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
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Village Names - Clues (2)
AHSGR, Clues, 1978 Edition
Names of Families Residing in the Volga Villages
Submitted by Gerda S. Walker
(Excerpts)
(Page 64)
FRANK (Russn. Name: Medweditskij or Medwedizkoi Krestowoj Bujerak), present name is Medweditza, (see Work Paper #23, p. 3). Kanton: Frank, Wolost: Frank.
Established May 16, 1767, 115 families, 525 settlers. Lutheran Colony on the Bergseite, located in A-4 quadrant in Stumpp map #6.
As given by Mr. Carl Eckhardt, Hastings, Nebraska in Die Welt Post, 19 Oct. 1939.
(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.)
28. Hartung
74. Wagner
“Some names are not written clearly.” – Jacob Volz, to whom this list was sent.
Population:
1897 – 11700
1912 – 11577
1926 – 5195
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON FRANK
Surnames found in Frank, Russia. Based on list given by Mr. Fred Grosskopf of Greeley, Colorado in 1968.
4. Bath, Bott
14. Elenberger
63. *Wagner
64. Webber, Weber
* Fred Grosskopf thought these families came from Saxony.
RELIGIOUS HISTORY
The Parish of FRANK (Wedwedizko-Krestowoi Bujerak) was founded in 1768. (From Die Kirchen und das Religiose Leben der Russland-deutschen, page 344.)
28,039 Parish members in 1905….
(Page 66)
GRIMM (Rssn. Name: Lesnoi-Karamysch) Kanton: Balzer, later Kanton: Komenke, Wolost: Sosnowka.
Est. 1767, 179 settlers, Lutheran Colony on Bergseite. Located in B-5 quadrant of Stumpp map #6. Names as sent in to Jacob Volz by Mr. Jacob Geist, Fort Collins, Colorado. (Jacob Volz thought this list was pretty complete.) Die Welt Post, 11 Apr. 1940.
5. Batt
8. Bott
Names for Grimm from other sources:
3. Wagner
Population:
1788 – 962
1798 –1125
1816 – 1701
1834 – 3130
1850 – 4452
1857 – 4497
1860 – 5074
1886 – 5746
1891 – 8233
1894 – 9257
1897 – 10761 (?) [sic]
1905 – 10374
1910 – 10934
1912 – 11788
1926 – 5300
(Page 67)
HUCK (Rssn. Name: Splawnucha) Kanton: Balzer, Wolost: Norka.
Founded in 1767 by 380 Lutherans. It was located on the west side of the Volga River (Bergseite), B-4 quadrant of the Stumpp map #6.
From Die Welt Post, 7 Sept. 1939, p. 8, as given by Mr. P.H. Hein of Harvard, Nebr. He writes, “I have been in America since 1887 but I can still recall the names and have done what I could,” –in a letter to Jacob Volz.
2. Becker
44. Weber
Population:
1788 – 570
1796 – 643
1816 – 1209
1834 – 2120
1850 – 3491
1857 – 4241
1860 – 4328
1886 – 5191
1891 – 7384
1894 – 7309
1897 – 9169
1910 – 9433
1912 – 9600
1926 – 4921
(Page 68)
KAUTZ/KAUZ (Rssn. Name: Werschinka) Kanton: Frank, Wolost: Oleschna.
Located on the Bergseite, in the B-5 quadrant on Stumpp map #6. Founded 1767 by 141 Lutherans. Names as sent in by Mr. Jacob Geist, Ft. Collins, Colorado to Jacob Volz. Pub. in Die Welt Post, 11 Apr. 1940, p. 8, col. 5. (Jacob Volz does not believe these are all the names even though Kauz was a small village.)
Families living in Kautz, Russia in 1913, at the time J. David Frank left Russia. A detailed plan was drawn from memory and the names of the families listed. There were 3 streets listed: Main Street, Upper Street, and Back Street.
Weber………………………………3 families
2 Frank’s Stores
1 Friekel Store
1 School
1 Teacher’s House
Note: The bottom of the legal size original copy was folded back and missed the copy machine. The name of the person submitting this list was thus not on this sheet.
(Page 69)
KRAFT (Rssn. Name: Werchnaja Grjashnucha) Kanton: Kamenka, later Kanton: Dobrinka, Wolost: Ust Kulalinka.
