HISTORY
Pine Island was founded by Volga German colonists immigrating from Yagodanya Polyana.
Today, Pine Island is a hamlet just west of the town of Warwick, New York, not far from the New Jersey border.
VOLGA GERMAN CONGREGATIONS
St. Paul Congregational Church
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
VOLGA GERMAN FAMILIES
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in the Pine Island / Little York area:
Eurich
Freise
Gerlitz
Jungman (Youngmann)
Leinweber
Mohr
Ochs
Scheuermann
Schlegel
Wagner
Wilhelm
Zürckiebel (Sircable)
Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 57.
Obituary Index, Warwick, NY (José Rivera Nieves)
Obituary Index, Pine Island, NY (José Rivera Nieves)
Warwick Cemetery Index (findagrave.com)
Pine Island, New York (Wikipedia)
Warwick, New York (Wikipedia)