Includes the following communities
Edenville, Orange Co., New York
Little York, Orange Co., New York
Pine Island, Orange Co., New York
Westtown, Orange Co., New York
History
Pine Island was founded by Volga German colonists immigrating from Yagodanya Polyana and Pobochnaya.
Today, Pine Island is a hamlet just west of the town of Warwick, New York, not far from the New Jersey border.
Sources
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 57.
Resources
- 1910 US Census (Fonda D. Wagner Baselt)
- 1920 US Census (Patrice Miller)
- Gerlitz, Reich, & Schadt Families (CK Gerlitz)
- Obituary Index, Warwick, NY (José Rivera Nieves)
- Obituary Index, Pine Island, NY (José Rivera Nieves)
- Obituary Index, Times Herald-Record (Orange County, New York
- Warwick Cemetery Index
External Links
- Pine Island, New York (Wikipedia)
- Warwick, New York (Wikipedia)
The following Volga German families settled in the Pine Island / Little York area:
Freise
Mohr
Wagner
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Volga Colonies
Migrated From
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