St. Marys, Pottawatomie / Wabaunsee Co., Kansas
The town of St. Marys, Kansas, straddles the county line between Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee Counties. It was platted 8 August 1866 and officially incorporated on 8 October 1869.
St. Marys is located about 20 miles northwest of Topeka and many families from the Volga German communities in Topeka moved to St. Marys over the years.
St. Marys Academy
The following Volga German families settled in and around St. Marys, Kansas:
Abt
Arnhold from Beauregard
Bartell from Brabander
Bauer from Köhler
Bondrak (Bondank) from Brabander
Bucholz from Mariental
Buckner
Buss
Ernst from Brabander
Fuhr from Brabander
Gassman from Brabander
Gerstner from Mariental
Glick from Mariental
Hefner
Heim from Pfeifer
Homan
Ingentron from Kamenka
Jacobs from Pfeifer
Kinderknecht from Mariental
Kisner from Pfeifer
Martell from Brabander
Mesmer
Rickstater
Rumbach from Ober-Monjou
Sack from Semenovka
Sauer
Schreiner from Herzog
Schwalia (spelled different ways) from Brabander
Seitz from Mariental & Semenovka
Staab
Stadler from Kamenka
Ziegler from Köhler
- Northeastern Kansas Chapter, AHSGR
- Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery (FindaGrave)
- Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery (KsGenWeb)
- A Brief History (St. Marys Chamber of Commerce)
- St. Marys, Kansas (wikipedia)
- St. Marys, KS (LASR)
- Saint Mary's Academy and College (wikipedia)