Philipp and Margaretha Hergert
Johann Philipp Hergert was born during 1820 in the Volga German colony of Yagodnaya Polyana, Russia, He married Anna Margaretha Brecht in 1840. Anna Margaretha was born June 20, 1820 in Yagodnaya Polyana (Berry Meadow in English).
About 1855, the Hergert's moved to the daughter colony of Schöntal, Russia on the east side of the Volga River.
At least eight children were born in Russia:
Philipp and Anna Margaretha, along with their daughter Catharina, Adam and his family, all immigrated to the United States in 1876 arriving in New York on October 24th aboard the steamship Mosel which sailed from Bremen, Germany. The family was traveling with a large group with ancestral ties to Yagodnaya Polyana. This group first settled in Kansas and named their new home Schöntal (Schoental) after their former residence in Russia. This colony was located near the town of Olmitz in Barton County and no longer exists.
By 1880, part of the Kansas group began to consider moving west. The Hergert's were part of that group among the first Volga German immigrants to arrive in Oregon in 1881. They found temporary accommodation at the Oriental Hotel in East Portland. After a few months, the Hergert's (along with their daughter Maria Elisabeth and son-in-law Heinrich Scheuermann) found farmland south of Cornelius. The homestead was located adjacent to today's SW Hergert Road near the former Hergert Quarry (also known as the Hayden Quarry).
The Hergert's were founding members of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Blooming, Oregon which was established on May 7, 1882.
Philipp died in 1890 and Anna Margaretha died on March 1, 1890.
About 1855, the Hergert's moved to the daughter colony of Schöntal, Russia on the east side of the Volga River.
At least eight children were born in Russia:
- Maria Elisabeth, born May 9, 1841. She married Heinrich Scheuermann in 1859.
- Catharina Elisabeth, born about 1843
- Anna Maria, born about 1845
- Elisabeth Margaretha, born about 1846
- Maria Catharina, born about 1849
- Anna, born about 1853
- Adam, born January 29, 1855. Adam married Anna Maria Volcker in 1874.
- Catharina Margaretha, born June 11, 1862
Philipp and Anna Margaretha, along with their daughter Catharina, Adam and his family, all immigrated to the United States in 1876 arriving in New York on October 24th aboard the steamship Mosel which sailed from Bremen, Germany. The family was traveling with a large group with ancestral ties to Yagodnaya Polyana. This group first settled in Kansas and named their new home Schöntal (Schoental) after their former residence in Russia. This colony was located near the town of Olmitz in Barton County and no longer exists.
By 1880, part of the Kansas group began to consider moving west. The Hergert's were part of that group among the first Volga German immigrants to arrive in Oregon in 1881. They found temporary accommodation at the Oriental Hotel in East Portland. After a few months, the Hergert's (along with their daughter Maria Elisabeth and son-in-law Heinrich Scheuermann) found farmland south of Cornelius. The homestead was located adjacent to today's SW Hergert Road near the former Hergert Quarry (also known as the Hayden Quarry).
The Hergert's were founding members of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Blooming, Oregon which was established on May 7, 1882.
Philipp died in 1890 and Anna Margaretha died on March 1, 1890.
Sources
Dick Hergert
Ancestry.com
Find-A-Grave.com
Scheuerman, Richard D. and Trafzer, Clifford E. "Hardship to Homeland: Pacific Northwest Volga Germans". Washington State University Press, 2018. Page 80.
Ancestry.com
Find-A-Grave.com
Scheuerman, Richard D. and Trafzer, Clifford E. "Hardship to Homeland: Pacific Northwest Volga Germans". Washington State University Press, 2018. Page 80.
Last updated March 27, 2023