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Leader, Saskatchewan

Includes the following communities
Estuary, Saskatchewan
Leader, Saskatchewan
Mendham, Saskatchewan
Prussia, Saskatchewan
Westerham, Saskatchewan
History

Homesteaders began arriving in large numbers in 1907; most were German immigrants from southern Russia. In 1913, the Canadian Pacific Railway came through the area and the village of Prussia was incorporated.

In 1917, anti-German sentiment prompted the inhabitants to change its name to Leader.

Congregations
Congregational Church - Westerham
Sources

The Encyclopedia of Sasketchewan (online)

External Links

- Leader, Saskatchewan (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled there:
Bischoff
Blehm
from
Straßburg
Deering
from
Norka
Deines
from
Kratzke
Dorn
from
Walter
Dorsch
from
Wiesenmüller
Elsasser
from
Galka
Frank
from
Galka
Fuchs
from
Hussenbach
Heddinger
from
Dietel
Holstein
from
Galka
Keil
from
Galka
Konschuk
from
Yagodnaya Polyana
Mai
from
Holstein
Mai
from
Kratzke
May
from
Holstein
May
from
Kratzke
Meier
from
Dobrinka
Morasch
from
Yagodnaya Polyana
Reuscher
from
Norka
Riehl
from
Neu-Weimar
Rossman
from
Frank
Ruff
from
Galka
Schick
from
Galka
Schimpf
from
Galka
Schmunk
from
Rosenberg
Stricker
from
Rosenberg
Weis
from
Morgentau
Wunsch
from
Galka

Colonies

50.883333, -109.533333

Volga Colonies

Migrated From