In 1860 there was a total of 2,193 people in Brown county, which included much unsettled land to its west. In 1870 there were 5,917 in the county, which then included some additional land as well. In 1860 there were only 94 declared Bohemians. Family names in the City of New Ulm were limited to Hartmann, Schmitz, and Sprenger. In Cottonwood, family names from Bohemia are as follows: Wagner, Siebenbrunner, Dietz, Beck, Leminger, Hochhauer, Vogel, Haas, Kretsch (sometimes rendered Gretsch), Gag, Seifert, Holm, Hauser, Zeug and repetitions of these. In 1860, therefore, only about 4% of the people in the county were of Bohemian-German origin.
Arbes Keck Schlägel Arbes Knoedel Schleicher Balbon Kober Schluck Becanv Koreis Schneider Benkelt Korwel Schroepfer Bier Kowarsh Schubert Bouskbauer Kral Schulzko Brann Krau Schwebach Bro Kretsch Seifert Dietz Krippner Serbus Dreschsler Lang Siebenbrenner Ebenhoh Lang Siefert Eckstein Lano Sitauer Emrich Lehmann Soellner Epple Liebl Sprenger Felber Marihart Sprenger Forster Marisch Stade Giebisch Mathiowitz Staeffel Grau Merkle Staffel Grbner Möller Stelzner Groll Ochs Sukopf Grossmann Pelzl Tauer Guchna Peschker Vogel Haller Peuser Wagner Hammerschmidt Praukraz Wartha Hauser Prokosch Wettsch Henle Prokosch Wildscheck Hilsmasik Prokosch Wildscher Hoffmann Reimke Wissner Holm Richter Zeig Holm Roebt Zeug Huberl Schiffert
In the above list, there were many repeats of the same family name, here listed only once each. By 1880, the population of the county had risen to 12,695 and of these the Bohemian representation amounted to 1,294 or 10.2%. To this total, for considerations of the tightly knit German-Bohemian community in and around New Ulm, should be added the 465 Bohemians living just north of Brown county (and north of the city of New Ulm) in Lafayette Township, with a few extending into Courtland township, both in Nicollet county.
Arbes Hoffmann Merkle Baar Keckstein Meyer Baschie Keller Polta Bender Kokenz Polta Biebel Kretsch Rewitzer Dauer Kubitzka Schaefer Eckstein Kunz Schellhorn Eichman Lang Schneider Fiddler Lauten Simon Forster Leiminger Stelzner Gender Lindmeyer Tomaska Gira Lockway Valentin Grausam Loesch Vogel Helget Macho Wagner Helmor Marresek Wissner Herian Mathiowitz
Ambroth Hochhaus Schwendinger Arbes Kistner Seifert Arendt Kopp Seifert Beck Kowarsch Sperl Billstein Macho Springer Bulden Macke Springer Dauer Macko Suger Dauer Martin Sukas Dietz Mohr Supher Drexler Pecktl Trach Eckstein Raen Ubl Fritsche* Rebitzer Vogel Gag Rechal Wagner Grebner Saundstine Wagner Grebner Scheifert Warter Grossman Schiffert Weibel Grossmann Schneider Wisner Haas Schnobrick Wokach Heers Schubert* A German name from Saxony, but married into and living among Bohemian Germans in Sigel Township.
Helget Lieb Scheiffert Tauer Weltsch
Bechtall Hoffmann Ries Bier Hoken Roesier Boetner Holm Schnieder Bottger Janni Schroepfer Dietz Klckl Seifert Dittrick Knebel Sellner Domeier Knedl Siebenbrunner Drach Knedle Soukup Eckstein Koeck Stadik Flor Kral Stueber Forster Kretsch Tauer Genk Neudecker Ubel George Pechelt Vogel Gerk Prokosch Wilfahrt Grau Reinhard Wiltscheck Hammersmith Rewitzer Wurzberger Hauser Riechter Zeug
Home Township:
Allec Halla Reibel Brenner Kowarsch Schaffler Dobias Kryzmarzich Serbus Drexler Losleben Steffl Emmar Pour Strohmer
Village of Loreno:
Buscheck Fiebiger Frodal Krausen Schneider
Albin Township:
Goblish Groebner Reminger Welsch
Stark Township:
Brown Kroi Saffert Bruckbauer Mathiowetz Schafer Falber Merrihart Schaffer Helget Proksch Schuller Hillesheim Raschka Schwab Kober Reminger Termer
Levenworth Township:
Garosch Haala Holm Pascher
Mulligan Township:
Holer Mathiowetz Tauer Zeroska
Burnstown Township:
Artas Lang Rubie Schatscho Wurscher
Village of Springfield:
Penkert Schotsok
Nicollet County
West Newton Township:
Anton Gabriel Preckner Barden Garber Satter Beyer Green Schwab Biebl Johanna Sehr Depholder Kokesch Stadtherr Dosie Koreis Stratt Famdale Kories Walenter Frandon Kripman Wendinger Frank Mettes Zimbra Frank Monde
Ridgeley Township:
Arbes Bashal Faultine Leidel Vete
Lafayette Township:
Altmann Jungbauer Schenk Bartl Kackelmeier Schleicker Baumann Kass Schluck Baumann Kitzberger Schmaus Bauml Klenent Schuler Brey Koepl Schuller Brix Koreis Simmet Buchl Lackner Singer Ebenhoh Maitl Smasal Forster Martinka Sporer Gabriel Miller Staderl Giesley Minch Stadick Goblirsch Preising Stafel Gruber Reichert Tauer Hacker Ropert Wagner Hacker Ruby Weber Hanslick Saitz Woratschka Hegert Sauckl Zischka Henian Schattenbauer
1890 Federal Census
The manuscript census records for 1890 were destroyed.
