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site is a forum for the family of John J. and Margaret (Dreiling)
Denning to share their genealogy and maintain family ties. We
hope the site will inspire family members to contribute information,
ideas and suggestions for improvement and expansion. |
Back row: Zita,Cyril,
Max, Ida, Ralph, Alberta, Armella
Middle: Carroll, John, Margaret, Stella, Arthur
Front: Adlore, Dennis |
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and Margaret raised their family during the early- to mid-1900s
in central Kansas, a largely-agricultural state located in the
Great Plains of the United States. Both the Dreiling and Denning
heritages are European (mostly Germanic), linked to the Volga
River Germans that emigrated to America in the late 1800s.
Many
Germans had colonized the Volga region of Russia in the late
1700s under the reign of Catherine the Great. Thousands of
these colonists later fled the area under duress due to failed
promises (land, food, housing, no military duty, etc.) from
the ruling Russians, attacks from the nomadic Asiatic tribes
(Kirghiz) and the "Russification" policies of Alexander
II. Read more about our family history
in the provided link.
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