Anton Peter Wasinger, Sr.

1 of the 5 Volga German explorer scouts in 1874, and a founder of Munjor, Kansas.

Born in Schönchen (Paninskaya), Russia.

Immigrated in 1876.

Anton Wasinger bio & family tree

1st wife Katharina (Bach) Wasinger (1823-1855) marr 28 Oct 1840.

4 children:

Anton Peter, Jr. "Doscha" (1844-1931) marr 1st wife Elizabeth Leiker (1846-1889), marr 2nd wife Elizabeth Etzel (1856-1924).

Peter Wasinger (1847-1863).

Katherine Elizabeth, (1850-aft1919) marr John Abel.

Johannes "John" Henry (1853-1927) marr 1st wife Dorothea Herklotz (1856-1887), marr 2nd wife Catherine Ann Waldschmidt (1865-1950).

2nd wife Maria Agnes (Doerhing) Wasinger (1833-1873) marr 24 Jan 1856.

7 children:

Joseph (1856 - 1928) marr 1st wife Theresa Zimmerman (1862-1882), marr 2nd wife Dorothea Meier (1861-1910).

Katherine Wasinger (1858-1858)(infant).

Anton D. "A.D." (1859 - 1944) marr Anna Elizabeth Gottschalk (1872-1943).

Balthasar "Ball" (1862-1941) marr Anna Barbara Schoenfeld (1867- ).

Clementina, b 1863, d 1949) marr Alexander Schueler (1858-1926).

Clemens (1866-1929) marr 1st wife Clementine Doerfler (1866-1919), marr 2nd wife Barbara Leiker (1862-1945).

Rosa "Rose" (1869-1940) marr Alois Koerner (1865-1928)

3rd wife "Mary" Maria Elizabeth (Hertlein) Wasinger (1830-1912) marr 3 Feb 1874.

~Russ Gunther, great-great-great-grandson

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Biography

Anton was 1 of 5 scouts who came from Russia in 1874 to inspect prospects of life in America. After departing Hamburg Germany on board the S.S. Schiller and landing in New York, NY on July 15, 1874, they met a land agent, more then likely someone associated with a railroad company, and traveled by way of Chicago, Omaha, Lincoln and then to Sutton County, Nebraska. They took back with them soil and prairie grass samples and gave a glowing account when they returned back to Russia of what they found out on their trip. Other scouting groups came to America at later dates and checked out land that was available in other areas of Kansas and Arkansas.

He [Anton] was a cabinetmaker, an engraver, and painter and carpenter. He had to make everything from wood--wagons, sleighs, up to the finest furniture. He made violins, clarinets, and flutes, engraving gilding work. They had to cut their own lumber and make their own moldings. They had to mix their own paint and boil their own linseed oil. There was no such thing as a lumber yard or a hardware store. He was married in 1840, October 28th, to Katherine Bach from Graf in the State of Samara, Russia. - History from 1760 to 1938 of Joe Wasinger, G. Peter Wasinger, Anton Wasinger Sr, Anton D. Wasinger, translated by Anton D. Wasinger, typed by Pia Wasinger 

...In June 1871 an edict by Alexander II that all Germans in Russia had to become Russian citizens and under the Russian law and he gave them ten years time to accept this edict or leave the country. In 1874 he drafted the first soldiers and this gave rise to numerous curtailments. Don Pedro [Dom Pedro II], the king of Brazil, was a Habsburg prince of Austria. He knew the German farmers in Russia. He wanted them to come to Brazil to raise wheat and he was going to give them all the free land they wanted and all the money they needed to start a meeting--Schönchen, Whitman [Wittmann], Gothing, and Remeler, and Munjor [Obermonjou], Catherine, to elect delegates to go to Brazil to investigate the land. Schönchen, Whitmann, and Catherine elected Anton Wasinger Sr. for their delegate. Gothing elected Peter Stecklein as their delegate, Munjor elected Peter Leikerand Remeler elected Jacob Ritter and Nicholas Schamne from Graf. They were elected to go direct to Brazil and not to the United States. In 1874, Anton Wasinger was befriended with John Grosshans. He wrote to him about information concerning the United States and he answered him that every man that wants to work can make a living in the United States but the people wanted them to direct to Brazil so in 1874 they started from Catherine on the River Volga to Saradof [Saratov] to Washo, to Berlin to Hamburg. In Hamburg they met with Saint Raphael Union. This was a Catholic Union which was organized for the purpose to give the emigrants advice and information about America but not to recommend Brazil to them as Brazil was a southern hot country and the most land was in timber so the ship gave the same advice so they went straight to the United States. When they arrived in Keselguard [Castle Garden], New York, Anton Wasinger was befriended by Mr. Joe Kabberlai and they stayed two days with Mr. Snyder before they were going to see his friend, Mr. John Grosshans at Sutton, Clay County, Nebraska. Traveling by the way of Buffalo, Chicago, Omaha, and Lincoln they finally arrived at Sutton where they remained one day examining the land. In all their journey in America lasted ten days. Mr. Anton Wasinger Sr. and Peter Leiker and Peter Stecklein took about one pound of soil, some paper money, and all took some literature and description of the land back with them to Russia. They reported favorably of the land they had visited. - History from 1760 to 1938 of Joe Wasinger, G. Peter Wasinger, Anton Wasinger Sr, Anton D. Wasinger, translated by Anton D. Wasinger, typed by Pia Wasinger 

1st wife Katharina Bach, born 1823 in Graf, Samaria, Russia. Daughter of Johann Christoph Bach b 1784 & Margaret Rohleder b 1793. Married 28 Oct 1840, Anton Peter (Sr.) age 23 in Russia. Died 29 Sep 1855 age 32, buried in Schönchen, Russia. 

