Algarrobo (Juan Cousté)

Location

38°53' S 63°08' W

History

In the early 1930s, following several years of drought, Volga German families who had settled earlier in the rural areas of La Pampa Province resettled to more promising areas like Algarrobo in search of work.

Estación Algarrobo was established when a train station was located there on 31 August 1897.  The town of Juan Cousté which was officially founded on 13 December 1909 is serviced by the Algarrobo train station, and the Volga Germans have used the name of Algarrobo to describe this area in which they settled.

Volga German Families

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

Beratz
Blattner from Köhler
Bohn
Brost from Volmer
Eberling from Preuss
Gassner
Haberkorn
Holzmann from Preuss
Jungblut from Preuss
Kern
Kessler from Louis
Kronenberger from Dehler
Masson from Dehler & Brabander
Mildenberger from Dehler
Ramborger
Rudel
Ruppel
Schroh from Volmer
Schwab
Schwalje
Sewalt
Stalldecker from Brabander
Swenzel
Weingart from Rothammel
Weisbeck from Hildmann
Wesner from Volmer
Zimmermann from Seelmann