AHSGR American Historical Society of Germans From Russia Germanic Origins Project Legend: BV=a German village near the Black Sea . FN= German family name. FSL= First Settlers’ List. GL= a locality in the Germanies. GS= one of the German states. ML= Marriage List. RN= the name of a researcher who has verified one or more German origins. UC= unconfirmed. VV= a German Volga village. A word in bold indicates there is another entry regarding that word or phrase. Click on the bold word or phrase to go to that other entry. Red text calls attention to information for which verification is completed or well underway. Push the back button on your browser to return to the Germanic Origins Project home page. Ki-Klz last updated March 2015 Kichler?FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be fromUC Marburg, Hessen. I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses. KicklingenGL: see Kecklingen. Kidow(?)GL: was an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the state of Hessen- Darmstadt and was homeUC to a Eckert family. Kiebingen?, Hezogtum Wuerttemberg[sic?]: is 2.5 km SE of Rottenburg-am-Neckar and appears in the 17th century to have been in Hasburgian Lands, not Wuerettemberg, however the Hasburgians may have hired Wuerttemberg to handle their diplomatic work for this relatively small outpost of their holdings. It was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be homeUC to a Mueller{Johannes} family. KieblerFN: see Keifler and Kifler?. Kiech{Johannes}: was godfather to Sippel{Johannes} one of the twin sons of Sippel{Johannes} baptized in Luebeck 18 July 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1324). No further information. KiedemannFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Machzen(?). KieferFN: see Kieffer. KiefferFN: said by the Brabander FSL to be fromUC Neukirchen, Luxembourg [Duchy]. Spelled Kiefer in 1798 (Mai1798:Dl37). KiefferFN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be fromUC Dasbach Ritterschaft (no locality indicated). I did not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798. KieffertFN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be fromUC Luxembourg, no locality given. In the printed FSL Herr Kieffert’s given name is Mangriech, but in 1798 his daughter’s maiden family name seems to be Manrich (Ls33). KieflerFN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be fromUC Neuberg, Wuerttemberg [Duchy] with a widowed Higenbacher mother-in-law in the household. Spelled Kiebler in 1795 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv2421, Nm21, Hr10, and Rl32). KiegelmannFN: this family name was found recorded in Schlitz marriage records 1762-1767; see Flegel trip. Kiegler? FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Offenbach, Isenburg[-Birsteim Principality]. I could not find him in Mai1798. Kiel/Kiehl/Keil/ThielFN{Hans}: married son-in-law of Hohmann{Jürgen} fromUC Wuerttemberg, arrived at Flensburg, Schleswig Royal Duchy in April 1762. He deserted Denmark in June 1765 and later was recorded in the church books of Neu-Saratowka colony near St. Petersburg (EEE p.473). Kiel{Johannes}: KS138 says he came from Allendorf near Giessen and went to Schaffhausen. On 12 Sept 1766 {Johann & Anna} with 3 children arrived in Russia, he said to be from Darmstadt (Kulberg4777). Later in 1766 {Johannes & A.Elisabeth} with 3 children too ship in Oranienbaum for the Volga on which trip he and a son died (T1469-1473). The Schaffhausen FSL has not been fournd. Not identified in Mai1798. KielFN: also see Kehl. Kiel, [Holstein-Gottorp Duchy]: Said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be homeUC to Frank, Hesse, Pletner? and Schmidt families. Same place as the next entry. KielGL, Holstein[-Gottorp Duchy]: is some 51 miles N of Hamburg city and some 36 miles NW of Luebeck city. Said by the Bauer FSL to be homeUC to a Witt family. Said by the Bettinger FSL to be homeUC to a Busch and perhaps a Wilke? family. Said by the Boregard FSL to be homeUC to the Luis family. Said by the Dinkel FSL to be homeUC to Gromann, and Weissbrot families. Said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to Dietz and Graetz families. Said by the Enders FSL to be homeUC to three Endersen families. Said by the Fischer FSL to be homeUC to an Andersen family. Said by the Franzosen FSL to be homeUC to a Suksdorf?