Gi(e)ske (Merkel)
Johann Gieske and his wife settled in the Volga German colony of Merkel on 28 August 1766. They are recorded there, along with stepson Johann Dietrich (surname not recorded), on the 1767 census in Household No. 21.
In 1795, Georg Gieske and his wife moved from Merkel to Kratzke.
Georg Heinrich Gieske from Merkel and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Ährenfeld.
The 1767 census records that Johann Gieske was from Hildboltsweier.