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Moving to Town
The first settlers had homestead quarter sectioin which were isolated from each other. They decided to establish a hamlet in order to strengthen their social, religious and community ties.
Original lots according to church records:
Name Lot # Peter Yunker Lot 1 Stanislaus Laturnas Lots 2 & 3 Adam Grad Lot 4 Joseph Materi lot 5 Heinrich Schafer Lot 6 & 8 Anton Leibel Lot 7 Martin Marcia Lot 9 Kosmas Matt Lot 10 A. Bachman Lot 18 George Fisher Lot 19 Leonard Stephen Lot 20 Anton Bengert Lot 21 Florian Becker Lot 22 F. Geiger Lot 23 John Klotz Lot 25 P. Bolan Lot 26 Balthasar Wagman Lot 11 Johannes Kuntz Lot 12 Anton J. Schafer Lot 14 Peter Geiger Lot 15 Johannes Wiest Lot 16 Joseph Diewold Lot 17 & 24 Christian Grad Lot 28, 35 & 36 Andreas Leibel Lot 29 Wendel Wagman Lot 30 George Zachre Lot 31 Franz Wagman Lot 32 P. Wagman Lot 34 Saint Joseph's - Balgonie 100th Anniversary Celebration - 1886-1986
