Lumberton, Robeson Co., North Carolina
Volga German families settled in and around Lumberton, North Carolina.
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Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., North Carolina
Volga German families settled in and around Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Lankaran (South Caucasus)
Today, Lankaran is located in the country of Azerbaijan.
Zentner (Yagodnaya Polyana)
Joseph Zentner was born in approximately 1795. He served in Napoleon's army and fought against the Russians. He was captured by the Russians, and in 1812, was settled in the Volga German colony of Yagodnaya Polyana.
Joseph Zentner is recorded on the 1834 census of Yagodnaya Polyana in Household No. 100.
Joseph Zentner is recorded on the 1850 census of Yagodnaya Polyana in Household No. 155.
Joseph Zentner is recorded on the 1857 census of Yagodnana Polyana in Household No. 160.
San Isidro, Partido San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province (Buenos Aires Metro Area)
Volga German families from Buenos Aires Province moved into San Isidro, a northern suburb of the capital city of Buenos Aires.
Menges (Kaneau)*
Leonhard Menges from Senck & Anna Regina Mathes, a widow, were married 28 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.
Leonhard Menges, a farmer, his wife Anna, and [step-]son Georg [Mathes] (age 10) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Kronstadt under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Gibbs.
Leonhard Menges evidently died after arriving in Russia. His widow Anna is recorded on the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 57 married to Georg Friedrich Baschka/Paske along with her son Johann Georg Mattis (age 10).
Dayton, Lyon Co., Nevada
Volga German families settled in and around Dayton, Nevada.
Mackinac County, Michigan
Volga German families settled in Mackinac County, Michigan.
Novo-Chemrovka, Altai Krai (Siberia)
Volga German families settled in Novo-Chemrovka following the 1941 Deportation.
Novaya-Chemrovka is located on the bank of the Chemrovka River, 17 kilometers southeast of Zonalnoye.
Büdesheim, Kr. Main-Kinzig, Hessen
Today, Büdesheim is administratively part of the municipality of Schöneck. It is located about 18 kilometers southeast of Friedberg.
Church:
The historical hall-style church in Büdesheim was built in 1424. It is dedicated to St. Andrew and known as Andreaskirche.
In the first quarter of the 18th century, a hexagonal, slate-roofed turret was added to the gable roof of the nave on the west end.