Hi Barbara, Nal'Chik (Alexanderdorf) is located in south Russia (Ukraine) near the Black Sea. I have several Wells individuals in my data base. They are in Kansas, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska and Goshen County, Wyoming. One of my cousins, Wilhelm Margheim, born in Merkel (Makarowka), Saratov Province, Russia lives in a village named Kauhasus near Nal'Chik. In 1941 when Stalin ordered the relocation of the Volga Germans, Wilhelm, and the other Margheim relatives, were sent by rail to Omsk, Siberia, Russia. In 1956 Wilhelm, and his family, returned to Merkel. They discovered that the Margheim home had been destroyed by the Communists in 1941. Wilhelm and his family then went on to Nal'Chik and finally settled in nearby Kauhasus. In 1995 Wilhelm's son, Heinrich Andreas Margheim, left Kauhasus to join his uncle, Johannes Margheim, in Hardheim, Odenwald, Germany. Wilhelm and the rest of his family remained in Kauhasus. Clarence Jake Margheim E-mail: margheim@inreach.com Researching: Margheim, Herdt, Foos, Brunz (Bruntz) and Reichert families. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Dickey" <bjdickey@sbcglobal.net> To: <GER-VOLGA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:04 AM Subject: [GV] Wells (Wel(t)z) from Alexanderdorf > > Any info on these families would be greatly appreciated: > > John "George" Wells born July 1844 Alexanderdorf (Nal'Chik) Russia married > Marie Katherine Moore in Russia. George died in 1921 in Calgary Canada. > Marie died 1915 in Winnipeg Canada. They had 4 boys, one of which was > Henry > George Wells, my great grand father. Henry was born 1864 in Alexanderdorf > and died 1936 in Loveland Colorado. > Henry had 4 wives, 17 children and at least 1 step-daughter. He was the > only > son who came to the US (1903). The rest went to Canada. > Henry's son Alexander (from Henry's first marriage) was my grandfather. > Alexander was born 1890 in Alexanderdorf and died 1920 Billings Montana. > He > married Natalie Rotharmel (born 1892 in Alexandedorf) in 1911 in Colorado. > Their son Walter was my father. He was born 1913 in Calgary Canada and > died > 1955 in Omaha Nebraska. He married Amelia Kufeldt 1937 in Kansas. > > Can anyone tell me more about these people, or where Alexanderdorf is > located? > > Barbara Dickey > Arlington TX > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >