Breton, Alberta
Volga German families settled in and around Breton, Alberta.
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Claybank, Saskatchewan
Volga German families settled in and around Claybank, Saskatchewan.
Holdfast, Saskatchewan
Volga German families settled in and around Holdfast, Saskatchewan.
Revelstoke, British Columbia
Volga German families settled in and around Revelstoke, British Columbia.
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.