Volga German Fuhr family from Brabander, Russia
Greetings!
I am searching for Fuhr family deschedants that are Germans from Russia that went into Russia in 1767 under the reign of Catherine the Great.I descend from the Fuhr family of Brabander, Russia a village of 398 people in 1798 which never had more than 5,000 people.Any Fuhr that has roots in this village will most likely be my cousin on one or more family lines.
I descend from Johannes Abt a 10 year old orphan that went to Brabander with a Moellker family in 1767.The Moellkers were from Kurpfalz Kecklingen which may be where Johannes Abt was from.Johannes married twice: first to Anna Maria Blein and secondly to Catharina Braun.He was the father of 16 children.
I have an Abt genealogy chart which outlines many of the male lines until about 1910 and the female lines until they married into another family.I have Fuhr connections in several places on the chart including my great great grandmother who married Johannes Abt.
Some of the Fuhr family migrated to Santa Maria La Pampa, Argentina about 1907 along with other families including Russmann, Homan, Abt, and Buss.Johannes Abt known in Argentina as Alejandro Abt married Katherina Russman in Brabander, Russia before migrating to Argentina.The parents of Katherina Russmann were Johannes Russmann born about 1863 in Brabander, Russia and Barbara Fuhr born about 1867, also in Brabander.I am in contact with several Fuhr descendants in Argentina and I have found some in Kansas from Brabander and perhaps a John Fuhr from this line buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery in River Grove, Illinois where my grandparents are buried.
At this point I still have very little Fuhr family information, but I am hoping that someone will read this message that knows of Fuhrs with Volga German Roots and then naturally I will be trying to find my German roots.
Thank you,
Jim Osborne
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Re: Volga German Fuhr family from Brabander, Russiaand allied families
Jim Osborne, Sr. 12/15/05