Est. in 1767 by 246 settlers, Ev. Lutheran Colony. Located on the Bergseite in the B-7 quadrant on the Stumpp map #6.
Sent in by Mr. George Heimbuch of Scottsbluff, Nebraska. In the 21 mar. 1940, p. 7 issue of Die Welt Post.
31. Wagner
These names were sent to Jacob Volz who published them but questioned some of the spelling and whether it included all the names of Kraft.
Population:
1788 – 362
1798 – 432
1816 – 670
1834 – 1336
1850 – 2036
1857 – 2514
1860 – 2531
1886 – 2779
1891 – 3967
1894 – 4593
1897 – 5759
1905 – 6387
1912 – 6572
1926 – 2759
Names of Families Residing in the Volga Villages
Submitted by Gerda S. Walker
(Excerpts)
(Page 64)
FRANK (Russn. Name: Medweditskij or Medwedizkoi Krestowoj Bujerak), present name is Medweditza, (see Work Paper #23, p. 3). Kanton: Frank, Wolost: Frank.
Established May 16, 1767, 115 families, 525 settlers. Lutheran Colony on the Bergseite, located in A-4 quadrant in Stumpp map #6.
As given by Mr. Carl Eckhardt, Hastings, Nebraska in Die Welt Post, 19 Oct. 1939.
(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.)
28. Hartung
74. Wagner
“Some names are not written clearly.” – Jacob Volz, to whom this list was sent.
Population:
1897 – 11700
1912 – 11577
1926 – 5195
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON FRANK
Surnames found in Frank, Russia. Based on list given by Mr. Fred Grosskopf of Greeley, Colorado in 1968.
4. Bath, Bott
14. Elenberger
63. *Wagner
64. Webber, Weber
* Fred Grosskopf thought these families came from Saxony.
RELIGIOUS HISTORY
The Parish of FRANK (Wedwedizko-Krestowoi Bujerak) was founded in 1768. (From Die Kirchen und das Religiose Leben der Russland-deutschen, page 344.)
28,039 Parish members in 1905….
(Page 66)
GRIMM (Rssn. Name: Lesnoi-Karamysch) Kanton: Balzer, later Kanton: Komenke, Wolost: Sosnowka.
Est. 1767, 179 settlers, Lutheran Colony on Bergseite. Located in B-5 quadrant of Stumpp map #6. Names as sent in to Jacob Volz by Mr. Jacob Geist, Fort Collins, Colorado. (Jacob Volz thought this list was pretty complete.) Die Welt Post, 11 Apr. 1940.
5. Batt
8. Bott
Names for Grimm from other sources:
3. Wagner
Population:
1788 – 962
1798 –1125
1816 – 1701
1834 – 3130
1850 – 4452
1857 – 4497
1860 – 5074
1886 – 5746
1891 – 8233
1894 – 9257
1897 – 10761 (?) [sic]
1905 – 10374
1910 – 10934
1912 – 11788
1926 – 5300
(Page 67)
HUCK (Rssn. Name: Splawnucha) Kanton: Balzer, Wolost: Norka.
Founded in 1767 by 380 Lutherans. It was located on the west side of the Volga River (Bergseite), B-4 quadrant of the Stumpp map #6.
From Die Welt Post, 7 Sept. 1939, p. 8, as given by Mr. P.H. Hein of Harvard, Nebr. He writes, “I have been in America since 1887 but I can still recall the names and have done what I could,” –in a letter to Jacob Volz.
2. Becker
44. Weber
Population:
1788 – 570
1796 – 643
1816 – 1209
1834 – 2120
1850 – 3491
1857 – 4241
1860 – 4328
1886 – 5191
1891 – 7384
1894 – 7309
1897 – 9169
1910 – 9433
1912 – 9600
1926 – 4921
(Page 68)
KAUTZ/KAUZ (Rssn. Name: Werschinka) Kanton: Frank, Wolost: Oleschna.
Located on the Bergseite, in the B-5 quadrant on Stumpp map #6. Founded 1767 by 141 Lutherans. Names as sent in by Mr. Jacob Geist, Ft. Collins, Colorado to Jacob Volz. Pub. in Die Welt Post, 11 Apr. 1940, p. 8, col. 5. (Jacob Volz does not believe these are all the names even though Kauz was a small village.)
