Shattuck

HISTORY

Volga Germans who originally settled in Lehigh, Kansas, began arriving in Ellis Co., Oklahoma, in 1900, settling in and around Shattuck. This settlement proved to be the state's most cohesive and long-lasting.

VOLGA GERMAN FAMILIES

The following Volga German families are known to have lived in and around Shattuck:

Appel
Armbruster
Batt
Becker
Bender
Blehm
Borth
Busch
Diel / Deal
Ehrlich
Feil / Fiel
Fritzler
Gantz
Grasmick
Haffner
Hanschu
Heffle
Helzer
Herber
Kelln
Kerbs
Klein
Koch
Laubhan
Link
Longhofer
Meier
Oblander
Renner
Rexius
Riffel
Ruf
Schick
Schoenhals
Schultz
Sell
Shibelhute (Scheibelhut)
Siebenlist
Spomer
Steinert
Steinle
Treiber
Winter / Winters
Wunsch
Youck (Jauk)

VOLGA GERMAN CONGREGATIONS

Christ Lutheran Church
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Seventh Day Adventist Church
St. Paul Lutheran Church

Sources

Egan, Timothy. The Worst Hard Time (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006)