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Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Washington

Includes the following communities
Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Washington
Deming, Whatcom Co., Washington
History

In 1885, Georg Schmidt from Frank was the first Volga German to settle in Bellingham. He later relocated to Walla Walla, but by the turn of the century a considerable Volga German settlement had formed in Bellingham.

Sources

.- Scheuerman, Richard D. & Clifford E. Trafzer. The Volga Germans: Pioneers of the Northwest (Moscow, ID: University of Idaho Press, 1985): 175.

External Links

Bellingham, Washington (wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in and around Bellingham:
Dahlinger
from
Kraft
Dietz
from
Walter
Gassman
from
Mariental
Hertel
from
Ober-Monjou
Karb
from
Blumenfeld
Kukes
from
Kukkus
Lichtenwaldt
from
Dönhof
Oswald
from
Hussenbach
Scheck
from
Herzog
Schmidt
from
Frank
Schwindt
from
Norka
Wagner
from
Frank
Waldschmidt
from
Ober-Monjou
Whitman
from
Rohleder
Wolf
from
Norka

Colonies

48.74908, -122.478147

Volga Colonies

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