tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842715590703160109.post3091313046200745981..comments2022-04-18T19:16:41.631-07:00Comments on The Great Ancestral Hunt: The Spahn LineLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04191615169155143283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842715590703160109.post-81227467905192518512014-05-13T16:53:43.151-07:002014-05-13T16:53:43.151-07:00My Grandmother was Elizabeth Spahn from Neu Norka,...My Grandmother was Elizabeth Spahn from Neu Norka, Russia. She and my Grandfather Johannes Kuhn immigrated to Canada in 1912 and then settled in Milwaukee, WI. I know of one of her sisters going to Nebraska. The story I've been told was that the German's of my family were enticed by Catherine the Great to move to Russia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Germans_in_Russia,_Ukraine_and_the_Soviet_Union I've heard stories that my Grandmother's parents were killed by the Bolsheviks. http://www.volgagermans.net/norka/revolution_1917.html<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11092106091049018893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842715590703160109.post-30583259955176952312011-05-28T13:31:18.950-07:002011-05-28T13:31:18.950-07:00My Grandmother is Sussanna Spahn. Her farther was ...My Grandmother is Sussanna Spahn. Her farther was Adam Spahn b. 1875. Adams wife was Elizabeth Lambrecht. She married Casper Weigant in 1914. They lived in Pfeifer Saratof Russia and came to American in 1914.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10458250107697728174noreply@blogger.com