Die Liebenthaler und Ihre Kirche

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Liebenthal, Rush, Kansas, United States
Surnames/tags: Liebenthal_Kansas Kansas Volga_German

About

Die Liebenthaler und Ihre Kirche: A Bicentennial-Centennial Tribute 1776-1876-1976 (The Liebenthalers and their Church) was compiled and written by Emerald Victor Dechant (1926-2008), Ph.D in 1976. It is a spiral-bound book that includes town and church information as well as founding family genealogies.

CMoS Citation (copy and paste; includes formatting for link): Dechant Emerald V. 1976. ''[[Space:Die_Liebenthaler_und_Ihre_Kirche|Die Liebenthaler und Ihre Kirche]] : A Bicentennial-Centennial Tribute 1776-1876-1976.'' Hays, Kansas: News Publishing, [page], [Item of Interest].

Where to Find

This book can be found at the following libraries using WorldCat. It doesn't appear to be for sale at this time.

Table of Contents

The beginning of this book has letters from (The Most Reverand) Marion F. Forst, Bishop of Dodge City and Rev. Wenzel L. Birzer, Pastor of St. Joseph's Parish. There is also a Preface from the author, which includes a list of people who contributed.

• Chapter 1: The Volga German Story Begins (p. 1)
• Chapter 2: Emigration From Russia (p. 10)
• Chapter 3: The Founding of Liebenthal (p. 13)
  • Population of Liebenthal, 1877-1880 (includes family lists, vital information, and some photos) (p. 19)
  • Birth and Baptisms, 1876-1877 (p. 26)
  • Marriages, 1877-1878 (p. 27)
  • The Parish Census, 1897 (p. 27)
  • Pioneer Settlers (abt. 28 pages of photos) (p. 28)
  • The Native Priests of Liebenthal (photos) (p. 38)
• Chapter 4: Life on the Prairies of Kansas (p. 39)
• Chapter 5: A Century of Events: 1876-1976 (p. 50)
  • The Liebenthal Census: 1976 (p. 74)
• Chapter 6: In Memoriam (p. 76)
• Bibliography (p. 78)
• Appendix: Family Genealogies (p. 79)
• Advertisements (p. 99)
• Land Map on the back cover of Big Timber and Fairview (partial)

Families Listed in Appendix

Note: The beginning of this section notes that Liebenthal has had no previous written history and that two tragic fires (destroyed the church twice and the rectory once) had "destroyed most of the parish records, including baptismal records and the parish census records." (p.79). Therefore, not all family information was able to be obtained.

1. Peter Depperschmidt Family
2. Joseph John Diehl Family
3. John Phillip Dreher Sr. Family
4. Nicholas Heronema 1846-1891 Family
5. Jacob Herrman Sr. Family
6. Lorenc Herman (Lorenzo) Herrman Family
7. Adam Kreutzer Family
8. John Kreutzer Family
9. John Lechleiter (Legleiter) Family
10. John Peter Miller Family
11. John Rohr Sr. Family
12. Peter Schaeffer Family
13. John Schaeffer, Sr. Family
14. George Leonard Schmidt Family
15. Simon Schoenthaler (Schoendaller) Family
16. John (Joseph) Schuckman (Shupmann) Sr., Family
17. Andrew Weber, Sr. Family

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