According to Richard Sallet, in 1891, a group of Volga Germans settled on former forestland around Canby, Oregon, south of Portland, Oregon.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in the Canby, Butteville, and Hubbard areas south of Portland:
Gieswein from Gnadenfeld
Jost / Yost from Norka
Kister from Brunnental
Kraft
Miller form Stahl am Tarlyk
Ostermiller from Beideck
Ott
Rosenow from Kolb
Schwindt from Norka
Steinert from Eckheim
Stuckert from Wiesenmüller
Tautfest
Traudt / Troudt from Norka
Urbach from Norka
Weinbender from Köhler
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974).
- The Volga Gemans in Portland (Steve Schreiber)
- Canby, Oregon (Wikipedia)
Map showing the location of Canby in Clackamas County, Oregon.
Source: Wikipedia.