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Me-Mhz
Mechwart?FN:
said by the
Doenhof FSL to
be fromUC
Wuerzburg (no
locality mentioned).
Later spelled
Marquardt.
MeckFN:
said by the
GCRA to have
come to
Glueckstal,
origin unknown.
See their
book for detail.
MeckelFN:
said by the 1798
Seelmann census
to be the maiden
name of frau
Oswald (Sm41).
MeckelFN:
said by the
Stahl-am-Tarlyk
FSL to be fromUC
Baruth, [Kur-]Sachsen.
For 1798 see
Mai1798:St23 and
25.
MeckendorfGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Boregard FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Bleier? family.
I can find
Mueckendorfs, Muckendorfs
and a
Machkendorf, but
no Meckendorf.
Mecker?FN:
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
fromUC Dessau
(no locality
mentioned).
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga censuses.
MeckerFN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be an orphan boy in
the
Fau household.
MecklenburgGL:this
city is 5.5 km S of
Wismar city and in the mid-1760’s this town
was in a country
called the
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchy.
MecklenburgGS:
as is shown below,
there were two
independent
Mecklenburg
duchies in the
1760’s.
I have found
no way to
distinguish which
one is referred to
in the immediately
following entries:
Said (no locality
mentioned) by the
Boregard FSL to be homeUC to a Mannenger family. Said
(no locality
indicated) by the
Stumpp supplement to
the
Dietel FSL to be homeUC to Dam, Herbst, and Vogt
families. Said (no
locaility mentioned)
by the
Jost FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Schielberg
family.
Said (no
locality mentioned)
by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be homeUC
to a widow
Muss, as well as
Westhausen and
possibly
Grassmann
families.
Said (no
locality indicated)
by the
Kratzke FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Becker family.
Said (no
locality indicated)
by the
Merkel FSL to be
homeUC to
a
VonHolstein
family.
Said (no
locality mentioned)
by the
Norka FSL to be
homeUC to
Eberhard,
Hoffman/Hoffmann and Lehl
families.
Said (no
locality mentioned)
by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Herr family.
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
[Duchy]GS:
was the larger of
the two Mecklenburg
duchies, with lands
stretching from a
bit E of
Luebeck city in
a 60-mile-wide swath
along the Baltic for
some 75 miles,
including the
village of
Mecklenburg and the
city of Schwerin.
No locality
was mentioned in the
following
references: Said by
the
Boaro FSL to be homeUC to a Fer? family. Said by the
Boregard FSL to
be homeUC
to the
Jensen families.
Said by the
Jost FSL to be homeUC to Hoffmann and Schmidt
families.
Said by the
Kratzke FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Burmeister
family. Said by the
Reinhard FSL to
be homeUC
to the
Borat? and
Fromm families. Said by
the Rosenheim
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Treu man.
Said by the
Schaefer FSL to be homeUC frau Schulz.
Mecklenburg-StrelitzGS: was the smaller of the two Mecklenburg
duchies, with lands
around and between
Neubrandenburg
and Neustrelitz,
including the
village
of
Strelitz.
Said by the
Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Hahn family.
MedardGL,
Meisenheim,
Rheinland-Pfalz: is some 3.5 miles SW of Meisenheim city, and proven by
GCRA to be home
to the
Amann family
that went to
Bergstal and to
Glueckstal
They also
believe that this
may be the ancestral
homeUC of
the
Heyl/Veil family
that went to
Glueckstal, as
well as of the
Maurer/Mauerer
family that settled
in
Neudorf.
See the
GCRA book for
more.
MedebachGL:
said by the
Mariental FSL to
be homeUC
to an
Oberlieser
family.
There is a
Medebach some 33
miles WSW of Kassel
city.
MedequeFN:
said by the
Franzosen FSL to
be fromUC
Derne?,
Frankreich. I could not
find this family in
the 1798
Volga
censuses.
Meder{A.M.Catharina}:
she married
Baumgaertner{Andreas}.
This couple
settled in
Dobrinka (FSL #25. For a bit
more information go
to
http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/b/baumgaertner_dobrinka.cfm.
MederFN:
said by the Holstein FSL to
be fromUC
Langenstein, Sachsen.
MederFN:
said by the
Kamenka FSL to
be fromUC
Aschaffenburg.
Medernach, Luxembourg
[Duchy]
is 14 miles NNE of Luxembourg
city,
and said by the
Brabander FSL to be homeUC to a Burhoven family.
Medernas, Luxembourg
[Duchy]:
an unidentified
place said by the
Brabander FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Damplon family.
Most likely
this was
Medernach.
Medewitz: (Heglein?{Michael}51
There are 2 small
places with this
name: one was in
Kursachen 21 km NNE of Rosslau; one was in Upper Lusatia, Kursachsen
10 km WSW of
Bautzen city.
MediaschGL:
see
Mednsch.
MedingerFN:
said by the 1816
Glueckstal
census (KS:671,
371) to be
Beinstein, Waiblingen [Amt],
Wuerttemberg. Using
FHL(1,056,989),
the GCRA verified this origin.
See the
GCRA book for
more details.
Also
spelled
Moedinger.
Mednsch?GL,
[Siebenbuergen
Principality]:
this was
Mediasch, now
Medias,
Romania, some
224 miles ENE of
Novi Sad,
Batschka, and
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to an
Engler family.
Kuhlberg said
this was in
Siebenbuergen?.
Medvedickij
Krestovyj BuerakVV,
is a Russian name
for
FrankVV.
Medveditzkoi
Krestovoi BuyerakVV,
is a Russian name
for
FrankVV.
Medwedizki Krestowoi
BujerakVV,
is a Russian name
for
FrankVV.
Meer?FN:
said by the
Dobrinka FSL to
be fromUC
Epping, Felzer(?).
MeerholzGL,
Isenburg-Meerholz County: the town was the seat of the
County.
The town was
just SW of
Gelnhausen city
and has long since
been absorbed as a
suburb or
neighberhood into
Gelnhausen city.
[Isenburg-]Meerholz [County]: was
said
(no locality
mentioned) by the
Reinwald FSL to
be homeUC
to the
Wilhelm family.
MegenGL, Holland: is 24 miles SSE of Amersfoort,
and said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Alstfoerst
family.
Meggerdorf,
Holstein: is 28 miles W of
Kiel
city.
Gerhard Lang
and Dona Reeves
Marquardt proved
that the
Schwin/Schwien
who later settled in
Holstein near the
Volga
was here at least as
early as 1763.
MehfelderFN:
said by the
Leitsinger FSL
to be fromUC
Pikotn?,
Bamberg
[Bishopric].
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga censuses.
MehlFN:
said by the
Reinhard FSL to be fromUC Guestrow,
Mecklenburg[-Schwerin
Duchy].
For 1790 and
1798 see
Mai1798:Mv2386, Rh11, Bo32, En41).
Mehl FN:
said by the
Straub FSL to be
fromUC
Grossrechtenbah,
Nassau-Weilburg [Principality].
I did not
find them or any
descendants in
Mai1798.
MehlbachGL:
said by a
Friedberg ML to
be homeUC
to a
Nicodemus woman
who married in 1766
a
Wetter man; by
1767 the couple was
in
Kukkus (Mai&Marquardt#348).
There is a
Mehlbach some 33
miles W of Mannheim,
in the
Rhineland-Palatinate.
MehlbergerFN{Michael}:
said (no locality
mentioned) by the
Degott FSL to be
fromUC
Saulcet dr. Allier,
Lothringen.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga censuses.
MehlhafFN:
both the 1816 Kassel census
(#79) and
KS:371 said this
family came fromUC
Eppingen,
Sinsheim
[Amt], Baden.
Using
FHL#1,189,091-2,
the
GCRA verified
this origin.
See their
book for more.
MehlhornFN:
said by the
Reinhard FSL to be fromUC Auerbach, [Kur-]Sachsen.
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Rh24.
MelhornFN:
the wife was said by
the
Reinhard FSL to
be fromUC
Muenchen, [Kurbayern].
MehlingFN:
said by the 1798
Norka census to
be the maiden name
of frau
Schaefer{J.Heinrich}
(Mai1798:Nr198).
MehlingFN:
said by the
Walter FSL to be
fromUC
Poleng,
Durlach principality.
Mehlis, [Kursachsen]: is 3 miles N of
Suhl
city, and was said
by the
Grimm FSL to be
homeUC
Schott and
possibly
Berger families.
Said by the
Phillipsfeld FSL to homeUC to a Anshuetz family; Kuhlberg said this was in Sachsen.
MehmFN:
said by the
Pfeiffer FSL to
be fromUC Hannover.
Later spelled
Mem?] (Mai1798:Pf92).
The
Buedingen ML
says this
Mehn man
of UCGros
Auheim
married a
Walther woman
ofUC
Froschhausen in
1766; Stumpp says
both places are near
the city of
Hanau (Mai&Marquardt:593).
Mehmels,
Kurmainz[sic?]: said by the
Seelmann FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Hammer family.
The only
Mehmels I can find
is 8 km NW of
Meningen city
and was then in
either
Eisenach Duchy
or
Memingen Duchy,
not in
Kurmainz.
MehnFN:
see
Mehm.
Mehner?FN:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Sterzhausen?with
a
Heinrich orphan
girl in the
household.
I could not
find the
Mehner family in
the 1798 censuses.
MehrenbergGL:
said by a
Friedberg ML to
be homeUC
to a
Schmidt woman
who married in 1766
a
Laub man from
Niederohm (Mai&Marquardt#313).
See
Merenberg.
MehringerFN:
see
Meringer.
MehrleinFN:
see
Helmlein and
Merlein.
