Berrien Springs, Berrien Co., Michigan

Includes the following communities:

Eau Claire, Berrien Co., Michigan

Scottsdale, Berrien Co., Michigan

History:

Early Volga German immigrants who settled in and around Berrien Springs came from the following colonies: Schilling, Bangert, and Stahl am Tarlyk. They moved to the area beginning in 1910 from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Racine, Wisconsin. These Volga German families are mixed in with many German families from Volhynia.

Surnames:

Felsing

Biseck / Böseck / Buseck / Busek (Kukkus)

Volga German Families:

The following Volga German families settled in and around Berrien Springs, Michigan:

Baus from Dönhof
Busick from Kukkus
Butherus from Kutter
Felsing from Paulskaya
Forraht from Laub
Freehling from Laub
Loeb from Bangert
Scheideman from Norka

Volga Colonies:

Sources:

- 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:

Berrien Springs, Michigan (Wikipedia)