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Friend, Saline Co., Nebraska

Includes the following communities
Friend, Saline Co., Nebraska
History

The settlement at Friend was started by Volga German emigrants from Red Oak, Iowa, in the 1870s.

Congregations
German Congregational Church - Friend
Surnames
Amen (Walter)
Bruns / Brun(t)z
Deines
Eckhardt (Frank)
Eurich (Balzer)
Ganshorn
Habermann (Balzer)
Hein (Frank)
Jakel / Jäkel / Jeckel (Balzer)
Jost (Norka-1)
Kiesling
Loos (Norka)
Scheibel (Messer)
Wambold(t)
Volga German Families

The following Volga German families settled in and around Friend:

Amen from Frank
Bender from Kratzke
Bruntz from Merkel
Deines from Norka
Dietz from Kratzke
Eckhard(t) from Frank
Eurich from Balzer
Ganshorn from Anton
Glanz from Norka
Haberman from Balzer
Heckman
Hein from Frank
Huber
Kahler
Kisling from Warenburg
Loos from Norka
Pabst
Sack
Wambold from Dietel
Weber
Yokel from Balzer
Yost from Norka

Volga Colonies
Anton
Balzer
Dietel
Frank
Kratzke
Merkel
Norka
Warenburg
Notable Individuals
Scheibel, Franz Wilhelm
Sources

- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 43.

Resources

- Andrew Cemetery (findagrave.com)

External Links

Friend, Nebraska (Wikipedia)

40.65, -97.283333

Volga Colonies

Kratzke
50.877, 45.227333
Norka
51.165, 45.313333
Merkel
50.883333, 45.287167
Warenburg
50.926667, 46.076
Frank
51.083333, 44.816667
Dietel
50.898333, 45.17
Anton
51.0375, 45.8575
Balzer
51.025, 45.696667

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