Ernsbach, Kr. Odenwald, Hessen
Today, Ernsbach is administratively part of the municipality of Erbach in southern Hessen.
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Lodholtz*
Spellings of this surname in German records appear as Lodholz, Lodholtz, & Lottholtz.
Hanß Martin Lodholtz, son of Martin Lodholz & Christina Waltz, was born 12 June 1686 in Altbulach and died in 1742 in Ellmendingen.
Hanß Martin Lodholtz married on 12 November 1711 in Ellmendingen to Margaretha Füeß, daughter of Hanß Füeß & Margaretha Deeg. She had been born 16 December 1687 in Ellmendingen and died there on 2 March 1742.
Frey (Dobrinka)*
Hanß Jerg Frey, son of Hanß Jerg Frey & Anna Margaretha Kober, married on 1 May 1708 to Maria Barbara Laÿ, daughter of Johann Friedrich Laÿ & Anna Katharina Kramer.
Pahrump, Nye Co., Nevada
Volga German families settled in Pahrump.
Pfeifer, Clement
Father Clement (born Lawrence) Pfeifer was born 25 August 1869 in Dromersheim, Germany. He came to the U.S. in 1886, attended St. Fidelis Seminary in Herman, Pennsylvania, and was ordained in 1895 into the Capuchin Order.
Most of his ministry was spent in Pennsylvania, but for a brief time (1897-1898), he served the parish of the Holy Cross in Pfeifer, Kansas.
Father Pfeifer died on 26 February 1947 in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Mutfort, Canton Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Mutfort (Moutfort in French) is administratively part of the municipality of Contern.
Dunsdorf, Kr. Eichstätt, Bayern
Dunsdorf is located in the historical region of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia) in the German state of Bavaria.
Today, Dunsdorf is administratively part of the municipality of Kipfenberg.
Engelsbrand, Kr. Enz, Baden-Württemberg
The municipality of Engelsbrand today includes the villages of Engelsbrand, Salmbach, and Grunbach.
Schelling, Kr. Memmingen, Bayern
Today, Schelling is a cluster of houses that are part of the municipality of Memmingen.
Coronel Pringles, Coronel Pringles Partido, Buenos Aires Province
Volga German families settled in Coronel Pringles.