FOUNDING SETTLERS OF HERZOG
April 8, 1876
Herzog became the largest of the Volga-German colonies in Ellis County. Situated in the Southeast Quarter of Section 1, Township 14, Range 17 one-half mile north of the English colony of Victoria, it was established by the following founders on April 8, 1876.
Freiderich Arnhold
Jakob Arnhold
Eva Hoffman Arnhold
Katharina Margaretha Faller Arnhold
Philip Arnhold
Katharina Dreiling Arnhold
Andreas Billinger
Magdalena Scheck Billinger
Johannes Peter Braun
Anna Martha Weber Braun
Joseph Braun
Katharina Rohleder Dreiling
Alois Dreiling
Maria Elizabetha Rupp Dreiling
Anton Dreiling
Maria Elizabetha Rupp Dreiling
Nikolas Dreiling
Katharina Wahl Dreiling
Nikolas Dreiling
Margaretha Seib Dreiling
Peter N. Dreiling
Elizabetha Richmeier Dreiling
Christina (Anna Maria) Geist
Johann Jakob Geist
Anna Maria Bieker Geist
Johannes Geist
Kaharina Gerber Geist
Wilhelm Geist
Katharina Elizabetha Meis Geist
Andreas Goetz
Anna Bollig Goetz
Johann Goetz
Anna Maria Mermis Goetz
Anton Herman
Elizabetha Dreiling Herman
Johannes Kreutzer
Katharina Asselborn Kreutzer
Jakob Lang
Susanna Urban Lang
Peter Quint
Margaretha Gerber Quint
Michael Rome
Anna Schreiner Rome
Andreas Sander
Katharina Knoll Sander
J. Adam Sander
Elizabetha Lauber Sander
Johannes Peter Sander
Anna Katharina Brungardt Sander
Michael Storm, Jr.
Eva Knaub Storm
Michael Storm, Sr.
Elizabetha Ries Storm
Joseph Stroemel
Barbara Urban Stroemel
Ignatz Vonfeldt
Anton Weber
Anna Maria Gerber Weber
Franz Weber
Anna Barbara Mueller Weber
Andreas Weigel
Ignatz Weigel
Elizabetha Sander Weigel
Johannes Anton Weigel
The original founders of Herzog gathered at Saratov from the nine villages of Herzog, Boregard, Liebental, Obermonjour, Marienthal, Louis, New-Obermonjour, Marienburg, and Graf. They left Saratov on October 24, 1875.
Sailing from Bremen, Germany, on November 2, 1875, they landed at Baltimar, Maryland, on November 23 following a rough, 21 day sea voyage. Traveling by train, they arrived in Topeka on November 28. They were quartered for several days in the Kings Bridge Building until rental accommodations could be secured in north Topeka. During the winter of 1875-76 they worked out of Topeka at common labor, on the railroad, or for local farmers.
Some of their leaders recommended land in the Hog Back vicinity in Ellis County but this was rejected by the group. Eventually they agreed on the site where Herzog was ultimately located.
The first dwellings were erected immediately after the April 8, 1876, arrival on the ast bank of Big Creek a short distance west of the present town.
The friends and relatives who had remained in Russia were obviously impressed by the glowing reports from Kansas. On July 8, 1876, the largest single expedition to leave for the colonies departed from Saratov. Within this group were 108 families for whom Balthasar Brungardt had undertaken to secure emigration passes. This contingent sailed on the “Mosel”, landing in new York and then arrived in Victoria on August 3, 1876.
This group consisted of the following families:
Father / Mother Children
Peter Braun
Peter Andreas Braun Maria
Katharina Margaretha
Andreas Brungardt Andreas, Johannes, Margaretha, Katharina, Michael, Joseph
Magdalena
Balthasar Brungardt Franz, Alexander, Michael
Katharina
Franz Brungardt Margaretha, Andreas, Monika, Barbara, Johannes, Katharina, Anna
Eva
Franz Brungardt, Sr.
