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Hoisington, Barton Co., Kansas

History

Many Volga German families settled in and around Hoisington, Kansas.

Congregations
Concordia Lutheran Church - Hoisington
Emmanuel Lutheran Church - Hoisington
Emmaus Lutheran Church - Hoisington
St. Paul's German Congregational Church - Hoisington
Notable Individuals
Lind, Wilhelm
Ochs, Tillman
Resources

- 1920 US Census - Barton County
- Barton County Maps
- Hoisington City Cemetery (FindAGrave.com)
- St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery (FindAGrave.com)
- Barton County Obituaries

External Links

Hoisington, Kansas (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in and around Hoisington, Kansas:
Abel
Appel
from
Yagodnaya Polyana
Baker
Balzer
from
Wiesenmüller
Batt
Bechtel
Bechtold
Beck
Becker
Bender
from
Kratzke
Betz
Bitner
Bitter
Boese
Boger
from
Riebensdorf
Boxberger
from
Kratzke
Brack
from
Schönfeld
Brehm
from
Norka
Breit
from
Pfeifer
Chrisbens
from
Dobrinka
Decker
Degenhardt
from
Sewald
Deines
from
Kratzke
Demel
Denning
Desch
from
Pfeifer
Detter
Dewald
from
Hussenbach
Dietz
from
Kratzke
Dreher
from
Neu-Ober-Monjou
Dumler
from
Grimm
Ehrlich
from
Shcherbakovka
Eichman
Eitel
Ernst
from
Mariental
Ernst
from
Moor
Eurich
Fanestil
from
Ober-Monjou
Flegler
Fritz
Funk
Geist
from
Ober-Monjou
Gideon
from
Kratzke
Gross
from
Mariental
Haas
Hammerschmidt
from
Herzog
Heil
from
Lauwe
Hein
Heintz
Helwig
from
Moor
Herbel
Herdt
Herzog
Hill
Hoch
Hofferber
from
Frank
Hoffman
Hofmeister
Jacobs
from
Pfeifer
Jacoby
Janke
Jekel
from
Wiesenmüller
Johannes
Jordan
Kaiser
from
Norka
Karst
from
Holstein
Keil
from
Eckheim
Kisner
from
Pfeifer
Klein
Knaus
from
Kratzke
Koerber
Koerner
Kolb
Kraft
Kramer
Krieger
Krug
from
Kratzke
Kuhn
from
Herzog
Lehmann
Lehning
Lind
from
Dönhof
Lust
Maier
Manweiler
from
Wiesenmüller
Margheim
from
Merkel
Martin
Meyer
Michaelis
from
Kratzke
Michel
from
Ährenfeld
Miller
Mills
Molleker
from
Brabander
Moore
Morgenstern
Muth
Naab
from
Kamenka
Niedens
Nuss
Ochs
from
Schönfeld
Pope
Popp
Reisbig
Resner
Rodie
Roesler
Rome
from
Herzog
Romig
Rube
Schaeffer
from
Nieder-Monjou
Scheuerman
Schlegel
from
Schönfeld
Schmidt
from
Pfeifer
Schneider
from
Ährenfeld
Schrader
Schultz
Schwab
Schwartzkopf
from
Dönhof
Schwien
Siegfried
from
Wiesenmüller
Stecklein
Steinert
Steitz
Stenzel
from
Ährenfeld
Stettinger
from
Bauer
Streck
Stricker
Templing
from
Kratzke
Tittel
from
Dietel
Uhrich
Urban
from
Kamenka
Voos
Wagner
Walker
Walter
Weber
Weigel
from
Herzog
Weimaster
from
Dietel
Wiesner
from
Kamenka
Wilhelm
from
Schöndorf
Winter
Winters
Wirtz
Wittig
from
Schönfeld
Wurth
Yeager
from
Kratzke
Younger
from
Herzog
Zimmerman
from
Schönchen

Colonies

Lind Hospital in Hoisington.
Source: Rev. Wilhelm Johann Lind (FindAGrave).

38.516667, -98.766667

Volga Colonies

Migrated From

Ober-Lais, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.417664, 9.098934
Michelstadt, Kr. Odenwald, Hessen
49.678591, 9.003859
Lindenstruth, Kr. Gießen, Hessen
50.592778, 8.856389
Hailer, Kr. Main-Kinzig, Hessen
50.187222, 9.156111
Allendorf, Kr. Lahn-Dill, Hessen
50.573333, 8.292778
Kefenrod, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.343889, 9.210556
Aufenau, Kr. Main-Kinzig, Hessen
50.252222, 9.322222
Wenings, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.385278, 9.196944
Roth, Kr. Main-Kinzig, Hessen
50.206944, 9.151389
Bautzen, Kr. Bautzen, Sachsen
51.181389, 14.424167
Büdingen, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.286296, 9.111384