Butler County, Iowa
Volga German families settled in Butler County, Iowa.
Kazan, Tartarstan
Through the years, Volga German families moved to the city of Kazan in the Republic of Tartarstan to pursue economic interests and obtain higher education.
Kindal, Kargasosk District, Tomsk Oblast (Siberia)
Following the 1941 Deportation, Volga German families from Kukkus were relocated to the Siberian village of Kindal in 1942.
Smirnovka, Bolotninsk District, Novosibirsk Oblast (Siberia)
Volga German families from Kukkus were deported to the Siberian village of Smirnovka in 1941.
Eldorado, Misiones Province
Volga German families settled in Eldorado in the Misiones Province of Argentina.
Colonia Diecinueve de Abril, Paysandú Department, Uruguay
Volga German families from Argentina moved to Colonia Diecinueve de Abril in Uruguay in 1915 along with Jewish and Italian settlers. It was a part of the agrarian colonization efforts of the Batllista period.
Vilas County, Wisconsin
Volga German families settled in Vilas County, Wisconsin.
Bothfeld, Hannover (Stadt), Niedersachsen
Today, Bothfeld is a neighborhood in the northeast sector of the city of Hannover. It is part of the Bothfeld-Vahrenheide administrative area.
Bender, Trey
Trey Bender, son of Gary Nedrow Bender & Linda Wright, was born 19 March 1968. He grew up in the Phoenix area.
Trey is an American sportscaster having called football, basketball, baseball, and swimming athletic competitinos for ESPNU, ESPN Plus, ESPN3, and NBC. He was th evoice of the Loyala Ramblers mens basketball team and an anchor on Sporting News Radio.
His father Gary was also a noted sportscaster and his daughter Landry is an actress [see separate entries]. Trey's wife Amy is also a sportscaster.
Bender, Landry
American actress Landry Bender, daughter of Trey and Amy Bender, was born 3 August 2000 in Chicago, Illinois.
Her filmography includes The Sitter (2011), Crash & Bernstein (2012-2014), Best Friends Whenever (2015-2016), Fuller House (2017-2020), Looking for Alaska (2019), and The Republic of Sarah (2021).
Both her father (Trey) and grandfather (Gary) are noted sportscasters [see separate entries].
Landry's Volga German ancestors came to Kansas from the colonies of Kratzke and Ährenfeld.