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Horn (Hahnsau)

As of 1847, Peter Horn, his wife Maria Albrecht, and their children were living in Augustwalde, West Prussia. They moved to Hahnsau where they are listed in Household No. 3 on the 1857 Census.

Horst (Huck)

On 14 October 1750 Johann Heinrich Horst married Anna Elisabetha Wagner, daughter of Albrecht Wagner, in the Evangelische Kirche of Wächtersbach.

They had four children born in Wächtersbach: (1) Johann Heinrich, born 11 July 1751; (2) Johann Friedrich, born 21 September 1755; (3) Catharina Margaretha, born 27 November 1757; and (4) Johann Wilhelm, born 8 June 1760.

The Horst family immigrated to Russia, arriving from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg.

Hornus

Johann Peter Hornuss, son of Johann Georg & Maria Katharina Hornuss, was baptized in the Lutheran Church in Durlach, today an eastern suburb of Karlsruhe, on 16 May 1723. He married to Margaretha Barbara Schneider, daughter of Johann Kaspar Schneider & Augusta Sophia Staib, on 4 July 1747 in the Pforzheim Lutheran Church, where she had been baptized on 16 July 1721.

Holzwarth

Jacob Holtzwarth, son of Nikolaus Holtzwarth, married in Kleingartach on 18 November 1738 to Catharina Barbara Marleth, daughter of Stephan & Catharina Barbara Marleth. She had been born there on 6 April 1715. Their sons were born in Kleingartach: (1) Philipp Michael, born 10 June 1744; (2) Stephan, birth date unknown; and (3) Johann Martin, born 2 March 1749.

Holstein (Galka)

Jacob Holstein, son of Hans Jerg Holstein and Maria Eva Speckhmaier, was born in April 1738 in Schützingen (near Stuttgart). He immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein), departing the processing site in Altona on 13 July 1761. At that point, he is recorded as a servant to Rosina Erst and her mother, Sabina Margaretha Amüller.

Hohnstein (Norka)

There are 4 Hohnstein families that settled in the Volga German colony of Norka:

(1) Johann Adam Hohnstein, son of Johann Caspar & Anna Cathar. Hohnstein, was baptized in Eckartshausen on 20 April 1717. He married in Eckartshausen to Anna Margaretha, daughter of Johann Heinrich Kraft. The baptisms of two of their children are recorded in the parish register of Eckartshausen: (1) Johann Henrich, baptized 30 January 1744; and (2) Johann Adam, baptized 20 October 1747.

Hoffmann (Rohleder)

Johannes Hoffmann, son of Johannes Hoffmann, was born on 18 September 1744 in Heckendalheim.

Johannes Hoffmann (junior) and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Rohleder on 14 June 1766. Johannes, his wife Barbara, and their sons (Johannes, age 4; Christian, age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Rohleder in Household No. 13.

Hofferber

Johannes Hofferber (some German documents record the surname as Hofferbert or Hofferberth or Hoffärber), son of Hanss Leonhard Hofferber & Anna Elisabeth Karg, was born 23 November 1721 in Sandbach, just northeast of Höchst im Odenwald, and baptized on 26 November 1721 in Höchst. He married there on 11 November 1751 to Anna Margaretha Amend, daughter of Paul Amend. They have 3 known children, each born in Sandbach: (1) Johann Nikolaus (born 16 March 1751, yes before they were married); (2) Maria Magdalena (born 17 February 1756); and (3) Maria Barbara (born 17 December 1760).

Höppner (Anton)

Anton Höpffner was born in about 1737 in Ödengesäß, southwest of Wertheim am Main (today in Baden-Württemberg).

He immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) where he married on 10 June 1760 in the colony of Fredericia to Anna Barbara Möll, widow of Johannes Falck who had died earlier that year. Anna Barbara had been born on 18 April 1726 in Dossenheim. It was in Dossenheim where she had married Johannes Falck in November of 1754.      

Hölz (Pastor)

Franz Bernhard Hölz, son of Peter Hölz & Maria Margaretha Echternach, was born on 29 August 1773 in Oberdiebach, near Bacharach which today is in the German State of Rheinland-Pfalz. He married Wilhelmine Nabel, who had been born in 1783. He was ordained in St. Petersburg and served the Volga German congregation in Rosenheim from 1816 to 1820. He then served the congregation in Frank from 1820 until his death in 1837.