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.Germans
From Russia Living in the Dakotas
German
citizens who immigrated to Russia and then immigrated to the United States
By Coleen
Mielke
Alaska
I've
been able to find my Walcker family in the 1744 church records for
Steinheim,Marbach,
Württemberg, Germany.
They
immigrated from Germany to Neu-Freudenthal, Russia in 1817
and
immigrated from Russia to McPherson County, South Dakota in 1885.
My
OPP family originated in Rockenhausen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. I have
found
them
in the earliest films available for that area (1692). They left Rockenhausen,
Germany
in
1784 and settled in Tscherwenka, Hungary until 1805, when they continued
their
journey
on to Glueckstal, Russia. In 1884, they immigrated to America, settling
in McPherson County
South
Dakota. All of my paternal grandparents (Walkers and Opps) are buried
in
Ashley, McIntosh County North Dakota.
My
Paternal grandparents: Jacob & Rosina (Opp) Walker in 1915 with their
children:
(left
to right) Welentina (b.1915), Leah (b.1913), Adolph (b. 1909),
Pauline
(b. 1906) and in back is Samuel Walker (b. 1899)
My
grandfather,Jacob Walker (b.1873 Neu Freudenthal) is the son of Jakob Walcker
and Magdalena Hoffman...
Rosina
Opp, my grandmother (b.1880 Glueckstal) is the daughter of Daniel F. Opp
and Magdalena Klein.
Jacob
and Rosina Walker farmed in the Eureka and Long Lake area for many years
before
they retired to Ashley, North Dakota, where they are buried.
My
grandparents were very proud people, perhaps that is why they never learned
to speak English
(they
spoke the Schwäbisch German dialect). Perhaps it was their way of
holding on to Germany.
German
Russian names that I am researching:
My
(direct line) family names are Walcker, Klein, Opp, Eberle, Renschler,
Wolf, Brandner, Bentz and Hoffman.
Other
branches I've researched are: Bauer, Beck,Bertsch, Bieber, Dockter,
Fauth,
Fischer, Flemmer, Fuchs, Gaub, Gohl, Hausauer, Hilgemann, Jacober,
Jahraus,
Jundt, Kaul,Ladner, Lautt, Leicht, Mehlhoff, Meidinger, Mettler, Neuharth
Retzer,
Scheuffele, Spitzer, and many others.
I
invite you to browse through the surname links listed below to see if you
find any familiar names.
If
you do, I'd love to hear from you....Just send me an e-mail
(If
you are searching for a surname listed ABOVE, but you don't
see
it in the list BELOW, click on the WALCKER or OPP link and you'll
find
them INSIDE of those files)
German Russian
Surnames That I am Researching
Click on Surname
you are interested in
Gaub
Family / German Russian
Lautt
Family / German Russian
Walcker/Walker
Family // German Russian
Opp
Family / German Russian
Eberle
Family / German Russian
Bentz
Family / German Russian
Brandner
Family / German Russian
Hoffman
Family / German Russian
Klein
Family / German Russian
Neuharth
Family / German Russian
Scheuffele
Family / German Russian
Wolf
Family / German Russian
Fauth
Family / German Russian
Wagenmann
or Wagemann / German Russian
Weber
More Family Surnames
Furniss/Furness
Family Research (more Furniss links below) England
Tinworth
Family / Elmdon, Essex, England
Bailey
Family History - Stetchworth England
Hunt
Family History - Cambridge, England
Wiseman
Family / Ringwood, Hampshire, England to Wisconsin
Baker
Family / 1650 Early American New England
Winn
Family / 1640 Woburn, Massachusetts
Little
Family / Arkansas
Boone
/ North Carolina
Mitvitnikoff
-Gregorief / Alaska
Roggenbuck
- German - Minnesota
Minnesota Research
Johnson
Family Research / Sweden to Minnesota
Mielke
Family / Germany to Minnesota
Fraasch
Family / Germany to Wisconsin
Klint
Family / Sweden to Minnesota
Lundquist
Family / Sweden to Minnesota
Gustafson
Family / Sweden to Minnesota
Jeffers
Family / Montana
2nd
Lt. Luther Sidney Gustafson
CEMETERY
LINK - Click Here To View Misc. Cemeteries for
Minnesota/North
Dakota/South Dakota/Alaska
1930 US Census for Long Lake, McPherson County, South Dakota
*Alaska
Genealogy (lots of neat stuff) *
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PHOTO
LINKS
BRANDNER
FAMILY PHOTO's
WALCKER-WALKER-OPP-RENSCHLER-HOFFMAN-BENTZ-WOLFF
OPP
- KLEIN PHOTO'S
FURNISS
- FURNESS - TINWORTH - NUNN - OFFLEY - TARRANT
WISEMAN
and WILLIAMSON FAMILY PHOTO's
BAKER
FAMILY PHOTO's
KLINT
FAMILY PHOTO's
GUSTAFSON
FAMILY PHOTO's
Hardin,
Montana 1932 Class Photo
CLICK
HERE TO VIEW MYSTERY PHOTOS
DO
YOU KNOW THESE GERMAN RUSSIAN FAMILIES?
