San Simón, Departamento Nogoyá, Entre Ríos Province
Includes the following communities:
Aldea San Simón
Colonía San Simón
San Simón
History:
Colonía San Simón was founded in 1898, east of the La Esperanza and about 4 kilometers from Lucas Gonzalez.
The following are founding families of Aldea San Simón:
- Jorge Jacob & Catalina Roth
- Miguel Schäfer & Lucia Wendler
- Carlos Dupuy & Elisa Schönfeld
- Francisco Rau & Brigida Rudel
- Nicolás Billinger
- Francisco Seewald & Carolina Gareis
- José Unrein & Margarita Wendler
- Barbara Wachtmeister (widow)
- Francisco Rudel & Elisa Kamlovsky
- Alejandro Rau & Elena Rudel
- Alexander Rau
- Juan Pedro Froschhauer & Margarita Dome
- Andrés Herrlein & Bárbara Burgart
Surnames:
Volga German Families:
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in San Simón:
- Billinger
- Breit
- Burgart
- Dupuy
- Eberle
- Froschhauer
- Hartwig
- Hasenauer
- Heil
- Herrlein
- Jacob
- Keiner
- Kliphan
- Krenz
- Lenhard
- Mildenberger
- Müller
- Rau
- Regner
- Rommel
- Rosskopf
- Rothar
- Rudel
- Rupp
- Schäfer
- Schaifler
- Schamme
- Schwindt
- Seewald
- Sommer
- Spahn
- Unrein
- Wachtmeister
- Waigel
Sources:
- Franz, Antonio Néstor. Huellas de Colonos, 100 años de las colonias La Esperanza y La Llave
- Elena Vega Stehle
- Leandro Hildt