4 Children:

Anton Peter, Jr. "Doscha" (1844-1931) marr 1st wife Elizabeth Leiker (1846-1889), marr 2nd wife Elizabeth Etzel (1856-1924).

Peter Wasinger (1847-1863).

Katherine Elizabeth, (1850 - aft1919) marr John Abel at St. Anthony's Church (Catholic) in Schönchen, Samara Province, Russia. Stayed in Russia.

Johannes "John" Henry (1853 - 1927) marr 1st wife Dorothea Herklotz (1856-1887) at St. Anthony's Church (Catholic) in Schönchen, Samara Province, Russia, marr 2nd wife Catherine Ann Waldschmidt (1865-1950) in Ellis Co., Kansas.

2nd wife Maria Agnes "Mary" Doerhing, born 1833 in Schönchen (Paninskaya) Russia. Daughter of Johannes Doerhing b 1802 & Wilhelmina Herald (Gerald) b 1800. Married 24 Jan 1856, Anton Peter (Sr.) age 38 and Maria 23 in Russia. Died 4 Nov 1873 age 40 after giving birth in Russia. 

7 Children:

Joseph (1856 - 1928) marr 1st wife Theresa Zimmerman (1862-1882), marr 2nd wife Dorothea Meier (1861-1910).

Katherine Wasinger (1858-1858) (infant).

Anton D. "A.D." (1859 - 1944 Elgin IL) marr Anna Elizabeth Gottschalk (1872-1943) in 1889.

Balthaser "Ball" (1862-1941) marr Anna Barbara Schoenfeld (1867- ) on 16 Sep 1884.

Clementina, b 1863, d 1949) marr Alexander Schueler (1858-1926) on 3 Feb 1880 at St. Catharine Catholic Church, Catharine, Ellis Co., Kansas.

Clemens (1866-1929) marr 1st wife Clementine Doerfler (1866-1919), on 3 Feb 1886 at St Francis of Assissi Catholic Church in Munjor, Ellis Co., Kansas. marr 2nd wife Barbara Leiker (1862-1945) on 9 Jun 1920 at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Munjor, Ellis Co., Kansas.

Rosa "Rose" (1869-1940) marr Alois Koerner (1865-1928) on 16 Nov 1886,

3rd wife "Mary" Maria Elizabeth Hertlein, born 1830 in Russia. Daughter of Johann Hertlein & Catharina Schueler. Married 3 Feb 1874, Anton Peter (Sr.) age 56 and Mary 44, in Schönchen, Russia. Immigrated in 1876. No children. 

Germans to America Passenger Data File: WASINGER, ANTON age 52 Occupation: FARMER Country of Origin: PRUSSIA Travel Compartment: Steerage Manifest Header Data File: 00033491 Ship Name: SCHILLER Port of Departure (Embarkation): HAMBURG Date of Arrival: 7/15/1874 Click here for Passenger Data File: [1] Click here for Manifest Header Data: [2] 

Left Saratov July 8, 1876 along with 107 other families. (Traveled by train to Moscow and then Hamburg) July 19, 1876 departed from Hamburg, Germany on board the S.S. Suevia and arrived in New York, NY August 3, 1876. Passengers from Schönchen: Wasinger, Anton 54, Maria 48, Joseg (Joseph) 19, Anton 17, Balthauser 13, Clemens 9, Clementina 8 A transcription of the families on this voyage can be found in Migration from the Russian Empire, Lists of Passengers Arriving at the Port of New York, Volume 1, January 1875 - September 1882, pp. 70-72 and AHSGR Work Paper #9, pp. 60-62. http://volga.schoenchen.org:8000/ships.htm http://genforum.genealogy.com/wasinger/messages/25.html

Wife Katharina (Bach) Wasinger, born 1819 in Graf, died 29 Sept 1855 in Schönchen, Russia.

Wife Maria.

 Sources 

Wasinger Family Genealogy: The Descendants of Joseph Wasinger 1704, p,18, compiled by Kevin D. Rupp.

http://records.ancestry.com/Anton_Wasinger_records.ashx?pid=24657070 A

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPB-67S : 14 July 2016), Anton Wasinger, Hays City, Ellis, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 90, sheet 442C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0381; FHL microfilm 1,254,381.

Wasinger Family Genealogy - The Descendants of Joseph Wasinger 1704, compiled by Kevin D. Rupp, p 14, 18. Kevin provides his source as: Grains of Wheat: Record of deaths and burials 1876-1982 - St. Francis Parish - Munjor, Kansas, compiled by Fr. Earl R. Meyer, OFM Cap.

Saint Francis Parish - Munjor, Kansas 1876-1976 booklet, compiled by Fr. Earl Meyer with assistance from Fr. Raphael Engel and Fr. Blaine Burkey, Capuchins, p.34.

History from 1760 to 1938 of Joe Wasinger, G. Peter Wasinger, Anton Wasinger Sr, Anton D. Wasinger, translated by Anton D. Wasinger, typed by Pia Wasinger, p. 13.