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People > Pioneers > Ludwig and Emma Yost

​Ludwig and Emma Yost

Ludwig Jost (Yost) was born on December 1, 1854 in Norka, Russia, the son of Heinrich Jost (born 1813 in Norka) and Katharina Bott (born 1815 in Norka).

Ludwig married Emma Pauly about 1874 in Norka. Emma was born on October 19, 1852 in Norka. Emma is probably Maria Pauly, the daughter of Johannes Pauly (born 1818 in Norka) and Margaretha Sauer (born 1818 in Norka), but this fact is not confirmed.

Ludwig and Emma's first child was a daughter, Emma, who was born about 1875 in Norka.

Shortly after Emma's birth, Ludwig and Emma decided to begin a new life in America. They immigrated to the United States in 1876 where they first settled in Ohio. A son, John was born there about 1877. The Yost family soon moved to Lynn Township in Clay County, Nebraska where a daughter, Christina, was born in 1879, and a son Wilhelm (William), was born on February 11, 1881.

By 1882, the Yost's were among the first Volga German families to settle in in Albina, Oregon. A daughter Katharina (Kate) was born in February 1883 and son Heinrich (Henry) was born in May 1886.

Ludwig Yost is one of the first Volga Germans listed in the Albina City Directory in 1883 (listed as Louis Ust). Ludwig and Emma were residing on the corner of Woods Street and Page Street (now approximately N. Albina Avenue and N. Page Street) and he is working as a laborer. Their neighbors were John and Anna Maria Schnell who had also migrated from Nebraska to Oregon at the same time.

In 1897, the Yost's are living at 505 Gantenbein Avenue (now 2413 N Gantenbein Avenue).

In 1900, the Yost family is living at 480 Union Avenue (now 2242 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) and Ludwig is working as a farmer. 

At the time of the 1910 and 1920 U.S. censuses, Ludwig and Emma were living near Midvale, Idaho where they were farming. There son William was living with them in 1920.

Emma died on February 15, 1928 in Malheur County, Oregon. She was buried at the Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Portland.

Ludwig Yost died on November 4, 1928 and was buried next to Emma.
Emma and Ludwig Yost headstones.
Emma and Ludwig Yost headstones. Courtesy of Find-A-Grave.com.

Sources

Passenger ship manifest, Albina City Directories, U.S. Censuses, death records - Ancestry.com

​Norka database.
Last updated May 6, 2019.
Copyright © 1998-2022 Steven H. Schreiber
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