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Grand Island, Hall Co., Nebraska

Includes the following communities
Doniphan, Hall Co., Nebraska
Grand Island, Hall Co., Nebraska
History

Volga German immigrants who were working for the railroad moved from Lincoln and settled in Grand Island.

Congregations
Pilgrim Congregational Church - Grand Island
Sources

- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 44.

External Links

Grand Island, Nebraska (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in and around Grand Island, Nebraska:
Befort
from
Ober-Monjou
Bernhardt
from
Frank
Bohl
from
Huck
Borgens
from
Frank
Brecht
from
Schöntal
Brenning
from
Kutter
Dietrich
Dinkel
from
Herzog
Ditter
from
Frank
Easterday
from
Volmer
Fahrenbruch
from
Frank
Feierstein
from
Norka
Fierstein
from
Norka
Frick
from
Frank
Heiser
from
Norka
Helzer
from
Norka
Herber
from
Nieder-Monjou
Hiegel
from
Norka
Jacobs
from
Pfeifer
Kammerzell
from
Frank
Köhn
Kolb
from
Laub
Krieger
from
Norka
Liebsack
Luea
from
Zug
Meininger
Michaelis
from
Kratzke
Ostwald
from
Kautz
Pheif
Richmeier
from
Herzog
Ross
from
Norka
Rupp
Schaaf
from
Huck
Schnell
from
Norka
Sitzmann
Staab
from
Katharinenstadt
Strauch
from
Beideck
Stroh
from
Frank
Unrein
from
Ober-Monjou
Walker
Weitzel
from
Rosenberg
Yeager
from
Norka
Yost
from
Norka
Zieg
from
Balzer
Zitterkopf
from
Huck

Colonies

40.916667, -98.35

Volga Colonies

Migrated From