Mei{Georg}: said
by the Recruiter
Beauregard’s list to
have been
fromUC
Fugenhausen? and
to have gone to
Luzern in 1768 (Mai1798:Lk81) where they
surely were among
the
Luzern first
settlers.
Spelled
Maier in 1798 when his wife’s maiden name was given as
Griessling (Mai1798:Lz37).
MeibachFN:
said by the
Preuss FSL to be
fromUC
Pfafenmoisbakh/Pfaffenwiesbach(?),
Kurmainz.
MeibeierFN:
said by the
Herzog FSL to be
fromUC Augsburg,
[Kur-]Bayern.
MeichesGL:
is some14 miles WSW
of
Schlitz city and
was in the
Felda Jurisdiction,
Hessen-Darmstadt
Duchy.
MeichesGL:
see
Mengers and
Schlitz.
MeidingerFN:
both the 1858 Kassel
census (#235, 236)
and
KS:371 said this
family came from
Neipperg,
Brackenheim [Amt], Wuerttemberg.
Using
FHL#1,184,764
the
GCRA proved this
origin.
See their
book for more.
MeierFN,
Mayer,
Maier, and Meyer, follow,
interspersed.
Maier FN
{Anna Maria}: said
by the 1798
Anton census to
be the maiden name
of frau
Kraut (Mai1798:An19).
MeierFN:
said by the
Balzer FSL to be fromUC Schweiz.
Spelled
Maier in 1798 (Mai1798:Bz39,
81).
MeierFN:
listed in the
Bergdorf 1816 census (KS:659,
371) without origin.
Earliest origin
proved by GCRA using
FHL(1,475,250) was a fortress called Bertholdsdorf or Bertholdshoefe
on the eastern edge
of
Schwenningen,
with the next
generation moving to
Gaechingen,
Urach [Amt].
Using
FHL(1054,332)
they traced the next
generation to
Ludwigsburg from whence members of the family went to Russia.
All three
places were in
Wuerttemberg. For more
detail see the
GCRA book.
Meier FN{Dorothea}:
given as the maiden
name of frau
Gottlieber by
the
Boaro FSL.
MeierFN{Heinrich,FranzJoseph}:
according to the
Boaro FSL they
were step-sons of a
Gottlieber man
who was fromUC
Clausthal(?).
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Mn4.
MeierFN:
said by the
Boregard FSL to
be fromUC
Hendendein?.
MeierFN:
said by the
Brabander FSL to
be fromUC
Trochtelfingen,
Fuerstenberg? [Principality],
Schwaben.
Meyer{Catharina
E.}: She
married
Brandecker{Anton}
in
Rosslau on 27
May 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#990,
KS123).
Upon arrival
in
Brabander FSL #46 Brandecker
had a newer young
wife.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798
Volga
censuses.
MeyerFN:
said by the Stumpp
supplement to the
Dietel FSL to be
fromUC
Wuerttemberg (no
locality indicated).
In 1798
spelled
Maier (Mai1798:Dt46).
MeierFN:
said by the
Dobrinka FSL to
be fromUC
Darabach(?),
Oesterreich.
MeierFN:
said by the
Dobrinka FSL to
be fromUC Rostock,
Mecklenburg.
Later spelled
Maier (Mai1798:Db10,
Mv445, Dr4, Mv457,
Gm37).
MeierFN:
said by the
Doenhof FSL to
be fromUC
Wuerttemberg (no
locality mentioned).
Later spelled
Maier.
Meier{Johann}FN:
said by the
Dreispitz FSL to
be fromUC
Foffelhof? Wittenberg.
In 1798 the
family name was
spelled
Maier (Mai1798:Dr31).
Gerhard Lang
proved the wife was
the d/o
Beisel{Friedrich Jacob} (dr5) and married in Sulzfeld; he also proved Johannes’
birth in 1732 in
Pfaffenhofen,
and that he lived
for a time in
Friedrichsanbau
on the way to
Dreispitz.
Meier{Valentin}FN:
said by the
Dreispitz FSL to
be fromUC
Pfaffenhofen,
Wuerttemberg.
George Lang says
he was born in 1696,
but also said he
died before 1761
which is not correct
– he died after
1768.
MeierFN:
said by the
Fischer FSL to
be fromUC Heidelberg,
Kurpfalz.
The family
name was spelled
Maier in 1798 (Mai1798:Fs17).
MeierFN:
said by the
Fischer FSL to
be fromUC
Rohrbach,
Kurpfalz. The family name was spelled Maier in 1798 (Mai1798:Fs9,24).
Meier{Christian}FN:
listed by the 1816
Glueckstal
census (KS:672,
676) with no origin;
but
KS:371 said they
came fromUC
Hindlingen,
Altkirch [Amt],
Elsass.
However,
using
FHL(1,457,485),
the
GCRA
proved origin in
Pfaeffingen,
Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.
See the
GCRA book for
more details.
Meier{Georg}FN:
listed by the 1816
Glueckstal
census (KS:671)
with no origin, but
KS:364
(mistakenly saying
he (Maier)
went to
Alexanderhilf, Odessa instead of
Glueckstal) says
he came from
Tuebingen, [Tuebingen Amt], Wuerttemberg.
Using
FHL(1,457,393
and 1,457,388), the
GCRA
proved origin in
Tuebingen,
Tuebingen [Amt],
Wuerttemberg.
See the
GCRA book for
more details.
Meier{Jakob}FN:
died in
Glueckstal and
said to be fromUC
Helmlingen,
Baden;
but the
GCRA found no
record of him in
Helmlingen, near
Buehl; see their book for a bit more detail.
Meier{Jakob,
Christian,Georg}FN:
said by the 1816
Glueckstal
census (KS:672,
676, 363) to be fromUC
Hindlingen,
Altkirch [Amt],
Elsass.
However,
using
FHL(1,569,074-5,
and 1,569,082),
the
GCRA proved origin in Reutlingen,
Reutlingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg. See the
GCRA book for
more details.
Maier{Michael}:
this family
was in
Glueckstal for a time and were said by KS:364 to be from Moessingen, Rottenburg [Amt],
Tuebingen [Oberamt],
Wuerttemberg.
This origin
was proved by the
GCRA
using
FHL 1,457,467; see their book for detail.
MaierFN:
said by the 1798
census to be the
maiden name of the
wife of the Rome
man who settled in
Herzog (Mai1798:Hv22).
MeyerFN{M.Elisabeth}:
according to the
Buedingen ML she
was fromUC
Reicheim aand
married Buchsbaum{Johannes}
on 25 April 1766; by
1767 this couple was
in
Holstein
FSL#38 (Mai&Marquardt#585).
KS123 says
she was fromUC
Reichelsheim,
although he was not
certain whether it
was the one that
belonged to
Friedberg Imperial City or the one that belonged to
Erbach County.
MeierFN:
said by the
Husaren FSL to
be fromUC
Mannheim, [Kurpfalz].
MeierFN:
said by the
Jost FSL to be
fromUC
Wert?,
Nuernberg.
Meyer{J.Christoph}:
in
Rosslau 9 May
1766 married
Goldhorn{M.Elisabeth}
(Mai&Marquardt#988
&
KS145).
The
Jost FSL (#57)
says this
Meier man was
fromUC
Lindenau, [Kur-]Sachsen.
MeierFN:
said by the
Jost FSL to be a
widow, betrothed to
Herr
Brenner, living
in his household.
MeierFN:
said by the
Kamenka FSL to
be fromUC
Frankfurt-am-Main.
Mayer{?}FN:
said by
KS:369 to be
have goneUC
to
Kassel fromUC
BrackenheimGL,
Heilbronn [Oberamt], Wuerttemberg,
but the
GCRA could find
no record of any
such family in
Kassel at any
time.
Maier{Heinrich}FN:
listed in the 1858
Kassel census
(#192), but the
GCRA could find
no origin for them;
see their book for
more detail.
Meier/Maier{J.Adam, J.Georg, J.Konrad, Jakob} FN: listed by the
1816
Kassel census
(#50), the 1858
census (#150, 248),
and
KS:364 & 371
without origin.
Using
FHL#1,336,611,
1,1882,595,
1,833,189, and
1,884,075
the
GCRA proved
origin in
Adersbach,
Sinsheim [Amt], Baden, although the
family had moved to
Ehrstaedt,
Sinsheim [Amt], Baden before
immigrating to
Russia.
For frau
Meier{Adam} see
Ziegler. See the
GCRA book for
more.
Maier{J.Georg}FN:
listed by the 1858
Kassel census
(#168, 169) without
origin. See the
GCRA book under
Benz{Johannes}
for a bit more.
Meier{Peter}FN:
listed by the 1816
Kassel census
(#31), the 1858
census (#149) and
KS:364 and 371
without origin.
Using
FHL#247,603,
the
GCRA proved
origin in
Goecklingen,
Landau [Amt],
Rheinpfalz.
MeierFN:
the
Katharinenstadt
FSL says this orphan
was living with a
Spiss family
from
Bayreuth.
MeierFN:
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC
Manzenburg(?).
MeierFN:
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC
Nassau-Usingen
(no locality
mentioned).
A
Luebeck ML says
this
Meyer man
married in 1765 a
Heil woman;
Stumpp says the
marriage was in 1766
(Mai&Marquardt#21).
Later spelled
Maier (Mai1798:Ka6).
MeierFN:
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be fromUC
Worms.
MeierFN:
said by the
Kautz FSL to be
fromUC
Hasslock/Hassloch,
Kurpfalz.
MeierFN:
said by the
Krasnoyar FSL to
be fromUC
Laubach.
Also spelled
Maier.
MeierFN:
said by the
Krasnoyar FSL to
be fromUC
Nidda, Darmstadt.
Also spelled
Maier.
Meier{Johann}:
Kulberg66 said he was single from Velen and actually went
to
Saratov having
earlier declared for
Livonia.
