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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.

Glaser (Grimm)

Johannes Glaser, son of Christoph & Anna Barbara Glaser, was born on 2 December 1708 in Eutingen, today an eastern suburb of Pforzheim, in Baden-Württemberg. He married Elisabetha Heydecker on 17 September 1733 in the Eutingen Lutheran Church.

They had seven children, each born and baptized in Eutingen: (1) Anna (baptized 14 March 1734); (2) Johann Jakob (baptized 26 February 1736); (3) Nikolaus (baptized 17 March 1738); (4) Rosina Barbara (baptized 1 May 1740); (5) Dorothea (baptized 18 April 1743); (6) Andreas (baptized 4 January 1746); and (7) Margaretha (born in 1758).

Glock (Straub)

Johann Georg Glock, son of Johann Stephan & Anna Katharina Glock, was born on 10 May 1731 and baptized on 12 May 1731 in the Babenhausen Evangelical Church about 25 kilometers southeast of Frankfurt. He married Maria Margaretha Dietz, daughter of Konrad Dietz, on 4 December 1755 in the Schaafheim Evangelical Church near Babenhausen.

They had a daughter, Anna Katharina, who was born 5 September 1756, and baptized on 7 September 1756 in Schaafheim.

Glockenhammer

Johann Caspar Glockenhammer, son of Valentin & Maria Magdalena Glockenhammer, was born on 15 April 1721 in Hofheim. He married there on 10 January 1745 to Anna Barbara Gräser, daughter of Lorentz & Anna Maria Gräser. They have two known sons: Johannes (born in Hofheim on 29 May 1752) and Johann Adam (born in Hofheim on 19 Jul 1755).

Glöckner

Johann Michael Klöckler, son of Hans Michael Klöckler, was born in 1716 near Heilbronn. He married Sophia Knodel, daughter of Hans Michael Knodel, on 27 May 1749 in the Kürnbach Evangelical Church, southwest of Heilbronn.

They had five children, each baptized in Hüffenhardt, northwest of Heilbronn: (1) Philipp Anton, baptized 21 March 1750; (2) Philippina Katharina, baptized 12 June 1751; (3) Johannes, baptized 2 January 1753; (4) Johann Kaspar, baptized 21 May 1755; and (5) Georg Martin, baptized 10 November 1756.

Götz (Kukkus-1)

Johann Heinrich Götz, son of Johann Peter Götz & Anna Christina Pitz, was born 31 August 1736 in Kölschhausen. He married there on 27 February 1759 to Anna Elisabeth Debus, daughter of Johann Friedrich Debus & Maria Wilhelmina "Wilhelmina" Moritz. She was also born in Kölschhausen on 24 January 1738.

In Kölschhausen, Johann Heinrich & Anna Elisabeth had at least three children: (1) Maria Elisabeth - born 2 January 1760; (2) Justina - born 13 October 1761; and (3) Johann Konrad - born 18 November 1763.

Gerber (Herzog)

Martin Gerber, son of Sebastian Gerber & Maria Magdalena Igers, was baptized on 23 October 1718 in the Catholic church of Grünsfeld, a town about 25 kilometers southwest of Würzburg in Baden-Württemberg. He married Anna Margaretha Mayer, daughter of Leonhard Mayer & Maria Barbara Eidel, on 21 February 1746 in Grünsfeld. She had also been baptized there on 10 April 1717.

Gomer

Andreas Gomer was born on 11 August 1713 in Adelshofen, a small community west of Heilbronn. He married to Elisabetha Hofmann who was born in 1717.

They had four children, each born in Adelshofen: (1) Katharina Elisabetha, born 4 May 1741; (2) Katharina Margaretha, born 5 September 1743; (3) Johann Friedrich, born 15 July 1747; and (4) Johann Michael, born 20 August 1757.

Gorr (Reinwald)

Heinrich Gorr, a farmer, was born about 1708 in Schönberg.

Heinrich Gorr, a farmer, his [new] wife Julianna Eleonore, and children (Christina Sophia, age 17; Johann August, age 13; Johann Friedrich, age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Reinwald in Household No. 2. An older son Gottlieb Gorr, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and daughter Maria Magdalena (age 2) are recorded in Household No. 34. They had arrived in Reinwald on 14 July 1766.

In 1788, August and his family moved from Reinwald to the colony of Schwed.