found it associated with Graf (1784-1814), Horning (1793-1817), Merkel (1813), and Schneider (1804-1808) families.

Josefstal^VV: aka Schwab Kuhtor (Schwab’s farm) as early as 1850 per Ted Gerk.

Josephsberg/Josefow, Galicia: now is probably Yuzefka, Ukraine, 51 miles NNE of Lviv (Lemberg) and said by the GCRA to be a Lutheran center located NE of Lemberg, not far from the then Russian border town of Radzivilov.  Said by the GCRA to have been home^UC  to the Graf{Johannes/Jakob/Peter} family.

Joss^FN: according to the Buedingen ML a Joss woman (no place of origin given) married in 1766 a Lehr man; by 1767 this couple was in Krasnoyar (Mai&Marquardt#441).

Jossa^GL, [Fulda Bishopric]: is some 9.5 miles NNW of Schluechtern city, and was found by Sue Foster to be the home of the Reuscher family that went to Norka.

Jost ^FN{J.Gottfried}: said by the Jost FSL to be from^UC Dueben, Sachsen and there was a Berker orphan living in their household.

Jost^FN{Elisabeth}:  said by the Keller FSL to be an orphan girl in the Hesser household.

Jost{Christoph}^FN: I could not find him in any FSL, but in 1797 he and his brother were in Urbach (Mai1798:Mv2914) and in 1798 they were in Reinhard (Rh8 and 4).

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

Jost^FN: also see Just.

Jost^VV: (aka Popovkina, Popowka, and Popowkina) is a Lutheran German village founded in 1767 on the eastern side of the Volga.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.II, pp. 195-214.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places {italics indicate information from the Kuhlberg list} with the family names shown here in parens.   Other spellings of family names, usually from later sources are in square brackets.  Verified origin information is in red.  The number with the family name is their FSL household number:

from Anhalt-Koethen: (Michaelis46, Moeserburg?[Merscheburg]42 and possibly Hilmann[Hillemann]42a);

from Aschbach, Andechser Reid?: (Zieras?68);

from Augsburg, Schwaben: (Stuler36 and possibly Haas36a);

from Bayreuth: (Krigel[Kraegel]3);

from Berlin: (Arnhold37, Koch29, and possibly Ries?29a);

from Boblau?, Dessau: (Bueschel86);

from Brandenburg: (Mueller69, Stier72);

from Bretten, Kurpfalz: (Bueschel67);

from Burkersdorf, Bayreuth: (Brendel23);

from Dessau: (Obetz78, Stolze62);

from Dinkelsbuehl?, Schwaben: (Weigel64);

from Dresden, Sachsen: (Jost1, Krausewald43, and possibly Berker1a);

from Erfurt, Thueringen: (Kirchner10, Rudolph63);

from Freital, Brandenburg: (Paul87);

from Freyburg, Sachsen: (Diel20);

from Goerlitz, Sachsen: (Linke14);

from Graefenhain, Sachsen: (Wenig83);

from Gutenberg?, Anhalt-Bernburg: (Truit?80);

from [Kur-]Brandenburg: (Gephardt84);

from Hallsbyn?, Daenmark: (Peters30);

from Hamburg or Homburg: (Wolf73);

from Hellburg?: (Eberlein85);

from Hettstaedt?, Sachsen: (Fuchs41);

from Hirschberg?, Schleisien: (Hoffmann24);

from Hobeck, Sachsen: (Bamar9);

from Hohn?: (Schroeder75);

from Jarmen, Brandenburg: (Krieger2);

from Kakau?, Dessau: (Steinbis[Steinbeiss]4,5);

from Kemberg, Sachsen: (Hein34);

from Klein Glien?, Sachsen: (Schleicher77 and possibly Keteke77a);

from Langensalza, Sachsen: (Hagen15);

from Lebbin, Brandenburg: (Jerke[Jaereke]6, Meisner66);

from Leipzig, Sachsen: (Hausmann22, Klemm31, Schuetz65);

from Lindau, Anhalt-Zerbst: (Gine71);

from Litschen, Sachsen: (Wetzel58);

from Loewenstein, Schwaben: (Heiling?53);

from Ludwigsburg, Wuerttemberg: (Erb16);

