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Sebewaing, Huron Co., Michigan

Includes the following communities
Owendale, Huron Co., Michigan
Sebewaing, Huron Co., Michigan
History

Volga German immigrants from Norka, Oberdorf, and Wiesenmüller settled in Sebewaing beginning in 1902, coming from Lincoln, Nebraska, where they had settled earlier. They were attracted to the area by the sugar beet industry that was being developed in the Saginaw Valley.

Volga German Congregations

Immanuel Lutheran Church

Congregations
Immanuel Lutheran Church - Sebewaing
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

Sebewaing, Michigan (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in Sebewaing and the surrounding area:
Achziger
from
Kolb
Alles
from
Walter
Amen
from
Frank
Asmus
from
Grimm
Bachman
from
Paulskaya
Baumgartner
from
Anton
Bender
from
Erlenbach
Bolger
from
Reinhard
Karle
from
Straub
Kerbs
from
Oberdorf
Klein
from
Ährenfeld
Kolb
from
Laub
Kreutzer
from
Hussenbach
Kruse
from
Laub
Lempert
from
Brunnental
Lesser
from
Frank
Meier
from
Shcherbakovka
Michel
from
Kana
Mill
from
Erlenbach
Reisig
from
Shcherbakovka
Ring
from
Dietel
Schaefer
from
Hussenbach
Seilbach
from
Hussenbach
Spangler
from
Wiesenmüller
Steinert
from
Shcherbakovka
Weber
from
Oberdorf
Wunsch
from
Galka
Zwetzig
from
Weimar

Colonies

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Volga Colonies

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