Anna Maria
John Peter Brungardt
Peter Brungardt Peter, Anna Maria, Andreas, Katharina, Margaretha
Barbara
Peter Brungardt (Dobler) Margaretha, Andreas, Anton, Peter, Michael, Balthasar, Franz
Katharina
Alois Denning Alois, Anna, Katharina, Christina, Maria
Theresia
Elizabetha Denning (mother)
Michael Denning Joseph, Jokob, Barbara, Margaretha, Katharina, Barbara
Anna Maria
Andreas Dinkel
Georg Dinkel Elizabetha, Peter
Margaretha
Johannes Peter Dinkel Eva, Johannes, Peter
Katharina
Anton M. Dreiling Anna Barbara, Rosa, Peter
Anna Maria
Elizabetha Dreiling
Franz M. Dreiling Katharina, Anton
Maria Anna
Johannes S. Dreiling
Michael Dreiling, Sr. Johannes
Margaretha
Michael M. Dreiling Michael, Balthasar
Barbara
Paulina Dreiling
Peter M. Dreiling Paulina
Susanna
John Frank
Marianna
Joseph Kapp
Adam Knoll Michael, Johannes, Johannes Peter, Peter
Katharina
Andreas Kuhn Andreas, Anna Katharina
Anna Katharina
Johannes Kuhn
Barbara
Johannes Kuhn, Sr. (Widower)
Michael Kuhn Anna Barbara, Johannes, Jakob, Michael, Agnes, Katharina, Anna,
Susanna Barbara
Michael Kuhn, Sr. Magdalena, Johannes
Elizabetha
Michael M. Kuhn Agnes
Margaretha
Anton Mermis Anton, Peter, Franz, Konrad
Elizabetha
Andreas Pfeifer
Barbara
Johannes Pfeifer Johannes, Maria, Elizabetha
Susanna
Michael Pfeifer, Sr. Michael, Anna Katharina, Adam, Paulina
Theresia
Adam Riedel Agnes, Anna
Anna Maria
Andreas Riedel Anna Maria, Johannes, Adam
Christina
Martin Riedel Andreas
Theresia
Peter Rome Eva
Katharina
Ignatz Sander Anna, Katharina, Joseph, Anton
Margaretha
Magdalena Sander (Mother)
Friederich Schamber Peter, Christina, Anna Maria
Katharina
Andreas Scheck, Jr. Peter, Katharina, Joseph, Franciska, Andreas, Anna
Katharina
Andreas Scheck, Sr. Johannes
Elizabetha
Michael Schmidtberger
Andreas Vonfeldt
Elizabetha
Johannes Vonfeldt Peter, Margaretha, Christian, Johnnes
Joseph Vonfedt Anna Maria, Anna
Katharina
Johannes Wasinger Johannes, Stanislaus, Franz, Peter, Joseph
Katharina
Michael Weigel Johannes, Peter, Michael, Valentine, Barbara, Peter Andreas, Joseph,
Katharina Katharina
Johannes Windholz (Single)
Johannes Wittman Anna Katharina, Alexander, Andreas, Johannes, Michael
Anna
Peter Wittman Anna
Katharina
Martin Younger (Junker) Johannes, Johannes, Michael, Joseph, Katharina, Anna
Margaretha
Peter Younger (Junker) Johannes, Peter, Margaretha
From Obermonjour
Father / Mother Children
Johannes Leiker Adolf, Katharina, Pius, Michael, Rosa
Elizabetha
Anton Rupp Alexander, Joseph, Caecilia, Maria, Anna, Rosa
Maria
Jakob Rupp Margaretha, Anna Maria
Margaretha
Kaspar Rupp Kaspar, Michael, Agnes
Margaretha
Margaretha Rupp (Mother)
From Louis
Father / Mother Children
Joseph Graf, Sr. Joseph, Peter
Anna Maria
Sebastian Graf (Father of Joseph)
Martin Quint Margaretha, Martin, Franz, Johannes Michael, Peter
Margaretha
Michael Quint Aloysius, Margaretha, Anna Barbara, Katharina, Veronica, Rosa
Franciska
From Graf
Father / Mother Children
Heinrich Gerber (Single)
A few days before Christmas, 1877 three new families arrived in Herzog from Russia. They were:
Father / Mother Children
Peter Kuhn Peter
Magdelena
Peter Linenberger
Anna Maria
Joseph Schmidtberger
Elizabetha
On June 20, 1878 the family of Jakob Lang, Sr. came from Kamenka to settle in Herzog.
The last major group to emigrate from Russia for settlement in Herzog, came under the leadership of Joseph Linenberger, arriving in Victoria, September 15, 1878. This group consisted of the following families:
Father / Mother Children
Johannes Billinger
Magdalena
Andreas Goetz Andreas, Joseph
Magdalena
Henery Hausen (2 in family)
Peter Kuhn Michael, Nicholaus, Amalia, Anton, Margaretha
Gertrude
Andreas Linenberger
Margaretha
Joseph Linenberger Johannes, Maria, Peter, Katharina, Joseph, Gertrude
Margaretha
Johannes Pfeifer Elizabetha, Adam, Margaretha, Katharina, Barbara, Andreas
Anna Margaretha
Johannes Pfeifer Johannes
Anna Maria
Michael Vonfeldt (2 in family)
Valentine Weigel (8 in family)
Johannes Windholz (12 in family)
Additional immigrants continued to settle in Herzog until the beginning of the first World War but came singly or in small groups.
