Revelstoke, British Columbia
Volga German families settled in and around Revelstoke, British Columbia.
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Onaga, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas
Volga German families settled in and around Onaga, Kansas.
Calhoun, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Volga German families settled in and around Calhoun, Louisiana.
Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana
Volga German families settled in and around Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Scheidmantel
Johann Adam Scheidmantel from Schwartzfels married in Düdelsheim on 5 April 1742 to Anna Catharina Raab, daughter of Anton & Anna Elisabetha Raab. She had been baptized in Düdelsheim on 23 November 1721.
Rotenburg an der Fulda, Kr. Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hessen
Rotenburg, as its name implies, is located on the Fulda River.
Appel (Moor)*
The baptisms of two daughters to Johann Heinrich & Anna Elisabetha Apel [sic] are recorded in the parish register of Waldkappel: (1) Maria Elisabetha, baptized 14 May 1734; and (2) Sophia, baptized 8 February 1739.
Maria Elisabetha Apel married in Waldkappel on 12 August 1756 to Johann Conrad Eichler, son of Johannes Eichler.
Konrad Eichler, a farmer, his wife Maria, and sister-in-law Sophia [Apel] arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Kronstadt under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Gibbs.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church - Luseland
304 Anderson St.
Luseland, SK S0L 2A0
306.372.4217
History
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church traces its founding to the arrival in Luseland of Lutheran families from Wisconsin and Nebraska in 1909. Pastor Robert Buechner was an early provider of spiritual leadership for this group. An organizational meeting was held on 10 August 1910.
Building of a new church began in May 1911 and was completed in the summer of 1913. The steeple was added in 1914, and a basement was dug out beneath the church in 1947.
St. John's Lutheran Church - Luseland
A group of Lutheran settlers arrived from Nebraska in 1908. A parish was officially organized on 16 October 1910 and was sometimes referred to as the German Lutheran Church near Hearts Hill.
A church building was constructed in 1913.
St. John's Lutheran Church disbanded in 1953 and many members joined Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
The church building was sold to the Evangelical Free Church and moved into Luseland in the summer of 1954. In 1980, the building was moved to Rutland where it served as the "Rutland Community Chapel."
Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church - Luseland
601 Saskatchewan Ave.
Luseland, SK S0L 2A0
306.372.4226
Mailing address: PO Box 160.
History
Catholic services in Luseland were first held in 1906 in private homes, schools, and the Royal George Hotel.
In 1926, a school building was purchased and converted into use as a church. The first Mass was said there on 15 May 1926.
A new church building was constructed and the first Mass was said therein on 8 December 1945.