/Suchsdorf family. Said by the Graf FSL to be homeUC to a Stollmann family. Said by the Kamenka FSL to be homeUC to a Heiland family. Said by the Kratzke FSL to be homeUC to a Lange family. Said by the Laub FSL to be homeUC to Althausen and Stern families. Said by the Merkel FSL to be homeUC to a Flohr family. Said by the Reinhard FSL to be homeUC to frau Appelberg, the Rolof family, the Sansor?family, and possibly the Lauber? family. Said by the Rosenheim FSL to be homeUC to a Buchmeier family. Said by the Schaefer FSL to be homeUC to frau Kreinert/widow Markus, the Uschtak and Wolf{J.Daniel} families, and possibly to Markus himself. Said by the Stahl- am-Tarlyk FSL to be homeUC to the Lampe family. Said by the Urbach FSL to be homeUC to Herr Kahlmann. Kielerakpow(?)GL, Holstein: an unidentified place said by the Dobrinka FSL to be homeUC to a Cabobel family. This might be Kiel, Holstein? Kielwein FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be fromUC Triest. I did not locate her or any descendants in Mai1798. KiesFN{Abraham, David}: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671,675) with no origin; but KS:329 said they were from Moehringen, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL(1,055,882-7), the GCRA verified this origin. One of the sons married a Zehender. See the GCRA book for more. KiesFN{Jacob}: listed by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:674, 677) with no origin, but said by KS:329 to be from Moehringen, Stuttgart [Amt], Wuerttemberg. The GCRA proved this family was not fromUC Moehringen, and almost surely was fromUC Tscherwenka, Batschka, Hungary. See their book for more detail. Kies{Georg}: married Schott{A.Elisabeth} 10 Oct 1765 in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#1177). KS138 mistakenly gives 1766. No further information. Kies{J.Heinr.}: KS138 says he left Ulfa near Buedingen. KiesFN: also spelled Kiess, Kiesz, Kis, and Kiss. KieselbachGL: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be homeUC to the Schaefer{Conrad} family. I found two Kieselbachs: one in Kursachsen 44 km SE of Leipzig, and one in Eisenach Duchy 20 km SW of Eisenach city. Kiesling{J.Sigmund}: married Foerster{Charlotta A.M.}: in Rosslau 4 April 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#887). KS138 has the wrong year: 1765. I did not find them in any published FSL or in Mai1798. KieslingFN: also see Kiserling. KiessFN: see Kies. KiesserFN: see Kisser. KieszFN: see Kies. Kietering: Anhalt-Dessau archival records say this man left for Russia from Dessau city (Mai&Marquardt#1101). KS138 says he came with wife and 2 children. No further information. Kieve/Klieve/Kiehe/Kibe{J.Micherl}: arrivied at Flensburg in Nov 1761. With wife and child he last reregistered in Denmark in January 1765. Later they settled in Riebensdorf colony in Woronesh (EEE p.473). Kiewik{Karl Adam}: KS:82 and 138 say he was fromUC Reval on the Baltic and 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. KiewitFN: see Kiwet?. Kifler?FN: a frau Kifler? was said by the Enders FSL to be a Kolberg widow fromUC Durlach. The Enders 1798 census said her maiden name was Riesch (Mai1798:En12). Kifler?FN: said by the Enders FLS to be a step-daughter living in a Kraft household. A Luebeck ML gave her mother’s maiden name as Kuemler; but the 1798 Katharinenstadt census gave her mother’s maiden name as Kiebler (Mai&Marquardt#114). Kifler/Kuemler/Kiebler{Louissa/M.Louise}: married Kraft{Martien} in Luebeck 1 April 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#5). Not found in Kulberg or in T. By 27 March 1766 {Martin & Kifler(?){Maria Louise} with 1 son had settled at Enders FSL #25, he said to be fromUC Kurpfalz (no locality given) and the wife was reported to be from Paterburg; the household included a Kifler(?) step-daughter. By 1798 he had died and his widow Kiebler{M.Louisa} had remarried and was in Krasnoyar (Mai1798:Ks114). KihslerFN: see Kissler. KilbFN said by the Seewald FSL to come fromUC Schmitthausen, Zweibruechen. Later spelled Kuelpe. KilchbergGL, Tuebingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is some 3.5 miles SW of Tuebingen city, and was proven by GCRA to be home to the Kapp family that went to Glueckstal. See the GCRA book for more details. Kildau/KildowFN: see Kuelthau and Kuhlthau. KilianFN{A.Barbara}: the Buedingen ML says this woman (no origin given) married Kahl{J.Conrad} 10 March 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#403). KS138 mistakenly had Tahl{J.Konrad}. Not found in Kulberg or in T. By 20 June 1767 this couple with a new born had settled at Dobrinka FSL #78, he said to have come from Lauterbach, Riedesel. Kilian{A.Marg.}: KS140 with husband Koerper{Valentin} and 5 children she left Altheim near Dieburg for Russia. Kilian/Killen{Catharina}: was a godparent at the 18 July 1766 Luebeck baptism of a daughter of Has{Matteus} and his wife Ludwig{Catharina} (Mai&Marquardt#1326). No further information. Kilian: also see Jan. Kilianstaedten, Hanau [County]: is 8 km NW of Hanau city and was said by the Warenburg FSL to be homeUC to a Gottfried widow. Kilien: go to Killian. Killingen?GL, Wuerttemberg [Duchy]: is 4 miles SE of Ellwangen city and was said by the Reinwald FSL #40 to be homeUC to Bittermann, Henn/Huehn, Reppuhn, and Wittmann{HansGeorg} families.