Brush

HISTORY

Many Volga German families came to Brush to work in the sugar beet industry. The factory opened 11 October 1906 in northeast Bruch and operated until 1955. Only the warehouse remains today.

VOLGA GERMAN FAMILIES

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in Brush:

Amen from Frank
Aschenbrenner from Norka
Beck
Becker
Bernhardt
Bersch
Blum
Bollig
Bostrom / Bostron
Bott
Brautigam
Brungardt / Brunkhardt
Butz from Beideck
Denning
Dreith from Beideck
Eichorn from Dönhof
Eckes / Ickes
Eckhardt
Engelman from Kukkus
Floth
Foos
Frick
Friehauf
Fritzler
Geisick / Giesick
Geist
Gelroth
George
Herbst
Hergenreter
Kahler / Koehler
Kammerzell
Kauffman from Frank
Kautz
Kissler
Klippert from Walter
Kloberdanz
Krieger from Norka
Lapp
b Lauck
Lebsack / Lebsock
Legleiter
Leis
Miller
Mohrlang
Nuss
Oblander
Pabst from Beideck
Pfannenstiel / Fahnenstiel
Quint
Rehn
Reich
Reifschneider
Scheideman
Schillerif
Schilling
Schmick
Schnegelberger from Beideck
Schott
Schreiber
Schreiner
Schultheis / Schuldies
Schwindt
Siegwardt / Sigwart
Spahn
Spomer from Beideck
Uhrich from Frank
Unrein
Usinger
Wacker / Walker from Norka
Walter / Walters
Wamboldt / Wombold from Dietel
Weimer
Wiederspahn / Wiederspan
Winter
Wolf
Yakel

VOLGA GERMAN CONGREGATIONS

Immanuel Congregational Church

St. Mary's Catholic Church