The Descendants of Heinrich & Kunigunde (Doefler) Befort
The Descendants of Heinrich & Kunigunde (Doefler) Befort
Our forefathers who left Germany to go to
Russia to make a better life for themselves
and their children. It is dedicated as well to
our brave forefathers who left Russia to make
a better life for themselves and their children
in the United States. It is especially dedicated
to those of our relatives who stayed in Russia
and endurred over fifty years exiled in prison
work camps for their crime of being of German
ancestry.
Forword
Many books and papers about other Volga
German families and their descendants, have
been published over the last fifty years, and
are treasured documents for not only the
serious researcher, but also those with a
passing interest as well. This book is one the
descendants of one Befort family that left
Germany to go to Russia.
While every effort has been made in this
compilation to provide accurate and complete
information, endeavors to aquire additional
facts and details from both the United States
and European sources continue. Any
ommission of person (s), places, or events
that deserve inclusion berein is purely
unintentional.
The founders of Munjor were part of the
largest single expediction of Unsere Leute to
emigrate from Russia. Under the leadership
of Balthasar Brungardt 108 families left
saratov by train on July 8, 1876. Their body
consited of departures from Herzog,
Obermonjou, Louis, Graf, Wittman, Marienthal,
Schoenchen, and Gattung. The group
separated at Eydtkunen, with the Munjor
counders among those 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 a
site on Big Creek a short distance north of the
present village of Munjor. Some two months
later they moved to the present townsite in
Section 25, Township 14, Range 18 in
Wheatland Township.
On November 1, 1876 an additional group
came to Munjor. They had emigrated from
Saratov on September 30 and sailed from
Hamburg on the "Gellert" of the Hamburg of
the Hamburg-American line. This body
consisted of the following families:
Among them were Konrad Befort and his wife
Anna Margaretha and their children Peter,
and Paulina.
The Descendants of Heinrich & Kunigunde (Doefler) Befort
Descendants of Heinrich Befort
Generation 1
1. Heinrich Befort was born 1761 in Obermonjou, Russia. He married Kunigunde Doerfler. She was born 1763 in Obermonjou, Russia
Children of Heinrich and Kunigunde Doefler
2. Franz Befort b. 1787, Obermonjou, Russia
Elizabeta Befort b. 1792, Obermonjou, Russis
3. Jakob Befort b. 1798, Obermonjou, Russia
4. Anton Befort b. 1799, Obermonjou, Russia
Generation No. 2
Franz was born 1787 in Obermonjou, Russia. He married Catharina Elizabet?. She was born 1793.
Child of Franz Befort and Catharina is?Anna Maria Befort b. Abt. 1825.
Jacob Befort was born 1795 in Obermonjou, Russia. He married Catherine Smelzer. She was born ABt. 1805 in Obermonjou, Russia.
Child of Jakob Befort and Catherine Smelzer is
Anna Marai Befort b. Abt. 1825
Anton Befort was born 1799 in Obermonjou, Russia. He married Anna Elizabeth? She was born 1803 in Russia.
Children of Anton Befort and Anna ? are:
Catherine Elizabeth Befort b. 1820, Obermonjou, Russia
Johannes Martin Beforrt b.1834, Obermonjou, Russia
Gerhard Befort b. February 10, 1835, Obermonjou, Russia; d. August 16, 1906, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas