Bozeman, Gallatin Co., Montana
Volga German families settled in and around Bozeman, Montana.
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Imperial, Chase Co., Nebraska
Volga German families settled in and around Imperial, Nebraska.
Ząbkowice Śląskie, Dolnośląskie Voivodeship, Poland
Ząbkowice Śląskie (German name: Frankenstein) is located in the former German territority of Schlesien (Silesia). Today, it is located in Poland.
Nagel (Schäfer)*
Franz Nagel, a soldier (Soldat), and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer on 1 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 43.
The 1767 census records that Franz Nagel came from the German village of Frankenstein in the Schlesien region.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Schäfer family among the Volga German colonies.
Weimann (Schäfer)
Samuel Weimann, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his wife Anna Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer on 1 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 3.
In 1795, Andreas Weimann moved from Schäfer to Katharinenstadt.
The death of Samuel Weimann in 1826 is recorded on the 1834 census of Schäfer in Household No. 69.
Rudolph Weimann, son of Samuel Weimann, is recorded on the 1834 census of Schäfer in Household No. 69 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Katharinenstadt in 1834.
Winterbach, Kr. St. Wendel, Saarland
Today, Winterbach is administratively connected to the village of St. Wendel in the German State of Saarland. It is located about 30 kilometers northwest of Zweibrücken.
Bauer (Schäfer)
There are three Bauer families that settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer on 1 August 1766. All three came from the German village of Winterbach in the Zweibrücken region. They are assumed to be a father and two sons:
(1) Johann Peter Bauer (age 50), farmer, and his family are recorded on the 1767 census of Schäfer in Household No. 7.
(2) August Bauer (age 26), farmer, and his family are recorded on the 1767 census of Schäfer in Household No. 6.
(3) Konrad Bauer (age 20), farmer, and his wife are recorded on the 1767 census of Schäfer in Household No. 8.
Honecker (Kutter)
Johann Georg Honecker, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg.
He settled in the Volga German colony of Kutter on 8 July 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 47.
His widow and children from his first wife are recorded on the 1798 census in the colony of Semenovka (Se27).
Hainzell, Kr. Fulda, Hessen
In 1971, Hainzell merged administratively with neighboring villages to form the community of Hosenfeld.
Ho(h)mann (Brabander)
Johann Sebastian Hohmann, son of Conrad & Elisabeth Hohmann, was born 11 May 1711 in Besges. He married on 27 November 1736 in Hainzell to Anna Catharina Siebert, daughter of Johann Georg Siebert & Gertrud Werckmeister. Anna Catharina Siebert had been born 27 October 1710 in Blankenau. [Anna Catharina Siebert had been previously married on 28 November 1729 to Johann Adam Plock who died 7 October 1735.]