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Bakersfield Metropolitan Area, California

Includes the following communities
Arvin, Kern Co., California
Bakersfield, Kern Co., California
Delano, Kern Co., California
Frazier Park, Kern Co., California
Inyokern, Kern Co., California
Shafter, Kern Co., California
Tehachapi, Kern Co., California
History

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.

External Links

Bakersfield, California (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families 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
Herdt
from
Rosenberg
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
Schnell
from
Norka
Simon
from
Karlsruhe (North Caucasus)
Sinner
from
Schilling
Toepfer
from
Fischer
Wacker
from
Frank
Weber
from
Straßburg

Colonies

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Volga Colonies

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