from Luebben?, Brandenburg: (Eismann81);

from Luebeck: (Baumann27);

from Lueckstedt?, Sachsen: (Doerfler21);

from Magdeburg: (Schoenefeld51);

from Magulze?, Schwaben: (Weitenkeller?60);

from Mahndorf, Anhalt-Zerbst: (Broese35);

from Mecklenburg: (Schielberg28);

from Meckenburg-Schwerin: (Hoffmann40, Schmidt45);

from Meisenburg?, Sachsen: (Lorenz18);

from Meisenheim, Zweibruecken: (Schledewitr[Schledewitz]38);

from Moenau, Sachsen: (Thoermer[Toermer]56);

from Muehlhausen, Preussen: (Litke55);

from Muensingen, Schwaben: (Merk52);

from Neuteich, Preussisch-Polen: (Ehoff[Yegof]49);

from Niesau?, Dessau: (Wechter47);

from Oranienbaum, Dessau: (Krieger74 and perhaps Tag74a);

from Ramsin?, Anhalt-Dessau: (Dauer54);

from Raschau, Polen: (Waljatski[Waleske]70);

from Rathenow, Brandenburg: (Benz32);

from Reutlingen, Schwaben: (Stempfner61);

from Ritenbach?, Hessen-Kassel: (Ritzmann[Ritzman]44);

from Saalfeld, Sachsen: (Axt17 and possibly Fleming17a);

from Sangerhausen, Sachsen: (Koenig12);

from Schoenau, Sachsen: (Neufeld[Neufert]19);

from Sollschwitz, Sachsen: (Goldberg11);

from Stocken, Schwaben: (Hauch[Hauck]26 and possibly Heuser26a);

from Stockholm, Schweden: (Brunkwist48);

from Suhl, Thueringen, Wittenberg: (Schilling59);

from Ulm, Schwaben: (Moehring39);

from unknown: (Mueller79, Wagner82);

from Usaurea?, Schwaben: (Kunzhausen25);

from Weiler, Nuernberg: (Lemmernmann?[Lemmermann]33);

from Wert?, Nuernberg: (Meier13);

from Winterbach, Schwaben: (Kunz[Kunst]50);

from Wolmar, Livland: (Brenner76 and possibly Meier76a);

from Ziegeser?, Brandenburg: (Arndt8);

from Ziepel, Zerbst, Sachsen: (Stichler7).

Jserloh^FN: said by Keller FSL to be a nephew?? living in the Mueller{Herman} household. .  I could not find the Jserloh  family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Juelich^FN:  see Ilig of Neudorf.

Juelich^GS: a duchy; see Remagen.

Juelich-Kleve-Berg Province: a Prussian province from 1815 to 1822 when they folded it into the Rhein Province.

Juenger^FN: this woman was said by the Buedingen ML to be from^UC Boehnstadt when she married a Stoerckel man in 1766; by 1767 they were in Norka (Mai&Marquardt#663).

Juergens{J.Jacob}: he married a Koehn{M. Elisabeth}  in Luebeck on 30 April 1765; he may be Hergins in Kratzke in 1798 (Kr12); he is in the Transport List (Mai&Marquardt#9).

Juergenson^FN:  see Adam{J.Andr.}.

Juetland: see Jutland.

Julianenebene^GL, Gottorf Amt: a village 25 miles W of Kiel city centre, and 14 miles SSE of Gottorf palace.

Julius^FN: In 1798 said to be the maiden name of the wife of a Schmidt in Boaro (Mai1798: Bx45).

Juellich^FN:  see Ilig of Neudorf.

Jueterbog^GL: is 38 miles SSW of Berlin city centre, and was governed by Saxony until 1815, by Prussia thereafter.

Julch^FN:  see Ilig of Neudorf.

Julphenstein^FN: the GCRA found this Russian spelling of Helfenstein.

Jum-Vorwerken: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Weissberg family.

Junck{Heinrich}: this man was listed in Susannental in 1796 and 1797 as the father of daughters who went to Kano and to Bibersten to marry (Mai1798:2885,2886 Kn20 and Bb32).  I could not locate them in any FSL or in the T.

Juncker^FN: see Junker.

