Place: Am Trakt · Tradition: Low German Mennonite
About
The congregation of the Am Trakt colony on the Volga (Samara/Saratov), founded 1853 by West Prussian emigrants; ministers of the “Köppenthal-Ohrloff Lehrdienst” certified the 1892 relief accounts of Joh. Bergmann of Lysanderhöh. Part of it followed Claas Epp to Central Asia in 1880 (Belk - The Great Trek of the Russian Mennonites to Central Asia (1976); Smith pp. 260, 294–299). Aron J. Wiebe (1845–1922) was a minister here from 1881.
Members in this vault
- Aron J. Wiebe (1845–1922)
- Maria Fieguth (1847–1890)
- Johanna Fieguth (1851–1931)
- Gerhard A. Wiebe (1873–1942)
- Gerhard Fieguth (1823–1896)
Record compiled 31 October 2026.
About this research
Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.