Families living in Kautz, Russia in 1913, at the time J. David Frank left Russia. A detailed plan was drawn from memory and the names of the families listed. There were 3 streets listed: Main Street, Upper Street, and Back Street.
Weber………………………………3 families
2 Frank’s Stores
1 Friekel Store
1 School
1 Teacher’s House
Note: The bottom of the legal size original copy was folded back and missed the copy machine. The name of the person submitting this list was thus not on this sheet.
(Page 69)
KRAFT (Rssn. Name: Werchnaja Grjashnucha) Kanton: Kamenka, later Kanton: Dobrinka, Wolost: Ust Kulalinka.
Est. in 1767 by 246 settlers, Ev. Lutheran Colony. Located on the Bergseite in the B-7 quadrant on the Stumpp map #6.
Sent in by Mr. George Heimbuch of Scottsbluff, Nebraska. In the 21 mar. 1940, p. 7 issue of Die Welt Post.
31. Wagner
These names were sent to Jacob Volz who published them but questioned some of the spelling and whether it included all the names of Kraft.
Population:
1788 – 362
1798 – 432
1816 – 670
1834 – 1336
1850 – 2036
1857 – 2514
1860 – 2531
1886 – 2779
1891 – 3967
1894 – 4593
1897 – 5759
1905 – 6387
1912 – 6572
1926 – 2759
Village Names - Clues (1)
AHSGR, Clues, 1978 Edition
Names of Families Residing in the Volga Villages
Submitted by Gerda S. Walker
(Excerpts)
(Page 58)
In 1940 Mr. Jacob Volz or York, Nebraska, collected the following lists of names of families residing around 1900 in the Volga villages. He did this at the suggestion of Dr. Karl Stumpp who had already begun his work of collecting the names of the German immigrants to Russia. Dr. Stumpp hoped that Mr. Volz would be able to collect the names of the Germans from Russia who migrated to America. Mr. Volz found this to be an impossible task but made an appeal through the German language weekly newspaper, Die Welt Post, requesting individuals to send in the lists of names of families as they remembered them at the time they left Russia. The lists that follow are the result of this effort. Although collected in 1940 they should prove helpful to many who are trying to determine their ancestral village.
(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.).
(Page 59)
BAUER (Rusn. Name: Karamyschewka, also Karamyschka), Kanton: Kamyschin, Later Kanton: Kamenka, Wolost: Sosnowka.
Founded in 1766 by 231 Ev. Lutherans. Located on the Bergseite in the B-5 quadrant of the Stumpp map #6.
From a letter sent to Jacob Volz by Mr. Heinrich Schumann, 2009 A.R. 8th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 21 Sept. 1939 and published in Die Welt Post, 28 Sept. 1939, p. 7, col. 4,5.
2. Becker
Names from other sources:
1. Gärber
2. Gellerut
3. Mohr
These three men signed the letter asking Catherine II to make Bauer a Crown Colony, for it was being mistreated by deBoff as a Private colony.
Other population figures:
1788 – 331
1798 – 385
1816 – 696
1834 – 1272
1850 – 1874
1857 – 2196
1860 – 2284
1886 – 2617
1894 – 3437
1897 – 4496 (?) [sic]
1905 – 4303
1910 – 4521
1912 – 4596
1926 – 3210
“The origins of the first (Colonists) were from different areas of Germany, for instance the STIEBEN, SCHRÖDER, SCHMIDT and GELROTH’s from Hamburg; the BRUG, FISCHER, STETTINGER, REIS, SCHLUNDT, MOHR and FERTIG from the Palatinate; the EHRHARDT and EIDEMÜLLER’s from Hesse-Darmstadt; RENA from Saxony; KRÜGER, 31 years schoolteacher, 1826-1857, ren (sic) Odenwälder, and the WAGNER’s came from Switzerland. This is the entire ‘Bestand’ composition of the colony Bauer from the beginning of the immigration until the Bolshevik time.” Report of Heinrich Schumann, 2009 A.R. 8th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
ADDITIONAL DATA ON BAUER
From a letter by Mr. Heinrich Schumann of Milwaukee, Wis. and pub. in Die Welt Post 21 Sept. 1939, p. 7, col. 4 and 5.
