Schwende, Kr. Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg
Today, Schwende is administratively part of the municipality of Herdwangen-Schönach.
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Lviv, Lviv Raion, Lvivska Oblast, Ukraine
From 1349 to 1772, Lemberg part of the Kingdom of Poland and known by its Polish name of Lwów.
In 1772, following the First Partition of Poland, the region was annexed by the Habsburg Monarchy to Austria. The city was known in German as Lemberg and became the capital of the Austrian Province of Galicia.
In 1923, the region of Galicia once again became part of Poland.
Bilenski (Katharinenstadt-2)*
Joseph Bilenski was born in approximately 1781 in in Lemberg, Austria.
He served as a soldier in the French artillery of the Brigade Battalion [sic] Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against and was captured by the Russians.
Milovidov records that as of 1820, he had no remaining family members in Lemberg.
In 1820, he was settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt.
His death in 1828 is recorded on the 1834 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 344.
Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy
Ferrara is located about 30 miles northeast of Bologna in Italy.
Hoppstädten, Kr. Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz
Today, Hoppstädten is administratively part of the municipality of Lauterecken-Wolfstein.
Historically, Hoppstädten has been known as Hoppstädten bei Sien and Sienhoppstädten.
Parma, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy
Parma is located in Northern Italy.
Schneider (Dehler)*
Widow Barbara Schneider is recorded on the 1767 census of Dehler in Household No. 40 along with a son Johann Georg [sic] (age 17). She is believed to be Barbara Hertzenberger, and Johann Georg is believed to be her son Jakob. [See Hertzenberger Family.]
There are no known surviving male lines of this Schneider family.
Tuttenberger (Unknown)*
Widow Dorothea Tuttenberger and her daughters (Maria Julianna, age 6; Rosalia, age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 July 1766 aboard a Danish galliot named Der Engel Rafael (Archangel Raphael) under the command of Skipper Ehlert Kongsted.
Dorothea Tuttenberger, widow of an unnamed farmer, and her daughters (Maria Justina, age 6; Rosalia, age 5) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
It is not known in which colony they settled.
Jensen (Unknown)*
Wolmar Gustaf Jensen, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 July 1766 aboard a Danish galliot named Der Engel Rafael (Archangel Raphael) under the command of Skipper Ehlert Kongsted.
Wolmar Gustaph Janssen is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
It is not known in which colony he settled.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Jensen family among the Volga German colonies.
Heßdorf, Kr. Main-Spessart, Bayern
Heßdorf is located in the historical German region of Unterfranconia, today in northern Bayern (Bavaria).
Heßdorf is administratively a part of the municipality of Karsbach.