Hi. :) Nice mailing list. I'm curious about my great-great grandfather, Joseph LEIKER. He emigrated from OBERMUNJOR Russia on 20 July 1876 and was one of the founders of MUNJOR, Kansas. I noticed on one website that the 1798 census of Obermunjor mentions the surname of Leiker.
Have U seen: http://members.aol.com/MGill0%20292/genea.htm#Leiker ? There U have LEIKER and Kansas... As well as http://globalguest.com/gb/OBERMUNJOR/guestbook5.html with: Joseph Leiker b. 2-2-1844 Obermonjou, Russia d. 12-19-1917 Munjor, Kansas 13. Agnes Dechant b. 11-2-1841 Obermonjou, Russia d. 12-25-1918 Munjor, Kansas 14. and further down: "" The founders of Munjor were part of the largest single expedition of Unsere Leute to emigrate from Russia. Under the leadership of Balthazar Brungardt 108 families left Saratov by train on July 8, 1876. Their body consisted of departures from Herzog, Obermonjou, Louis, Graf, Wittman, Marienthal, Schoenchen, and Gattung. The group SEPTEMBER rated at Eydtkuhnen, with the Munjor founders among these electing to sail via the Hamburg-American line. Arriving in New York, they then proceeded by train to Herzog. After remaining there several days, they repaired to a site on Big Creek a short distance north of the present village of Munjor. Some two months later they moved to the present town site in Section 25, Town ship 14, Range 18 in Wheatland Township. The MUNJOR settlers were poor people, as were most of the Volga-Germans in the other local settlements. "" etc. etc. That file is a bit of a mess , as it is all run together, but i think U can make some sense of it... Good luck, Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek J Witt" <dwitt1@kc.rr.com> To: <GermanRussian-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:54 PM Subject: [GERmanRUSsian] Roll Call > Hi. :) > > Nice mailing list. I'm curious about my great-great grandfather, Joseph > LEIKER. He emigrated from OBERMUNJOR Russia on 20 July 1876 and was one > of the founders of MUNJOR, Kansas. > > I noticed on one website that the 1798 census of Obermunjor mentions the > surname of Leiker. >