A report from the year 1854 gives the following information: “The colony Bauer was composed of 55 families in the beginning. The first church was built in 1807. At first they had an old ‘Kronshaus’ which they had bought themselves from a Catholic village for use as a Prayer and Schoolhouse.”
Their second church was built 1873-1874 and was dedicated on July 14, 1874 by the esteemed Pastor “Boneswetsch. [sic]”* There were two crosses, one of the steeple and the other on the Sacristy. It was a much too windy day to put up the crosses…
(Page 60)
*There were 3 Bonwetsch pastors:
Christoph Heinrich Bonwetsch was Probst of Norka Parish, 1845-1876.
Samuel I. Bonwetsch was pastor at Galka near Bauer, 1858-1874.
Nathanael Gottlieb Bonswetsch, pastor, Adj., Bergseite Volga, 1871-1874.
Pastor at Norka 1876-1877.
NEU-BAUER There are two colonies by the name of New-Bauer listed in the 1955 Stumpp list and map:
1. New-Bauer, Kanton of Krasny-Kut, later Kanton Eckheim, Wolost Jeruslan, founded in 1859. It was located on the Wiesenseite, Ev. Lutheran and located in the F-4 quandrant of the Stumpp map #6.
2. The other Neu-Vauer listed is also on the Wiesenseite in the Kanton of Krasny-Kut, location F-5 on the map with only 86 persons in 1912.
The following is from the 11 April 1940, p. 8, c. 5 & 6 of Die Welt Post. From a personal visit with Mr. Alexander Wagner of Clearfield, S. Dak., who was born in Neu-Bauer on the Weisenseite of the Volga: “It was founded by settlers from the Mother colonies in the years 1850/52… Wagner came with a number of families to Mexico in 1900, and because the immigrants were not accustomed to the climate many of the died of Fever (Malaria?). They quickly left the area and crossed the border into the U.S.A. where they separated. He moved first to Oklahoma and later to South Dakota. The family has a dozen children, ten daughters are married and one son and one daughter are at home.” Jacob Volz.
Population:
1897 – 2042
1912 – 2344
1926 – 1002
(Page 61)
BRUNNENTAL (Rssn. Name: Kriwojar) Kanton: Seelman, Wolost: Bisjuk.
Brunnental was founded in 1855 by families which resettled from the villages of Walter, Frank, Norka and Kolb, with perhaps a number from other villages. It is located on the Wiesenseite in the D-5 quadrant on the Stumpp map #6. Names of families were published in Die Welt Post, 22 Fe. 1940, p. 8, col. 5.
(MY NOTES: This is the complete list given in this particular publication.)
1. Melcher
2. Braun
3. Baum
4. Block
5. Hergert
6. Steinmetz
Nagel is listed but a correction was sent in 14 Mar. 1940 by John Brehm who said Nagels came from Norka.
Population:
1897 – 4520
1912 – 4944
1926 – 2411
(Page 62)
DINKEL (Rssn. Name: Tarlykowka) Sometimes known as: Oberholstein.
Founded in 1767 by 179 Ev. Lutherans. Located on the Wiesenseite, east of the Volga River in D-4 quadrant of Stumpp map #6.
Pub. in Die Welt Post, 15 Feb. 1940. Jacob Volz does not say who sent in the names.
46. Wagner
47. Weber
Population:
1897 – 3050
1912 – 3586
1926 – 1711
DÖNHOF (Rssn. Name: Gololobowka, also Alt Gololobowka) Kanton: Balzer.
Est. in 1766 by 151 people, Ev. Lutheran Colony. Located on the Bergseite on the B-4 quadrant on Stumpp map #6.
Published 21 Sept. 1939, p. 6, col. 2 in the Dakota Freie Presse. Submitted by John Becking and Henry Kraus of Windsor, Colorado.
