Samuel Littau

1877 - 1963  (86 years)

• Name	Samuel Littau
  Birth	06 Jan 1877	Markosovka, Kuban, North Caucasus, Russia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	19 May 1900	Ellis Island, New York, National Park, New York, USA   [3]
  Immigration	Oct 1908	Hanna, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Religion	1918  [5]
  	listed as one of the premier members of the Seven Day Adventistcongregation in the Sponden, Alberta district.
  Immigration	1923	Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA   [6]
  Census	10 Apr 1930	Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA   [7]
  Occupation	Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA   [8, 9]
  	Samuel's passport included his family, was issued in Stavropol, NorthCaucasus Russia in Feb 1900. The ships manifest indicates that theywould join Louisa's parents in Oklahoma. He took up farming and children2,3 & 4 were born in Woodward, OK.
  Occupation	Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA   [10]
  	After all that hard work Sam and his brother-in-law Ludwig Wonnenberggave up farming in Canada and moved their family to Idaho and in 1933 hebought a farm near Filer, but the timing was not right and he had tosell out in 1934 because of the depression.
  Reference Number	565
  Reference Number	Lit1
  Residence	1934	Lodi, San Joaquin, California, USA   [4]
  Death	13 Aug 1963	Ashland, Jackson, Oregon, USA   [11]
  Burial	19 Aug 1963	Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery, Lodi, San Joaquin, California, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I565	klaiber
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2009

  
  

  Family	Louisa Wonnenberg,   b. 15 Apr 1880, North Caucasus, Russia d. 17 Jan 1958, Lodi, San Joaquine, California, USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1899	North Caucasus, Russia   [9]
  	and was a teacher at that time.
  Children	+ 1. Martin Littau,   b. 28 Mar 1900, Nora, North Caucasus, Russia d. 11 Aug 1987, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA (Age 87 years)   2. Ferdinand Littau,   b. 25 Jul 1902, Oklahoma, USA d. 1918, Hanna, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada (Age 15 years)   3. Ottillie 'Della' Littau,   b. 30 Mar 1904, Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA + 4. Johann 'John' Littau,   b. 28 Jun 1908, Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA d. 17 Dec 1980, Nevada City, Nevada, California, USA (Age 72 years) + 5. Hulda 'Hilda' Littau,   b. 17 May 1911, Loyalist, Special Area No. 4, Alberta, Canada d. 20 Jul 1980, Boise, Ada, Idaho, USA (Age 69 years) + 6. K.C.C. Littau + 7. Silva 'Sylvia' Littau,   b. 01 Oct 1920, Hanna, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada d. 02 Jul 2007, Eugene, Lane, Oregon, USA (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2015

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 06 Jan 1877 - Markosovka, Kuban, North Caucasus, Russia Marriage - Abt 1899 - North Caucasus, Russia Immigration - 19 May 1900 - Ellis Island, New York, National Park, New York, USA Immigration - Oct 1908 - Hanna, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Immigration - 1923 - Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Census - 10 Apr 1930 - Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Occupation - - Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA Occupation - - Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Residence - 1934 - Lodi, San Joaquin, California, USA Death - 13 Aug 1963 - Ashland, Jackson, Oregon, USA Burial - 19 Aug 1963 - Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery, Lodi, San Joaquin, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  This Littau family went to Canada along with Louisa's brother Ludwig Jr.Wonenberg and two sisters Dorothea (John Quast) and Justina Koenig andtheir families as well as her mother Wilhelmina Bauch Wonnenberg. Theywent to Hanna, Alberta to homestead except Justina stayed in Calgary andGrandma Wonnenberg stayed with Justina's family. made application for entry for a homestead located SE 7-24-7 W4M made application for land title for the homestead. The applicationindicated that he had cultivated 28, 12, 60 acres and cropped 0, 40 and55 acres in the years 1909, 10 and 11. It also indicated that they had 5horses and 3 cattle by 1912. At the application date the family had a 12X 14 sod house; a 16 X 33 sod barn; a chicken house; a stable; a waterwell; 320 rods of fencing. It also indicates that Sam had become aBritish subject by naturalization. Anton Dofer was the sponsor of thisapplication. A patent for title of the land was issued the Department of the Interior.

  
  

• Sources

  [S239] Compiler: Arthur Flegel, Bessarabian Communities, (Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, Fargo ND 58105,2005), A1, page 19 - 434, A1, page 19. [S263] Bible, Littau, (Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo., 1906), Lit1, page 1-1, Lit1, page 1-1. [S264] Ship Manifest - Hamburg 1900 - Littau, (9 May 1900), Lit1, page 1-3-8, Lit1, page 1-3-7. [S265] Obituary of Samuel Littau, (August 1963), Lit1, page 1-11, Lit1, page 1-11. [S381] Spondin And Area History Book Society, Prairie Rose Country, (Publisher - Inter-Collegiate Press, Publisher Address - Winnipeg,Manitoba, Canada, 1982), Books, Hanna Spondin, p37, Books, Hanna/Spondin. [S276] C Littau, Interview, Littau, C 2006, (26 May 2006), Lit1, page 6-7, Lit1, page 6-7. Charels said that it was too dry to farm and his Dad wanted to be a grainfarmer. We also know from the Quast family that the Sam Littau andLudwig Wonenberg family left 'in the middle of the night' leavingeverything and telling nobody. even to the extent that they left cattleand household things. [S267] Census, USA Federal 1930, Littau, (10 April 1930), Lit1, page 1-17-20. [S264] Ship Manifest - Hamburg 1900 - Littau, (9 May 1900), Lit1, page 1-3, Lit1, page 1-3-7. [S359] Government of Russia, Passport, (Government of Russia, Stavropol, North Caucasus, Ferbuary, 1900), Lit1, page 1-10, Lit1, page 1-10. [S276] C Littau, Interview, Littau, C 2006, (26 May 2006), Lit1, page 6-7, Lit1, page 6-7. [S266] Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, Cemetery record, Lodi, CA., (Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, Lodi, California, August 1963), Lit1, page 1-13, Lit1, page 1-13.