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Russell, Russell Co., Kansas

Includes the following communities
Russell, Russell Co., Kansas
History

Many Volga German families settled in and around Russell beginning in 1876.

Congregations
St. John Lutheran Church - Russell
St. Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church - Russell
Trinity Lutheran Church - Bender Hill
United Emmanuel Lutheran Church - Milberger
Ebenezer German Methodist Church - Milberger
Notable Individuals
Anschutz, Philip F.
Anschutz, Wendall
Deines, Siegmund
Michaelis, Michael D.
Ochs, Lawrence "Larry"
Resources

- Cross Plains Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- Russell City Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery (findagrave.com)

External Links

- Russell (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in Russell County, Kansas:
Anschutz
from
Nieder-Monjou
Arnhold
from
Beauregard
Bai
from
Dreispitz
Bangert
from
Dietel
Basgall
from
Rothammel
Baum
from
Kukkus
Baustian
from
Fischer
Bender
from
Kratzke
Berschauer
from
Kratzke
Bieker
from
Neu-Ober-Monjou
Billinger
from
Herzog
Bisterfeldt
from
Nieder-Monjou
Bitter
from
Lauwe
Blehm
from
Kratzke
Boxberger
from
Kratzke
Brack
from
Schönfeld
Brehm
from
Norka
Brungardt
from
Herzog
Claus
from
Ober-Monjou
DeWald
from
Hussenbach
Dechant
from
Wittmann
Degenhardt
from
Sewald
Deines
from
Kratzke
Denning
from
Herzog
Dick
from
Dreispitz
Dietz
from
Kratzke
Dinkel
from
Herzog
Doerfler
from
Ober-Monjou
Dreher
from
Neu-Ober-Monjou
Dreiling
from
Herzog
Dumler
from
Blumenfeld
Ehrlich
from
Rosenberg
Eichman
from
Schwab
Ernst
from
Gnadenfeld
Fanestil
from
Ober-Monjou
Feil
from
Dreispitz
Flagler
from
Dietel
Fose
from
Friedenfeld
Fritzler
from
Grimm
Funk
from
Hussenbach
Gabel
from
Ober-Monjou
Gallowa
from
Wiesenmüller
Geist
from
Ober-Monjou
Gelroth
from
Bauer
Gideon
from
Kratzke
Goetz
from
Herzog
Graf
from
Louis
Gross
from
Mariental
Hammerschmidt
from
Herzog
Heinitz
from
Eckheim
Herbel
from
Dreispitz
Herber
from
Nieder-Monjou
Herdt
from
Friedenberg
Heronemous
from
Warenburg
Herrman
from
Liebental
Hertel
from
Ober-Monjou
Hilgenberg
from
Nieder-Monjou
Holzmeister
from
Pfeifer
Jacobs
from
Pfeifer
Karst
from
Holstein
Karst
from
Eckheim
Kechter
from
Langenfeld
Keil
from
Eckheim
Keller
from
Dreispitz
Kerbs
from
Galka
Knoll
from
Herzog
Koerner
from
Katharinenstadt
Konrade
from
Pfeifer
Korell
from
Moor
Krug
from
Kratzke
Krug
from
Dietel
Kuhn
from
Herzog
Kuxhausen
from
Holstein
Lai
from
Konstantinovka
Lang
from
Kamenka
Langhofer
from
Straßburg
Lauber
from
Mariental
Laubhan
from
Shcherbakovka
Linenberger
from
Herzog
Loch
from
Kratzke
Lohman
from
Eckheim
Mai
from
Ährenfeld
Margheim
from
Wiesenmüller
Mehler
from
Eckheim
Michaelis
from
Kratzke
Michel
from
Dietel
Milberger
from
Eckheim
Miller
from
Nieder-Monjou
Munsch
from
Schönchen
Neuvert
from
Dobrinka
Niedens
from
Wiesenmüller
Niedenthal
from
Kutter
Nuss
from
Müller
Ochs
from
Schönfeld
Pfeifer
from
Herzog
Pflaumer
from
Straßburg
Propp
from
Hussenbach
Reinhardt
from
Reinhard
Reisig
from
Shcherbakovka
Ringler
from
Straub
Rohleder
from
Rohleder
Sander
from
Herzog
Schild
from
Dietel
Schmidt
from
Katharinenstadt
Schmidtberger
from
Herzog
Schneider
from
Ährenfeld
Schneider
from
Ährenfeld
Schoenberger
from
Liebental
Schuber
from
Straßburg
Schuckman
from
Schönchen
Schwien
from
Kratzke
Staab
from
Katharinenstadt
Steinle
from
Dreispitz
Stenzel
from
Hussenbach
Stoppel
from
Nieder-Monjou
Streck
from
Hussenbach
Strecker
from
Dietel
Strecker
from
Grimm
Stricker
from
Shcherbakovka
Templing
from
Kratzke
Tittel
from
Dietel
Voos
from
Friedenfeld
Wagner
from
Gnadenfeld
Waldschmidt
from
Ober-Monjou
Wallert
from
Dreispitz
Walters
from
Katharinenstadt
Wassemiller
from
Oberdorf
Weber
from
Liebental
Wegele
from
Laub
Weigel
from
Herzog
Weimaster
from
Dietel
Werth
from
Schönchen
Wiedeman
from
Neu-Bauer
Wiesner
from
Kamenka
Wilhelm
from
Schönfeld
Windholz
from
Herzog
Wittman
from
Holstein
Wolf
from
Neu-Ober-Monjou

Colonies

38.883333, -98.85

Volga Colonies

Migrated From

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50.532778, 8.313333
Berlin (Stadt), Brandenburg
52.516667, 13.388889
Lindenstruth, Kr. Gießen, Hessen
50.592778, 8.856389
Kronach, Kr. Kronach, Bayern
50.241111, 11.328056
Frohburg, Kr. Leipzig, Sachsen
51.056111, 12.555
Velburg, Kr. Neumarkt, Bayern
49.232778, 11.671944
Copenhagen, Denmark
55.676111, 12.568333
Lindheim, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.290288, 8.982169
Regensburg (Stadt), Bayern
49.016667, 12.083333
Bautzen, Kr. Bautzen, Sachsen
51.181389, 14.424167
Büdingen, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.286296, 9.111384
Regensburg (Stadt), Bayern
49.016667, 12.083333
Wenings, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.385278, 9.196944
Bobenhausen, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
50.369667, 9.037025