7. Becker
Names from other sources:
1. Kaiser/Keiser
2. Stecker/Stecher
3. Wagner
Population:
1788 – 711
1798 – 870
1816 – 1436
1834 – 2508
1850 – 3846
1857 – 4465
1860 – 4593
1886 – 4886
1891 – 6499
1894 – 6416
1897 – 7833
1905 – 7516
1910 – 8017
1912 – 8330
1926 – 5039
Names of Families Residing in the Volga Villages
Submitted by Gerda S. Walker
(Excerpts)
(Page 58)
In 1940 Mr. Jacob Volz or York, Nebraska, collected the following lists of names of families residing around 1900 in the Volga villages. He did this at the suggestion of Dr. Karl Stumpp who had already begun his work of collecting the names of the German immigrants to Russia. Dr. Stumpp hoped that Mr. Volz would be able to collect the names of the Germans from Russia who migrated to America. Mr. Volz found this to be an impossible task but made an appeal through the German language weekly newspaper, Die Welt Post, requesting individuals to send in the lists of names of families as they remembered them at the time they left Russia. The lists that follow are the result of this effort. Although collected in 1940 they should prove helpful to many who are trying to determine their ancestral village.
(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.).
(Page 59)
BAUER (Rusn. Name: Karamyschewka, also Karamyschka), Kanton: Kamyschin, Later Kanton: Kamenka, Wolost: Sosnowka.
Founded in 1766 by 231 Ev. Lutherans. Located on the Bergseite in the B-5 quadrant of the Stumpp map #6.
From a letter sent to Jacob Volz by Mr. Heinrich Schumann, 2009 A.R. 8th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 21 Sept. 1939 and published in Die Welt Post, 28 Sept. 1939, p. 7, col. 4,5.
2. Becker
Names from other sources:
1. Gärber
2. Gellerut
3. Mohr
These three men signed the letter asking Catherine II to make Bauer a Crown Colony, for it was being mistreated by deBoff as a Private colony.
Other population figures:
1788 – 331
1798 – 385
1816 – 696
1834 – 1272
1850 – 1874
1857 – 2196
1860 – 2284
1886 – 2617
1894 – 3437
1897 – 4496 (?) [sic]
1905 – 4303
1910 – 4521
1912 – 4596
1926 – 3210
“The origins of the first (Colonists) were from different areas of Germany, for instance the STIEBEN, SCHRÖDER, SCHMIDT and GELROTH’s from Hamburg; the BRUG, FISCHER, STETTINGER, REIS, SCHLUNDT, MOHR and FERTIG from the Palatinate; the EHRHARDT and EIDEMÜLLER’s from Hesse-Darmstadt; RENA from Saxony; KRÜGER, 31 years schoolteacher, 1826-1857, ren (sic) Odenwälder, and the WAGNER’s came from Switzerland. This is the entire ‘Bestand’ composition of the colony Bauer from the beginning of the immigration until the Bolshevik time.” Report of Heinrich Schumann, 2009 A.R. 8th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
ADDITIONAL DATA ON BAUER
From a letter by Mr. Heinrich Schumann of Milwaukee, Wis. and pub. in Die Welt Post 21 Sept. 1939, p. 7, col. 4 and 5.
A report from the year 1854 gives the following information: “The colony Bauer was composed of 55 families in the beginning. The first church was built in 1807. At first they had an old ‘Kronshaus’ which they had bought themselves from a Catholic village for use as a Prayer and Schoolhouse.”
Their second church was built 1873-1874 and was dedicated on July 14, 1874 by the esteemed Pastor “Boneswetsch. [sic]”* There were two crosses, one of the steeple and the other on the Sacristy. It was a much too windy day to put up the crosses…
(Page 60)
*There were 3 Bonwetsch pastors:
Christoph Heinrich Bonwetsch was Probst of Norka Parish, 1845-1876.
Samuel I. Bonwetsch was pastor at Galka near Bauer, 1858-1874.
Nathanael Gottlieb Bonswetsch, pastor, Adj., Bergseite Volga, 1871-1874.
Pastor at Norka 1876-1877.
NEU-BAUER There are two colonies by the name of New-Bauer listed in the 1955 Stumpp list and map:
1. New-Bauer, Kanton of Krasny-Kut, later Kanton Eckheim, Wolost Jeruslan, founded in 1859. It was located on the Wiesenseite, Ev. Lutheran and located in the F-4 quandrant of the Stumpp map #6.