Not in
T nor in any
published FSL.
Meier{Sebastian+w+4c}:
Kulberg137 said
they were Catholics
fromUC
Minburg.
They were
listed in
T2738-42. The
Katharinenstadt
FSL (#307) said he
was fromUC
Manzenburg(?)
with wife
Wenson{Elisabeth}
along with her son
{J.Jost}.
MeierFN:
said by the
Louis FSL to be
fromUC
Bitsch,
Lothringen. In 1798 the
family name was
sometimes spelled
Maier (Mai1798:Ls7).
Meier(Heinrich):
said by the
Recruiter
Beauregard’s list to
have been fromUC
Orb, [Kurmainz] and to
have moved to
Luzern in 1768 (Lk66),
which would make
this couple a
Luzern first
settler couple. A
Maier son may
have moved in 1782
from
Luzern to
Wittmann (Mai1798:Mv1606, Wm28).
Meier{Wilhelm}:
listed as an orphan
living in a
Griesbach
household from
Sogerheim? in
the Recruiter
Beauregard’s list (Lk45a).
For 1767 see
T4852-4854. As Maier he
probably left
Luzern for
Wittmann
in 1782 (Mai1798:Mv1606,
Wm28?).
He is found
in no FSL and no
earlier colony is
indicated; so was
likely one of
Luzern’s first settlers.
MeierFN:
said by the
Mariental FSL to
be fromUC
Hohenburg.
The name was
later spelled
Maier and his
wife's maiden name
was given as
Koernmeier (Mai1798:Mt53).
MeierFN:
said by the
Mariental FSL to
be fromUC
Straubing, [Kur-]Bayern.
The family
name was later
spelled
Maier (Mai1798:Mt70).
MeierFN:
said by the
Mueller FSL to
be fromUC
Wall.
The Kuhlberg
list gives the state
as
Isenburg.
MeierFN{Gottfried}:
said (no locality
mentioned) by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
[Kur-]Sachsen.
MeierFN{Kaspar}:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Orbach.
MaierFN{Katharina}:
said by the1798
Neidermonjou
census to be the
maiden name of frau
Beitnitz.
MeierFN{Michael}:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Nuernberg.
Meier{Johannes}FN:
said by the 1816
Neudorf census
(#112) to have come
fromUC
Walddorf,
Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Also
spelled
Maier. See the
GCRA book for a
bit more.
Meier{Maria}:
listed in the 1816
Neudorf census
(#70) along with her
widowed, remarried
mother, Eva (Walter)
(Meier)Lippert. The GCRA says
the death reports of
both women indicate
birth in an
unidentified place
called
Roth,
Wuerttemberg. See the
GCRA book under
all three family
names for more.
Maier{Michael}FN:
said by KS:364 to
have come from
Groetzingen,
Nuertingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg and to
be in the 1816
Neudorf census
(#112).
The
GCRA says this man was not in
Neudorf.
Maier{Michael}FN:
listed by the 1858
Neudorf census
(#244) without
origin and said by
KS:364 to be
from
Moessingen,
Tuebingen
[Amt],
Wuerttemberg.
Using
FHL#1457,467,
the
GCRA proved this
origin.
See their
book for more.
Also spelled
Mayer.
Meier{Elizabeta}FN:
said by the
Norka FSL to be
a daughter of Martin
Meier living in the
Dick household.
Meier{Martin}FN:
said by the
Norka FSL to be
fromUC
Hanau [County] (no locality mentioned).
Spelled
Maier in 1788
and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv1935,
Mv1936 and Hk11).
The
Buedingen ML
says this
Mayer man
married a
Schlinckenfing
woman in 1766
(Mai&Marquardt#374).
MeyerFN:
said by a
Rosslau ML to be
the maiden name of
frau
Helde (Mai&Marquardt#905).
See
Golde of
Orlovskaya.
MeierFN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Binningen?.
MeierFN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Dansenberg?,
Pflaz.
MeierFN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Grossen Buseck.
MeierFN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Wien.
MeierFN:
said by the
Preuss FSL to be
fromUC
Winzenheim, Alsace.
Also
spelled Maier.
Maier{Michael}FN:
said by the 1798
census to have come
from
Rosenfeld (Mai1798:Bo5),
but I could not find
him in the
Rosenfeld FSL.
Meier{Christoph}FN:
said by the
Rothammel FSL to
be fromUC
Strassburg, Alsace.
Meier{Christoph}FN:
said by the
Schaefer FSL to
be fromUC
Oppeln?, [Kur-]Sachsen.
He may well
have died prior to
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
MaierFN:
said by the 1798
Schuck census to
be the maiden name
for frau
Krieger (Mai1798:Su2).
Maier FN:
said by the1798
Mariental census
to be the maiden
name of frau
Kostnitz (Mai1798:Mt73)
who was said (no
locality mentioned)
by the
Schulz FSL to be
fromUC
Kurpfalz (sz12).
Maier{Philipp}:
no earlier colony is
mentioned for him;
his recent widow was
in
Schaffhausen in
1798 (Mai1798:Sh47);
so he may have been
among the
Schaffhausen
first settlers.
MaierFN:
said by the 1798
Schulz census to
be the maiden name
of frau
Kosnitz.
Meier FN:
said by the
Seelmann FSL to
be fromUC
Birk.
I did not
find them or any
descendants in
Mai1798. For a possible
1767
entry see
T869?
MeyerFN:
said by the
Seewald FSL to
be fromUC
Gundersweiler, Pfalz.
Meier{Adam}
FN: said by
the
Shcherbakovka
FSL to be fromUC
Weissach.
Spelled
Maier in 1790 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2778, Ho3, Sv19 and possibly 56?
and 59?
Meier{Christoph}FN:
said by the
Shcherbakovka
FSL to be fromUC
Seline?.
Spelled
Maier in 1790, 1796 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2774, 2793, Sp6, Kr26(the
wife’s maiden name
is given as
Ragenbach), Sv5,
55 and possibly 56
and 59.
Meier{Leonhard}FN:
said by the
Shcherbakovka
FSL to be fromUC
Ladenburg?.
Spelled
Maier in 1798 (Mai1798:Gk16, Sv23 and perhaps 56 and 59?
Might be
Laudenburg?
Maier{Magdalena}FN:
said by the 1798
Shcherbakovka
census to be the
maiden name of frau
Oblaender
Mai1798:Sv7).
Meier{Martin}FN:
said by the
Shcherbakovka
FSL to be fromUC
Laudenberg, [Kurmainz]. I
could not find any
member of this
family in
Mai1798.
Meyer/Mirin{Eva}: this widow from
Stuttgardt,
Wuerttemberg,
became the 3rd(?)
wife of
Resh{Wenzel}, and brought along {Elisabeth} one of her
Meyer/Mirin daughters.
The first
transcription of
Stahl-am-Karaman
had
Mirin, the Pleve
version had
Meyer.
Meier FN:
said by the
Susannental FSL
to be fromUC
Rodheim?,
Hessen[-Darmstadt
Landgraviate].
I could not
locate them or any
descendants in
Mai1798.
Meier{Friedrich}FN:
said by the
Urbach FSL to be
fromUC
Apolda?, [Sachsen-]Weimar [Duchy].
Spelled
Maier in 1798 (Mai1798:Ur13).
Meier{Friedrich}FN:
his wife was said by
the
Urbach FSL to be
fromUC
Kirdorf, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].
Meier{Christoph&frau}FN:
said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be fromUC
Erlangen, [Brandenburg-]Bayreuth [Margraviate].
For 1798
possibly see
Mai1798:Sr13?
Meier{Conrad}FN:
said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be fromUC
Brsch?,
Nuernberg [Imperial City].
Spelled
Maier in 1798 (Mai1798:Wr111).
Meier{J.Augustus}FN:
said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be fromUC
Gaterschlein?, [Schleswig-]Holstein [Royal
Duchy].
Meier{Johannes}FN:
said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be fromUC
Kranichstein, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].
I could not
find them in
Mai1798.
Maier{Georg}:
his widow
A.Katharina (Mueller)
Maier moved from Zug to
Wittmann in
1788, as did her
likely
brother-in-law (Mai1798:Mv3063
and 3064.
In as much as
these people cannot
be found in any FSL
and no evidence that
they moved to
Zug from any other colony, this family is a likely
Zug first
settler family.
Maier{Johann[es]}:
this widower left
Zug in 1796 to
marry in
Luzern (Mai1798:Mv3074,Lz6); he cannot be found in any FSL, thus he may have
been a
Zug first
settler.
In 1798 his
wife’s maiden name
was given as
Beidorf.
Maier{Johannes}:
he was in
Zug in 1798
(Zg12), but he is
listed in no FSL nor
in
T, nor is there
any indication he
moved to
Zug from another
colony, so he is a
possible
Zug first
settler.
Maier{Johannes}:
he was in
Zug in in 1785
and perhaps as late
as 1788 before
moving to
Wittmann (Mai1798:Mv3060
and 3065 and Wm50?)
but he is listed in
no FSL nor in
T, nor is there
any indication he
moved to
Zug from another
colony, so he is a
possible
Zug first
settler.
Meyer/MeierFN:
according to
Steven Hahn this
family from
Edenkoben
settled in
Russia.
Meyer{Gerdreuth
E.}FN:
she married
Alt{J.Adam} in
Buedingen 17
June 1766 and
was said to be fromUC
Brensbach (Mai&Marquardt#697and
KS:145 )
KS:118 says
Brensbach was
near
Dieburg.
I could not
find them in any
FSL.
Meyer{Margareta}:
KS131 says he was daughter of {Thomas} kath. fromUC
Schuesselfeld
near
Bamberg (now in
Bavaria)
and
in 1766
married
Greiff{J.Georg}(kath.)
fromUC
Ravensburg (now
in
Wuerttemberg).
