Village Names – Clues (3)

AHSGR, Clues, 1978 Edition

Names of Families Residing in the Volga Villages
Submitted by Gerda S. Walker


(MY NOTES: This is in no way a complete list. The following contains only family names which may or may not lead to blood relatives. I will expand this list later on, need be.)

(Excerpts)
(Page 70)
KUKKUS (Rssn. name: Wolskoje, also Neu-Brabant) Kanton: Kukkus, Wolost: Stepnaja.
Est. in 1767 by 181 settlers, Ev. Lutheran colony. Located on the Wiesenseite in the E-4 quadrant on Stumpp map #6.
Sent in by Mrs. Marie Margarete Kukkus of Laurel, Montana, Route 1, Box 3 and published in Die Welt Post on 28 Sept. 1939, p. 8. (Jacob Volz did not know if all spellings were correct and all names listed.)
A second colony Kukkus, Kanton: Lyserderhöh, later Kanton: Pallasowka. Located on the Wiesenseite in the F-7 quadrant on Stumpp map #6. Population in 1926 was 84.

2. Bekker

36. Otto

Population:
1897 – 3618
1912 – 3796
1926 – 2459


(Page 71)
KUTTER (Rssn. name: Popowka) Kanton: Balzer, Wolost: Sosnowka. Other German names were: Brehning, Pfaffenkutter and Neumann.
Founded in 1767 by 353 Lutheran settlers. Located in C-4 quadrant of Stumpp map #6.
Published in 14 Sept. 1939 Die Welt Post, p. 8. Pastor Hagelganz of Portland, Oregon wrote to Jacob Volz; “Upon receipt of your postcard I went to see my countryman, Ludwig Boekel, who also knew them well and the two of us made a pilgrimage in spirit to the colony of Kutter, our old home.
We went from house to house and visited all, but naturally we could only tarry long enough to get their names. We would have liked some information as to how those dear ones over there are, but we could learn nothing further. Here is the list of family names:”

53. Wagner

Population:
1788 – 482
1798 – 574
1816 – 850
1834 – 1398
1850 – 2042
1857 – 2191
1860 – 2412
1886 – 2357
1891 – 3279
1894 – 3191
1897 – 4031
1905 – 4108
1910 – 4178
1912 – 4260
1926 – 2065



LAUWE (Rssn. Name: Jablonowka) Kanton: Kukkus, Wolost: Stepnaja Lauwe, also was sometimes called Laube.
Est. in 1767, 179 settlers, Lutheran colony. Located on the Wiesenseite in the D-4 quadrant on Stumpp map #6.
Names sent in by Mr. Gottlieb Schleicher of Lincoln, Nebr. to Jacob Volz and printed in 12 Oct. 1939, p. 8 of Die Welt Post.

Old Family Names:…

These families also lived in Lauwe:

21. Wagner

Population:
1897 – 2551
1912 – 2680
1926 – 1954


(Page 73)
MESSER (Rssn. name: Ust Solicha), Kanton: Balzer, later Kanton: Kamenka, Wolost: Sosnowka.
Founded 1766 by 397 Ev. Lutherans. Located on the Bergseite in the C-5 quadrant on Stumpp map #6.
These family names sent in to Jacob Volz by Mr. Friedrich Meisinger of Flint, Michigan…

Names from other sources:
1. Weber
2. Goegel/Göbel
3. Springer

Population:
1788 – 581
1798 – 619
1816 – 960
1834 – 1828
1850 – 2704
1857 – 3327
1860 – 3403
1886 – 3102 (?) [sic]
1891 – 4260
1894 – 4627
1897 – 5204
1905 – 5057
1910 – 5196
1912 – 5295
1926 – 3575


(Page 74)
NORKA Kanton: Balzer, Wolost: Norka.
Est. 15 Aug. 1767 by 215 families; 501 male and 456 female, total 957 settlers, Lutheran-Reformed colony. Located on the Bergseite in the B-4 quadrant on the Stumpp map #6.
Sent to Jacob Volz by Henry Hölzer, Georg Koch, Lorenz Pfenning and Wilhelm Glanz. Pub. on 31 Aug. 1939 in Die Welt Post, p. 7. Additional 15 names sent in by Mr. Georg Yost, Billings, Montana who was also working on a village plat. Pub. 21 Sept. 1939, p. 5 in Die Welt Post.

6. Baecker

12. Bott

110. Weber

Population:
1788 – 1358
1798 – 1660
1816 – 2509
1834 – 4113
1850 – 5951
1857 – 6300
1860 – 6894
1886 – 7641
1891 – 10,200
1894 – 10,518
1897 – 13, 416
1906 – 13,500
1910 – 13,623
1912 – 14,236
1926 – 7210



(Page 75)
ROSENBERG (Rssn. name: Umet-Ilowlinskijumet), Kanton: Kamenka, later Kanton: Erlenbach, Wolost: Slowlin.
Founded 1850 on the Bergseite, Luth. Located in B-7 quadrant of Stumpp map #6.
Names as sent in by Mr. Georg Heimbuch to Jacob Volz, who corrected spellings. Pub. in Die Welt Post, 21 Mar. 1940, p. 8.

59. Weber

Population:
1857 – 796
1860 – 808
1886 – 1173
1890 – 1714
1894 – 1833
1897 – 2685
1910 – 2910
1912 – 3000
1926 – 1913



(Page 76)
WALTER includes Walter Chutor (Rssn. name: Gretschinnaja Luka) Kanton: Frank, Wolost: Frank.
Est. 25 August 1767 (Julian) by 99 families, 431 settlers, Lutheran colony. Located on the Bergseite in the A-4 quadrant on the Stumpp map #6.
As given by Mr. Jacob Alles of Flint, Michigan in Die Welt Post, Thursday, 14 Dec. 1939, p. 5.

56. Weber
57. Walter
58. Weber

Note: This list was sent to Mr. Jacob Volz of York, Nebraska who had asked his countrymen to list the family names of their home villages in Russia. No date is given for the time period in which these families lived in Walter and it must be assumed that Mr. Jacob Alles was listing those names with which he was familiar when he emigrated.

Population:
1897 – 5900
1912 – 6660
1926 – 2739