2. The other Neu-Vauer listed is also on the Wiesenseite in the Kanton of Krasny-Kut, location F-5 on the map with only 86 persons in 1912.
The following is from the 11 April 1940, p. 8, c. 5 & 6 of Die Welt Post. From a personal visit with Mr. Alexander Wagner of Clearfield, S. Dak., who was born in Neu-Bauer on the Weisenseite of the Volga: “It was founded by settlers from the Mother colonies in the years 1850/52… Wagner came with a number of families to Mexico in 1900, and because the immigrants were not accustomed to the climate many of the died of Fever (Malaria?). They quickly left the area and crossed the border into the U.S.A. where they separated. He moved first to Oklahoma and later to South Dakota. The family has a dozen children, ten daughters are married and one son and one daughter are at home.” Jacob Volz.
Population:
1897 – 2042
1912 – 2344
1926 – 1002
(Page 61)
BRUNNENTAL (Rssn. Name: Kriwojar) Kanton: Seelman, Wolost: Bisjuk.
Brunnental was founded in 1855 by families which resettled from the villages of Walter, Frank, Norka and Kolb, with perhaps a number from other villages. It is located on the Wiesenseite in the D-5 quadrant on the Stumpp map #6. Names of families were published in Die Welt Post, 22 Fe. 1940, p. 8, col. 5.
(MY NOTES: This is the complete list given in this particular publication.)
1. Melcher
2. Braun
3. Baum
4. Block
5. Hergert
6. Steinmetz
Nagel is listed but a correction was sent in 14 Mar. 1940 by John Brehm who said Nagels came from Norka.
Population:
1897 – 4520
1912 – 4944
1926 – 2411
(Page 62)
DINKEL (Rssn. Name: Tarlykowka) Sometimes known as: Oberholstein.
Founded in 1767 by 179 Ev. Lutherans. Located on the Wiesenseite, east of the Volga River in D-4 quadrant of Stumpp map #6.
Pub. in Die Welt Post, 15 Feb. 1940. Jacob Volz does not say who sent in the names.
46. Wagner
47. Weber
Population:
1897 – 3050
1912 – 3586
1926 – 1711
DÖNHOF (Rssn. Name: Gololobowka, also Alt Gololobowka) Kanton: Balzer.
Est. in 1766 by 151 people, Ev. Lutheran Colony. Located on the Bergseite on the B-4 quadrant on Stumpp map #6.
Published 21 Sept. 1939, p. 6, col. 2 in the Dakota Freie Presse. Submitted by John Becking and Henry Kraus of Windsor, Colorado.
7. Becker
Names from other sources:
1. Kaiser/Keiser
2. Stecker/Stecher
3. Wagner
Population:
1788 – 711
1798 – 870
1816 – 1436
1834 – 2508
1850 – 3846
1857 – 4465
1860 – 4593
1886 – 4886
1891 – 6499
1894 – 6416
1897 – 7833
1905 – 7516
1910 – 8017
1912 – 8330
1926 – 5039
Monday, February 9, 2009
Village Names
AHSGR, Work Paper No. 23, Spring 1977
Present-Day Names of Former German Volga Colonies
By Emma Schwabenland Haynes
(Excerpts)
(Page 1)
Officially, no Soviet Germans are allowed to reside in the colonies from which they were deported in 1941, and as time passes on, the present-day Russian inhabitants have a tendency to forget that these villages were founded by German-speaking people. On the other hand, the descendants of emigrants from Russia, now living in the New World, who have always heard these villages referred to by their German names, would have trouble finding their position on a modern map of Russia. For that reason, Dr. Stumpp has undertaken the tremendous task of trying to determine the names by which the former German colonies are now known. In order to do this, he acquired modern Russian maps of the various regions (oblastj) in which the Germans used to live. Then he compared these maps with those showing German names before 1941. He recently sent to me the results of his work as far as the colonies on the Volga are concerned, but is continuing his research on the Black Sea and other German groups. These findings will eventually be printed in some publication of the Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland.
