The first Volga Germans to settle in Bakersfield came from Dreispitz and Shcherbakovka.
Many German families from the Odessa Region of Russia also settled in Bakersfield.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Bakersfield, California:
Arnold from Neu-Ober-Monjou
Bender from Holstein
Bergman
Billinger from Herzog
Boxberger from Ährenfeld
Deines
Dermer from Straub
Dietz
Dome from Pfeifer
Dreiling from Herzog
Eberlein from Laub
Eckhardt from Laub
Eichman from Schwab
Eitel from Beideck
Ernst from Moor
Fabrizius from Kratzke
Fink
Flegler from Dietel
Geisick from Walter
Heinrichs
Kauss [was Foos] from Frank
Kinderknecht from Mariental
Klaus from Ober-Monjou
Kopper from Hahnsau
Lauer from Rothammel
Lederhos from Rohleder
Lesser from Frank
Ortner from Johannesdorf (Caucasus)
Ruder from Wittmann
Scheideman from Norka
Schlotthauer from Dobrinka
Schmidt from Katharinenstadt
Simon from Karlsruhe (North Caucasus)
Sinner
Toepfer from Fischer
Wacker from Frank
Weber from Straßburg
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