Jundt^FN: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:675) with no origin.  But KS:321 said they came from Bottmingen, Basel[-Land Kanton], Schweisz.  Using FHL(922,288), the GCRA proved that origin.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Jung^FN{A.Margareta}: said by the Bauer FSL to be the maiden name of frau Lens?.

Jung^FN{J.Heinrich}: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Stahlberg, Leiningen. For 1798 see Mai1798:Br27 and 69.

Jung^FN{Konrad}: said by the Bauer FSL to be an orphaned son of frau Lens’ brother.

Jung^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Zahlendorf?, Bamberg [Bishopric].

Jung^FN: said by the 1798 Dehler census to be the maiden name of Herr Schuld 's wife (Mai1798:Dl30).

Jung{H.Christian}^FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be an orphan in the Grebing household.

Jung(J.Heinrich} ^FN: said by the Ernestinendorf FSL to be from^UC Staufenberg.  For 1769 see (Mai1798:Mv553).

Jung^FN: Herr Jung was said by the Fischer FSL to be from^UC Kisi?, Darmstadt; his frau, maiden name Schoenmeyer) was said to come from^UC Rabenau. According to the Buedingen ML this Jung man married a Schoenmeyer woman in 1766, both from the area of Rabenau; by 1767 this couple was in Fischer (Mai&Marquardt#581).

Jung^FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Eutin.

Jung^FN: said by the Laub FSL to be from^UC Niederkirchen, Zweibruecken.

Jung{Adam Friederich}^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Kotzgrimm?, Kurmainz.

Jung{Veronika}^FN: said by the Leitsinger 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Holz.

Jung{Wilhelm}^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Lintenhausen?, Kurtrier.

Jung^FN{Heinrich}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Saalburg.

Jung^FN{J.Georg}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Hanau [County].

Jung^FN{Sebastian}: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Elberkirchen?.

Jung^FN: said by KS:321 to have come from^UC Arzweiler, Saarburg [Amt], Elsass, via Ungarn, while the 1816 Neudorf census (#23) said they came either via Sekitsch, Ungarn from^UC Arzweiler, Lothringen, or from^UC Hanzweiler, Homburg [Amt], Rheinpfalz. See the GCRA book for more.

Jung^FN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be from^UC Kuechen-bei-Walkdappel, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].  For 1769 see Mai1798:Mv2286, and maybe Zr3 for 1798..

Jung^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Eitingein(?), Baden Durlach.

Jung^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Merseburg, [Kur-]Sachsen.

Jung^FN: his wife was said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Biag?/Blag?, Isenburg [County].

Jung^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be step-children in the Kapp household.

Jung^FN: said by the Schwab FSL to be from^UC Rohnstadt.  The Buedingen ML says this man from Ranstadt married a Wasmuth woman in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#480). KS:157 says this was the maiden name of frau Schwab{J.Georg}.

Jung^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Kappeln.  I did not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798.

Jung{Andreas}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Hammerstein?, Kurpfalz.  A Friedberg ML said this man from^UC Heimersheim, Altzey married in 1766 a Bichmann woman (Mai&Marquardt #299).  They must have died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Jung{PhilippG.}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Seelbach, Nassau[-Weilburg Principality].  I could not find any of this family in Mai1798.

Jung{Christoph}^FN: a probable early settler in Zuerich said to be from^UC Dortelweil?, [Hanau County]. (Lk96).  For possible 1798 see Mai1798:Zr2 and 48??.  For 1767 see T6254.

Jung{Philipp}^FN: possible early settlers of Zuerich said to be from^UC Pfaffenbach (Lk78).  For possible see Mai1798:Zr2?? and 48??.  For 1767 see T2653-54.

Jung{A.Maria}: on 11 March 1766 in Buedingen she married Guenther{Jakob (Mai&Marquardt#413 and KS131-32).  I did not find  them in any published FSL.

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

Jungblut^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Kelheim.

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

Jungk^FN: said by a Luebeck ML to be the family name of the woman who married Pietsch who then settled in Dietel (Mai&Marquardt#117).  Also see Guengsen.

Jungmann^FN said, by the Stumpp version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL, to be from^UC Wallershausen/Wallernhausen, Nidda, Hesse, and by the Pleve version to be from^UC Wallernhausen, Nidda, Darmstadt.

