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Bay City, Bay Co., Michigan

Includes the following communities
Auburn, Bay Co., Michigan
Bay City, Bay Co., Michigan
Kawkawlin, Bay Co., Michigan
Quanicassee, Tuscola Co., Michigan
History

Early Volga German immigrants who settled in Bay City came from the following colonies: Dreispitz, Erlenbach, Oberdorf, Schwed, and Shcherbakovka.

Sources

- Pickelhaupt, Bill. The Volga Germans of Michigan's Thumb (Fort Gratiot, MI: Flyblister, 2009).
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 54.
- USA Settlement List (Patricia Miller)

External Links

Bay City, Michigan (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in Bay City and the surrounding area:
Altergott
from
Schwed
Baum
from
Kukkus
Brinkman
from
Rosenberg
Derr
from
Norka
Eurich
from
Reinwald
Fahnanstiel
from
Beideck
Friesorger
from
Oberdorf
Grafenstein
from
Zürich
Johannes
from
Kukkus
Keller
from
Unterdorf
Krenz
from
Oberdorf
Mehl
from
Reinhard
Niederquell
from
Schulz
Oblender
from
Wiesenfeld
Reisig
from
Shcherbakovka
Roth
from
Warenburg
Schwabauer
from
Balzer
Simon
from
Krasnoyar
Spannagel
from
Urbach
Temple
from
Kraft
Voigt
Weisheim
Zwetzig
from
Shcherbakovka

Colonies

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Volga Colonies

Migrated From