I did not
find this couple in
any published FSL.
MeyerFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Kirburg and in
Kroppach
marriage records
1762-1767, and in
Schotten parish
records for many
generations prior to
1767; see
Flegel trip.
Maier,
Mayer, Meier, and
Meyer are all
interfiled together
immediately above.
MeierhoeferVV:
an alternate
name for
GalkaVV.
MeiermannFN:
said by the
Belowescher Kolonien
FSL to be fromUC
the
Pfalz (no
locality mentioned).
MeigFN:
see
Mauch.
Mehring{J.Martin+w+2c}:
said by
Kulberg110 to be
fromUC
Henneberg.
Not found in
T or in any published FSL.
Meila(?)GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Kraft FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Keifer family.
MeilbergGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Bettinger FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Hildebrandt and
perhaps a
Lehmann family.
MeileFN:
see
Maeule.
MeilingGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Fros? family.
There are two
very small places of
this name in
Bavaria.
MeilingerFN:
said by the
Preuss FSL to be
fromUC
Olingen, Nassau.
Meimbressen?,
Kurmainz[sic?]: said by the
Seelmann FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Freitag family.
The only
meimbressen I can
find is 12 km NW of
Kassel city and
was then in
Hessen-Kassel
Landgraviate,
not
Kurmainz.
MeimersGL,
Sachsen: an
unidentified place
said by the
Bauer FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Abel? family.
There is a
Meimers,
Thueringen, some 19 miles SW of Gotha.
MeimersdorfGL:
is the name of the
south suburban area
of
Kiel, and said
by the
Holstein FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Koeln family.
MeimsheimGL:
is 12 km SW of
Heilbronn city.
Gerhard Lang
found that
Beisel{Friedrich
Jacob} married a
Gauss woman here
in 1746.
MeinFN:
see
Mai.
Meine, [Lueneburg Principality,
Kurbraunsweig?]:
said to have been
homeUC to
the
Fei{Jacob}
family (Lk23) and possibly to their
Weigant
stepchildren, all
possible early
settlers in
Zuerich. Maps show Meine
right on the border
and it may actually
have been in
Brunswick Duchy.
Meinetschlag(?):
an unidentified
place said by the
Preuss FSL to be
home to an
Turis? family.
This susrely
was the town that is
now called Malonty
in the Czech
Republic.
MeingottFN:
said by the 1798
Boregard census
to be the maiden
name of frau
Ockel.
MeinhardFN:
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
fromUC
Beseke(?).
See
Mai1798: Mn09,
Mn27,Bb35.
MeinhardVV
(aka
Unterwalden): a
Lutheran colony
founded in 1767 on
the eastern side of
the Volga river not
far from
Luzern.
To the best
of my knowledge no
copy of its First
Settlers’ List has
been found and
published.
Anyone
learning of such a
document, please let
us know immediately.
MeinhardFN:
also
see
Meinhardt.
MeinhardtFN:
said by the
Reinwald FSL to
be fromUC
Stolberg-Gedern
[County]. Spellled
Meinhard in 1788
and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2400,
Pl9, 21, Rm26).
MeinhartFN:
an orphan boy listed
by the
Boregard FSL in
the
Mueller{Just}
household.
MeinickeFN:
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
fromUC
Zuchau.
Spelled
Meinicke in 1798
and his wife's
maiden name is given
as
Geier (Mai1798:
Bx06).
MeininerFN:
not found in an FSL
but was in the 1775
Grimm census #39
and 41.
Spelled
Meisinger in 1798 (Mai1798:Gm123
and 176).
MeiningenGL:
was the seat of the
Sachsen-Meiningen
Duchyand is some
31 E of
Fulda.
MeiningerFN:
said by the
Messer FSL to be
fromUC
Isenburg (no
locality mentioned),
and the maiden name
of one of the two
frau Meininger is
given as
Zeller and his
mother-in-law’s name
is also given as
Zeller.
An orphan
Daut? Was living with another Meininger household.
Meinzing(?)GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Holstein FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Pfeiler family.
The only
Meinzing I can find
is in Bavaria some 33 miles NE of
Regensberg.
Meis{J.Peter}FN:
said by the
Boregard FSL to
be fromUC
Steinig?.
Kuhlberg said
this was in
Fulda.
For 1767 see
T2882-2884.
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Zg19 where one might find his 2nd? wife who was a
Kraus.
Meisburg:
see Meisenburg.
MeischFN:
according to the
Buedingen ML a
Meisch woman,
no origin given,
married a
Ross man in 1766;
by 1767 the couple
was in
Stahl-am-Karaman (Mai&Marquardt#426).
Meisdorf, [Magdeburg Duchy], Preussen:
is 16 miles SW of
Halberstadt
city, and said by
the
Merkel FSL to be
homeUC to
an
Elzow family.
Meisenburg?GL,
[Kur-]Sachsen: said by the Jost
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Lorenz family.
This might be
Meisburg, some
1.5 miles SW of
Hettstedt.
Meisendorf?,
Bamberg [Bishopric]: an
unidentified place
said by the
Ober-Monjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Spister/Speister
family and possibly
to their
Spindt
step-children.
MeisenheimGL:
until 1797 this was
a Kreis or district
administrative
center for the
Pfalz-Zweibruechen Duchy.
MeisenheimGL,
Kreuznach [Oberamt], Rheinpfalz: is
some 12 miles SW of
Bad Kreuznach
city and 20 miles W
of
Alzey city.
It was also a
District
administrative
center. It was
governed by the
Pfalz-Zweibruecken Principality until 1795, then by
France until
1816, and then
Bavaria until
WWII.
It was
proven by the
GCRA as home to
the
Aman/Amann{Philipp} family that went to Kassel, and as
home to the
Feigert/Feikert/Feukert family that settled in
Neudorf.
MeisenheimGL,
Kurpfalz: said
by the
Bauer FSL to be
homeUC to
Ranert and
Reichel families.
The contemporary
Pastor Seyffarth
makes it clear that
this actually is
Mettenheim,
Wartenberg
[County] (Mai&Marquardt#1238, 1245, 1247).
Meisenheim [Amt]GL, Rheinpfalz:
is some 20 miles W
of
Alzey city, some
12 miles SW of
Bad Kreutznach,
and was a District
administrative
center.
Meisenheim
is also some
30 km NNW
of
Kaiserslautern
city
and was proven to be
one of the origins
of
the
Manweilers who
settled in
Messer.
MeisenheimGL,
Wittenberg: said
by the
Bauer FSL to be
homeUC to
Fischer and
Reichel families.
The contemporary
Pastor Seyffarth
makes it clear that
this actually is
Mettenheim,
Wartenberg
[County] (Mai&Marquardt#1238, 1245, 1247).
MeisenheimGL,
[Pfalz-]Zweibruecken [Duchy]: is
some 35 miles NE of
Zweibruecken
city and 12 miles SW
of
Bad Kreuznach.
Said by the
Jost FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Schledewitr
family. Said by the
Louis FSL to be
homeUC to
Eckhard and
Faupel families as well as frau Kumpallo and, possibly, her
Schaefer son.
Said by the
Reinwald FSL to be homeUC to the Steinpreis family.
MeisenheimGL,
[Pfalz-Zweibruecken
Duchy],
Kurpfalz: said
by the
Degott FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Muelberger{Casimir}
family.
Same place as
the previous entry
MeiserFN:
said by the
Brabander FSL to
be fromUC
Wintelz?,
Nassau. Spelled
Messler? in 1790
(Mai1798:Mv354).
MeiserlingFN:
said by the
Messer FSL to be
fromUC
Kurpfalz (no
locality mentioned)
and his wife’s
maiden name is given
as
Schulz.
MeissingerFN{Johannes}:
said by the
Balzer FSL to be
fromUC
Isenburg.
Bonner
proved his parents,
including his
Hart/Hardt
mother, were
baptized in
Aulendiebach,
Isenburg[-Buedingen County].
Also spelled
Meisinger.
A contemporary
Aulendiebach
record said this
couple with their
children left in
1766 for Russia
(Mai&Marquardt#1258).
Meisinger
FN : said by
the
Messer 1798
census to be the
maiden name of frau
Geiss of
Messer (Mai1798:Ms69).
MeisingerFN:
not found in an FSL
but was
Meininer in the
1775
Grimm census #39
and 41.
Spelled
Meisinger in
1798 (Mai1798:Gm123
and 176).
MeisingerFN{J.Heinrich
son of Valentin said
by the
Messer FSL
(ms57a) to be a
step-son living in
one of the two
Lang households.
MeisingerFN{Elisabeth}:
aka frau
Kaufmann{Johannes}
lived in
Schilling (Mai1798:Sg22) in 1798 and evidently with her husband was among the
Schilling First
Settlers.
Bonner
proved that she was
baptized a
Meissinger in Aulendiebach,
Isenburg[-Buedingen County].
Meisinger{Elisabeth}:
a likely
Schilling first
settler of
Schilling, who along with her husband,
Kaufmann{Johannes}
may also have come
fromUC
Warzburg as
indicated in the
Pleve Kaufmann
Family Chart,
according to AHSGR
village coordinator
Gary Martens.
Bonner
proved that the
Meissinger wife
was baptized in
Aulendiebach,
Isenburg[-Buedingen County].
MeisingerFN:
also see
Meininer and Meissinger.
MeisnerFN:
said by the
Jost FSL to be
fromUC
Lebbin,
Brandenburg.
MeisnerFN:
said by the
Kano FSL to be
fromUC
Halle.
MeisnerFN:
said by the
Lauwe FSL to be
fromUC
Bayreuth (no
locality mentioned).
MeissingerFN:
see
Meisinger.
MeisnerFN:
not found in an FSL
but was in the 1775
Grimm census #5.