After the Volga colonies were founded (1764-1776), the inhabitants formed the habit of referring to their villages by the name of the first mayor. Eventually Russian names were assigned, but the people had become accustomed to the German terms and used the Russian nomenclatures only in official documents. The only exceptions to this rule can be found in the colonies of Jagodnaja Poljana, Kamenka, Krasnojar, Norka, Orlowskoje, Paulskoje, Semenowka, and Schtscherbakowka. In the same way the Black Sea colonies also had Russian names in addition to the German ones.
(Page 2)
…In ten cases, the Russian name is different from the one used before 1941 but still bears a noticeable resemblance. These can be found in the colonies of Bettinger, Boiroux, Frank, Kolb, Krasnojar, Kukkus, Oberweditskij Krestowoj Bujerak. Today it is simply known as Medweditza.
…But, since information about the former colonies is practically non-existent, it is possible that some of these places are neighboring Russian villages. For that reason, Dr. Stumpp requests that anyone having exact information about the present name of these sixteen German villages should let him know.
(MY NOTES: This is in no way a complete list. The following contains only village names which may pertain to known relatives. I will expand this list later on, need be.).
GERMAN VOLGA MOTHER COLONIES
German Name:
Frank
Russian Name Before 1941:
Medweditskij Krestowoj Bujerak
(MY NOTES: David lists this official name in his family bible as the birthplace of his father.)
Russian Name After 1941:
Medweditza
PARTIAL LIST OF VOLGA DAUGHTER COLONIES
German Name:
Brunnental
Russian Name Before 1941:
Kriwojar
Russian Name After 1941:
Kriwojar
Present-Day Names of Former German Volga Colonies
By Emma Schwabenland Haynes
(Excerpts)
(Page 1)
Officially, no Soviet Germans are allowed to reside in the colonies from which they were deported in 1941, and as time passes on, the present-day Russian inhabitants have a tendency to forget that these villages were founded by German-speaking people. On the other hand, the descendants of emigrants from Russia, now living in the New World, who have always heard these villages referred to by their German names, would have trouble finding their position on a modern map of Russia. For that reason, Dr. Stumpp has undertaken the tremendous task of trying to determine the names by which the former German colonies are now known. In order to do this, he acquired modern Russian maps of the various regions (oblastj) in which the Germans used to live. Then he compared these maps with those showing German names before 1941. He recently sent to me the results of his work as far as the colonies on the Volga are concerned, but is continuing his research on the Black Sea and other German groups. These findings will eventually be printed in some publication of the Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland.
After the Volga colonies were founded (1764-1776), the inhabitants formed the habit of referring to their villages by the name of the first mayor. Eventually Russian names were assigned, but the people had become accustomed to the German terms and used the Russian nomenclatures only in official documents. The only exceptions to this rule can be found in the colonies of Jagodnaja Poljana, Kamenka, Krasnojar, Norka, Orlowskoje, Paulskoje, Semenowka, and Schtscherbakowka. In the same way the Black Sea colonies also had Russian names in addition to the German ones.
(Page 2)
…In ten cases, the Russian name is different from the one used before 1941 but still bears a noticeable resemblance. These can be found in the colonies of Bettinger, Boiroux, Frank, Kolb, Krasnojar, Kukkus, Oberweditskij Krestowoj Bujerak. Today it is simply known as Medweditza.
…But, since information about the former colonies is practically non-existent, it is possible that some of these places are neighboring Russian villages. For that reason, Dr. Stumpp requests that anyone having exact information about the present name of these sixteen German villages should let him know.
(MY NOTES: This is in no way a complete list. The following contains only village names which may pertain to known relatives. I will expand this list later on, need be.).
GERMAN VOLGA MOTHER COLONIES
German Name:
Frank
Russian Name Before 1941:
Medweditskij Krestowoj Bujerak
(MY NOTES: David lists this official name in his family bible as the birthplace of his father.)
Russian Name After 1941:
Medweditza
PARTIAL LIST OF VOLGA DAUGHTER COLONIES
German Name:
Brunnental
Russian Name Before 1941:
Kriwojar
Russian Name After 1941:
Kriwojar
David Ehlenberger
Born: 21 Aug. 1876, Brunnenthal, Russia
Married: 27 Dec. 1894 to Katherine Wagner,
Brunnenthal, Russia
Died: 21 Oct. 1971, Portland, Oregon
Buried: 26 Oct. 1971, Rose City Cemetery,
Portland, Oregon
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