Ramona, Marion Co., Kansas | Volga German Institute

Includes the following communities:

Ramona, Marion Co., Kansas

History:

Ramona was founded in 1887 along the Rock Island Railroad.

Volga German families settled in and around Ramona, Kansas.

Volga German Congregations:

St. Paul Lutheran Church (rural)
Trinity Lutheran Church

Surnames:

Reuscher (Norka)

E(h)rhard(t) (Shcherbakovka)

Weber (Dobrinka)

Stenzel (Hussenbach)

Kleiber (Norka)

Lais / Leis (Hussenbach)

Han(d)schu(h) (Shcherbakovka)

Bernhardt (Moor)

Sokolowski (Dreispitz)

Feil (Dreispitz)

Brunner (Galka)

Vogel (Dobrinka-1)

Hölzer / Helzer (Norka)

Volga German Families:

The following Volga German families settled in and around Ramona, Kansas:

Albright (Albrecht)
Bernhardt from Galka
Beisel from Dreispitz
Blum
Borger
Brunner from Galka
Deines from Franzosen
Ehrhardt from Shcherbakovka
Feil from Dreispitz
Hanschu from Shcherbakovka
Helzer from Norka
Kleiber from Norka
Lais from Brunnental
Mohn from Moor
Propp from Hussenbach
Reuscher from Norka
Riffel from Shcherbakovka
Socolofsky from Dreispitz
Spohn from Norka
Stenzel from Hussenbach
Vogel from Dobrinka
Weber from Straßburg

Volga Colonies:

Resources:

Marion Co. Kansas 1920 Census - Ramona (Janet Flickinger)

External Links:

- Ramona, Kansas (skyways)
- Ramona, Kansas (Wikipedia)

Ramona, Kansas (1908).
Source: Wichita State Univ. Archives.

Pre-Volga Origin

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