Hays, Ellis Co., Kansas
The Volga Germans in Ellis County, Kansas, settled mostly to the east of the city itself beginning in 1876. However, as early as 1878, some families had moved into Hays where Father Anastasius Müller, the first resident priest of St. Joseph Catholic Parish, was living with Andreas Meier.
The following Volga German families settled in and around Hays, Kansas:
Amrein from Pfeifer
Appelhanz from Rothammel
Arnhold from Beauregard
Augustine
Bahl from Kamenka
Ballinger from Herzog
Basgall from Rothammel
Befort
Beilman from Katharinenstadt
Bender from Kratzke
Bersch from Mariental
Bieker from Katharinenstadt
Billinger from Herzog
Bissing from Katharinenstadt
Bittel from Wittmann
Bollig from Graf
Boos from Ober-Monjou
Borger from Eckheim
Bott from Norka
Braun from Herzog
Breit
Brendel from Preuss
Brungardt from Herzog
Dater from Zug
Dechant from Pfeifer
Degenhardt from Sewald
Denning from Herzog & Liebental
Depperschmidt from Schönchen
Desch from Pfeifer
Dinges from Marienburg & Wittmann
Dinkel from Herzog
Doerfler from Ober-Monjou
Dome
Dorzweiler from Katharinenstadt
Dreher from Neu-Ober-Monjou
Dreiling from Herzog
Eberle from Mariental
Enslinger from Liebental
Ernst from Moor
Etzel from Pfeifer
Fanestiel from Ober-Monjou
Flegler from Dietel
Frank from Louis
Gabel
Galliardt from Dreispitz
Gassman
Geier from Graf
Geist from Ober-Monjou
Gerstner from Mariental
Giebler from Ober-Monjou
Glassman from Rohleder
G(o)etz from Herzog
Graf from Louis
Gross from Mariental
Gumescheimer from Friedenfeld
Haas from Wittmann
Hammerschmidt/Hammersmith from Herzog
Hartman from Rothammel
Heili from Graf
Hepp from Liebental
Herklotz from Schönchen
Herl from Wittmann
Heronema from Mariental
Heronime from Mariental
Her(r)man(n) from Liebental & Mariental
Hertel from Ober-Monjou
Hertlein from Katharinenstadt
Hertling from Katharinenstadt
Hoffman from Graf
Holzmeister
Ingenthrone from Kamenka
Jacobs from Pfeifer
Karlin from Katharinenstadt
Karst from Eckheim
Kern from Josefstal
Kiesner / Kisner / Kissner from Pfeifer
Kinderknecht from Mariental
Klaus from Ober-Monjou
Kleiber from Norka
Knoll from Herzog
Koerner from Katharinenstadt
Kohl from Ober-Monjou
Korbe from Mariental
Kramer
Kreutzer from Herzog & Liebental
Kuhn from Herzog
Lambrecht from Pfeifer
Lang from Kamenka
Langhofer from Straßburg
Lattegan from Schönchen
Lattigan from Katharinenstadt
Laubhan from Shcherbakovka
Lauer from Rothammel
Legleiter from Louis & Liebental
Leikam
Leiker from Ober-Monjou
Linenberger from Herzog
Mai from Holstein & Kratzke
Meier from Kratzke
Meier from Louis
Meis from Katharinenstadt
Mermis from Herzog
Michel from Dietel
Milberger from Eckheim
Miller
Mittelmeier from Katharinenstadt
Molleker from Brabander
Munsch
Niernberger from Ober-Monjou
Obholz from Mariental
Pfan(n)enstiel from Ober-Monjou
Pfeifer from Herzog & Pfeifer
Quint from Louis
Randa from Liebental
Reisig from Gnadentau
Richmeier from Herzog
Rohleder from Herzog
Rohleder from Rohleder
Rohn from Walter
Rohr from Mariental
Rome / Romey from Herzog
Ross
Ruder from Wittmann
Rupp from Ober-Monjou
Sack from Semenovka
Salzman from Mariental
Sander / Sanders / Saunders from Herzog
Sauer from Zug
Scha(e)f(f)er from Liebental
Schamber from Louis
Scheck from Herzog
Scheideman from Norka
Schenk from Dobrinka
Schenkel from Kutter
Schmidt from Katharinenstadt
Schmidtberger from Herzog
Schneider from Ährenfeld
Schoenberger from Herzog
Schoendaller from Liebental
Schoenfeld from Pfeifer
Schreiner from Herzog
Schuckman from Schönchen
Schueler from Katharinenstadt
Schumacher from Wittmann
Schuvie from Graf
Schwerdt from Kamenka
Seitz from Mariental & Semenovka
Spies from Liebental
Staab
Stang from Volmer
Stecklein from Zug
Stegman from Pfeifer
Steinert from Eckheim
Stoecklein from Zug
Stramel from Marienfeld
Suppes from Pfeifer
Therre from Herzog
Toepfer from Fischer
Unrein from Ober-Monjou
Urban from Kamenka
Vogel from Kamenka
Vonfeldt from Herzog
Waldschmidt from Ober-Monjou
Walter / Walters from Katharinenstadt
Wasinger from Herzog & Schönchen
Weaver from Liebental
Weber from Liebental
Wegele from Neu-Laub
Weigel from Herzog
Weilert from Katharinenstadt
Weltz from Katharinenstadt
Werth from Schönchen
Wiesner from Kamenka
Windholz from Herzog
Wolf from Katharinenstadt
Younger / Yunker from Herzog
Ziegler from Göbel
Zimmerman from Schönchen
- Mount Allen Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- Saint Joseph Cemetery (findagrave.com)
Hays, Kansas (Wikipedia)
Map of Volga German Settlements in Ellis County, Kansas.
Source: Francis Laing article, 1910.
Beilmann Blacksmith Shop in Hays, Kansas (1905).
Source: Vern Beilman.