Johann Toevs (1836-1913), son of Dutch immigrants to Russia Heinrich Toews and Helena Janzen, immigrated from Russia to land near Woodbine, Kansas in 1874. Two of his brothers and one sister later immigrated to join him. Descendants (most used Toews, some used Toevs as surnames) lived in Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Oregon, California and elsewhere.

Peter Neufeld (1812-1882) was probably born in Prussia. He later moved to Sparrau in South Russia. His son Abraham (1842-1916) and his wife, Maria Toews were the first in the family to immigrated to the U.S., eventually settling in Marion County, Kansas and Oklahoma. Other family members followed, settling in Oklahoma, Kansas, and later California.

Chiefly descendants of Elder Napoleon R. Kaufman, son of Joseph (1811-1896) and Katrina Goering Kaufman. Elder Kaufman was born 6January 1862 in Beresowka, Russia and died 30 March 1929 at Moundridge, Kansas. He married Fannie Stucky, daughter of Elder Jacob Stucky (1824-1893) on 19 January 1883, the ceremony being performed by her father. She died 6 February 1933 and is buried beside her husband, Elder Napoleon R. Kaufman, in the Hopefield Cemetery...

Seligmann Feuchtwanger was born in 1786 in Fuerth, Bavaria. He married Fanny Wassermann, daughter of Amschel Elkan Wassermann (1799-1875), in 1818. They had eighteen children. He died in 1852. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Germany, the United States and Israel.

Peter Lohrentz/Lohrenz II (1811-1900) was born in Holland, immigrated to West Prussia, to the Ukraine in South Russia and later to Harvey County, Kansas. First he married Widow Klassen who had five living children and they had two children. After she died he married Elizabeth Neufeld and they had ten children. Four of these children came with them to the United States. Descendants lived chiefly in the Mennonite section of Kansas, but gradually scattered...

Peter Penner was born in the Mennonite settlements of Russia in 1850. His family had come from Germany to Russia and soon after his marriage to Margaretha Wiebe he brought his family to southern Canada. Later other members of his family settled in Manitoba, and Minnesota with other Mennonites. Peter and Margaretha were the parents of ten children. Information on many of their descendants and other relatives, as well as their ancestry back into Germany...

Abram Braun (1860-1919), son of Jacob Braun and Helena Kauenhoven, was born in the Berthal Colony in South Russia. HIs father died when he was five and his mother married Johann Swatsky. They emigrated in 1875 and settled first in North Dakota and then in Manitoba. Abram married Anna Falk (1866-1938), daughter of Peter Falk and Maria Reimer, in 1886. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Canada and Paraguay.