1900 Federal Census
For the year 1900 Bohemian names appear in the various Brown county townships as follows:
City of New Ulm
1900:Alex Eckstein Guldan Ambrosch Eibner Guldan Arbes Fischer Hammerschmidt Baas Flick Hauser Baier Flor Held Bartl Forster Helget Bartl Forstner Helget Bauer Gabriel Helget Baumann Gag Hengel Bender Genlach Herbeck Braun Gobart Heursch Brix Grau Hofmann Dauer Groebner Hofmeister Deutsch Groebner Hogen Dietz Groener Holm Domeier Grunert Kachelmeier Karl Mayer Seifert Klinkhammer Meidl Sellner Kloeckl Miler Serhase Klutschka Motzert Soukoup Kobarsch Neidecker Soukup Koeck Neidecker Springer Korbel Neuwirth Stadich Kowarsch Paa Stuiber Kral Portner Tauer Kraus Postel Tauer Kraus Prokosch Tauer Kretsch Reinarts Theurer Krippner Reinartz Ubl Kruses Reininger Vogel Lampl Reuter Waibel Lang Rewitzer Wartha Lang Sach Wiedl Lemberger Sandhoefner Wiesner Lilla Schloegel Wildt Lindmeyer Schmidt Wilfahrt Lockway Schroepfer Windschidel Lutschuh Schroepfer Witcheck Macho Schubert Zangl Macho Schubert Zeig Martinka Seifert Zeug
Albin Township:
Baar Kostner Schroepfer Dietz Pechtel Sellner Goblirsch Peihl Sperl Gottern Relget Suess Haala Reminger Suess Helles Rewitzer Weltsch Herr Schiller Keim Schlaegl
Bashaw Township:
(all the following Bohemian names were reported as having nativity in Germany, even though earlier censuses gave them as Bohemia.)Fischer Richter Roiger Schumacher
Stately Township:
Fecker Newmann Schroepfer Haas Ruby Tadewaldtz Knadle Saffert Neubauer Schnobrich
Burnstown Township:
Carrick Lang Ruby Forster Mugan Sturm Heitzer
Cottonwood Township:
Bartel Haas Schmelz Biebel Helget Schmidt Diettrich Holm Schneider Dietz Kamm Sprenger Drexler Linomer Sprenger Eckstein Lohmer Tauer Fesenmeier Mack Ubl Flohr Maier Wagner Fortwengler Mathawitz Wartha Gag Mier Wiesner Griebel Planinger Willinger Groebner Portner Workasch Grossman Posl Grunet Saffert
Eden Township:
Helget Aigler Hofmann Arbes Ott Neubauer Mathiowitz Wanders Schroeder
Home Township:
Goebner Kryzmarcick Steffl Hillesheim Lange Volten Hoffman Losleben Witt
Lake Hanska Township:
Helget Schnobrick Tauer Uble Zeig
Leavenworth Township:
Arbes Holm Soutschka Forster Schneider Stangle Hartmann Schumacher Hegler Sellner
Leavenworth Village:
Fischer Kopp Sperl Grossmann Rewitzer Zupfer
Linden Township:
Hesse Koester
Milford Township:
Ambrosch Landsteiner Tomaschke Arbes Lehman Veit Gebhard Maresch Weir Groebner Pregel Wild Kuehn Seifert
Mulligan Township:
Bauer Syess Dauber Mathiowitz Tauer Dauber Molday Wersel Dietz Molilau Windschitl Haala Raschka Zwaschka Hockert Saffert Laux Sellner
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