Wallace, Wallace Co., Kansas | Volga German Institute

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Wallace, Wallace Co., Kansas

History

The 1880 Census records a handful of Volga Germans living in Wallace, but they were there working on the railroad. Volga Germans from Ellis and Rush Counties moved west to settle in Wallace permanently beginning in 1922.

Volga German Congregations

St. Peters Catholic Parish

Surnames

Pfeifer (Pfeifer / Luzern)

Sauer (Schönchen)

Stöcklein (Zug)

Urban (Kamenka)

Volga German Families

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Wallace:

Befort from Katharinenstadt
Depperschmidt
Goetz from Herzog
Korbe from Mariental
Leiker from Ober-Monjou
Pfeifer from Pfeifer
Sauer from Zug
Schmidt
Stecklein from Zug
Urban from Kamenka

Volga Colonies

Sources

- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 60.

Resources

Fort Wallace Cemetery (findagrave.com)