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Wolf (Moor)

Jean Christoffle (Johann Christoph) Wolff, son of Jean Henri Wolff & Anna Margaretha Kuhn, was born 19 December 1727 and baptized in Neu-Isenburg on 26 December 1727.

Christoph Woff married on 28 April 1752 in Neu-Isenburg to Conradine Johanna Arnoul, daughter of Friderich Arnoul & Jeane Marie Dietz. She had been born 11 October 1731 and baptized 18 October 1731 in Neu-Isenburg.

Wagner (Moor)*

Johann Theobald Wagner, a farmer from Oberflockenbach in the Heidelberg region of the Kurpfalz, arrived in Fridericia, Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) on 15 May 1760.

The parish register of Kolding [Denmark] records on 29 June 1760 the marriage of Theobald Wagner to Maria Margaretha Meyer. In December 1760, they are recorded in the Danish colony of Friderichsmose.

The parish register of Thorning records on 17 April 1761 the baptism of Johann Georg Wagner, son of Theobald & Anna [sic] Margaretha Wagner. The child's death is recorded there on 2 July 1761.

Seltenreich

Friedrich Wilhelm Seltenreich, son of Georg Adam & Magdalena Seltenreich was born 6 April 1727 in Lorbach.

The parish register of the Reformed Church of Saints Peter & Paul in Danzig records that Friedrich Seldenreich [sic] from the Pfalz & Anna Catharina Grüs from the Pfalz, widow of a Mr. Grüs, were married on 23 May 1765 in Danzig.

Friedrich Seltenreich, a farmer, and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Moor on 1 July 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 10.

Schwab (Moor)*

Johann Hartmann Schwab, son of Johann Valentin & Maria Catharina Schwab, was born 16 April 1730 and baptized 19 April 1730 in Bruchenbrücken. Anna Elisabeth Krusel, daughter of Johann Henrich & Elisabeth Krusel, was baptized 6 September 1722 in Ober-Mockstadt. Johann Hartmann Schwab & Anna Elisabeth Krusel were married in Ober-Mockstadt on 15 February 1759.

Egner

Georg Phillip Egner, son of Georg Caspar & Anna Margaretha Egner, was baptized 4 January 1729 in Feudenheim. Maria Catharina Krampf, daughter of Sebastian & Catharina Elisabetha Krampf, was baptized 21 September 1727 in Feudenheim.

Georg Philipp Egner & Maria Catharina Krampf were married. They had one child: Catharina Elisabeth, who was baptized 25 December 1755 in Feudenheim.

Schneider (Moor)

Konrad Schneider married [perhaps in Denmark] to Maria Elisabeth Beckenbach, daughter of Johann Adam & Anna Margaretha Beckenbach. Maria Elisabeth had been born in Heiligkreuzsteinach on 8 September 1736. The birth of a child born to Konrad Schneider & Maria Elisabeth Beckenbach is recorded in the parish register of Heiligkreuzsteinach: (1) Anna Barbara, born 17 February 1760, died 17 February 1760. The way that the entry is recorded indicates that Konrad Schneider & Maria Elisabeth Beckenbach were not married at the time of the birth.

Scherf

Nicolaus Scherf, son of Joh. Georg & Margaretha Scherf, was born in Waldrach on 8 May 1740.

Nicolaus Scherff married on 12 March 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen to Catharina Krafft, daughter of Philipp & Anna Elisabeth Krafft. She had been born 4 March 1733 in Sprendlingen.

Rose (Moor)

Ludwig Rose, a retired soldier from Prince George’s Regiment, married Anna Margaretha Breul on 2 September 1756 in Waldkappel.

Anna Margaretha Breul, daughter of Valentin Breul & Anna Catharina Peter, had been baptized in Waldkappel on 15 September 1719.

The baptisms of two of their children are recorded in the parish register of Waldkappel: (1) Johann Heinrich, baptized 17 March 1754; and (2) Anna Christina, baptized 26 April 1757.