Samuel Littau

1877 - 1963  (86 years)

• Name	Samuel Littau
  Birth	06 Jan 1877	Markosowka, Kuban, North Caucasus, Russia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	19 May 1900	Ellis Island, New York, New York, USA   [3]
  Immigration	Oct 1908	Hanna, Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Religion	1918  [5]
  listed as one of the premier members of the Seven Day Adventist congregation in the Sponden, Alberta district.
  Immigration	1923	Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA   [6]
  Census	10 Apr 1930	Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA   [7]
  Occupation	Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA   [8, 9]
  Samuel's passport included his family, was issued in Stavropol, North Caucasus Russia in Feb 1900. The ships manifest indicates that they would join Louisa's parents in Oklahoma. He took up farming and children 2,3 & 4 were born in Woodward, OK.
  Occupation	Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA   [10]
  After all that hard work Sam and his brother-in-law Ludwig Wonnenberg gave up farming in Canada and moved their family to Idaho and in 1933 he bought a farm near Filer, but the timing was not right and he had to sell out in 1934 because of the depression.
  Reference Number	565
  Reference Number	Lit1
  Residence	1934	Lodi, San Joaquin, California, USA   [4]
  Death	13 Aug 1963	Ashland, Oregon, USA   [11]
  Burial	19 Aug 1963	Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery, Lodi, California, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I565	Ohlhausen
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Martin Jr. Littau,   b. 01 Nov 1849, Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia d. Aft 1906, Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia (Age > 58 years)
  Mother	Anna Christina Krueger,   b. 24 Dec 1856, Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia
  Marriage	09 Nov 1873	Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia   [12]
  Histories		Littau, Johann Family History and Descendants of Johann Littau
  Family ID	F315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Wonnenberg,   b. 15 Apr 1880, Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia d. 17 Jan 1958, Lodi, San Joaquin, California, USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1899	North Caucasus, Russia   [9]
  	and was a teacher at that time.
  Children	+ 1. Martin Littau,   b. 28 Mar 1900, Nora, North Caucasus, Russia d. 11 Aug 1987, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA (Age 87 years)   2. Ferdinand Littau,   b. 25 Jul 1902, Oklahoma, USA d. 1918, Hanna, Alberta, Canada (Age 15 years)   3. Ottillie 'Della' Littau,   b. 30 Mar 1904, Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA + 4. Johann 'John' Littau,   b. 21 Jun 1905, Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA d. 17 Dec 1980, Nevada City, California, USA (Age 75 years) + 5. Hulda 'Hilda' Littau,   b. 17 May 1911, Loyalist, Alberta, Canada d. 20 Jul 1980, Boise, Ada, Idaho, USA (Age 69 years) + 6. K.C.C. Littau + 7. Silva 'Sylvia' Littau,   b. 01 Oct 1920, Hanna, Alberta, Canada d. 02 Jul 2007, Eugene, Oregon, USA (Age 86 years)
  Histories		Littau, Johann Family History and Descendants of Johann Littau
  Family ID	F314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - Abt 1899 - North Caucasus, Russia Immigration - Oct 1908 - Hanna, Alberta, Canada Immigration - 1923 - Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Census - 10 Apr 1930 - Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Occupation - - Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA Occupation - - Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Death - 13 Aug 1963 - Ashland, Oregon, USA Burial - 19 Aug 1963 - Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery, Lodi, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Quest, Alexander "Alex" Left-Alex Quast, Samuel Littau, Ludwig Wonenberg Jr. Likely taken in Hanna, Alberta Canada

  
  

• Notes

  This Littau family went to Canada along with Louisa's brother Ludwig Jr. Wonenberg and two sisters Dorothea (John Quast) and Justina Koenig and their families as well as her mother Wilhelmina Bauch Wonnenberg. They went to Hanna, Alberta to homestead except Justina stayed in Calgary and Grandma 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 application indicated that he had cultivated 28, 12, 60 acres and cropped 0, 40 and 55 acres in the years 1909, 10 and 11. It also indicated that they had 5 horses and 3 cattle by 1912. At the application date the family had a 12 X 14 sod house; a 16 X 33 sod barn; a chicken house; a stable; a water well; 320 rods of fencing. It also indicates that Sam had become a British subject by naturalization. Anton Dofer was the sponsor of this application. A patent for title of the land was issued the Department of the Interior.

  
  

• Sources

  [S239] Compiler: Arthur Flegel, Bessarabian Communities, (Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, Fargo ND 58105, 2005), A1, page 19 - 434, A1, page 19. [S263] Bible, Littau, (Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo., 1906), Lit1, page 1-1, Lit1, page 1-1. [S264] Ship Manifest - Hamburg 1900 - Littau, (9 May 1900), Lit1, page 1-3-8, Lit1, page 1-3-7. [S265] Obituary of Samuel Littau, (August 1963), Lit1, page 1-11, Lit1, page 1-11. [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. [S276] Charles Littau, Interview, Littau, Charles 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 grain farmer. We also know from the Quast family that the Sam Littau and Ludwig Wonenberg family left 'in the middle of the night' leaving everything and telling nobody. even to the extent that they left cattle and household things. [S267] Census, USA Federal 1930, Littau, (10 April 1930), Lit1, page 1-17-20. [S264] Ship Manifest - Hamburg 1900 - Littau, (9 May 1900), Lit1, page 1-3, Lit1, page 1-3-7. [S359] Government of Russia, Passport, (Government of Russia, Stavropol, North Caucasus, Ferbuary, 1900), Lit1, page 1-10, Lit1, page 1-10. [S276] Charles Littau, Interview, Littau, Charles 2006, (26 May 2006), Lit1, page 6-7, Lit1, page 6-7. [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. [S239] Compiler: Arthur Flegel, Bessarabian Communities, (Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, Fargo ND 58105, 2005), A1, page 18 - 434, A1, page 19.