Daughter Colonies
Due to population growth and lack of suitable farm land, new villages called daughter colonies were established from the late 1840s through the 1860s. Families from Norka helped establish the following daughter colonies:
Neu-Norka - Founded in 1852 by colonists from Norka. All of the 88 households listed in the 1857 Census of Neu-Norka are shown as residents of Norka (Alt-Norka) during the 1850 census.
Sources:
"History of the Volga German Colonists" by Jacob E. Dietz, 2005, pg. 215.
"1857 Census of Neu-Norka in the District of Saratov, Russia", Translated by Brent Mai, Concordia University, 2010.
Brunnental - was first founded in 1855 by colonists from the mother colonies of Frank, Kolb, Walter, Anton Kukkus, Dinkel and Norka.
The 1857 Census of Brunnental shows 15 households that originated in Norka.
Sources:
An article written in February 1995 by Alexander Weber, born 10 Dec 1919 and Anna Mueller (nee Weber), born 7 Nov 1889 in Brunnental.
"1857 Census of Brunnental in the District of Samara, Russia," 2010, Translated by Brent Mai.
Rosenfeld - Founded in 1859 by colonists from Huck, Moor and Norka.
Source: "History of the Volga German Colonists" by Jacob E. Dietz, 2005, pg. 221.
Neu-Hussenbach (Gaschon) - Founded in 1860 by colonists from Hussenbach (Linevo Ozero) and Norka.
Source: "History of the Volga German Colonists" by Jacob E. Dietz, 2005, pg. 221.
Sue Hopp Nakaji has created an Excel spreadsheet showing family names from various sources, including: Kulberg lists, Volga transport lists, 1798, 1816, 1834, 1850, 1857 census's, Volgograd records to 1845, and Hussenbach database. Many of the families show connections to Norka.
Marienfeld (Spatzenchutor) - Founded in 1852 by colonists from Kamenka and Norka.
Source: Father Konrad Keller in Deutsche Erde, 1910, No. 6/7.
The founding of the daughter colonies allowed for continued growth and prosperity in Norka and Neu-Norka, but in less than twenty years, the privileges granted to them by Catherine's Manifesto would begin to be taken away.