Bay City

HISTORY

Volga German immigrants who settled in Bay City came from the following colonies:

Dreispitz
Erlenbach
Oberdorf
Schwed
Shcherbakovka

 

VOLGA GERMAN CONGREGATIONS

 

VOLGA GERMAN FAMILIES

      The following Volga German families are known to have settled in Bay City and the surrounding area:

Altergott from Schwed
Baum from Kukkus
Derr Norka
Friesorger
Johannes from Kukkus
Keller from Unterdorf
KrenzOberdorf
Mehl from Reinhard
Oblender from Wiesenfeld
Reisig from Shcherbakovka
Voigt
Weisheim
Zwetzig from Shcherbakovka

Sources

Pickelhaupt, Bill. The Volga Germans of Michigan's Thumb (Fort Gratiot, MI: Flyblister, 2009).

Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States(Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 54.