FOUNDING SETTLERS OF HERZOG
April 8, 1876
Herzog became the largest of the Volga-German colonies in Ellis County. Situated in the Southeast Quarter of Section 1, Township 14, Range 17 one-half mile north of the English colony of Victoria, it was established by the following founders on April 8, 1876.
Freiderich Arnhold
Jakob Arnhold
Eva Hoffman Arnhold
Katharina Margaretha Faller Arnhold
Philip Arnhold
Katharina Dreiling Arnhold
Andreas Billinger
Magdalena Scheck Billinger
Johannes Peter Braun
Anna Martha Weber Braun
Joseph Braun
Katharina Rohleder Dreiling
Alois Dreiling
Maria Elizabetha Rupp Dreiling
Anton Dreiling
Maria Elizabetha Rupp Dreiling
Nikolas Dreiling
Katharina Wahl Dreiling
Nikolas Dreiling
Margaretha Seib Dreiling
Peter N. Dreiling
Elizabetha Richmeier Dreiling
Christina (Anna Maria) Geist
Johann Jakob Geist
Anna Maria Bieker Geist
Johannes Geist
Kaharina Gerber Geist
Wilhelm Geist
Katharina Elizabetha Meis Geist
Andreas Goetz
Anna Bollig Goetz
Johann Goetz
Anna Maria Mermis Goetz
Anton Herman
Elizabetha Dreiling Herman
Johannes Kreutzer
Katharina Asselborn Kreutzer
Jakob Lang
Susanna Urban Lang
Peter Quint
Margaretha Gerber Quint
Michael Rome
Anna Schreiner Rome
Andreas Sander
Katharina Knoll Sander
J. Adam Sander
Elizabetha Lauber Sander
Johannes Peter Sander
Anna Katharina Brungardt Sander
Michael Storm, Jr.
Eva Knaub Storm
Michael Storm, Sr.
Elizabetha Ries Storm
Joseph Stroemel
Barbara Urban Stroemel
Ignatz Vonfeldt
Anton Weber
Anna Maria Gerber Weber
Franz Weber
Anna Barbara Mueller Weber
Andreas Weigel
Ignatz Weigel
Elizabetha Sander Weigel
Johannes Anton Weigel
The original founders of Herzog gathered at Saratov from the nine villages of Herzog, Boregard, Liebental, Obermonjour, Marienthal, Louis, New-Obermonjour, Marienburg, and Graf. They left Saratov on October 24, 1875.
Sailing from Bremen, Germany, on November 2, 1875, they landed at Baltimar, Maryland, on November 23 following a rough, 21 day sea voyage. Traveling by train, they arrived in Topeka on November 28. They were quartered for several days in the Kings Bridge Building until rental accommodations could be secured in north Topeka. During the winter of 1875-76 they worked out of Topeka at common labor, on the railroad, or for local farmers.
Some of their leaders recommended land in the Hog Back vicinity in Ellis County but this was rejected by the group. Eventually they agreed on the site where Herzog was ultimately located.
The first dwellings were erected immediately after the April 8, 1876, arrival on the ast bank of Big Creek a short distance west of the present town.
The friends and relatives who had remained in Russia were obviously impressed by the glowing reports from Kansas. On July 8, 1876, the largest single expedition to leave for the colonies departed from Saratov. Within this group were 108 families for whom Balthasar Brungardt had undertaken to secure emigration passes. This contingent sailed on the “Mosel”, landing in new York and then arrived in Victoria on August 3, 1876.
This group consisted of the following families:
Father / Mother Children
Peter Braun
Peter Andreas Braun Maria
Katharina Margaretha
Andreas Brungardt Andreas, Johannes, Margaretha, Katharina, Michael, Joseph
Magdalena
Balthasar Brungardt Franz, Alexander, Michael
Katharina
Franz Brungardt Margaretha, Andreas, Monika, Barbara, Johannes, Katharina, Anna
Eva
Franz Brungardt, Sr.
