Florian Zentner was born about 1720 in Hamm am Rhein, a village that today is in the Alzey-Worms district of the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. He married Maria Katharina (surname unknown), and they had two boys, each baptized in the Catholic Church in Eich: (1) Johann Adam, baptized 3 October 1751; and (2) Matthias, baptized in 1753.
There are several inter-related Zieg families that immigrated to Russia from the German village of Hüttengesäß.
(1) Johann Caspar Zieg married 12 June 1727 in Hüttengesäß to Catharina Kuhn, daughter of Johann Jost Kuhn & Elisabeth Gerd. Catharina Kuhn had been baptized in Hüttengesäß on 14 August 1711.
The baptisms of at least two sons to Johann Casper Zieg & Catharina Kuhn are recorded in the parish registers of Hüttengesäß: (a) Ernst baptized 17 October 1728; and (b) Philipp, baptized 14 December 1730.
Michael Ziergiebel, son of Mathias & Barbara Zirnkibl [sic], was born in Rübling on 12 June 1667 and died 9 March 1726 in Brensbach. He married in Brensbach on 13 May 1690 to Anna Elisabetha Jung, daughter of Nicolaus Jung & Anna Trinkaus. Anna Elisabetha Jung had been born in Brensbach on 16 May 1670 and died there on 9 September 1741.
Nicolaus Zitzmann, son of Hans Zitzmann (9 February 1678 - 26 October 1741) & Margaretha Heuss (29 September 1686 - 24 March 1758), was born 5 October 1716 in Gersfeld (Röhn), Hessen, Germany, is an original Frank colonist. He married there on 28 August 1742 to Anna Maria Strauch, daughter of Johann Strauch. Anna Maria Strauch had been born 12 May 1723 in Herchenhain.
Some of the children of Nicolaus Zitzmann were born in Dorrnhof and some in Obernhausen, small villages near Gersfeld.
Johann Konrad Zisch, son of Johannes Zisch & Anna Maria Kraft, was born on 22 May 1739 in Gelnhausen, northeast of Hanau.
Johann Konrad Zisch, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Maria, age 22; Konrad, age 19; Martin, age 15; Johann [Christian], age 13) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Concordia under the command of Skipper Jakob Bauert. They settled in the Volga German colony of Schwab on 8 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 11.
The marriage of Johann Wilhelm Störckel from Bönstadt and Anna Maria Jünger from Bönstadt is recorded in the parish register of Büdingen on 24 May 1766.
Johann Wilhelm Störckel's baptism is recorded in the parish register of Bönstadt in March 1744. Anna Maria's baptism is also recorded there in October 1744.
Following their marriage in Büdingen, the couple travelled to Lübeck where they sailed to Oranienbaum aboard the ship Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg. They arrived in Oranienbaum on 29 August 1766.
Johann Jakob Zittel was born in 1707 in Durlach, today a borough of the city of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg. He married Christina Stauffer who was born in 1717.
Johannes Zitterkopf, son of Conrad Zitterkopf & Anna Elisabeth Kleinschmidt, was baptized on 23 August 1686 in Büdingen.
The marriage of Johannes Zitterkopf from Breitenborn and Christina Eichhorn is recorded in the Büdingen parish records on 16 November 1713. Johannes Zitterkopf died 6 September 1714.
Benedict Zorn, son of Johann Georg & Catharina Zorn, was born in Gernsheim on 1 March 1738. He married in Landau in der Pfalz on 4 February 1764 to Margaretha Kühnberger, daughter of Caspar & Maria Apollonia Kühnberger.
Benedict immigrated to Russia. His wife died either before he left Germany or en route.
Benedict Zorn settled in the Volga German colony of Volmer on 18 June 1766, and is listed there on the 1767 Census in Household No. 42 with a new wife named Katharina (age 16).
Johann Paul Wacker, son of Johannes Wacker & Anna Susanna Maria Klippert, was born 10 December 1741 in Crainfeld where both of his parents had been born. He was the great grandson of Johann Jacob Wacker (who died 4 March 1711 in Crainfeld) and Maria Lauffer. Johann Jacob Wacker is the son of Johannes Wacker from Allmenrod, Germany, who was born about 1620.