Emmeram, Ellis Co., Kansas

Includes the following communities:

Norddorf, Ellis Co., Kansas

History:

Emmeram is an unincorporated place in Ellis Co., Kansas. Originally it was called Norddorf, but was changed to Emmeram in honor of Father Emmeram Kausler, the first priest to serve the Catholic settlers living there. A town plot was filed in 1902, but a town never really developed.

There was a parish school in operation from 1912 to 1925. The building was then used as a parish hall. It was razed in 1946 when a new parish hall was constructed.

Congregations:

Sacred Heart Catholic Parish - Emmeram

Volga German Families:

The following Volga German families settled in and around Emmeram:

Bieker
Bollig from Graf
Brungardt
Denning
Dreiling
Dinkel
Froehlich
Frank
Geist from Ober-Monjou
Goetz from Herzog
Hammerschmidt from Herzog
Hertel
Hill
Hoff
Hoffman
Herman
Kuhn from Herzog
Linenberger
Quint from Louis
Rohleder
Sander / Saunders form Herzog
Scheck from Herzog
Toepfer
Weigel from Herzog
Windholz

Volga Colonies:

Notable Individuals:

Sources:

- At Home in Ellis County, Kansas: 1867-1992 (Hays, KS: Ellis County Historical Society, 1991)
- Windholz, Frank J. A Brief History of Sacred Heart Parish and Emmeram, Kansas (1978).

Resources:

- Sacred Heart Cemetery (FindAGrave)

External Links:

- Emmeram, Kansas (Wikipedia)
- Transcript of The Golden Jubilee of German-Russian Settlements of Ellis and Rush Counties, Kansas, 1926.