Jungmann^FN: according to the Buedingen ML a Jungmann woman from^UC the area of Darmstadt married a Ruhl man from^UC the same area in 1766; later the couple went to Jagnodnaja Poljana (Mai&Marquardt#271).  According to the Kromm version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL, she was first married to a Befus and lived in Storndorf; her three Befus children were with her in Russia (p.30).

Junker^FN{Conrad} said by Kuhlberg4022 to be from Isenburg (no locality or country identified). In the Balzer FSL two of his children were step-children of Becker{Heinrich}and Junker’s widow was his wife.

Junker/Junkert^FN: said by the 1816 Kassel census (#14 & 47) and by KS:321 to be from^UC Bornheim, Landau [Amt], Pfalz.  The GCRA, at this writing, had not yet checked FHL#193,216 for this origin.  See their book for more.

Junker^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  The Buedingen ML says this Juncker man from^UC Kaulstos married a Kuhl woman from^UC Birstein in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#559).

Junker^FN: said by the Rohleder FSL to be from^UC Becherbach with a Mohr[or Marx?] daughter in the household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Hr17.

Junkert^FN: see Junker.

Jurk ^FN:  see Jorgen.

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

Just^FN: said by the Dobrinka FSL to be from^UC Stockhausen, Riedesel.

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

Just^FN: the Kano FSL did not give an origin for this family, but Kuhlberg said they were from Nassau.

Just^FN: both the 1816 Kassel census (#32, 33) and KS:495 said this family came from^UC Poland.  The GCRA has reason to believe they may have come from^UC Mariendorf, Filehne [Kreis], Posen Province, Prussia, sometime Poland.  Also spelled Gust.86

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

Just^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Leipsig, Saxony.

Just^FN:  said by the Messer FSL to be the maiden name of frau Weber and of her sister also living in the household.

Just^FN{A.Maria}:  the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Schneider (Mai1798:Nr183).

Just^FN{Elizabeth}:  the Norka FSL said she was a sister-in-law living in the Schneider household.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr213.

Just^FN{Georg Jr}:  the Norka FSL said he was from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 possibilities see Mai1798:Nr27 and 33?

Just^FN{Georg Sr}:  the Norka FSL said he was from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr184, 173, 178 and possibly 27?  May also have been spelled Jost in 1798 (Nr33)?

Just^FN: three families said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Jussnitz, Dessau.  In 1798 the family name was spelled Jost (Mai1798:Pl11,19,23).  A Rosslau ML said that one of these Jost men married in 1766 a Haertel woman; Stumpp said he was from Vockenrode with a different wife from Jessnitz (Mai&Marquardt#939).

Just ^FN: said by the Stephan FSL to be from^UC Wenings, [Isenburg-Birstein County].  Spelled Just in 1767, 1790, 1791 and 1797 (T622-23 and Mai1798:Mv2836, 2838, 2856) and spelled Jost in 1798 (Sp34, Gm108 and 151).

Just{Johannes}:  this man who was said to have “gone to Caucasian Line” was listed in Susannental in 1786 as the father of a daughter going to Bettinger to marr y (Mai1798:2873); in Bettinger in 1798 her maiden name was given as Jost (Bt12).  I could not locate them under either spelling in any FSL or in the T.

Just^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Wolfenhausen, [Wied-]Runkel [County]. Spelled Jost in 1798 (Mai1798:Wr94 and 29).

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

Just^FN: also see Joch, Jost and Yost.

Just^FN: also see Post!

Justus^FN: said by the Fischer FSL to be from^UC Kisi?, Darmstadt.

Justus^FN{Philipp}: in the Huck FSL said to be father to a Justus orphan was living the Febors[sic for Weber] who are said to have come from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned, no country identified).  Kuhlberg3150 has the same origin for his widow and son.

Juterbach-in-Sachsen^GL: see Jueterbog and Henning of Neudorf.

Jutland: the northernmost part of Denmark. Gerhard Lang proved that the Ditmer{J.Jakob} family lived here before going on to Balzer FSL (#12).

Jutzy^FN: proved by the GCRA to be in Kassel for at least 1821-1833 and to be from Niederhorbach, Bergzabern [Amt], Pfalz.  See their book for detail.

Updated 10/2012