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From: Don Loose <>
Subject: Re: [GV] Seifert, Schwindt, Peppler and Rexius Families
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 12:30:39 -0500
In-Reply-To: <F113FopYC98Bi89Qtpf0000ad01@hotmail.com>


Amy,

Welcome to the list serve; we are friendly and hope to help answer
questions.

I checked my "1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga"
reference and found several SCHWINDT families listed but only one in
Kraft; I found only one REXIUS listed (a male head of a large
household, including a SCHWINDT daughter-in-law) and it was in Kraft.
This is not much help except to know that the surname was there in the
Volga area, and it was at an early date. The problem is, based on my
experience, there is no census information for Kraft after about 1865
or 1866. One can order (Dr.) Pleve Charts for ancestry, but they are of
no help for the colony of Kraft after that time period. You mentioned
that the REXIUS family first settled in Sugar City, CO; the Denver
AHSGR Chapter has a lot of information on that area as well as the
state of Colorado ..... they should be of some help.

Have you been able to locate "Allenbach"? You seem to have record of
several births. etc., in the area. Focus on locating the town
geographically. A problem is that town names changed and were taken
over by different countries in some areas. There are world mapping
sites, but I can not quote one for you at this time.

Good Luck in your search,

Don Loose
Warren, Mich.

On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 03:39 AM, Amy Donahue wrote:

> I just subscribed to the list today. I have only recently began
> researching my German Russian family. I do not know where to look
> next and was hoping someone would be able to help or perhaps someone
> may know of these families. Here is what I was able to figure out so
> far.
>
> Schwindt Family:
> Reinhardt or Fred and Katherine Schwindt (I have no information on
> them)
> Children:
> 1) Katherine A. Schwindt
> Born: March 17, 1881 in ??? (I have a document that says she was born
> in Allenbach, Russia, but I have not been able to find this town. Has
> anyone heard of it?
> Died: January 05, 1966 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
> Married: Conrad Seifert on ??? in Russia
>
> 2) Lydia Schwindt
> Born: January 29, 1890 in Kraft, Kamenka Canton, Saratov Province,
> Russia
> Died: July 04, 1971 in Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
> Married: Friedrich Rexius on September 04, 1909 in Kraft, Kamenka
> Canton, Saratov Province, Russia
> They had 8 children.
> Friedrich left Russia first in January 1913 and was joined later that
> year in July by his wife and son. They first settled in Sugar City,
> CO and then in Scotts Bluff, NE.
>
> 3) Reinhardt Schwindt
> I know nothing about him except that him emigrated to the US maybe to
> Nebraska.
>
> There are at least two more girls and two more brothers that I don't
> even know their names.
>
> Seifert Family:
> George and Anna Seifert (I do not know anything about them)
> Children:
> 1) John Peter Seifert
> Born: July 14, 1878 in Allenbach, Russia
> Died: July 21, 1942 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
> Married: Anna Elizabeth Peppler on ??? in Russia
> Anna Elizabeth Peppler
> Born: July 02, 1885 in Allenbach, Russia
> Died: March 22, 1947 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
> They had 8 or 9 children.
>
> 2) Conrad Seifert
> Born: January 08, 1885 in Allenbach, Russia
> Died: May 11, 1950 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
> Married: Katherine A. Schwindt on ??? in Russia
> Katherine A. Schwindt
> Born: March 17, 1881 in Allenbach, Russia
> Died: January 05, 1966 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
> They had 11 children.
>
> I am sure they are more children, but these are the only two I have
> found so far. Both John Peter and Conrad Seifert immigrated with
> their families to the US, first to Fort Collins, CO (1906-1910), then
> to Milwaukee, WI (1910-1912), then to Dakota County, MN (1912-1927),
> and then finally to St. Paul, MN (1927 to present).
>
> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
>
>
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