Alexanderhilf  (Alexeyevka/Dobro-Alexandrovka)

Notes: Founded in 1805, evangelical, in the district of Grossliebental in the Odessa area. From Stumpp book/page 88, "In 1817, another 17 families arrived, 12 of them from Württemberg. In 1805-06 all except a few families died out. The farmyards were not resettled until 1807-1817 and 1825."

Church records: St. Petersburg Church records are located online at https://beta.familysearch.org/

Pioneer Settler Surnames: Arnold, Bader, Baier, Bauer, Baumgärtner, Bender, Berg, Bertsch, Betz, Biedermann, Binder, Blum, Bock, Briem, Brodbeck, Büber, Dendler, Dietz, Eberle, Eichholz, Eippert, Fauser, Feil, Friesinger, Frisch, Führer, Gärtner, Gauch, Gehring, Göhring, Graf, Hägele, Hafner, Haffner, Heim, Henzler, Hirning, Hissung, Hottmann, Hütter, Jose, Kaiser, Kappel, Klein, König, Klöpfer, Köpplin, Kopp, Kreis, Langenstein, Lautenschläger, Lehr, Lotthammer, Luithle, Mägle, Mahler, Maier, Maisch, Mayer, Metz, Moor/Mohr, Nägle, Neth, Neubauer, Neufer(t), Neuschele, Ottmar, Pfau, Pfeiffer, Ploch, Rehm, Rösle, Rösler, Roth, Rummel, Schenk, Scheu, Schlafmann, Schmid, Schmidt, Schnabel, Schöpp, Schröder, Schüler, Stephan, Stoll, Strauss, Stuber, Stumpp, Sutter,Torno, Uhl, Voggenberger, Vollmer, Wessner, Wohl, Zeh, Zehender. (Source: Homesteaders on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height and Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack.)  [The settlers in bold arrived via Hungary. Some of the settlers spent very little time (one winter) in Hungary while others were there much longer.]

Plat map of village in 1944

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Ship records for Alexanderhilf families that immigrated to the United States:  link to Ellis Island online is http://www.ellisisland.org/