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10-Jan-2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DINKEL : ENGEL : GRAF : WASINGER : WERTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I have located several references that indicate that the surname Dinkel is of occupational origin, one of those names derived from the trade or profession once pursued by the original bearer. In this instance, the name Dinkel cna be traced to the Germanic word "dinkel", meaning "spelt" Spelt was a grain similar to barley and wheat, which was grown extensively in the German speaking states during the middle ages. In those days it was common practice to identify a person with the type of work he died Thus a person (farmer) that grew spelt was named Dinkel occurs in 1364. Many of the Germanic people departed from German during the late 1700's and early 1800's due to the disaster in that part of the world following the Seven Year War (1756-1763). Family tradition suggests that our DINKEL ancestors emigrated from Koblitz, Bavaria in 1764, during the exodus of Germans to Russia. There was a major economic crisis in all Europe after the war, poverty was rampant and soldiers were roaming the countryside looking for work and something to eat. Catherine the Great of Russia, of Germanic ancestry, had vast expenses of land that she wanted settled, developed and protected from the heathen nomadic tribes that lived in scattered sections of the Russian steppes. In 1762 she issued an invitation, referred to as a "Manifesto", to the European peoples. This invitation, being rather vague, produced few results so she issued a second invitation in 1763 containing 10 articles making specific promises to anyone that settled in Russia. This invitation garnered many people, including some 25,000 Germans from 1763 to 1767, willing to accept her invitation. From 1764, when the first settlers arrived in the Saratov region of the river Volga, until 1768 some 104 villages were established, 44 on the Bergseite and 60 on the Wiesenseite of the Volga. The villages on the west side, the mountain side, of the Volga were on the BVergseite, those on the east side, the meadow side, were on the Wiesenseite. The village of Herzog, on the Weisenseite, along the river Karaman was established in 1766. Times were extremely difficult when the settlers first arrived They had to erect their own shelters and establish their villages in the vast expanse of the Volga steppes. Their initial shelters were mere earthen huts. The original settler list for the Colony of Herzog, dated 14 July 1766, comprised of 35 families does not contain the surname DINKEL. It does, however, contain the name of Johann and Anna Kuhn, names in positions 48 and 49 on Andreas A DINKEL's Pedigree Chart (included). The first reference DINKEL (Nicolaus) was located in the original settler list for the Colony of Mariental dated 1766. His name has not been found in any of the 1798 census that have currently been translated The census of Herzog, dated 2 June 1798, does indicated a Jakob DINKEL, had resided in Herzog but had moved to Leichtling in 1786. The 1798 census of Leichtling indicates that Jakob had resided there but had died prior to this census. His wife, Helen Ortman, and their children are included in the census of 7 October 1798. This census indicates that Joseph, a son of Jakob and Helena, was 3 years old at the time. Additional research disclosed that Joseph was the father of Peter who was the father of Andreas. Eventually, the privileges bestowed on the settlers by the Manifesto of 1763, especially the exemption from military service, aroused the resentment of the Russians. In January 1874 a military law was passed requiring the settlers to serve in the armed services. This, the repeal of the special privileges granted by Catherine the Great in the Manifesto, aroused extreme indignation in the German settlers. In the spring of 1874, meetings were held in Herzog on the Wiesenseite, and Balzar on the Bergseite, to select scouts to the United States in search of new land to settle. The scouts returned with favorable reports. The initial military draft of settlers in 1874 precipitated matters and the first departure of settlers for the United States occurred in October 1875. A larger group followed, departing in June 1876. Our ancestors, Andreas DINKEL and Katharine KUHN, were among this latter group. Departing Saratov, this group occupied 17 coaches, some progressed to Hamberg and the remainder to Bremen. Andreas and Katharina were in the group progressing to Bremen. The Bremen group took passage on the North German Lloyd S.S. Mosel, under the command of ship master H. A. F. Neymaker. The fare was 38 rubels (27.36) per passenger. Katharina is listed as passenger 514 in steerage and Andreas is listed as passenger 542 in steerage on the passenger list of the ship, which includes 705 passengers. The S.S. Mosel arrived athe the Port of New York on 29 July 1876. Those coming to Kansas immediatly made arrangements, at rubles (11.52) per passenger, to proceed to Kansas arriving at Herzog/Victoria on 3 August 1876, the rubel was worth 72 cents. After arriving in Herzog, Victoria, Andreas worked at various employments including a tour with the Kansas Pacific Railroad He completed application to homestead the south 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of section 32-13-16 on 26 December 