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Kaiser (Norka-1)*

There are several Kaiser families that settled in Norka. At this time, it is not known if/how they are related to one another.

According to the Wolferborn parish records, Johann Michael Kaiser, son of Johann Kaiser of Michelau, and Elisabetha Schneider, daughter of Johann Melchior Schneider of Michelau, were married there on 12 March 1711. Among their children was Johann Thomas, who was baptized on 19 August 1725. There is no marriage record for Thomas in the Wolferborn parish records, so he must have departed for Russia as a single man.

Yurga, Kemerovskaya Oblast (Siberia)

The village of Yurga was established in 1886 on the banks of the Tom River. In 1915, construction of the railway to the Kolchuginsky coal mines began.

Following the Deportation Decree in 1941, Volga Germans from the colony of Enders (among others) were resettled there.  Many died during the first years they were in Yurga, and were buried in a mass grave. A memorial has been created at the site of the mass grave.

In 1943, construction of the Yurga Machine-Building Plant was completed, and what had been a village became an industrial center for the region.

Moinkum, Shuskaya District, Zhambyl Region, Kazakhstan

When the Volga Germans arrived, this settlement was called Moinkum.  At some point it was changed to Druzhba, and recently back to Moinkum. Although both are located in the Zhambyl Region of Kazakhstan, this Moinkum, located about 22 kilometers north of Shu in the Shuskaya District, should not be confused with another Moinkum (also called Furmanovka) which is further northwest in the Moinkum District, about 80 kilometers from Shu.

Most Volga Germans who lived in Moinkum have immigrated to Germany.

Faust (Kutter)

The lists of the recruiter Johann Facius records that Phillip Faust, age 20, came from Wolferborn.

Johann Philipp Faust, son of Johannes & Anna Elisabeth Faust, was baptized on 24 January 1746.

He immigrated to Russia, arriving from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg.

Berg (Sewald)*

Johann Christoph Berg, son of Simon & Anna Eva Berg, was baptized in the Assumption of Mary Catholic church in Lampertheim on 5 November 1724. Catharina Münzberger, daughter of Johann Georg & Anna Eva Münzberger, was also baptized there on 5 December 1723. The couple married in this parish on 7 February 1753.

The baptisms of two of their daughters are recorded in the Lampertheim parish records: (1) Maria Elisabeth on 12 January 1754, and (2) Judith on 3 January 1756.

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