St. Marys, Pottawatomie/Wabaunsee Co., Kansas
The town of St. Marys, Kansas, straddles the county line between Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee Counties. It was platted 8 August 1866 and officially incorporated on 8 October 1869.
St. Marys is located about 20 miles northwest of Topeka and many families from the Volga German communities in Topeka moved to St. Marys over the years.
St. Marys Academy
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around St. Marys:
Abt
Bondrak (Bondank)
Bucholz from Mariental
Buckner
Buss
Ernst
Fuhr
Gassman
Glick from Mariental
Hefner
Heim
Homan
Ingentron
Kinderknecht
Martell (Bartell)
Mesmer
Rickstater
Rumback
Sauer
Seitz from Mariental & Semenovka
Sack
Staab
Schwalia (spelled different ways)
- Northeastern Kansas Chapter, AHSGR
- Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery (FindaGrave)
- Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery (KsGenWeb)
- A Brief History (St. Marys Chamber of Commerce)
- St. Marys, Kansas (wikipedia)
- St. Marys, KS (LASR)
- Saint Mary's Academy and College (wikipedia)