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Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska

Includes the following communities
Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska
Papillion, Sarpy Co., Nebraska
Bellevue, Sarpy Co., Nebraska
Springfield, Sarpy Co., Nebraska
Gretna, Sarpy Co., Nebraska
Bennington, Douglas Co., Nebraska
History

Many of the early Volga German settlers to Nebraska were poor and could not afford to buy farmland, so they resettled from places like Sutton to Omaha where they could find employment.

Volga German Families

The following Volga German families settled in and around Omaha, Nebraska:

Adler from Kolb
Amerine from Pfeifer
Arnhold from Beauregard
Baum from Kukkus
Beideck from Beideck
Billinger from Herzog
Bollig from Graf
Brehm from Norka
Brening from Kutter
Brungardt from Herzog
Deines from Kratzke
Deines from Norka
Dreiling from Herzog
Dreith from Beideck
Eichler from Dönhof
Eurich from Balzer
Fahrenbruch from Frank
Farher from Semenovka
Flack from Jost
Flegler from Dietel
Floth from Frank
Frank from Louis
Froscheiser from Beideck
Galyardt from Dreispitz
Gerstner from Mariental
Giebler from Ober-Monjou
Glantz from Norka
Goetz from Herzog
Gruenemeier from Beideck
Haas from Wittmann
Hein from Frank
Heiser from Norka
Hepp from Liebental
Herbel from Dreispitz
Herrman from Liebental
Hiegel from Norka
Kniss from Norka
Knoll from Herzog
Kolb from Laub
Kuhn from Herzog
Linenberger from Herzog
Loos from Norka
Macht from Köhler
Maser from Kukkus
Meier from Louis
Meis from Katharinenstadt
Oblander from Shcherbakovka
Ostwald from Kautz
Otto from Kaneau
Pfeifer from Herzog
Phillips from Neu-Kolonie
Reifschneider from Saalfeld (Rostov)
Reinick from Frank
Rohleder from Rohleder
Rome from Herzog
Rosenthal from Kukkus
Ruder from Wittmann
Sack from Semenovka
Schlund from Bauer
Schneider from Ährenfeld
Schueler from Katharinenstadt
Stang from Volmer
Starkel from Norka
Steinert from Eckheim
Stenzel from Hussenbach
Strasheim from Frank
Stroh from Frank
Traudt from Norka
Urban from Kamenka
Wagner from Frank
Walker from Frank
Walters from Katharinenstadt
Weinbender from Köhler
Yost from Norka
Younger from Herzog
Zier from Dietel
Zitzman

Sources

- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 43.

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Volga Colonies

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Migrated From

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