Sebewaing, Huron Co., Michigan

Includes the following communities:

History:

Volga German immigrants from Norka, Oberdorf, and Wiesenmüller settled in Sebewaing beginning in 1902, coming from Lincoln, Nebraska, where they had settled earlier. They were attracted to the area by the sugar beet industry that was being developed in the Saginaw Valley.

Volga German Congregations:

Immanuel Lutheran Church

Congregations:

Immanuel Lutheran Church - Sebewaing

Surnames:

Volga German Families:

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in Sebewaing and the surrounding area:

Achziger from Kolb
Alles from Walter
Amen from Frank
Asmus from Grimm
Bachman from Paulskaya
Baumgartner from Anton
Bender from Erlenbach
Bolger from Reinhard
Kruse from Laub
Lempert from Brunnental
Lesser from Frank
Meier from Shcherbakovka
Michel from Kana
Mill from Erlenbach
Reisig from Shcherbakovka
Spangler from Wiesenmüller
Steinert from Shcherbakovka
Wunsch from Galka

Volga Colonies:

Erlenbach (Bergseite)

Sources:

- Pickelhaupt, Bill. The Volga Germans of Michigan's Thumb (Fort Gratiot, MI: Flyblister, 2009).
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 54.
- USA Settlement List (Patricia Miller)

External Links:

Sebewaing, Michigan (Wikipedia)