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Brush, Morgan Co., Colorado

Includes the following communities
Brush, Morgan Co., Colorado
Hillrose, Morgan Co., Colorado
Snyder, Morgan Co., Colorado
History

Many Volga German families came to Brush to work in the sugar beet industry. The factory opened 11 October 1906 in northeast Brush and operated until 1955. Only the warehouse remains today.

Volga German Congregations

Immanuel Congregational Church
St. Mary's Catholic Church

Congregations
Immanuel Congregational Church - Brush
German Congregational Church - Hillrose
Sources

- Brush Colorado Sugar Factory (Peter)

Resources

1920 Federal Census of Morgan County
Brush Memorial Cemetery (FindAGrave.com)
- Longmountain.blogspot [Online]

External Links

- Brush, Colorado (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in and around Brush:
Amen
from
Frank
Artzer
from
Sewald
Aschenbrenner
from
Norka
Asmus
from
Grimm
Baskall
from
Rothammel
Baumgartner
from
Anton
Beck
Becker
Befus
from
Katharinental
Bellendir
from
Köhler
Bernhardt
Bersch
from
Mariental
Blum
Bollig
Bostrom
Bostron
Bott
Brautigam
from
Kolb
Brungardt
from
Herzog
Brunkhardt
from
Herzog
Butz
from
Beideck
Denning
from
Herzog
Dietz
from
Walter
Dolberg
from
Beideck
Dorn
from
Walter
Dreher
from
Neu-Ober-Monjou
Dreith
from
Beideck
Eckes
Eckhardt
Eichorn
from
Dönhof
Engelman
from
Kukkus
Fahnenstiel
Floth
Foos
Frick
Friehauf
Fritzler
Gabel
from
Ober-Monjou
Geisick
from
Walter
Geist
Geist
from
Ober-Monjou
Gelroth
from
Bauer
George
Giesick
from
Walter
Grauberger
from
Dietel
Hart
from
Norka
Heilbrun
from
Dietel
Hein
from
Frank
Herbst
from
Frank
Hergenreter
from
Sewald
Hirschfeld
from
Pfeifer
Hoff
from
Frank
Ickes
Kahler
Kammerzell
Kauffman
from
Frank
Kautz
from
Merkel
Kissler
Klippert
from
Walter
Kloberdanz
Koehler
Koehler
from
Beideck
Krieger
from
Norka
Lapp
from
Frank
Lauck
Lebsack
Lebsock
Legleiter
Leis
from
Hussenbach
Macht
from
Köhler
Miller
Mohrlang
Needens
from
Gnadentau
Nuss
Oblander
Ostwald
from
Kautz
Pabst
from
Beideck
Pabst
from
Beideck
Pfannenstiel
Quint
Rehn
Reich
Reichert
from
Dietel
Reifschneider
Rieb
from
Nieder-Monjou
Rothe
from
Frank
Sauer
from
Zug
Sauerbreit
from
Hussenbach
Scheideman
from
Norka
Schillerif
Schilling
from
Schilling
Schlundt
from
Bauer
Schmer
from
Norka
Schmick
Schnegelberger
from
Beideck
Schott
from
Grimm
Schreiber
Schreiner
Schuldies
Schultheis
Schwindt
from
Norka
Siegwardt
Sigwart
Spahn
Spomer
from
Beideck
Uhrich
from
Frank
Unrein
Usinger
Wacker
from
Norka
Walker
from
Norka
Walter
from
Frank
Walters
Wamboldt
from
Dietel
Weimer
Weitzel
from
Frank
Wiederspahn
Wiederspan
from
Walter
Winter
Wolf
Wombold
from
Dietel
Yakel

Colonies

Brush Sugar Factory (1909)
Source: Pinterest.

Brush Sugar Factory.
Source: longmontian.blogspot.com

40.258137, -103.6321

Volga Colonies

Migrated From

Storndorf, Kr. Vogelsberg, Hessen
50.655278, 9.260278
Offenbach am Main (Stadt), Hessen
50.095636, 8.776084
Offenbach am Main (Stadt), Hessen
50.095636, 8.776084
Sellnrod, Kr. Vogelsberg, Hessen
50.581667, 9.095833
Biskirchen, Kr. Lahn-Dill, Hessen
50.532778, 8.313333
Großenmoor, Kr. Fulda, Hessen
50.702524, 9.651626
Großenmoor, Kr. Fulda, Hessen
50.702524, 9.651626
Rommers, Kr. Fulda, Hessen
50.425675, 9.891911
Bannerod, Kr. Vogelsberg, Hessen
50.502003, 9.387028
Bindsachsen, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.354167, 9.170556
Ruppertsburg, Kr. Gießen, Hessen
50.519597, 8.961134
Wenings, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.385278, 9.196944
Neustadt, Kr. Odenwald, Hessen
49.813163, 9.03946
Ziegenberg, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.365061, 8.636564
Ziegenberg, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.365061, 8.636564
Stangenrod, Kr. Gießen, Hessen
50.616389, 8.968889
Gelnhaar, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.362683, 9.14354
Gelnhaar, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.362683, 9.14354