Munjor, Ellis Co., Kansas
The village of Munjor, Kansas, was founded in 1876. Munjor was first located along Big Creek, but after a couple of months was moved to its present location in Section 25 of Wheatland Township.
The following are recorded by Fr. Laing as founders of Munjor (followed by the number of people in the household):
from Ober-Monjou
- Jacob Engel
- John Berg (5)
- Franz Leiker (4)
- Henry Leiker (4)
- Jacob Leiker (4)
- Joseph Leiker (7)
- Joseph Leiker (3)
- Konrad Leiker (3)
- Michael Leiker (4)
- Nicholas Leiker (4)
- Peter Leiker (6)
from Wittmann
- John Dechant (4)
- John Herl (6)
- Henry Miller (2)
- Henry Ruder (7)
- Stanislaus Ruder (3)
- Joseph Schreibvogel
- Anton Schumacher (5)
- George Schumacher (3)
- Henry Schumacher (4)
- Catharine Schumacher, widow (5)
from Mariental
- Nicholas Eberle (6)
- Peter Gross (5)
- Matthias Rohr (6)
- Peter Rohr (4)
from Schönchen
- Anton Wasinger (8)
- Anton Wasinger, Jr. (4)
from Zug
- Anton Schneider (5)
- Peter Stöcklein (7)
from Herzog
- John Götz
They were joined in November 1876 by another group from Ober-Monjou:
- Anton Befort (3)
- Konrad Befort (3)
- Michael Graf
- Christian Hertl
- John Klaus (3)
- John Krannawitter
- Jacob John Leiker (4)
- Jacob Pfannenstiel
The following Volga German families settled in and around Munjor, Kansas:
Befort from Ober-Monjou
Berg from Ober-Monjou
Bittel from Wittmann
Boos from Ober-Monjou
Dechant from Wittmann
Dinges from Wittmann
Doerfler from Ober-Monjou
Eberle from Mariental
Engel from Ober-Monjou
Fanestiel from Ober-Monjou
Frank from Louis
Gerstner from Mariental
Glassman from Rohleder
Götz / Goetz from Herzog
Graf from Ober-Monjou
Gross from Mariental
Hammeschmidt from Herzog
Herl from Wittmann
Hertel / Hertl from Ober-Monjou
Hieronyme from Mariental
Jacobs from Pfeifer
Klaus from Ober-Monjou
Koerner from Katharinenstadt
Korbe from Mariental
Krannewitter from Ober-Monjou
Kuhn from Herzog
Leiker from Ober-Monjou
Müller from Wittmann
Niernberger from Ober-Monjou
Pfannenstiel from Ober-Monjou
Rohr from Mariental
Ruder from Wittmann
Rumbach from Ober-Monjou
Sauer from Zug
Schneider from Göbel
Schneider from Zug
Schreibvogel from Wittmann
Schumacher from Wittmann
Stocklein from Zug
Stoecklein from Zug
Unrein from Ober-Monjou
Wasinger from Schönchen
Younker from Herzog
- Laing, Francis S. "German-Russian Settlements in Ellis County, Kansas." Kansas Historical Collections 11 (1910): 489-528. [Online]
Saint Francis Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- Munjor
- Munjor, Kansas (German Capital of Kansas)
Munjor, Kansas (1905)
Source: Standard Atlas of Ellis County Kansas (Kansas Historical Society)
Munjor, Kansas - west side (1922)
Source: Standard Atlas of Ellis County Kansas (Kansas Historical Society)
Munjor, Kansas - east side (1922)
Source: Standard Atlas of Ellis County Kansas (Kansas Historical Society)
Munjor, Kansas - circa 1900.
Source: Kansas Historical Society.