Table of Contents:

Glückstal Colonies Research Association Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2003


  • Conventions in the Year 2003 — p. 1

  • Glückstal Bicentennial Project — pp. 1-2

  • Bicentennial Book and Video Donations — pp. 2-3

  • Conventions in the Year 2004 — p. 3

  • News from Moldova [translation by Natalya Kornfeld from O. Listopad, Correspondent to Pridnestrovje (newspaper) in Moldova, 26 July 2002] “To Visit the Homeland of Our Ancestors,” [re: the dedication of the Glückstal monument] — pp. 3-4

  • Kiess Families Revisited, by Thomas A. Stangl — pp. 4-6

  • Glückstal People in Bessarabia, extracted [from FHL microfilm # 1,768,315] by Ralph Ruff — pp. 6-7

  • Duc de Richelieu, Father of the Colonies, by LaVerne (Ruff) Graf — pp. 7-9

  • Schumacher [Peter & Christina, of Hosmer, SD] Golden Wedding, 1938, translated [from Der Staats-Anzeiger, 10 Jan. 1939] by Michael Rempfer — pp.9-10

  • The Harsh Voice of Flight and Banishment [memoirs of exile], by Alita (Kussmaul) Frank, translated by Gerda Fadden — pp. 10-19

  • Kussmaul Family Genealogy — pp. 19-20

  • Kussmaul [Johann]-Madalena (Weil) 50th Anniversary, translated [from Die Eureka Post, 3 Jan. 1906, p. 5] by Michael Rempfer — p. 20

  • Authenticated Origins [Doebbele, Friederich, Lang, Leonhard, Rauscher, Reinschmid, Senk, Speck, Vossler, Weidner & Winterroth], by Gwen Pritzkau — pp. 20-21

  • Hope Valley Cemetery, St. Francis, Kansas, by Jacob D. Samler — pp. 21-22

  • Kaul-Sandmeier-Fischer [Christina, of Long Lake, SD] Obituary from the Dickey County Leader, 13 Oct. 1983 — p. 22

  • Daniel [& Katharina] Schanzenbach [of Elk Grove, CA – letter of 13 Oct. 1935, in Der Staats- Anzeiger, 22 Oct. 1935 – re: the death of his father, Daniel Schanzenbach], translated by Michael Rempfer — p. 22

  • Glückstal People in the Lustdorf Records, by Elaine (Becker) Morrison — p. 22

  • Fighting in Glückstal in WWII — pp. 22-23

  • From Volk auf dem Weg, Dec. 2002, p. 54 [re: remembrance of Friedrich & Christian Hermann, twins born 26 Nov. 1902, Bergdorf], translated by Margaret Freeman & Homer Rudolf — p. 23

  • WW I Veterans in North Dakota, by Tim Johnson — p. 23

  • Sonderkommando [Karl] Stumpp [report of Glückstal Colonies field trip in Sep. & Oct. 1941], translated by Allyn Brosz — pp. 23-24

  • Reunions — p. 24

  • Legler/Reuter Information, by Ross Merkel — p. 24

  • My Visit to Sessenheim, by Richard Herr — pp. 24-25

  • Fred Kelle [the American Legion Post in Wishek, ND, is named after him], by Richard Herr — pp. 25-26

  • From the Northwest Blade, 4 Oct. 2000 [extractions] — pp. 26-27

  • Martel - [Clothing] Holdings of the State Historical Society of North Dakota — p. 27

  • Bethlehem German Congregational Church, Fairfax, SD, by Mamie Schumann — pp. 27-28

  • North Dakota Historical Society [research brochures] — p. 28

  • Special Thanks — pp. 28-29

  • Perfect Attendance [Terry. MT, in 1934], by Cecilia (Kaul) Wolf — p. 29

  • Do I Want to Buy the Glückstal Colonies Bicentennial Book? by Allyn Brosz — pp. 29-30

  • In Memoriam — p. 30

  • Glückstal Projects and Researchers [by village & other areas] — pp. 30-31

  • Index of Family Names — p. 32


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