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Canby, Clackamas Co., Oregon

Includes the following communities
Aurora, Marion Co., Oregon
Butteville, Marion Co., Oregon
Canby, Clackamas Co., Oregon
Hubbard, Marion Co., Oregon
History

According to Richard Sallet, in 1891, a group of Volga Germans settled on former forestland around Canby, Oregon, south of Portland, Oregon.

Sources

- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974).
- The Volga Gemans in Portland (Steve Schreiber)

External Links

- Canby, Oregon (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in the Canby, Butteville, and Hubbard areas south of Portland:
Gieswein
from
Gnadenfeld
Jost
from
Norka
Kister
from
Brunnental
Kraft
from
Kraft
Miller
from
Stahl am Tarlyk
Ostermiller
from
Beideck
Ott
Reisbeck
from
Norka
Reisbick
from
Norka
Rosenow
from
Kolb
Schwindt
from
Norka
Steinert
from
Eckheim
Stuckert
from
Wiesenmüller
Tautfest
Traudt
from
Norka
Troudt
from
Norka
Urbach
from
Norka
Weinbender
from
Köhler
Yost
from
Norka

Colonies

Map showing the location of Canby in Clackamas County, Oregon.
Source: Wikipedia.

45.262266, -122.692101

Volga Colonies

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