Eckert (Huck)
There are two Eckert families that settled in the colony of Huck. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.
Niedergründau, Kr. Main-Kinzig, Hessen
Church:
Schieferbergstraße 33
63584 Gründau
The church in Niedergründau is called the Bergkirche because it is located on a hill. The church in Niedergründau, consecrated to St. Peter, is first documented in 1217.
The Reformation came to this area before 1549 under the leadership of Pastor Nikolaus Müller. For a while the parish was following the Lutheran faith practice, but returned to the Reformed confession.
Lauterbach (Norka)
Sebastian Lauterbach and his wife Eva Susanna Fischer were married on 31 August 1747 in the German village of Niedergründau. The births of five children are recorded in Niedergründau: (1) Maria Elisabetha, born 16 January 1751; (2) Johannes, born 28 January 1754; (3) Catharina, born 2 October 1756; (4) Christina, born 25 October 1759; and (5) Gertraut, born 16 May 1765.
The Lauterbach couple with all five children arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum, Russia, aboard the pink under the command of Lieutenant Moses Davydov on 8 August 1766.
Vetzberg, Kr. Gießen, Hessen
Today, Vetzberg is part of the parish of Biebertal, northwest of Gießen.
September 23, 2017 - Hays, Kansas - 250th Anniversary of Luzern, Ober-Monjou, Pfeifer, Schönchen, Wittmann, and Zug
Ober-Monjou, Russia
Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the
Founding of the Volga German Colonies of
Ober-Monjou, Pfeifer, Luzern
Schönchen, Wittmann, & Zug
Saturday, 23 September 2017
Hays, Kansas
Kloberdanz (Norka)
Johannes Kloberdantz, son of Johann Reinhardt Kloberdantz, was born in Gettenbach, between Büdingen and Gelnhausen, on 22 March 1733. He married there on 16 November 1758 to Catharina. Their son Johann Conrad was born there on 18 April 1760 and baptized 21 April 1760. Gettenbach was part of the Gründau parish.
Daschle, Tom
Thomas Andrew "Tom" Daschle, former U.S. Senator from South Dakota was born 9 December 1947 in Aberdeen, South Dakota to Sebastian C. & Elizabeth B. (Meier) Daschle. His ancestors come from the German colonies near Odessa in Ukraine. He is not a descendant of the Volga German colonists.
Elshtain, Jean (Bethke)
Jean Paulette Bethke, daughter of Paul Bethke & Helen Lind, was born 6 January 1914 in Windsor, Colorado. Her mother's ancestors come from the Volga German colonies of Kautz, Dönhof, and Dietel.
Gaines, Tim (Timothy Hagelganz)
Tim Gaines is best known as the bassist for the Christian metal band Stryper. The son of Pastor James Hagelganz & Betty Flaig, Timothy James Hagelganz was born on 15 December 1962 in Portland, Oregon. His family moved to California when he was four years old. As a performer, he has adopted the stage name of Gaines.
Tim's Volga German ancestry can be traced back to the colonies of Kutter, Frank, Walter, and Warenburg.
Rothenbergen, Kr. Main-Kinzig, Hessen
Today, Rothenbergen is administratively part of the municipality of Gründau.
Church:
Schieferbergstraße 33
63584 Gründau
There has been a Protestant church in Rothenbergen only since 1967.
Historically, those Protestants living in the village of Rothenbergen were part of the parish located in neighboring Niedergründau.
The church in Niedergründau is called the Bergkirche because it is located on a hill. The church in Niedergründau, consecrated to St. Peter, is first documented in 1217.