German Russians of Ellis County, Oklahoma Territory
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The following 1910 US Census record sheet includes the George Alexander Ehrlich household.
The Ancestry.com transcription of the George Alexander Ehrlich household is:
| Name: | George A Ehrlich | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Age in 1910: | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Year: | abt 1873 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthplace: | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home in 1910: | Ohio, Ellis, Oklahoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race: | White | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Immigration Year: | 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Head | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marital Status: | Married | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse’s Name: | Hannah Ehrlich | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father’s Birthplace: | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother’s Birthplace: | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Native Tongue: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Industry: | Lu Farm | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employer, Employee or Other: | Employer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home Owned or Rented: | Own | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home Free or Mortgaged: | Mortgaged | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Farm or House: | Farm | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Naturalization Status: | Naturalized | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Able to Read: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Able to Write: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years Married: | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Neighbors: | View others on page | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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US Census records do show who were immediate neighbors on a given sheet. But, the order depends on the route the census taker took to reach each residence. Note that the above George Alexander Ehrlich census record sheet number is 3900 as denoted on the upper right hand corner of the sheet. Even though the William Kirmse homestead is just one section west of the George Alexander Ehrlich property, the sheet number is 3999 – There are 99 sheets before the Kirmse-Lohmann sheet. The census taker obviously took a rather circuitous route to go between the two residences.
Note the Birthplace Column with a yellow border, for the above George Alexander Ehrlich sheet, the birthplaces are Russia and Kansas, Iowa, with the children being born in Kansas and Oklahoma. All of the parent birthplaces are German-Russian. These people were part of the colony of Volga German-Russians that settled in Ellis County, The Oklahoma. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture notes that “Between 1900 and 1902 Evangelical Volga Germans moved from Marion, Kansas, to Shattuck, in Ellis County. This colony proved to be the state’s most cohesive and long-lasting.” [3]
Beginning at the top of above 1910 US Censor sheet 3900, the heads of households are listed below along with their place of origin and the apparent property that they own on the OHIO Township Land Owner Map:
- Schoenhals, David; Russia;
- Sturtz, George; Russia; NW 34
- Schwab, Alexander; Russia; NW 33
- Ehrlich, Alexander; Russia;
- Schmidt, John; Russia;
- Ehrlich, Alexander; Russia;
- Ehrlich, George; Russia; SE 17
- Ehrlich, George A; Russia; SW 21
- Stienert, Jacob; Russia;
- Ehrlich, Dietrich D; Russia; NW 28
This compares to Chapter: 1910 US Census – Kirmse – Lohmann. Beginning at the top of 1910 Census sheet 3900, the heads of households are listed below along with their place of origin and the apparent property that they own on the OHIO Township Land Owner Map:
- Spaner, Conrad; Russia;
- Schoenhals, John; Russia;
- Leathermann, Elizab; Indiana;
- Harris, Roland; Iowa;
- Jelmota, Fred L.; Indiana;
- Kirmse, William; Missouri; W 19
- Lohmann, Henry; Missouri; NW 30
- McKernan, Martha; Ohio; SW 30
- Williams, Joseph W.; Missouri; SE 19
- Tuman, William; England; SW 10, SW 11
Notes
- Dianna Everett. GERMANS FROM RUSSIA. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society. Downladed October 26, 2017 from: http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GE008.
- See Chapter: George Alexander Ehrlich – Land Patent.
- Timothy Egan, ‘The WORST HARD TIME – The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the The Great American Dust Bowl’. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, , New York, New York. 2006. Chapter 4 High Plans Deutsch, page 68.
- “Shattuck, Ellis Co., Oklahoma”, Center for Volga German Studies Downloaded November 17, 2017 from http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/immigration/united_states/oklahoma/shattuck.cfm