1877. Andreas and Katharina married on 21 January 1879. Their first child, Andreas A., was born on 28 July followed by nine more children, for a total of five boys and five girls. He purchased his first parcel of land, the north 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of section 32-13-16, from Magdalena Riedel, on 24 October 1884, for $425.oo. He was granted a homestead patent for the south 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of section 32-13-16 (applied for on 26 December 1877) on 27 Jaunary 1887. The patent was given under the hand of President Grover Cleveland. He purchased additional lands in ellis and Trego Counties., He also purchsed Lot 5 in Block 2 in the Nicholaus Dreiling addition to the town of Herzog on 26 February 1901 for $300.00 from Martin and Magdalena Riedel. For a more detailed account of the exodus from Germany to Russia, life in the lower Volga region of Russia, the exodus to America and early life of the Volga German settlers in Ellis County, Kansas, a bibliography is available for your purchase. The DINKELS Dinkel, ? married ? Nothing is known of the above people. Their children were Margaret Dinkel-- (MARRIED Michael Peter Kuhn) Jospeh Dinkel--(MARRIED Catharina Riedel (2) Catharina Graf I have no concrete evidence that Margaret Dinkel was a sister of Joseph. I believe this to be so, due to what persons have told me, >especially her great grandson who still lives in Kansas. To help understand the relationship between the Dinkel and Kuhn families, I will list the children and grandchildren of Margaret Dinkel and Michael Peter Kuhn, on whom I have been able to find information. 1st Generation Dinkel, Margaretha married Michael Peter Kuhn DIED in Russia DIED in Russia Their children Johannes MARRIED Katharina Brungardt Michael MARRIED Agnes Dreiling (2) Elizabeth Sander Andreas MARRIED Catharina Younger Martin MARRIED Catharina ? (Male) MARRIED Margaretha Dinkel (female) MARRIED ? Rohleder 2nd Generation A. Kuhn, Johannes MARRIED Katharina Brungardt BORN 1814 DIED 3-21-1887 DIED in Russia Their children Michael Kuhn MARRIED Susanna Aeur) Andreas Kuhn MARRIED Maragaret Glick Johannes Kuhn MARRIED Barbara Haas Barbara Kuhn MARRIED Peter Andreas Billinger Katharina MARRIED Andreas Dinkel Anna Kuhn MARRIED Nicholas Heili (2) Johannes Riedel Margaretha Dinkel--Michael Peter Kuhn 2nd Generation Kuhn, Michael MARRIED Agnes Dreiling BORN 9-25-1822 DIED 7-22-1891 DIED in Russia Their children Agnes Kuhn MARRIED Johannes Rome (2) Casper Gerstner Katharina Kuhn MARRIED Johannes Peter Dinkel (2) Catharina Appelhans (3) Margaret Gerber Magdalena Kuhn MARRIED Heinrich Gerber Johannes MARRIED Kuhn MARRIED Barbara Dreiling After Agnes (Dreiling) Kuhn died, Michael married Elizabeth Sander, widow of his cousin, Joseph Dinkel. Michael and Elizabeth came to America in 1876. 2nd Generation Kuhn, Andreas MARRIED Catherina Younger BORN 1835 BORN 1835 DIED 1888 DIED in Russia Their children Joseph Kuhn MARRIED Katherine Margaret Appelhaus >Andreas Kuhn MARRIED Anna Maria Braun (2) Christina There Johannes Kuhn Peter Kuhn Michael BORN Kuhn MARRIED Theresa Hertel Anna Catharina Kuhn MARRIED Michael Goets (2) Adam J. Riedel Anna Maria Kuhn MARRIED Leonard Dinkel Christina Kuhn (single) Martin Kuhn in Russia tells me that Joseph and his wife came to America with their children in the early 1900's. A daughter of theirs, Florentine, died in Victoria on 3-13-1909. Then on 1-24-1910 his wife Katharina, also died Shortly after her death, Joseph, his three sons, and daughter Catherine returned to Russia. Michael BORN Theresa (Hertel) Kuhn came to America. They lived near Walker, Kansas. Three children of Anna Catharina Kuhn and Michael Goetz came to America in 1908. They were Andrew married to Pauline Krenzer, Maria married to Michael Billinger, and Adam married Barbara Goetz. Michael Dinkel--Michael Dinkel Kuhn 2nd Generation DIED Kuhn, Martin MARRIED Catharina ? DIED in Russia DIED in Russia Their children Johannes Kuhn Michael Kuhn MARRIED Therea Rohleder Martin Kuhn MARRIED Elizabeth Haal Martian Kuhn (single) Barbara Kuhn MARRIED Franz Younger Anna Kuhn MARRIED Andreas Richmeier>Michael and Theresa (Rohleder) Kuhn were the parents of Joseph Kuhn married to Barbara Riedel. They lived in St. Pater, Kansas. Another son of theirs lives in the city of Talgar, Republic of Kazakh, U.S.S. R. He is Martin Kuhn married to Paulina Getz (Goetz). I have receive several letters from Martin over the last two years. He has been of much help in sending information to me. Margaretha Dinkel--Michael Peter Kuhn 2nd Generation Kuhn, Male MARRIED Margareth Dinkel DIED Daughter of Joseph Dinkel and Catharina Riedel Their children > >Kuhn, Margaretha MARRIED Jacob Dreiling > >Their children > >Kuhn, Margaretha MARRIED Jacob Bollig > >I hhve found only one member of this family, the daughter, >Margaretha married to Jacob Bollig. She died on 7-30-1913 and is >buried at Ellis, Kansas. It was possible for me to trace the family >from the information I received from Frank MARRIED Dinkel of Victoria, >Kansas and Simon and Mary (Kuhn) Bollig of Ellis, Kansas > >2nd Generation > >Kuhn, (female) MARRIED ? Rohleder > >I am uncertain of this couple. Herman, grandfather had a sister >married to a Rohleder. He was unable to give further information. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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