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Samuel Littau

Male 1877 - 1963  (86 years)


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  • Name Samuel Littau 
    Birth 06 Jan 1877  Markosovka, Kuban, North Caucasus, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 19 May 1900  Ellis Island, New York, National Park, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Immigration Oct 1908  Hanna, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 10 Apr 1930  Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Occupation Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 13 Aug 1963  Ashland, Jackson, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Burial 19 Aug 1963  Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery, Lodi, San Joaquin, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I565  klaiber
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2009 

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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 06 Jan 1877 - Markosovka, Kuban, North Caucasus, Russia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1899 - North Caucasus, Russia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 19 May 1900 - Ellis Island, New York, National Park, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - Oct 1908 - Hanna, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1923 - Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 10 Apr 1930 - Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - - Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - - Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1934 - Lodi, San Joaquin, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Aug 1963 - Ashland, Jackson, Oregon, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 19 Aug 1963 - Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery, Lodi, San Joaquin, California, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • 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 
    1. [S239] Compiler: Arthur Flegel, Bessarabian Communities, (Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, Fargo ND 58105,2005), A1, page 19 - 434, A1, page 19.

    2. [S263] Bible, Littau, (Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo., 1906), Lit1, page 1-1, Lit1, page 1-1.

    3. [S264] Ship Manifest - Hamburg 1900 - Littau, (9 May 1900), Lit1, page 1-3-8, Lit1, page 1-3-7.

    4. [S265] Obituary of Samuel Littau, (August 1963), Lit1, page 1-11, Lit1, page 1-11.

    5. [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.

    6. [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.

    7. [S267] Census, USA Federal 1930, Littau, (10 April 1930), Lit1, page 1-17-20.

    8. [S264] Ship Manifest - Hamburg 1900 - Littau, (9 May 1900), Lit1, page 1-3, Lit1, page 1-3-7.

    9. [S359] Government of Russia, Passport, (Government of Russia, Stavropol, North Caucasus, Ferbuary, 1900), Lit1, page 1-10, Lit1, page 1-10.

    10. [S276] C Littau, Interview, Littau, C 2006, (26 May 2006), Lit1, page 6-7, Lit1, page 6-7.

    11. [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.


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