Click Here for
More German Russian
Research Information:
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German-Russian
Village Name Information
The
History of the German-Russian Village of GLUECKSTAL
I am also researching
my mother's English family Line. Those surnames are:
Furniss/Furness, Fennell,
Goodman, Hawkins: originating in Northamptonshire
Tinworth/Tinsworth,
Bailey, Bowman, Pratt, Kent, Malyon : originating in Essex
Hunt and Furness in
Cambridgeshire and others. See above family pages
Click Here for the 1881 Census for the name FURNESS in Northamptonshire, England
Click
Here To View Pattishall, Northamptonshire, England Marriage Records 1837
- 1884
.
Click
Here To View Pattishall, Northamptonshire, England Marriage Records 1884
- 1924
Click Here To View Cold Higham, Northamptonshire Birth Records 1813-1828
Click Here To View Cold Higham, Northamptonshire Birth Records 1828-1849
Click Here To View Cold Higham, Northamptonshire Birth Records 1849-1869
Click Here To View Cold Higham, Northamptonshire Birth Records 1869-1893
Click
Here To View Cold Higham, Northamptonshire MARRIAGE records 1813-1835
Click
HERE To View a Graph That Will Show You How You
Are
Related To Your Ancestors
CLICK HERE FOR MIELKE GENEALOGY
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A Note about
myself:
My
husband and I were born in Alaska. I've been researching my family (as
well as my husbands family) tree for 25+ years. It is a hobby that
I find very rewarding and I love helping people solve genealogy
puzzles.
Because my grandparents were not born in the United States (my paternal grandparents were born in Russia and my mother & maternal grandparents were born in England), I did not have the pleasure of being raised near grandparents, aunts, uncles or cousins. Maybe that is the reason I feel so compelled to learn all I can about them, where they came from, why they came to America and how I fit in with those facts.
There
are nearly 9,500 surnames in my family genealogy, however, I've only
included
names
through approximately 1975 on this web page for privacy reasons.
These
pages are dedicated to my parents and grandparents pioneering spirit,
their
strength and sense of adventure.
Thank
You For Visiting
You
are Visitor #
I
have worked very hard to extract the information you see on these
web
pages. You are welcome to link back to my pages, however,
please
respect my efforts by giving credit where credit is due.
If
you choose to link back to any of my pages, I would appreciate a courtesy
e-mail.
.
John &
Coleen
Alaska
The Alaska
Flag
You can e-mail me at: coleen_mielke@hotmail.com
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Click
on the Following Links for Some of My
Favorite
Genealogy Sites:
èHere
is a FANTASTIC research site from Rootsweb...don't miss this one!
èTRANSLATION
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èClick
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èENGLISH
RESEARCH SITE
èROOTSWEB
èHAROLD
EHRMAN's WEB SITE---A GREAT GERMAN RUSSIAN SITE!
èGERMANS
FROM RUSSIA HERITAGE SOCIETY (BISMARCK NORTH DAKOTA)
èGERMAN
GENEALOGY SITE
èGERMANS
FROM RUSSIA HERITAGE COLLECTION NDSU LIBRARIES
èAMERICAN
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GERMANS FROM RUSSIA
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I
want to thank the sites who so generously
offered
free graphics that I've used on my web pages:
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