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Hillsboro, Marion Co., Kansas

Includes the following communities
Hillsboro, Marion Co., Kansas
History

Volga German families settled in and around Hillsboro, Kansas.

Volga German Congregations

Zion Lutheran Church

Volga German Families

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Hillsboro:   

Benzel from Hussenbach
Bernhardt from Galka
Deines
Foos from Dietel
Fritzler from Holstein   
Fromm from Shcherbakovka   
Gillert from Dreispitz
Hefley from Dobrinka
Herbel from Dreispitz
Kleiber from Norka
Klein
Lais from Brunnental
Lang from Kamenka
Lorenz from Messer
Meisinger from Messer
Oblander   
Rau   
Schwemmer
Steinle from Dreispitz
Stenzel from Hussenbach
Tautfest from Dietel
Vogel from Dobrinka
Wassemiller
Weinmeister from Dietel
Youk from Eckheim

Sources

Declaration of Intentions filed in Marion Co., Kansas (Janet Flickenger)

Resources

Hillsboro, Kansas (1908)
Source: Wichita State University Archives

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Volga Colonies

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