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Russell, Russell Co., Kansas

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Russell, Russell Co., Kansas
History

Many Volga German families settled in and around Russell beginning in 1876.

Surnames
Volga German Families

The following Volga German families settled in Russell County, Kansas:

Anschutz from Nieder-Monjou
Arnhold from Beauregard
Bai from Dreispitz
Bangert from Dietel
Basgall from Rothammel
Baum from Kukkus
Baustian from Fischer
Bender from Kratzke
Berschauer from Kratzke
Billinger from Herzog
Bisterfeldt from Nieder-Monjou
Bitter from Lauwe
Blehm from Kratzke
Boxberger from Kratzke
Brack from Schönfeld
Brehm from Norka
Brungardt from Herzog
Claus from Ober-Monjou
Dechant from Wittmann
Degenhardt from Sewald
Deines from Franzosen & Kratzke
Denning from Herzog
DeWald from Hussenbach
Dick from Dreispitz
Dietz from Kratzke
Dinkel from Herzog
Dreher from Neu-Ober-Monjou
Dreiling from Herzog
Dumler from Blumenfeld
Ehrlich from Rosenberg
Eichman from Schwab
Ernst from Moor
Fanesti(e)l from Ober-Monjou
Feil from Dreispitz
Flagler from Dietel
Fritzler from Grimm
Funk from Hussenbach
Gallowa from Wiesenmüller
Gelroth from Bauer
Gideon from Kratzke
Goetz from Herzog
Graf from Louis
Gross from Mariental
Hammerschmidt from Herzog
Herbel from Dreispitz
Heronemous from Warenburg
Herrman from Liebental
Hertel from Ober-Monjou
Hilgenberg from Nieder-Monjou
Holzmeister from Pfeifer
Jacobs from Pfeifer
Karst from Eckheim & Holstein
Kechter from Langenfeld
Keil from Eckheim
Keller from Dreispitz
Kerbs from Galka
Knoll from Herzog
Koerner from Katharinenstadt
Konrade from Pfeifer
Krug from Dietel & Kratzke
Kuhn from Herzog
Kuxhausen from Holstein
Lang from Kamenka
Langhofer from Straßburg
Lauber from Mariental
Laubhan from Shcherbakovka
Linenberger from Herzog
Loch from Kratzke
Lohman from Eckheim
Mai from Holstein, Kratzke & Ährenfeld
Margheim from Merkel & Wiesenmüller
Mehler from Eckheim
Michaelis from Kratzke
Michel from Dietel
Milberger from Eckheim
Munsch from Schönchen
Neuvert from Dobrinka
Niedens from Wiesenmüller
Ochs from Schönfeld
Pfeifer from Herzog
Pflaumer from Straßburg
Propp from Hussenbach
Reinhardt from Reinhard
Reisig from Gnadentau & Shcherbakovka
Rohleder from Rohleder
Sander / Sanders from Herzog
Schmidt from Katharinenstadt
Schmidtberger from Herzog
Schneider from Kratzke & Ährenfeld
Schuber from Straßburg
Schuckman from Schönchen
Schwien from Kratzke
Staab from Katharinenstadt
Steinle from Dreispitz
Stenzel from Hussenbach
Stoppel from Nieder-Monjou
Streck from Hussenbach
Strecker from Dietel
Strecker from Grimm
Stricker from Shcherbakovka
Tittel from Dietel
Wagner from Gnadenfeld
Waldschmidt from Ober-Monjou
Wallert from Dreispitz
Walters from Katharinenstadt
Wassemiller from Oberdorf
Weber from Liebental
Wegele from Neu-Laub
Weigel from Herzog
Weimaster from Dietel
Werth from Schönchen
Wiedeman from Neu-Bauer
Wiesner from Kamenka
Wilhelm from Schönfeld
Windholz from Herzog
Wittman from Holstein
Wolf from Neu-Ober-Monjou

Resources

- Cross Plains Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- Russell City Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery (findagrave.com)

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