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Bellwood-Maywood (Chicago), Cook Co., Illinois

Includes the following communities
Bellwood-Maywood (Chicago), Cook Co., Illinois
History

Volga German immigrants first arrived in the two adjoining Chicago neighborhoods of Bellwood and Maywood in 1891. They came from Balzer, Enders, Kukkus, Paulskaya, and Stahl am Karaman.

The Village of Bellwood was officially incorporated on 21 May 1900.

Congregations
Zion Lutheran Church, Bellwood-Maywood (Chicago)
Peace United Church of Christ, Bellwood-Maywood (Chicago)
St. John Lutheran Church, Bellwood-Maywood (Chicago)
Notable Individuals
Korte, Berthold F.
Sources

- The History of Bellwood (Village of Bellwood)

External Links

- History of Maywood (Franzosenbusch Heritage Project)
- Village of Bellwood (Franzosenbusch Heritage Project)

The following Volga German families settled in the Bellwood / Maywood neighborhood of Chicago:
Altenhof
from
Orlovskaya
Altenhof
from
Rosental
Amen
Anders
from
Enders
Anschutz
Aschenbremer
from
Enders
Aschenbrenner
from
Enders
Aul
from
Krasnoyar
Balzer
from
Paulskaya
Barth
Betz
Bill
from
Friedenberg
Bisterfeldt
from
Nieder-Monjou
Bleichroth
from
Grimm
Bonaker
Borgard
Bowers [?]
Brandt
from
Enders
Brendt
from
Enders
Brenning
Brostern [?]
Burns [?]
Dalhaimer
from
Mariental
Deckert
from
Enders
Deines
from
Kratzke
Diesendorf
Dorn
Dortmann
from
Paulskaya
Drout
Drucker
Dubs
Eberle
from
Mariental
Enders
from
Enders
Erfurth
from
Orlovskaya
Ermisch
from
Orlovskaya
Fink
from
Meinhard
Fischer
Fleck
Foos
Friebus
from
Fischer
Gaus
from
Fischer
Ginther
Goebel
Gorr
from
Schwed
Guenther
Gustus
Hahn
Hardt
Hasselbach
from
Katharinenstadt
Hasselbach
from
Mannheim
Heimbuch
from
Grimm
Helm
Hennberg
from
Rosenheim
Hennberg
from
Rosendamm
Henneberg
from
Rosenheim
Henneberg
from
Rosendamm
Herrwaldt
Hilgenberg
from
Stahl am Karaman
Hoppe
Horst
from
Rosenheim
Hubert
Hurst
from
Rosenheim
Jaeger
Justus
from
Fischer
Kehm
Keil
from
Katharinental
Keller
Kempf
Kildau
Kinder [?]
Kinderknecht
from
Mariental
Knopf
Koch
Kraft
Kraus
Krone
Krutsch
Kunkel
Kuntzmann
Lauck
Lehning
Leikam
Lorenz
Manweiler
Martin
Meier
Merkel
Miller
Moritz
Mueller
Muller
Ott
Petersen
Pfaffenroth
from
Yagodnaya Polyana
Popp
Reisch
from
Orlovskaya
Riemer
Ruby
Ruppel
from
Reinwald
Rusch
from
Enders
Rutz
Schaefer
from
Enders
Scherer
Schleger
Schmidt
from
Pfeifer
Schneider
Schoenwolf
from
Enders
Scholl
from
Paulskaya
Schonwolf
from
Enders
Schroder
Schultz
Schumacher
Schwabenland
Schweigert
from
Orlovskaya
Schwenk
Specht
Spomer
Stang
Susdorf
Thierbach
Trippel
Ungefug
from
Meinhard
Vollendorf
from
Fischer
Wagner
Waleske
from
Konstantinovka
Walger
Wegel
from
Schwed
Wegner
Weiderhold
from
Paulskaya
Weiderholdt
from
Paulskaya
Weigand
Weigel
from
Schwed
Weitzel
Wolf
Yeager

Colonies

41.882149, -87.859385

Volga Colonies

Migrated From

Ranstadt, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.3575, 8.984167
Linden, Kr. Gießen, Hessen
50.533333, 8.65
Lindenstruth, Kr. Gießen, Hessen
50.592778, 8.856389
Birkenau, Kr. Bergstraße, Hessen
49.563044, 8.708351
Zittau, Kr. Görlitz, Sachsen
50.896111, 14.807222
Schönberg, Kr. Zwickau, Saxony
51.104541, 13.201738
Kesselbach, Kr. Gießen, Hessen
50.668889, 8.873889
Koszalin
54.2, 16.183333
Berstadt, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.426028, 8.864802
Raszowa, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
50.598611, 18.130556
Gedern, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.424444, 9.199722