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Dn21.
Meister{A.Maria}:
married
Bibus{Caspar} on
28 May 1765 in
Rosslau
(KS121
and 145,
Mai&Marquardt#845).
I could not
find them in any
published FSL.
MeisterlingFN:
said by the
Messer 1798
census to be the
maiden name of one
of the frau
Manweiler (Mai1798:Ms54),
as well as of frau
Schneider (Mai1798:Ms46).
MeitnerFN:
said by the
Schwed FSL to be
fromUC
Bruen.
I could not
find them or any
likely descendants
in
Mai1798.
MeitnerFN:
the wife was said
(no locality
mentioned) by the
Schwed FSL to be
fromUC [Pfalz-]Zweibruecken.
Meizin?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:
an unidentified
place said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Get family.
Mekerkingen?GL,
Wittenberg
(mistake for
Wuerttemberg):
said by the
Lauwe FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Mekler family.
I believe
this was
Maegerkingen, Wuerttemberg Duchy … rak.
MeklerFN:
said by the
Lauwe FSL to be
fromUC
Mekerkingen?,
Wittenberg. I could not
find this family in
the 1798 censuses.
Mekmal?GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to an
Ephardt?
widower.
MelcherFN:
see
Melkhert.
MelchiorFN{Heinrich
& Anna}: said by
Kulberg0006 and
the
Belowescher Kolonien
FSL to be fromUC
Polen (no
locality mentioned).
MelchiorFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Schotten parish
records for many
generations prior to
1767; see
Flegel trip.
MelchiorFN:
see
Kaes.
Melem(?)GL,
Kelheim: an
unidentified place
said by the
Preuss FSL to be
homeUC to
Engelbert
families.
There is a
Mueellem,
North Rhine-Westphalia, some 40 miles NW of Cologne.
MelkhertFN:
said by the
Walter FSL to be
fromUC
Verg,
Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter.
Later spelled
Melcher.
MellFN:
said by the
Kukkus FSL to be
fromUC
Boddin, Brandenburg.
MellerFN:
see
Legler and
Miller.
Melling{Andreas+w+3c}:
Kulberg29 said
they were fromUC
Dresden.
I did not
find them in T or in
any published FSL.
Melling
{Christian+w+3c}:
Kulberg60 said
they were fromUC
Dresden. I did
not find them in T
or in any published
FSL.
MellingerFN:
said by the
Kamenka FSL to
be fromUC
Sierck/Sirsk(?), Frankreich.
Mellinghausen:
said by the
Phillipsfeld FSL
to homeUC
to a
Hilgenberg/Hildenberg family. This
probably was in
Hoya County,
Kurbraunsweig 26
miles SSE of Bremen
city centre.
Melsungen,
Hessen-Kassel
Landgraviate
(now
Hesse): is 21 km
SSE of
Kassel city.
Meltendorf(?)GL:an
unidentified place
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Sachse family.
A
Rosslau ML says
this man married in
1765 a
Knittel woman
(Mai&Marquardt#190).
This may be
the
Meltendorf that is some 9 miles E of Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt.
MelzerFN:
said by the
Holstein FSL to
be fromUC
Kretz, Sachsen.
Meltzer{Gottlieb}: KS:82 and nnn say this party of 5 fromUC
Sachsen in 1764
was sent on to the
Saratov area as
part of
the group of
colonists
transported under
the command of
Captain
Paykul and Cornet
Rehbinder.
I have not
found them in any
published FSL.
Melzing?,
Oesterreich: an unidentified place said by the Rosenheim FSL to be homeUC to a Horst?. family. There is
a Melling in
Austria.
Mem?FN:
see
Mehm.
Memel, [Ost]Preussen: nka
Klaipeda,
Lithuania, was
12 miles SSW of
Crottingen city,
and said by the
Husaren FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Noriheim family.
Said by the
Schulz FSL to be homeUC to frau Mattern.
Memelsdorf(?)GL,
Holstein: said
by the
Holstein FSL to
be homeUC
to
Schmiese and
Schwin families. Dona
Reeves-Marquardt
proved that this was
Meggerdorf,
Friedrichsholm
colony.
MemmingenGS,
[Kurbayern]: was in the 1760s an independent city-state, i.e. a free
imperial city.
It now is in
Bavaria, is some
30 miles SE of
Ulm city, and is
said by the
Herzog FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Glaser and
probably a
Wagner family.
Said by the
Volmer FSL to be home to a
Wiessner family.
Menard{Jeanne}:
a
Luebeck ML recorded her 10 October 1765
marriage to
Corier{Louis}.
KS124 had her
given name as
Jeanna.
I did not
find them in any
published FSL or in
Mai1798.
MendtGL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Kano FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Mueller{Adam}
family.
This may have
been in
Kurkoeln some 13
miles ESE of
Bonn city.
MeneFN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Dielmel?,
Paderborn. In 1798 the
family name was
spelled
Menet and the
wife’s maiden name
was given as
Messin (Mai1798:Nb16).
MenerFN:
said by the
Kano FSL to be
two orphans in the
Hauer household.
I could not
find the Meners in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
Mener?FN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Bamberg (no
locality mentioned).
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
MenetFN:
see
Mene.
MengFN:
said by the 1798
Galka census to
be the maiden name
of frau
Frank{J.Wilhelm}(Mai1798:Gk10).
MengFN:
said by the
Messer FSL to be
fromUC
Kurpfalz (no
locality mentioned).
MengFN:
also see
Ming.
Menge{J.Martin}:
he was said by
Recruiter
Beauregard’s list to
have been fromUC
Schwimbach (Lk163).
Spelled
Menger in 1767
(T2292).
Not found in
any FSL and I could
not find them or any
likely descendant
associated with any
Volga colony.
MengelFN:
said by the
Urbach FSL to be
fromUC
Busecker Tal, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].
I could not
find them in
Mai1798.
Mengen?: said by
the Recruiter
Beauregard’s list to
have been homeUC
to the
Braun{Johannes} family (Lk80).
There are two
Mengens in Germany:
one was a
Hapsburgian city
30 km SE of
Albstadt city; one was in
Baden-Durlach
Margraviate 10
km SW of
Freiburg city.
Menger{A.Maria}:
KS124 says she was from
Weissenau near
Mainz,
and that she
and her husband,
Conradi{Valentin
}, left
Randesacker near
Wuerzburg, heading for Boaro.
I have been
unable to find them
in any published FSL
or in
Mai1798.
Mengers(?)GL:
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Bindewald
family.
The
Schlitz ML says
this is
Meiches.
Menges?FN:
said by the
Boregard FSL to
be fromUC
Scherstong?.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
MengesFN:
said by the
Dehler FSL to be
fromUC
Sachsenhausen, [Kur-]Trier.
For 1793 see
1798Mai:Mv380.
MengesFN:
said by the
Shcherbakovka
FSL to be fromUC
Sem?,
Daenemark [Kingdom].
Also may have
been spelled
Mingen in 1798 (Mai1798:Sv58 and 4?).
This man married a
Mathes widow in
Buedingen in
1766 (Mai&Marquardt#598).
MeningFN:
see
Mensing.
MennikeFN:
said by the
Boregard FSL to
be fromUC
Weissbach. I
could not find this
family in the 1798
Volga censuses.
Menning, [Kur-]Bayern: is 7 miles E
of
Ingolstadt and
was said by the
Dehler FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Lattenbach
family.
Menningen?,
Kurpfalz[sic?]: said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Berger family
and possibly
to a
Conrad family. I could
find no Menningen in
former Kurpfalz
lands – there are
two in former
Kurtrier lands.
MenoholtzGL:
see
Isenburg-Meerholz?
MensfeldenGL:
see
Muentzfelden.
MensingFN:
two families said by
the
Koehler FSL to
be fromUC
Fulda (no
locality given), and
one frau’s maiden
name was given as
Hahn while the
other’s was
Gassner (no
origin given for
either). ).
The
family name was
spelled
Hassenhauer in
1798 (Mai1798:Kl35,65).
MensingFN:
said by the
Pfeiffer FSL to
be fromUC
Hilders.
Later spelled
Mensinger (Mai1798:Pf41).
Mensing{Anton}
FN: said by
the
Seelmann FSL to
be an orphan boy in
the
Walter
household.
In 1798
spelled
Mening and Messing
(Mai1798:Ka21).
Mensing{Magdalena}
FN: said by
the
Seelmann FSL to
be an orphan girl in
the
Reinhardt
household.
I did not
locate her
in
Mai1798.
MensingerFN:
see
Mensing.
MentzeFN:
see
Mintser.
Menualt?GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Karera? family.
MenzelFN:
this woman was said
by a
Friedberg ML to
be fromUC
Grossen Buseck
and
to have married in
1766 a
Fruend man (Mai&Marquardt:322).
The man was
in
Paulskaya by 1768 apparently with a new wife.
MenzelFN:
said by the
Reinhard FSL to be fromUC Leipzig, [Kur-]Sachsen.
I could not
find them in
Mai1798.
MenzingenGL,
Mentzingen Barony:
is some 9 miles SW
of
Sinsheim city.
Arliss has found
some evidence that
the
Clauser family
which settled first
in
Dobrinka may
have come from here
having earlier come
from
Switzerland. Said by the
Galka FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Tefer? family.
Menzingen,
Bruchsal [Amt],
Baden:
said by both
the 1858
Kassel census
(#244) and
KS:340 to be
originUC
to
Kraemer{Johann}
who was born in
Kassel.
This is the
same place as the
previous entry, but
several decades
later.
MeolderFN:
said by the
Leitsinger FSL
to be fromUC
Aschalwitz?.
I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
Merck FN:
see
Merk.
MerckleFN:
see
Amann.
