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Edmonton, Alberta

Includes the following communities
Edmonton, Alberta
Sherwood Park, Alberta
St. Albert, Alberta
Devon, Alberta
History

Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian Province of Alberta. It was founded as Fort Edmonton, an outpost of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1795.

Volga German families settled in and around Edmonton.

Volga German Families

The following Volga German families settled in and around Edmonton:

Baier from Kamenka
Befus from Yagodnaya Polyana
Beutel from Yagodnaya Polyana
Birwert from Marienberg
Bisheimer from Köhler
Borger from Warenburg
Bowes from Ober-Monjou
Danderfer from Seelmann
Degenhardt from Sewald
Deines from Norka
Dick from Norka
Dieterle from Dobrinka
Englehart from Warenburg
Feil from Dreispitz
Feser from Volmer
Fritzler from Grimm
Gartner from Volmer
Gerk from Josefstal
Gerlitz from Yagodnaya Polyana
Giebelhaus from Norka
Green from Norka
Gross from Kraft
Hartung from Norka
Helzer from Norka
Hergert from Yagodnaya Polyana
Hildermann from Holstein
Hoffman from Müller
Kembel from Kolb
Kildaw from Neu-Norka
Köhler / Kaylor from Norka
Kohlman from Schuck
Konschuh from Yagodnaya Polyana
Krieger from Schuck
Leickner from Huck
Leikam from Laub
Leinweber from Yagodnaya Polyana
Litzenberger from Yagodnaya Polyana
Luft from Yagodnaya Polyana
Lust from Yagodnaya Polyana
Meier from Kolb
Mildenberger from Marienfeld
Morasch from Yagodnaya Polyana
Pauli from Norka
Pfaffenroth / Poffenroth from Yagodnaya
Prediger from Volmer
Reiber from Kolb
Remisch from Köhler
Rexius from Kraft
Richelhoff from Neu-Kolonie
Ruff from Kolb
Schaab from Kamenka
Schauermann / Scheuermann from Yagodnaya Polyana
Schiebelbein from Schuck
Schiffner from Walter
Schira from Erlenbach
Schmunk from Wiesenmüller
Schneidmiller from Yagodnaya Polyana
Schreiner from Kraft
Schroh from Volmer
Schwindt from Norka
Seewalt from Seelmann
Sieben from Volmer
Stang from Volmer
Temple from Kraft
Ubell from Neu-Kolonie
Ullman from Streckerau
Walter from Kamenka
Weinkauf from Volmer
Weinmeyer from Neu-Kolonie
Werner from Neu-Kolonie
Wittman from Wiesenmüller
Zubick from Laub

Edmonton Skyline.
Source: Wikipedia Commons.

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Volga Colonies

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