Includes the following communities
Barnesville, Weld Co., Colorado
Briggsdale, Weld Co., Colorado
Evans, Weld Co., Colorado
Gill, Weld Co., Colorado
Greeley, Weld Co., Colorado
Kersey, Weld Co., Colorado
Kuner, Weld Co., Colorado
La Salle, Weld Co., Colorado
LaSalle, Weld Co., Colorado
History
Those Volga Germans who settled in Greeley came from Frank, Hussenbach, Merkel, Messer, Oberdorf, Pobochnaya, and Schönfeld. Through the years, Volga German immigrants from many other colonies also settled in Greeley and the surrounding area. They settled in “Little Russia” on the east side of town, between the railroad tracks and the sugar factory.
Many Volga German families were employed in the sugar beet industry. As of 1910, there were 3,699 Germans from Russia laboring in the beet fields of Weld County.
Notable Individuals
Sources
- Casey, Chris. “Newcomers often Greeted with Less-than-Open Arms.” Weld County Celebrating 150 Years (online)
- “Germans from Russia in Colorado.” Weld County Celebrating 150 Years (online)
- Maisch, Matt. “The Hidden History of Colorado’s Germans from Russia.” Colorado Life Magazine (September/October 2017) (online)
- USA Settlement List (Patricia Miller)
Resources
External Links
Greeley, Colorado (Wikipedia)
The following Volga German families settled in and around Greeley, Colorado:
Bechtholdt
Becker
Behrens
Beitz
Berens
Bernhardt
Binder
Brack
Brehm
Brungard
Brungardt
Burkhardt
Busch
Buxbaum
Ebel
Eberhardt
Fox
Frank
Fuchs
Gettman
Gies
Ginther
Greenwald
Greenwalt
Gruenwald
Guenther
Haas
Hartmann
Heil
Heinlein
Heiser
Held
Hergenreder
Herman
Hermann
Hirsch
Hoff
Hoffner
Hopp
Horst
Jacoby
Kaiser
Kaufman
Kehn
Kindsfather
Kindsvater
Klaus
Klein
Kobel
Koch
Kohler
Kraft
Kraus
Kurtz
Leichner
Lofgren
Lorenz
Maier
Meier
Meyer
Michel
Miller
Nieberger
Oster
Pabst
Printz
Rehn
Reichel
Reichert
Reifschneider
Reiter
Rohrig
Ruff
Rupple
Rutt
Rutz
Sauer
Schabel
Schaefer
Schaeffer
Schafer
Schaffer
Schild
Schilling
Schlotthauer
Schmick
Schnorr
Schreiner
Schwab
Schwartz
Schwarz
Sell
Shabel
Sinner
Specht
Staley
Steinbach
Steinmetz
Stroh
Suppes
Thaut
Thiel
Thout
Thoutt
Ulrich
Vogel
Volz
Voos
Wagner
Walter
Walters
Webb
Webber
Weideman
Weimer
Weiss
Whitman
Winter
Woith
Wolf
Wolfe
Zeiler
Ziegler
Zigler
Colonies
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Volga Colonies
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