Merdershein?GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Ober-Monjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Wulf57
Kuhlberg said
this was in
Bayreuth.
I could find
no such or similar
place name in lands
that had belonged to
the
Bayreuth Margraviate.
MerenbergGL,
Nassau-Weilburg:
is some 14 miles WSW
of
Wetzler city and
said both by the
Laub FSL and by
a
Friedberg ML
(spelled
Mehrenberg) to
be homeUC
to a
Deis family.
MergburgGL,
Hessen: an
unidentified place
said by the
Katharinenstadt
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Koehler family.
Mergelz?GL,
Frankreich: an
unidentified place
said by the
Mariental FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Leber family.
MergenthalGS:
an unidentified
country mentioned by
Kuhlberg in relation
to
Nervgenstal and the Model
family.
MergentheimGL,
[Teutonic
Order]: said by
the
Pfeiffer FSL to
be homeUC
to an
Erlichhaeuser
family.
It is now
Bad Mergentheim some 22 miles SSW of Wuerzburg city and was in the 1760s the seat of the farflung state
controled by the
Teutonic Order.
MergentheimGL,
Donauwoerth(sic
for
Teutonic Order?):
said by the
Rohleder FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Trautmann
family.
Merhardt FN:
said by the
Phillipsfeld FSL
to be fromUC
Friedewald, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate].
Spelled
Marquardt in
1786 (Mai1798:Mv2304).
Merier FN:
see
Kraemer of
Orlovskaya.
Merine?FN:
said by the
Holstein FSL to
be fromUC
Dergin(?).
Mering, [Kurbayern]: is 13 km SE of
Augsburg city
centre and was said
by the Recruiter
Beauregard list to
have been homeUC
to the
Werth{Valentin}
family (Lk90);
who may have been
among the
Schoenchen first
settlers.
MeringerFN:
said by the
Brabander FSL to
be fromUC
Estrig?,
Kurmainz.
Spelled
Mehringer in
1798 (Mai1798:Bn77).
MerkFN:
said by the
Boaro FSL to be
fromUC
Laas,
Sachsen. Spelled
Maerker in 1798
(Mai1798: Bx2, 9,38).
MerkFN:
said by the
Jost FSL to be
fromUC
Muensingen,
Schwaben. I could not
find this family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
MerkFN:
said by the
Laub FSL to be
fromUC
Fischbach,
Falkenstein. In 1798
spelled
Moerck and
Merck (Mai1798:Lb6,
Jo35).
MerkelFN:
said by the
Balzer FSL to be
fromUC
Schweiz, but
said by the Stumpp
version to be fromUC
Kurpfalz (no
locality mentioned
in either case).
By 1775 one
was in
Grimm (census
#37).
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Bz103, Gm85, 91, Mo12).
Merkel FN:
said by the
Bergdorf 1816
census (KS:661,
372) to have been
either fromUC
Rauental,
Rastatt [Amt],
Baden or fromUC
Grosssachsen,
Mannheim [Amt], Baden.
However,
the
GCRA using
FHL(193,873) has
proven their origin
to be
Kleinniedesheim,
Worms [Amt], Pfalz; and they
proved using
FHL(766,099,
905,257 and 905,268)
that the family
lived in several
places in
Galicia (including:
Deutschbach (Reichau
parish),
Heinrichsdorf,
Ostrowiec, and Sabawa of
Stojanow
(Catholic) parish,
near
Josefow(aka Josephsberg)), as well as
Burtneck and
Ranzen, near
Riga,
Latvia, on their way to Russia.
This was an
extended family
serveral of whom
moved from
Galicia to
Bergdorf at
different times; see
the
GCRA book for
much detail.
Also spelled
Merkels and Merckle.
Merkel? FN:
said (no locality
mentioned) by the
Boregard FSL to
be fromUC
Rot with a
Schulz stepson
living in the
household.
I could not
find th
Merkel family in
the 1798 Volga
censuses.
MerkelFN:
said by the
Goebel FSL to be
fromUC
Schlierbach.
MerkelFN:
this stepson of
Stuckart by his
first wife is said
by the Kromm version
of the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL to be fromUC
Bobenhausen,
Hanau (pp.29, 34).
MerkelFN:
said by the
Merkel FSL to be
fromUC
Hamburg.
MerkelFN{Anna
Katarina} FN:
said (no locality
mentioned) by the
Neidermonjou FSL to be fromUC [Hessen-]Darmstadt.
Merkel FN{Katarina}:
said (no locality
mentioned) by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Hamburg.
MerkelFN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Romrod?.
The 1798
Paulskaya census
said his wife’s
maiden name was
Tautrich (Mai1798:Pl01).
MerkelVV (aka Makarovka, and
Makarowkaka) was
a Lutheran German
village on the
western side of the
Volga.
Its FSL is
published in Pleve,
The German
Colonies …,
pp.421-430.
According to
that, the first
settlers were from
the following places
with the family
names shown here in
parens:
from
Alsace: (Rohlmann);
from
Alstein, Pomerania:
(Specht);
from
Alteno/Altenau(?):
(Brigmann);
from
Berlin, Prussia:
(Wegelin);
from
Brandenburg: (Lohmann);
from
Copenhagen, Denmark:
(Elbach);
from
Debertsin(?),
Austria: (Grason?);
from
Dresden, Saxony:
(Margheim);
from
Finland: (Olofsen);
from
Flensburg, Holstein:
(Zeiser);
from
Galborsht(?),
Prussia: (Foerster);
from
Gildeseer(?): (Gieseke);
from
Hamburg: (Brigann, Fokht/Vogt, Hasselbach, Kastens, Lampe, Merkel, Rik?,
Schildt, Schumacher);
from
Hannover: (Litseu?);
from
Kiel, Holstein:
(Flohr);
from
Kyusen(?): (Metz);
from
Leipsig, Saxony:
(Just);
from
Litikh/Littich(?),
Saxony: (Bese/Boese?);
from
Lton(?): (Bresiger?);
from
Lutenburg, Holstein:
(Walter);
from
Lysanderhausen,
Saxony: (Neumann);
from
Magdeburg, Prussia:
(Beckmann,
Frank, Redlov?);
from
Mecklenburg: (VonHolstein);
from
Neuburg,
Wuerttemberg: (Adam);
from
Poland: (Hoffmann);
from
Riga, Lifland: (Miller);
from
Saxony: (Getse/Goetz?);
from
Schlyagenzet(?),
Denmark: (Brant/Brandt)
from
Sester, Holstein:
(Sontau);
from
Stuttgart,
Wuerttemberg: (Siegfried);
from
Temppi(?),
Prussia: (Krieger);
from
Tilsit, Prussia:
(Artzer);
from
Ulm; (Gel?);
from
Vienna, Austria:
(Fortner);
from
Vliograd(?),
Hamburg: (Bruns);
from
Wenger, Prussia:
(Wegelin);
from
Worms, Kurpfalz:
(Becker);
from
Zelelfeld(?),
Braunschweig: (Schredo?).
MerkerFN:
said by the
Graf FSL to be
fromUC
Wuerzburg (no
locality mentioned).
Later spelled
Maerker (Mai1798:Gf16).
Merkewitz, Prussia: an unidentified place which the GCRA found associated with a
Heine family in
1749.
MerlFN:
see
Merle.
MerlauGL,
[Hessen-Darmstadt
Landgraviate]:
is some 15 miles ENE
of
Giessen city.
Said by the
Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Gruen woman who married a
Wurm man in
1766; by 1767 this
couple was in
Grimm (Mai&Marquard#501).
Said by the
Kraft FSL to be homeUC to a Becher family. Said by
the
Buedingen ML to
be homeUC
to
the
Gruen
woman who
married in 1766 a
Bender man
(Mai&Marquardt#500);
by 1767 this couple
was in
Stephan. .
Merlau?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]:
is 24 km ENE of
Giessen city and
was said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Rahn family.
This is the
same place as the
previous entry.
Merle? FN:
said by the
Rosenheim FSL to
be fromUC
Brakin?,
Wuerttemberg [Duchy].
In 1786
spelled
Merl (Mai1798:Mv2453).
Merlein?FN:
said by the
Leitsinger FSL
to be fromUC
Reuth,
Bamberg [Bishopric].
Spelled
Mehrlein in 1798
(Mai1798:Hz38,
Sm8).
MermisFN:
see
Marmis.
MerschFN:
said by the
Norka FSL to be
fromUC
Isenburg (no
locality mentioned).
I cannot find
them in the index to
the 1798 censuses.
MerscheburgFN:
see
Moeserburg.
Merschlem?,
[Kur-]Brandenburg:
an unidentified
place said by the
Urbach FSL to be
homeUC
to a
Schmidt{Gottfried}
family.
Merseburg, [Kur-]Sachsen: is 17 miles
W of
Leipzig city and
was said by the
Reinwald FSL to
be homeUC
to the
Jung family.
MersfeldGL,
Kurpfalz: an
unidentified place
said by the
Preuss FSL to be
home to an
Dekhel? family.
This probably
is
Moersfeld,
Rhineland-Palatinate,
some 22 miles NNE of
Kaiserslautern.
MertenGL:
see
Mirten.
MertesFN:
see
Martis.
MertzFN:
said by the
Brabander FSL to
be fromUC
Koenigshofen,
Nassau.
MertzFN:
said by the
Leichtling FSL
to be fromUC
Regensburg (no
locality mentioned).
Mertz{Johannes}:
aka
Marx{Johannes}
he was in
Luzern in 1798
with his
Griessling wife
(Mai1798:Lz8). Since I
have found them in
no FSL, there is no
reference to any
other earlier
colony, they may
well have been
Luzern first
settlers.
MertzFN:
said by the
Reinhard FSL to
be step-children in
the
Klinger
household.
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Mh1.
