Santa Rosa, Departmento Capital, La Pampa Province
Volga German families have settled in Santa Rosa, the capital of La Pampa Province.
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Carhué, Adolfo Alsina Partido, Buenos Aires Province
Volga German families settled in and around Carhué in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina.
Utphe, Kr. Gießen, Hessen
Today, Utphe is administratively part of the municipality of Hungen.
Rennert (Messer)*
In 1790, Heinrich Rennert (born about 1759) and his family moved from Messer to Franzosen.
Heinrich Rennert from Messer is recorded on the 1798 census of Franzosen in Household No. Fz29 along with his wife and daughter.
The death of Heinrich Rennert in 1825 is recorded on the 1834 census of Franzosen in Household No. 1.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Rennert family among the Volga German colonies.
Samarka, Loktevsky District, Altai Krai
Samarka was founded in 1898 by Volga German families resettling from the colonies of Dönhof, Neu-Dönhof, Balzer, and Messer.
The village was also known as Dönhof.
Until 1917, the Lutheran congregation in the village was part of the parish of Tomsk/Barnaul.
During Stalin's capitalist purges of 1937-38, 150 people were arrested and taken from the village. Only 4 returned.
Anchor Point, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
Volga German families settled in and around Anchor Point, Alaska.
Puán, Partido Puán, Buenos Aires Province
Volga German families settled in and around Puán in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina.
Haupt (Unknown)*
Gottfried Haupt, a farmer, and his wife Anna Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.
Johann Gottf. Haubt [sic] and his wife Cathrina [sic] Mar. are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Cathrina died in route.
It is not known in which colony they settled.
Weigandt (Unknown-1)*
Michael Weigandt, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.
Michael Wigand [sic] is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
It is not known in which colony he settled.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Michael Weigandt came from the German village of Halberstadt.
There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.
Gunzendorf, Kr. Bamberg, Bayern
Today, Gunzendorf is administratively part of the municipality of Buttenheim.