This publication includes a History of Our Church by John E. Pfeifer. The parish of St. Mary’s Catholic Church includes many Germans from Russia families with ancestral roots of the Black Sea German Catholic colonies of the Grossliebental and Kutschurgan districts of South Russia, today near Odessa, Ukraine.
The Family Director includes these family names: Abler, Achen, Ackerman, Adams, Adrion, Albert Allen, Anderson, Armstrong, Arnoldy, Arntz, Arth, Artz, Axtman, Babby, Bachman, Bachnik, Baer, Bahl, Barry, Bastolich, Batch, Bauer, Bauhs, Baumann, Beadle, Beck, Becker, Beckers, Beckler, Beilke, Bell, Benfit, Bennetts, Berg, Bernard, Berreth, Bertha, Biegler, Biel, Binfet, Binstock, Bitz, Blando, Block, Bloemer, Blondo, Blossey, Bollwerk, Bomesberger, Borgeson, Bormes, Bosanko, Bosch, Bouch, Boyle, Brandner, Braun, Braunstein, Brekken, Brick, Brink, Brossart, Brown, Bruce, Bruhn, Brunelle, Brunson, Buechler, Bullock, Bultman, Bundschuh, Burckhard, Burgard, Burke, Busch, Butch, Buttaro, Butts, Byington, Call, Calaghan, Campell, Campton, Cantalope, Carson, Carrier, Carruth, Chapmann, Charboneau, Chauncey, Chavier, Clausen, Cleberg, Cleland Clemen, Clements, Cleveland, Cloud, Connor, Coughlin, Coyle, Crabtree, Crady, Craig, Crawford, Cunningham, Dabbert, Daeschle, D’Amico, Dandurand, Daschel, Davis, Decker, Decurtins, De Dianous, De Forrest, Dehine, De Hueck, Deibert, Dell, Denholm, Denomme, Derian, Derzab, Delting, Devaan, Dewalt, Dickenson, Diegel, Dinneen, Dix, Dobrick, Dohn, Doliney, Doonan, Dorman, Dornbusch, Dosch, Du Charme, Duffy, Dunker, Dutenhoeer, Eagle Bull, Eagleson, Eilers, Ell, Elerbusch, Elsperger, Engelhard, Englehart, Erhardt, Erickson, Ernster, Erz, Faeth, Feickert, Feiock, Feist, Fettig, Fischbach, Fischer, Fishback, Fix, Fontenelle, Foral, Fordham, Forkel, Fredenberg, Frey, Friske, Frison, Fritz, Fuhrman, Fulker, Fust, Gabriel, Ganje, Gannon, Gardner, Gasell, Gguer, Geffre, Geier, Geist, German, Gese, Gesinger, Gibson, Gillick, Gisi, Glaser, Glatt, Goebel, Goetz, Gohn Goldade, Gomarko, Gooding, Goodman, Grady, Graf, Grajczyk, Graves, Green, Grimm, Grismer, Gross, Grote, Gruenstein, Grytness, Guhin, Gulden, Gullickson, Gunn, Gutenberg, Haag, Haberer, Habermann, Hagel, Hall, Hanish, Hanlon, Hanna, Hansen, Hanson, Harholt, Hare Hart, Hartford, Hartman, Hartung, Harty, Hartze, Hatzenbeller, Hauck, Hauser, Heath, Heidner, Heier, Heil, Heilman, Heintz, Heintzman, Heinz, Held, Helm, Herman, Herrick, Herzog, Hetherington, Hill, Hilla, Hilsendeger, Hinderks, Hinker, Hixon, Hoerner, Hoffart, Hoffer, Hoffman, Holsten, Holmstrom, Holty, Hoon, Hopfinger, Hornaman, Horner, Houk, Hoven, Hovseth, Howell, Huber, Hubert, Huettl, Hushes, Huneger, Hunstad, Hynes, Imberi, Imbery, Ivey, Jacob, Jacobson, Jali, Jandl, Jangula, Jankauskas, Jarman, Jensen, Johns, Johnson, Johs, Jones, Jung, Kahl, Kaiser, Kallas, Kamen, Kammers, Kappenman, Kappes, Karim, Karpinske, Karst, Kaup, Keenan, Keller, Kelly, Kessler, Kiefer, Kinder, Kirchgasler, Kirchmayer, Kirkpatrick, Kittleson, Klebsch, Klein, Kline, Knittel, Kohlmass, Kokales, Kolterman, Konantz, Kopecky, Kraft, Kramer, Krebs, Kriech, Krogman, Krokel, Krumm, Kuch, Kuchelburg, Kuechle, Kuhfield, Kuntz, Labesky, Lacher, Lahr, Lammle, Lane, Lang, Langenfeld, Lantsberger, Lapka, Lapp, Larsen, Larson, Lau, Leach, Lee, Lees, Lehman, Leier, Leighty, Levy, Lewis, Libis, Liedle, Lien, Lindemann, Lingor, Linn, Lipp, Litzkow, Lochter, Longtin, Lorenzen, Losackerm, Loseth, Lotzer, Lovcik, Lowenstein, Luce, Lundborg, Lutgen, Lux, Mack, Madden, Maier, Maloney, Malsam, Malsom, Manning, Mardian, Marker, Markovetz, Marohn, Marsh, Martin, Mastel, Materi, Matheis, Mathern, Mattecheck, Mattern, Matz, Maxon, May, Mayer, McArdle, McBurney, McLeod, McClure, McElhone, McInroy, McNeary, Mehlhaff, Meier, Mentzer, Menzia, Merchant, Meyer, Meyers, Millard, Miller, Mills, Minch, Minish, Mitchell, Mitzel, Moffenbier, Mohr, Montag, Montgomery, Moran, Moulton, Munsen, Murphy, Murray, Myers, Nall, Nelson, Ness, Nevill, Nickoli, Nikolas, Nold, Noltner, Northrup, Nulle, Oakes, O’Brien, Ochs, Odenbach, OE, Oliver, Olson, Olsen, Opie, Osterman, Palank, Palen, Palmer, Pardew, Paarsons, Partyka, Pehoviack, Perrizo, Petrich, Pettigrew, Pfaff, Pfeiffer, Phillips, Piatz, Pitz, Plank, Polzin, Pommerin, Prestegard, Pribula, Prunty, Radke, Ragels, Ramthum, Randall, Redberg, Reinbold, Reis, Remily, Rempher, Rice, Richards, Richmond, Riedl, Rieger, Riley, Rivett, Roberts, Roby, Rohrich, Rombs, Ronayne, Rook, Roshau, Roth, Rousseau, Ruether, Rux, Ryan, Sabol, Sahli, Salacinski, Salo, Salwei, Samuelson, Sanders, Sapa, Sauer, Scepaniak, Schaaf, Schaeffer, Schaunaman, Scheett, Scheid, Schile, Schilling, Schmaltz, Schmidt, Schmitt, Schneider, Schoch, Scholz, Schriver, Schroh, Schuck, Schulte, Schumacher, Schwab, Schwan, Schweitzer, Sebert, Sehr, Seiler, Selzier, Serna, Sharp, Shevlin, Shishnia, Sillman, Silvernail, Simon, Sitter, Slack, Slattery, Smith, Sobeski, Sommers, Staudenraus, Stappler, Stauss, Stein, Sterzinger, Stieber, Streifel, Strickland, Stroh, Strome, Strudle, Strunk, Swanson, Swartz, Tait, Teske, Thomas, Thompson, Throndset, Thurman, Tiegs, Tifffany, Tomek, Tonjes, Tracy, Traphagen, Trautner, Tutsch, Tyrell, Unser, Usselman, Ussery, Valnes, Van Dover, Van Orman, Vaux, Vetch, Vetter, Vogel, Voigt, Volk, Voller, Wachtler, Wagner, Waite, Walgerg, Wald, Waldman, Waldt, Wall, Waltman, Walz, Wangler, Warfield, Weber, Weig, Weigel, Weinsmeister, Weismantel, Weizhaar, Welch, Wenz, Werlinger, Weron, Wertish, Werts, Wertz, Westmorland, Whalen, Wharton, Whiting, Willett, Wolf, Wolfe, Wolter, Yeoman, Young, Yrdanoff, Yunker, Zacher, Zeller, Zerr, Ziegler, Zimmermann, Zirbel, and Zwitzig.
