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Nagelschmidt (Norka)*

Johann Heinrich Nagelschmidt was born 6 August 1702 in Udenhain, the son of Johann Martin Nagelschmidt and his wife Magdalena Schleicher. Johann Heinrich Nagelschmidt married Elisabetha Margretha Kron in Unterreichenbach on 8 February 1730.

Heinrich Nagelschmidt, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg along with their daughter Anna Margaretha, her husband Nikolaus Vogler, and their children.

Wilhelm (Norka)*

There are three Wilhelms that settled in Norka.

(1) Johannes Wilhelm, son of Johann Jacob & Anna Dorothea Wilhelm, was born 22 March 1722 in Schlierbach.  He married there to Anna Magdalena Lohrey on 7 April 1752.  They had two children: (1) Anna Gertraud, born 28 January 1753; and (2) Albertina, born 16 February 1755, died 30 November 1756.  Anna Magdalena died on 19 November 1756.  Johannes remarried on 26 January 1758 to Anna Margaretha Seibert.

December 2, 2017 - Bloomington, Minnesota - 250th Anniversary of the Volga Germans

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250th Anniversary of the Volga Germans ​​

2 December 2017
Bloomington, Minnesota

In honor of the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the Volga German colonies, the Volga German Institute at Fairfield University will be hosting a seminar series in Bloomington, Minnesota, home of the Mall of America.

Kling, Alexander

Alexander Kling, son of Peter Kling, was born in the Volga German colony of Hoffental. He was the owner of a Singer sewing maching store in Pokrovsk (Engels).  As a member of the left wing of the Kadet Party, Kling was elected on 7 February 1907 as a deputy of the short-lived Second State Duma.  The Second Duma met from February 20 to June 3, 1907.  He was the only Volga German to serve in the Second Duma.  His ultimate fate is unknown.

Schellhorn, Heinrich

Heinrich Schellhorn, son of Christoph Schellhorn, was born in 1860 in the Volga German colony of Seelmann.

In 1897, he became the managing director of the publishing house H. Ch. Schellhorn & Company, publishers of the newspaper Saratower Deutsche Zeitung and the journal Klemens.

Alberta

Volga Germans from the villages of Dreispitz, Huck, Norka, Pobochnaya, and Shcherbakovka came to Alberta in the mid-1890s, settling in the Calgary area as well as west of Edmonton in Stony Plain and Glory Hills. Both areas attracted additional immigrants from the Volga in following years, for example, in the vicinity of Trochu, Beiseker, and Duffield. Volga Germans of the Reformed faith also settled in 1897 near Mellowdale in the Barrhead area.

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