Anna Maria
John Peter Brungardt
Peter Brungardt Peter, Anna Maria, Andreas, Katharina, Margaretha
Barbara
Peter Brungardt (Dobler) Margaretha, Andreas, Anton, Peter, Michael, Balthasar, Franz
Katharina
Alois Denning Alois, Anna, Katharina, Christina, Maria
Theresia
Elizabetha Denning (mother)
Michael Denning Joseph, Jokob, Barbara, Margaretha, Katharina, Barbara
Anna Maria
Andreas Dinkel
Georg Dinkel Elizabetha, Peter
Margaretha
Johannes Peter Dinkel Eva, Johannes, Peter
Katharina
Anton M. Dreiling Anna Barbara, Rosa, Peter
Anna Maria
Elizabetha Dreiling
Franz M. Dreiling Katharina, Anton
Maria Anna
Johannes S. Dreiling
Michael Dreiling, Sr. Johannes
Margaretha
Michael M. Dreiling Michael, Balthasar
Barbara
Paulina Dreiling
Peter M. Dreiling Paulina
Susanna
John Frank
Marianna
Joseph Kapp
Adam Knoll Michael, Johannes, Johannes Peter, Peter
Katharina
Andreas Kuhn Andreas, Anna Katharina
Anna Katharina
Johannes Kuhn
Barbara
Johannes Kuhn, Sr. (Widower)
Michael Kuhn Anna Barbara, Johannes, Jakob, Michael, Agnes, Katharina, Anna,
Susanna Barbara
Michael Kuhn, Sr. Magdalena, Johannes
Elizabetha
Michael M. Kuhn Agnes
Margaretha
Anton Mermis Anton, Peter, Franz, Konrad
Elizabetha
Andreas Pfeifer
Barbara
Johannes Pfeifer Johannes, Maria, Elizabetha
Susanna
Michael Pfeifer, Sr. Michael, Anna Katharina, Adam, Paulina
Theresia
Adam Riedel Agnes, Anna
Anna Maria
Andreas Riedel Anna Maria, Johannes, Adam
Christina
Martin Riedel Andreas
Theresia
Peter Rome Eva
Katharina
Ignatz Sander Anna, Katharina, Joseph, Anton
Margaretha
Magdalena Sander (Mother)
Friederich Schamber Peter, Christina, Anna Maria
Katharina
Andreas Scheck, Jr. Peter, Katharina, Joseph, Franciska, Andreas, Anna
Katharina
Andreas Scheck, Sr. Johannes
Elizabetha
Michael Schmidtberger
Andreas Vonfeldt
Elizabetha
Johannes Vonfeldt Peter, Margaretha, Christian, Johnnes
Joseph Vonfedt Anna Maria, Anna
Katharina
Johannes Wasinger Johannes, Stanislaus, Franz, Peter, Joseph
Katharina
Michael Weigel Johannes, Peter, Michael, Valentine, Barbara, Peter Andreas, Joseph,
Katharina Katharina
Johannes Windholz (Single)
Johannes Wittman Anna Katharina, Alexander, Andreas, Johannes, Michael
Anna
Peter Wittman Anna
Katharina
Martin Younger (Junker) Johannes, Johannes, Michael, Joseph, Katharina, Anna
Margaretha
Peter Younger (Junker) Johannes, Peter, Margaretha
From Obermonjour
Father / Mother Children
Johannes Leiker Adolf, Katharina, Pius, Michael, Rosa
Elizabetha
Anton Rupp Alexander, Joseph, Caecilia, Maria, Anna, Rosa
Maria
Jakob Rupp Margaretha, Anna Maria
Margaretha
Kaspar Rupp Kaspar, Michael, Agnes
Margaretha
Margaretha Rupp (Mother)
From Louis
Father / Mother Children
Joseph Graf, Sr. Joseph, Peter
Anna Maria
Sebastian Graf (Father of Joseph)
Martin Quint Margaretha, Martin, Franz, Johannes Michael, Peter
Margaretha
Michael Quint Aloysius, Margaretha, Anna Barbara, Katharina, Veronica, Rosa
Franciska
From Graf
Father / Mother Children
Heinrich Gerber (Single)
A few days before Christmas, 1877 three new families arrived in Herzog from Russia. They were:
Father / Mother Children
Peter Kuhn Peter
Magdelena
Peter Linenberger
Anna Maria
Joseph Schmidtberger
Elizabetha
On June 20, 1878 the family of Jakob Lang, Sr. came from Kamenka to settle in Herzog.
The last major group to emigrate from Russia for settlement in Herzog, came under the leadership of Joseph Linenberger, arriving in Victoria, September 15, 1878. This group consisted of the following families:
Father / Mother Children
Johannes Billinger
Magdalena
Andreas Goetz Andreas, Joseph
Magdalena
Henery Hausen (2 in family)
Peter Kuhn Michael, Nicholaus, Amalia, Anton, Margaretha
Gertrude
Andreas Linenberger
Margaretha
Joseph Linenberger Johannes, Maria, Peter, Katharina, Joseph, Gertrude
Margaretha
Johannes Pfeifer Elizabetha, Adam, Margaretha, Katharina, Barbara, Andreas
Anna Margaretha
Johannes Pfeifer Johannes
Anna Maria
Michael Vonfeldt (2 in family)
Valentine Weigel (8 in family)
Johannes Windholz (12 in family)
Additional immigrants continued to settle in Herzog until the beginning of the first World War but came singly or in small groups.