Mertz{Michael
FN: in 1798
said to be from
Schoenchen (Mai1798:Lz13)
but he is too young
to find in an FSL.
Mertz? FN:
said by the
Stahl-am-Tarlyk
FSL to be fromUC
Dorup,
Daenemark [Kingdom]. For
1798 see
Mai1798:St49).
MertzFN:
said by the
Urbach FSL to be
fromUC
Geidigem?,
Mecklenburg. For 1798
see
Mai1798:Ur30,Ka132.
Mertz: also see
Marx.
Mertz{A.Elisabeth}FN:
KS:119 and 145,
and
the
Buedingen ML say
this woman and her
Asmus husband
both fromUC
Lissberg
married in 1766
(Mai&Marquart#711).
I have not
found them in any
FSL.
MertzFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Schotten parish
records for many
generations prior to
1767; see
Flegel trip.
MertzFN:
also see
Maerz,
Martis, Merz or
Metz.
Mertzig,
Kurtrier: is 34 km NW of
Saarbrueken
city, and
some 21 miles
S of
Trier city.
Said by the
Keller FSL to be homeUC to a Hoffmann family. Said by
the
Mariental FSL to
be homeUC
to
Asselborn,
Breit, and Siehr
families, and
possibly a
Knapp family.
Mertzig GL:
see also
Merzig.
Merxheim?, [Kur-]Trier?: said by the
Reinwald FSL to
be homeUC
to the
Neuwirth{Georg}family.
This Merxheim
is 14 miles WSW of
Bad Kreuznach
and was not in
Kurtrier.
It was just S
of the Nahe River
and must be the same
as the following
entry.
Merxheim,
Wild and Rhine County: is 22 km WSW of Bad Kreuznach. Said to
be in 1733 the
birthplace of
Fuchs{J.Georg}
who went to
Hussenbach.
Actually it
seems to have been
in some Condominium
that
Wild and Rhine
County shared
with some other
country.
MerzFN:
listed by the 1816
Glueckstal
census (KS:676, 373) as coming by way of Torschau, Hungary. Using
FHL(717,097, and
717,055), the
GCRA
proved they did not
come through
Hungary, but came
directly from
Hunspach,
Sulz [Amt],
Elsass.
See the
GCRA book for
more details.
Also spelled
Maerz.
MerzFN:
according to the
Grimm FSL a
single Merz young
man (no
origin indicated)
was living with a
Heppel family
fromUC
Darmstadt (no
locality indicated).
He is called
brother to the head
of the household …
might be brother to
the wife?
Later spelled
Mertz.
MerzFN{Appolonia}:
widow of
Metz{Joseph}
said by the
Hoelzel FSL (#6)
to be fromUC
Ochsenfurt,
Wuerzburg.
I could not
find either her or
her children in
Mai1798.
Merz{Marzel}:
Kulberg62 said he was single fromUC Wuerttemberg. Not in
T nor in any
published FSL.
MerzFN{Michael}:
said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be fromUC
Bern?.
MerzFN{J.Peter}:
this man and wife
left
Fraenkisch-Crumbach in 1766 for
Russia (Gieg1).
So far I have
found no trace of
them in Russia.
MerzFN:
also see
Werz.
Merzhausen: an
unidentified place
said by the
Recruiter
Beauregard’s list to
have been homeUC
to the
Heil{Johannes}
family (Lk82).
Said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Salorkube?
family and possibly
to a
Schmidt family.
There are at
least 3 Merzhausens
and 1 Marzhausen in
Germany.
Merzhausen,
Nassau[-Usingen
Principality]:
is 5 km WSW of
Usingen town and
was said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Schiffman
family.
Another
source mistakenly
spelled this as
Erzhasen.
Merzig, [Kur-]Trier: Said by the
Seelmann FSL to
be homeUC
to a
Bies family.
Merzwald(?)GL,
Elsass: an
unidentified place
said by the
Dietel FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Urban family.
MesingFN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Borgatfeld?.
In 1798 the
family name was
spelled
Messin (Mai1798:Pl62).
MeskauGL,
Prussia[n Farther Pomerania]: is now Morzyca, Poland, and was some 27 miles ESE of Settin, Prussia. the
GCRA found
evidence that this
was the birthplaceUC
of the
Berg man who was
in
Kassel 1818-20
and 1827-33, having
come via
Golno, living in
Katerschin, a
Bulgarian village
near
Odessa City
1821-1826, and
finally moving to
Arcis,
Bessarabia in
1827.
MeskeFN:
said by the 1816
Glueckstal
census (KS:676) to be fromUC Gross Kotten, Braunschweig [i.e.
Brandenburg, then
part of Prussia],
while
KS: 373 said
that the family had
then come from there
via West Prussia.
The
GCRA concluded
that their origin
was probably in
Gross-Kotten, and then in
Ascherbude, both
in
Filehne Kreis,
Posen province,
Pussia. See the
GCRA book for
more details.
Also spelled
Moeske and Messke.
Messein(?)GL,
Pfalz: an
unidentified place
said by the
Pleve version of the
Jagodnaja Poljana
FSL to be homeUC
to a
Fuchs family.
Kromm seems
to spell ie
Messen.
MesselgruebeGL,
Kurmainz: an
unidentified place
said by the
Preuss FSL to be
home to
Becker,
Gupert/Hupert/Hubert?,
and
Weitz families.
MessenGL:
see
Messein.
MesserFN:
said by the
Belowescher Kolonien
FSL to be fromUC
Wuerttemberg (no
locality mentioned)
MesserFN:
said by the
Messer FSL to be
fromUC
Kurpfalz (no
locality mentioned).
MesserFN{A.Dorothea}:
said by the
Norka FSL to be an orphan daughter of Johannes Messer living in the
Popp household.
I could not
find her in the 1798
Volga censuses
index.
MesserFN{Elizabeta,
Just}:
said by the
Norka FSL to be orphaned children of Johannes Messer living in a
Bauer household.
For possible
1798 entries see
Mai1798:Nr29 and
Bz68?
MesserFN{Heinrich}:
said by the
Norka FSL to be fromUC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Nr58, 48
and possibly 29?
MesserFN{J.Just}:
said by the
Norka FSL to be an orphaned son of Johannes Messer living in the
Deis household.
MesserVV:
(aka
Ust-Solikha,
Ust-Solicha, and
Ust-Zolicha) is
a Lutheran German
village on the
western side of the
Volga founded in
1766.
Its
FSL is now
published in Pleve,
Einwanderung …,
vol.III, pp.
131-153.
According to
this, the first
settlers were from
the following places
(unfortunately the
clerk listed only
states, no
localities) with the
family names shown
here in parens.
Other spellings of
family names,
usually from later
sources are in
square brackets.
Verified
corrections are in
red.
The number
with the family name
is their household
number in the FSL:
from
Ansbach: (Emert[Emmert]30);
from
Aulendiebach,
Isenburg[-Buedingen
County]:
(Meisinger57a,
frau
Lang (nee
Meissinger)57,
frau
Herdt (nee
Meissinger)58,
frau
Geis (nee
Meissinger)59);
from
Brandenburg: (Baecker[Becker]25,
Brauer4,
Focht14, Masch29,
Rady[Radi]27, Stando?26,
Stenzel34, and
possibly
Schmidt27a);
from
Bueches/Buches,
Isenburg[-Buedingen
County]:
Kaiser/Kayser47,
48,
frau
Henkel (nee
Kaiser)49,
Schlaegel53,);
from
Darmstadt: (Emmerling?92, Nenies?[Nunius]84);
from
Duedelsheim,
Isenburg-Buedingen
County: (Ochsenhirt36,
Willmann37,);
from
Durlach: (Dinkelacker[Dinkelaker]24a
and frau
Hammel24);
from
Eckartshausen,
Isenburg[-Marienborn
County]:
(frau
Zieg (nee
Bohn)73);
from
Falkenstein: (Schanz[Schantz]21);
from
Frankenlict?: (Mauter15);
from
Goloisch?: (Hammel24);
from
Hamburg: (Didion19);
from
Hannover: (Ernst85, Zwingmann13);
from
Hessen: (Laufer83);
from
Huettengesas,
Isenburg[-Meerholz
County]:
(Burbach87a,
Zieg71,
73);
from
Isenburg: (Arnbrecht[Armbrecht]66,
70a,
Bert?28,
Betz81, Deisel74,
Dickmann[Deckman]60, Dickmann[Ditman]3,
Eckel35, Geis[Geiss]59,
Goebel77, Goetz39, 44,
Henkel[Hinkel]49, Herdt[Hardt]62,63,78,
Hergenhein[Hargenhein]46,
Herr[Geier]89, Hoffmann54,
Holland[Goland]71a,
Kaiser47,48,
Klapp[Klap?]61,
Kraus76, Krecker?55,
Lang56,57,
Lehr69,70,72, Lipps68,
Lorey[Lorei]65, Meininger40,41,42,
Mueller43,
Nuss88,
Ochsenhirt36,
Osterreich[Oestreich]7,
Popp82, Ritter80,
Roeder[Raeder]91,
Satler[Sattler]50,
Schaefer52,
Schlaegel53, Schmidt45,67,79,61a,
Schneider87,
Schott64,
Trautmueller[Trachmueller]51,
Ullrich[Ulrich]75, Weber38,
Weibert35a,
Wiederholt[Wiederhold]90,
Willmann37,
Zeller86,40a,
Zieg71,73,
and possibly
Burbach87a, Daut?[Thaut]41a,
Laubach69a,
Meisinger57a);
from
Kurpfalz: (Beckel22, Lorenz20,
Meiserling17,20a,
Meng10, Messer1,
Schmall[Schmal]31, Schmidt8,
Schwan23,
Weber32, and possibly Brauer10a
and
Just32a);
from
Rinderbuegen,
Isenburg[-Birstein?
