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Harvard, Clay Co., Nebraska

Includes the following communities
Eldorado, Clay Co., Nebraska
Fairfield, Clay Co., Nebraska
Harvard, Clay Co., Nebraska
History

Harvard was settled by Volga Germans in 1888.

Sources

- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 44.

Resources

- Fairfield Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- First Evangelical Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- Harvard Cemetery (findagrave.com)

External Links

Harvard, Nebraska (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in and around Harvard, Nebraska:
Adler
from
Kolb
Arndt
from
Norka
Blum
from
Norka
Brehm
from
Norka
Deines
from
Norka
Feuerstein
from
Norka
Flagler
Gerlach
from
Norka
Glanz
from
Norka
Hamburger
from
Norka
Hein
from
Huck
Hein
from
Norka
Heiser
from
Norka
Helzer
from
Norka
Hohnstein
from
Norka
Kahm
from
Balzer
Köhler
from
Norka
Krieger
from
Norka
Lehr
from
Norka
Loos
from
Norka
Müller
from
Norka
Pauli
from
Norka
Pfenning
from
Norka
Repp
from
Norka
Ross
from
Norka
Scheideman
from
Norka
Schleiger
from
Norka
Schmer
from
Norka
Schnell
from
Norka
Schwabauer
from
Huck
Schwindt
from
Norka
Sinner
from
Norka
Spady
from
Norka
Spahn
from
Norka
Traudt
from
Norka
Urbach
from
Norka
Weitzel
from
Norka
Yager
from
Norka
Yost
from
Norka

Colonies

40.618901, -98.097274

Volga Colonies

Migrated From