Milwaukee Metropolitan Area, Wisconsin
Volga German immigrants began arriving in North Milwaukee in 1910-1911. By 1930, there were about 230 families living there, mostly from Dreispitz. They were joined by immigrants from Rothammel, Göbel, Semenovka, Shcherbakovka, Dobrinka, and Schilling.
The leading groups came from Chicago to work in the beet fields around Racine and Kenosha. During the winter months, they found work in Milwaukee and eventually permanently settled there working in local factories.
Volga Germans settled in North Milwaukee in a neighborhood called "Red Town."
The following Volga German families settled in and around Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
Altenhoff
Arndt
Barthuli from Balzer
Barthuly from Neu-Balzer
Bauer
Befus
Bender
Bernhardt
Bill from Schwab
Billinger from Herzog
Bohl from Huck
Bretthauer from Walter
Brunner from Erlenbach
Buchhammer from Kraft
Butherus from Kutter
Chrispens from Dobrinka
Clauser
Dahlinger from Rosenberg
Dalhaimer from Mariental
David
Deis
Denner from Dobrinka
Derring
Distel from Rothammel
Dittloff from Semenovka
Dolberg from Neu-Beideck
Dottai from Urbach
Eckhardt from Frank
Eichorn from Dönhof
Engelman from Dietel
Erbes from Dönhof
Erdmann
Felde
Fischer from Schwab
Fladung from Schönchen
Flegler
Frank
Frick from Frank
Fromm from Fresental
Glanz from Norka
Glass
Grenemeier from Beideck
Groskopf from Frank
Heidelbach from Straßburg
Heili from Graf
Hellbach
Helwer
Helwig from Moor
Herber from Schäfer
Hergert
Hermann from Schäfer
Hohnstein from Norka
Horch from Warenburg
Huck from Huck
Huffner
Jacobi from Neu-Laub
Jorsch from Schäfer
Keller
Kelln from Holstein
Kerbel from Grimm
Kirchner
Kisselman from Dönhof
Klauser
Kleweno
Kloster from Neu-Kolonie
Knaub
Knowl from Herzog
Koerner from Katharinenstadt
Krauss from Reinwald
Kuhn
Kuxhausen from Rosenberg
Lauer from Rothammel
Legler from Grimm
Lehmann from Orlovskaya
Leiker from Ober-Monjou
Leikam from Laub
Lichman from Rothammel
Liphardt
Martin from Frankreich
Matza from Rothammel
Mauter from Messer
Menzer from Grimm
Messerschmidt from Frankreich
Meyer
Michael / Michel
Miller
Moninger from Galka
Muth
Nahm from Hölzel
Ostwald from Franzosen
Peppler
Pfeifer / Piefer from Herzog
Quindt from Balzer
Ramig
Reckling from Frankreich
Reinhardt
Reitz
Reis
Reisig from Shcherbakovka
Ruder from Wittmann
Rudolph from Hussenbach
Sauer from Enders
Schafer
Scheeler from Katharinenstadt
Schick
Schmidt
Schmidtlein from Köhler
Schmies from Dreispitz
Schmunk
Schneider
Schuber from Straßburg
Schutz
Schwab from Sewald
Schwien
Schwindt
Seder
Spetter from Kamenka
To(e)pfer from Fischer
Ubert from Katharinenstadt
Vogel
Wagner
Walters from Katharinenstadt
Weber
Weimer
Weitzel
Werner from Susannental
Wiegand from Reinwald
Wilhelm from Frank
Wolf
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 55.
- USA Settlement List (Patricia Miller)
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Wikipedia)
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- North Milawukee, Wisconsin (Wikipedia)