Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey

In 1887, about 50 families from Beideck and Schilling settled in Newark, New Jersey, where many of them worked in factories. The neighborhood was called "Ironbound" because it was between the railroad tracks of two major rail lines that came through the area.

9-11 Terrorist Attack:

George J. Strauch, Jr., a Volga German descendant whose ancestors came from Beideck and had settled in Newark, New Jersey, was working as an insurance broker for AON on the 99th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001. He perished in the collapse of the tower after it was stuck by the plane that had been hijacked by terrorists.