County]:
(Roeder[Raeder]91);
from
Odenwald?: (Brunner[Bruner]10a);
from
Ulm: (Neher[Ner?]33);
from
Wolferborn,
Isenburg[-Birstein
County]:
(Roeder[Raeder]91);
from
Wuerttemberg: (Roesler[Ressler]18,
Schmidt6);
from
Zweibruecken: (Manweiler5,9,11,12, Schneider2).
MesserschmidtFN:
he was
in
Schaefer in 1798
(Mai1798:Sf7)
but I could not find
him in any published
FSL.
Messier: an
unidentifed place in
the Low Countries
that
Kulberg92 said
was homeUC
to
Strelholz{Bartholomaeus+w+2c}
Catholic.
Messiere: an
unidentifed place in
the Low Countries
that
Kulberg said was
homeUC to
the following
families:
Karlin/Karolei80,
Lamak/La Marque78.
MessinFN:
said by the 1798
Paulskaya census
to be the maiden
name of frau
Menet (Mai1798:Nb16).
MessinFN:
also see
Mesing.
Messing{Christian,Margaret,Julianna}:
listed in the 1798
Seelmann census
(Sm14) but I could
not find them in any
FSL.
MessingFN:
also see
Mensing.
MessingerFN:
said by
KS:374 to be
from
Wuerttemberg and to have gone to Glueckstal; but the GCRA
could not find
anyone of that
surname in any
Glueckstal colony.
MesskeFN:
see
Meske.
MesslerFN:
said by the
Leichtling FSL
to be fromUC
Wartenberg (no
locality mentioned).
Messler?FN:
also see
Meiser.
MessnerFN:
listed by the 1814
Bergdorf census (KS:665,
274) with no origin.
The
GCRA thinks they might have been from Klein Ingersheim. Also
spelled
Moessner.
See the
GCRA book for
detail.
Meterheim(?)GL,
Waltenberg: said
by the
Dietel FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Reis family.
This actually was
Mettenheim,
Wartenberg and
the family name was
Rein (Mai&Marquardt#1249).
MetlerFN:
see Mettler.
Metten?GL:
an unidentified
place said by the
Neidermonjou FSL
to be homeUC
to a
Brumbien? widow.
MettenheimGL,
Wartenberg: is
some 7 miles NNW of
Worms city.
It was home to
Pastor Seyffarth who
provided a
contemporary report
on families that
went to Russia.
It was also
home to the
Mattheas woman
who married a
Schlund man in
1768 and lived in
Bauer (Mai&Marquardt#1243).
According to the
pastor, it was also
home of a
Boehmer couple
(wife nee
Weigand), of a
Knobloch man, of a Reichel
man, and of a
Rein couple, all
of whom settled in
DietelVV
(Mai&Marquardt#1236,
1241, 1244, 1249).
Dona
Reeves-Marquardt
has found the
Knobloch,
Reichel, Rein and Wirth
family birth records
in
Mettenheim,
Wartenberg
church books.
Said
by
KS124 to be homeUC to Chalitz{Anton}
who
married
Frandt{K.Maria}.
MettenheimGL,
Wuertemberg:
said by the
Dietel FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Boehmer? family.
This actually was
Mettenheim,
Wartenberg
(Mai&Marquardt#1236).
MettenzimmernGL:
see
Metterzimmern.
Metterzimmern,
Besigheim [Amt],
Wuerttemberg:
was
proven by the
GCRA to be home
to the
Benz/Bentz{Johannes}
family that settled
in
Neudorf.
MettichFN:
see
Mettig?.
Mettig?FN:
said by the
Paulskaya FSL to
be fromUC
Mockritz.
In 1798 the
family name was
spelled
Mettich (Mai1798:Ss14,17).
Mettler{J.Jakob}FN:
the 1816
Kassel census
(#35) mistakenly
said this family
came fromUC
Hochdorf,
Vaihingen [Amt],
Wuerttemberg. The
GCRA reported
that the oldest
known roots of this
family are in
Blumenstein,
Bern Kanton,
Switzerland, next moving for a generation or two in
Gumbreschtshof/Gundershofen,
Niederbronn Amt,
Elsass. Using
FHL#753,734 and
119,335
the
GCRA proved that
this family moved to
Rumbach,
Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz in the
early 1700s which
they left to go to
Kassel.
Also spelled
Metler.
Mettler{Melchior}FN:
the
GCRA says this
family leftUC
Hochdorf, Vaihingen [Amt],
Wuerttembergin
1809 going first to
Glueckstal and
then to
Kassel.
MetzFN{J.Philipp}:
see
Merz of
Grimm.
MetzFN{Appolonia}:
see
Merz of
Hoelzel.
Metz{Georg}:
listed at #59 in the
1775
Schilling census
is a likely first
settler there.
Gary Martens says on the
Schilling website
that the family
origin was inUC
Mecklenberg, with no indication whether this was Mecklenburg city or
one of the two
Mecklenburg duchies.
MetzFN{Aegenius}:
said by the
Merkel FSL to be
fromUC
Kyusen(?). Later may have been
spelled
Mertz.
Metz{Georg}: KS:82 and nnn say this party of 3 fromUC
Mechlenburg in
1764 was sent on to
the
Saratov area as
part of
the group of
colonists
transported under
the command of
Captain
Paykul and Cornet
Rehbinder.
I have not
found them in any
published FSL.
MetzFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Haiger parish
records during the
years prior to 1767;
see
Flegel trip.
MetzFN:
also spelled
Maerz,
Mertz and Merz.
Metz,
Lothringen: is 29 miles N of Nancy, France, and was said by the
Dehler FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Westphale
family.
MetzelFN{Joseph}:
married
Geyer{Maria} 10
June 1766 in
Rosslau (Mai&Marquardt#1007).
KS130 and 145
say the year was
1765.
KS145 has his
name as
Meuszel as well
as Metzel.They were
among the first
settlers in the
Belowesch
colonies.
Tthe
Belowescher Kolonien FSL said he was fromUC
Schwaben (no
locality mentioned)
and to have married
the widow
Reiswig after
his first wife died
in
Oranienbaum.
Metzenhausen?,
Kurpfalz[sic?]: an unidentified place said by the
Schulz FSL to be
homeUC to
a
Gabel family.
The only
Metzenhausen I can
find is 10 km WSW of
Simmern town and
was in
Sponheim County
in the 1760s.
MetzerFN:
said by the
Ober-Monjou FSL
to be fromUC
Laubach.
Spelled
Metzler in 1798 (Mai1798:Om19,
Zg15, 34).
MetzgerFN
{J.Georg}: said by
the
Anton FSL to be
fromUC
Heidelberg Oberamt,
Kurpfalz.
For 1798 see
Mai1798:An10, 1, and 27.
MetzgerFN{Nicholaus}:
said by the
Anton FSL to be
fromUC
Mosbach Oberamt, Kurpfalz. For 1798 see
Mai1798:A8
(where the maiden
name of the wife was
given as
Beideck), as
well as Kk2 and St8.
MetzgerFN:
said by the
Bergdorf 1816
census (KS:659,
374) to have been
fromUC
Vailhingen,
Stuttgart [Amt],
Wuerttemberg.
However, the
GCRA using
FHL(746,033) has
proven his origin in
Sessenheim,
Bischweiler [Amt], Elsass.
See their
book for more
detail.
MetzgerFN:
said by the
Leitsinger FSL
to be an orphan boy
in the
Hiller
household.
MetzgerFN:
said by the
Phillipsfeld FSL
to be fromUC
Berod.
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Pp1, 3, 38, Zr50, and the maiden name of the wife is given
as
Kaufmann (Pp1).
Metzger{Johann}FN:
said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be a stepson in the
Koehler{Franz}
household.
For 1798 see
Mai1798:Wr79.
Metzger{Peter}FN:
said by the
Warenburg FSL to
be fromUC
Holstein
[neither country nor
locality is
identified].
I could not
find him in
Mai1798.
MetzigFN:
see
Muetzig.
MetzingenGL,
Reutlingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is
some 4.5 miles NE of
Reutlingen city,
and said by
KS:434 to be
homeUC to
the
Schoell/Schell
family that went to
Glueckstal.
Said by both
the 1816
Neudorf census (#117) and KS:302
to have be homeUC
to the
Henning family
that settled in
Neudorf.
MetzingenGL,
Wuerttemberg Duchy:
is some 4 miles NE
of
Reutlingen, and
was the
birthplace (about
1580) of
DoerFN: see Derr.
It was also the
birth place of a
Siegwart who
went to
Dreispitz.
MetzingerFN:
said by the
Graf FSL to be
fromUC
Dindelsbuehl.
MetzlerFN:
said by the
Straub FSL to be
fromUC
Lahnstein, Nassau[sic]. For 1798
see
Mai1798:Sr39,30
and 42).
Metzler{Johannes}:
said by Recruiter
Beauregard’s list to
have been fromUC
Orb (Lk143). Not found in
any FSL and I could
not find them or any
likely descendant
associated with any
Volga colony.
MetzlerFN:
this family name was
found recorded in
Herborn marriage
records 1762-1767;
see
Flegel trip.
MetzlerFN:
also see
Metzer and
Wetzler.
Meuszel FN:
see
Metzel.
MeyFN{J.Heinrich}:
married a
Rehl woman in
Luebeck in 1764
; others list her as
a
Behl; they were
in
Shcherbakovka
(Sv52) in 1798 (Mai&Marquardt#1).
MeyFN:
also see
Mai and
May.
MeyerFN:
interfiled with
Meier.
MezieresFN:
said by the
Brabander FSL to
be fromUC
Strassburg,
Elsass. I could not find this family name in the 1798 censuses.
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