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See also: Elva with Harry and Frieda with Larry Harry and Aunt Ida and Larry and Aunt Emilie

Posted on August 5, 2015 by robertagoering | Leave a comment

Jessie Schrag’s church records

Posted on August 2, 2015 by robertagoering

Christa wrote: “Info on Jessie Goering from my church historical records…. Thought it was kinda cool. We are members of the same church Jessie was baptized at. This is what I found. The last page is hard to see her … Continue reading →

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Martha Ellen Goering Sundgren

Posted on April 16, 2015 by robertagoering

From Aunt Martha’s funeral program, February 4, 2015 Martha Ellen Goering Sundgren was born on Aug 13, 1925 to John B. and Jessie Schrag Goering on a farm northwest of Moundridge KS. As the eighth of sixteen children she learned … Continue reading →

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Elisabeth Graber Goering – caption

Posted on February 15, 2015 by H David
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Migration routes of the Swiss Volhynian Mennonites

Posted on August 27, 2014 by robertagoering

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jvoran/voran/migration.htm This page which details the history of families who emigrated to Freeman, SD, describes the migration routes from Montbeliard through Europe to the from roughly 1650 to the emigration to the United States in 1874. Our Schrag ancestors were among … Continue reading →

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Aunt Rosie tells the Katharina story

Posted on February 22, 2014 by robertagoering

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 see also: Katharina Gering, August 7, 1871

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Another bit of Goering history

Posted on February 21, 2014 by robertagoering

by Rosella Goering Brandt A number of years ago after our heritage trip to Ukraine/Russia, I was reading up on Goering history. I found that Johann Gering, 1804-1878 and his second wife, Barbara Stucky Sehner, 1840-1904 had settled in Freeman, … Continue reading →

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Katharina Gering, August 7, 1871 to 1874

Posted on February 13, 2012 by robertagoering

Shared by Rosie Goering:  A story recently came to light in the “Switzer Salt” a little paper by the Swiss Volhynian ancestry association on Moundridge. It reminded me of a little story. Dad Goering (Johnnie B) was researching dates for … Continue reading →

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A brief history of the John B. Goering – Jessie Schrag family through 1874, part V

Posted on June 11, 2011 by robertagoering

by Rannie back to Part IV The Trip to America The Mennonites had flourished with relatively little outside interference for three quarters of a century. Some had become wealthy landowners and businessmen, employing large numbers of the native people as … Continue reading →

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A brief history of the John B. Goering – Jessie Schrag family through 1874, part IV

Posted on June 10, 2011 by robertagoering

by Rannie back to part III Life in Volhynia/Russia The Swiss-Mennonites in Volhynia organized themselves into four congregations. The largest group was in Edwardsdorf, including Johann Goering. When this group came from Michelsdorf, a number of families stayed behind. They … Continue reading →

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