Brighton, Adams Co., Colorado
Names:
Brighton, Adams Co., Colorado
History:
By the early 1900s Volga Germans from the Russian colonies Frank, Dietel, Dreispitz, Marienfeld, Oberdorf, Shcherbakovka, and Herzog settled in Brighton.
Surnames:
Volga German Families:
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in Brighton:
Amend
Appelhans
Barth
Batt
Beierle
Beisel
Bender
Berger
Busch
Crispen
Deines
Ehrlich
Els
Frank
Gettmann
Greenemeier
Greenewaldt
Heinze
Hill
Hollmann
Horst
Kaltenberger
Keller
Kerbs
Krämer
Kraus
Lambrecht
Lesser
Lutz
Meier
Michel
Miller
Miltenberger
Nazarenus
Pfenning
Richter
Ritter
Roth
Schäfer
Schön
Schick
Schissler
Schmidt
Schwab
Sewald
Stegman from Pfeifer
Unrein from Ober-Monjou
Wagner
Wolf
Wollert
Zeiler
Ziegler
Notable Individuals:
Sources:
- USA Settlement List (Patricia Miller)
Resources:
External Links:
Brighton, Colorado (Wikipedia)