Renwick, Humboldt Co., Iowa
Volga German families settled in and around Renwick, Iowa.
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Astoria, Clatsop Co., Oregon
Volga German families settled in and around Astoria, Oregon.
Carson, Skamania Co., Washington
Volga German families settled in and around Carson, Washington.
Sunnyside, Yakima Co., Washington
Volga German families settled in and around Sunnyside, Washington.
Yuba City, Sutter Co., California
Volga German families settled in and around Yuba City, California.
Bonners Ferry, Boundary Co., Idaho
Volga German families settled in and around Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
Edgemont, Fall River Co., South Dakota
Volga German families settled in and around Edgemont, South Dakota.
Almira, Lincoln Co., Washington
Volga German families settled in and around Almira, Washington.
Haxtun, Phillips Co., Colorado
Volga German families settled in and around Haxtun, Colorado.
Lucht
Mattias Lucht was born in 1781 in the German village of Grabina in Prussia. He was a tailor.
He served as a soldier in the 3rd Infantry Regiment of Napoleon's Army. He fought against the Russians and was captured.
Milovidov records that as of 1814 two brothers and two sisters still living in the village of Grabina.
He was settled among the Volga German colonies. He appears on the 1832-1843 Family List of Schäfer.
Mattias Schäfer and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Schäfer in Household No. 63.