Volmer - Kopenka

Volmer Family of Volmer

Member of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia.

This site is owned by Angela Gartner.

Surname Variations:  Volmer, Vollmer, Folmer, Follmer

 

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The Volmer family came from a village called Dirkheim in the Kurpfalz region of Hessen Germany before coming to Volmer according to the Original Settlers List.

 

I have found Dirkheim also written as Duerkheim.

 

To help with your research I checked all my Census Records for Volmer and found that the Volmer family children, which are listed in the Original Settlers List, are found in Volmer in 1798 as well. The male Volmers all moved, leaving the daughters, who had married with in the colony. 

 

I found in the 1834 Volmer Village Census that one of the sons moved back and died before 1834. There was only one son listed on this census and unfortunately he was listed as having died before 1834. 

 

There are no Volmers listed in the 1850 census. 

 

To further research this family we must investigate where the other 2 sons moved to:

 

Peter and Nikolaus both moved to the Semenovka Colony. 

 

The only Volmer family descendants left in the Colony Volmer can be found in the Acks Family Tree.

Loose Ends

 

1. Find copy of 1798 Semenovka Census

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I received an interesting email from Elza Fowler .  I thought I would share this with every one:

I saw your site and found it interesting.  I’m of the Volmer line, the name was Americanized to Fulmer when my ancestors came here in 1752.  Eberhard Ludwig Vollmer and his family were of the line that started mine.  Later around 1800 the name was changed to Folmar.  Although I may be kin to the line of decendents from the Village Volmer, my kin originated in the Black Forest area.  Simplicius Vollmer is as far back that I have been able to trace.  He was born in 1530 in Wildbad, and died in 1572 in Urach, Germany.   I just thought I would say hi.

Elza Fowler