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Huss Families of the Volga Village Volmer (Vollmer) |
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Member of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. This site is owned by Angela Gartner. |
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According to the 1766 Volmer Original Settlers List a Huss family from Kurpfalz, Offenbach settled in Volmer on July 18, 1766. The head of household is a Catholic farmer by the name of Johannes. Johannes was married to a girl named Anna Margaretha and they had a son named Johann Valentin.
I was surprised to see in the 1798 Volmer Village Census that our original settler and his wife were still alive. Johannes’s wife’s maiden name was also recorded! Her full name was Anna Margaretha Kreer or Krehr. After examining the 1798 document I have concluded that Johannes and Anna Margaretha had at least 3 children. Two sons and a daughter. The Census listed an unmarried adult son, Karl, still residing in the household. The Registry for the 1798 Volmer Census lists in 1797 the daughter of Johannes Us’s (Huss), Maria Anna, married Matheus Kraf (Graf) from Berezovka (Dehler). I don’t know yet if this couple stayed in Dehler indefinitely. The son that was listed in the 1766 Original Settlers List, Valentine, is listed in a separate house hold. His surname was translated as Gus or Huss. He married a Lang girl, who too was also a child of a Volmer Original Settler. There are four sons listed in this house hold!
The 1834 Volmer Census contains many Huss family members. Valentine’s son Johannes’s is now the family patriarch. Johannes and his wife still have 2 sons and a daughter living at home with them. One of the sons has married and has a son of his own. There is also another male living in this household, Heinrich, who is Johannes’s brother. Further down in the document I came across Karl's household. Interestingly there is no wife or children listed. His death dated was also documented. Is it possible he remained a bachelor. It might also be possible that he did have a wife and children. It could be argued that his wife died before he and the children were grown and moved out. I guess we may never find out for sure. Lastly, I found one Huss girl marrying within the Volmer Village. She married into the Dietrich Family, it is not clear who this girls parents were, but if I was to guess, I would bet on Johannes and Anna Margaretha.
In 1850 Johannes’s family still lives in Volmer. There are two sons, their wives and children living in this household. Both the sons married Zink girls. Johannes's brothers moved out and has a family of his own. Unfortunately his wife’s surname was not recorded. At the time of the census he had two very young daughters. Lastly, I found a Huss girl who married into the Stang family.
I hope this information will help with your research as well as give the inspiration to persevere. Below are the census documents that are currently available to order. If anyone has information to add to this please let me know.
Thanks,
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Alternate spelling:
Huss, Hus, Gus, Hoos? |
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If anyone has anything to add to this page please email me and I would be happy to add it.
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Below are lists of the Volmer Villagers that left Volmer |
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Huss Families that Stayed in Russia
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Sam Brungardt is a new member to the Volmer Website. I thought that the information he sent me may be of use to other Huss researchers.
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About the only thing he knows about the Huss family is that they first settled in Volmer and that there was some movement of a Huss either to or from Dehler.
His Grandfather’s Familly:
Johannes Haberkorn, was born in Goebel but when he was 2 or 3 years old, he moved with his parents and his older brother, Peter, to Marienfeld.
When the Haberkorns lived in Marienfeld, my great-grandfather married Elisabetha Huss. I don't know which village she was from, possibly Volmer (because that's the only colony in which I've been able to find the Huss name.
In 1875:
Johannes Haberkorn (b 5 Dec 1850 at Goebel, Russia; d 25 Dec 1919 at Marienfeld, Russia), son of Adam Haberkorn (b. about 1824 at Goebel Russia; d. ? at Marienfeld, Russia) and ?, m. Elisabetha Huss (b ? April 1852 or 1853 at ?, Russia; d. ? April 1920 at Marienfeld, Russia).
They had the following children: 1. Elizabetha Haberkorn (b. 17 Jan 1876 at Marienfeld, Russia; d. 30 Jun 1958 at Hays, Kan.) m. Alexander Herman on 28 Aug 1893 at Victoria, Kan. 2. Susanna Haberkorn (b. 19 Feb 1878 at Marienfeld, Russia; d. 16 Jul 1953 at Loretto, Kan.) m. John R. Stremel on 14 Jan 1896 at Pfeifer, Kan. 3. Anna Maria Haberkorn (b. 6 Jul 1887 at Marienfeld, Russia; d. 27 June 1975 at Hays, Kan.) m. Peter A. Dinkel on 18 Feb 1908 at Victoria, Kan. 4. Johannes Haberkorn (b. 10 Jan 1889 at Marienfeld, Russia; d 1918 at Josefstal, Russia) m ? in Russia 5. Margaretha Haberkorn (b. 11 Dec 1891 at Marienfeld, Russia; d. ? at ?, Russia) m. ? Burgardt in Russia
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In 1892:
Johannes Haberkorn and his family emigrated from Marienfeld, Russia, via Hamburg, Germany, on the SS California, landing at Ellis Island in New York harbor on 18 Apr 1892.)
6. Apollonia Haberkorn (b. 21 Oct 1893 at Pfeifer, Kan.; d. 10 Feb 1978 at ?, Russia) m. Johannes Dieser in Russia 7. Josef Haberkorn (b. 6 Apr 1895 at Pfeifer, Kan.; shot to death on 31 Dec 1937 at Saratov, Russia) m. ? 8. Anton Haberkorn (b. 31 Dec 1897 at Pfeifer, Kan.; shot to death on 31 Dec 1937 at Saratov, Russia) m. ? 9. Adam Haberkorn (b. 31 Dec 1897 at Pfeifer, Kan.; d. 9 Mar 1901 at Pfeifer, Kan.) 10. Caspar Haberkorn (b. 5 Jul 1900 at Pfeifer, Kan.; d. ? at ?, Russia) m. ?
In 1909:
Johannes Haberkorn and Elisabetha Huss Haberkorn returned to Marienfeld, Russia, with all their children except their three oldest daughters, who had already married. Johannes Haberkorn bought at least part interest in a mill in Marienfeld, where he had worked before he went to the United States.
So in reviewing the above information I have made the following assumptions:
1. Elisabetha Huss b: April 1852 or 1853 2. Elisabetha may have been born in Volmer, but on the 1858 Volmer Census can confirm this (which I don’t have) 3. There are 3 Huss families living in Volmer that could be her potential parents. 4. There are a lot of Volmer families moving to Dehler and there might be some hope of her and her family showing up on a 1857 or later census for this village. 5. It is more likely that if a Huss family was in Dehler, it was Volmer that they were originally from. |
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If you have any information please contact Sam by email.
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