A presidential proclamation of 16 November 1917, pursuant to section 4067 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, required "all natives, citizens, denizens or subjects of the German
Empire" age 14 and older who were "within the United States" to register as "alien enemies."
The actual registration was conducted by various marshals designated by the regulations; in
Newton, the chief of police carried out the registration. Each "alien enemy" was issued a
registration card, which he was required to have on his person at all times. He also needed
permission from the local registrar to travel or change place of residence. The initial registration
included only men; the regulations stated "females are not alien enemies." An act of Congress of
16 April 1918 changed the definition of "alien enemy" to include women age 14 and older, and a
presidential proclamation followed on 19 April 1918.
The list below was compiled from a set of registration affidavits held at the Mennonite Library
and Archives, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas. Also used as sources were a few
registration cards, and a few letters granting permission to travel or change place of residence.
The registration affidavits are all from residents of the city of Newton or of Harvey County. It is
unknown how complete this set of affidavits is.
Each affidavit includes quite complete information, including birth date and place, parents'
names, maiden names in the case of married women, photographs, and fingerprints.
In compiling the following list, we did the best we could in reading the handwriting. Spellings of
both personal names and place names varied, sometimes even within the same family. In general,
we spelled place names as they appeared on the form. For married women, maiden names are
given in parentheses where they were recorded on the form.
Name Birthdate Birthplace
Behrendt, Frieda 2 July 1902 Elbing, West Prussia
Boehnke, Anna (Trampnau) 24 July 1870 Bomgardt, Germany
Boehnke, Augusta 26 Mar 1900 Bomgardt, Germany
Boehnke, Elisabeth 10 Dec 1903 Bomgardt, Germany
Boehnke, Herman 3 Feb 1869 West Prussia
Boehnke, Herman H., Jr. 10 June 1891 West Prussia
Boehnke, Karl August 1 Mar 1892 West Prussia
Brucks, Dietrich 21 June 1857 Neuteich, Germany
Brucks, Maria 4 Nov 1847 Neuteich, West
Prussia
Burkowsky, John 14 Mar 1839 Marienburg, Germany
Dambrowsky, Francis (Winarsky) 6 June 1881 Grinkagen, West
Prussia
Dambrowsky, John M. 20 June 1882 Marienburgh, West
Prussia
Dambrowsky, Mary (Elerwood) 23 Feb 1854 Marienburg, Germany
Dambrowsky, Mary (Widowski) 5 July 1877 Brodsack, Germany
Dambrowsky, Michael 8 Oct 1856 Marienburgh, West
Prussia
Dambrowsky, Robert J. 9 Nov 1884 Marienburg, West
Prussia
Eichhorn, August 23 Feb 1900 Ganeshein, Germany
Eichhorn, Fred, Sr. 26 May 1870 Hirschfeld, Germany
Eichhorn, Fred, Jr. 30 May 1898 Geeresheim, Germany
Eichhorn, Maria (Kater) 4 Apr 1870 Bamgardt, West
Prussia
Enz, Catharine (Bartel) 19 Sept 1860 Monterbert, West
Prussia
Fischer, August 11 Dec 1890 Baumgarth, Germany
Fischer, Marie (Boehnke) 18 Oct 1894 Bangardt, Germany
Fleischauer, Carl F. 11 Jan 1879 Elbing, Germany
Fleischauer, Henrietta (Coleman) 27 Jan 1882 Florence, Marion
County, Kansas
Grapengeter, Henry A. 3 Oct 1879 Oldenburg, Germany
Grapengeter, Mary (Nicoll) 27 May 1889 Carnira, Ellsworth
County, Kansas
Grochowsky, Andrew James 14 Sept 1880 Marienburg, Germany
Grochowsky, John J. 18 Sept 1877 Marienburg, Germany
Grochowsky, Mary Ellen (Anderson) 9 July 1886 Climax, Greenwood
County, Kansas
Grochowsky, Paul A. 30 Aug 1882 Marienburg, Germany
Grochowsky, Selma (Krueger) 11 Nov 1880 Tiegenhoff, Germany
Guentert, Bertold 26 Jan 1887 Freiburg, Baden,
Germany
Guentert, Lena (Bolt) 28 Mar 1882 Basel, Switzerland
Gunther, Rudolf George 18 June 1880 Zwickau, Sachsen,
Germany
Hoyer, Mary 19 Oct 1859 Hanover, Germany
Huebert, John M. 24 June 1869 Tiegenhof, Germany
Huebert, Maria (Andres) 7 Apr 1875 Samara, Russia
Henry, Theodore (is he Theodore Henry or Henry Theodore; only a letter
in file; no affidavit)
Hensy, Christian 17 Aug 1844 Hanover, Germany
Herzog, Mrs. M. H. (Shaw) 3 July 1886 Bloomville, Mo.
Iserhardt, Frederick William 15 Aug 1886 Duesseldorf,
Oberkassell, Germany
Iserhardt, Maria (Nellissen) 10 July 1884 Germany
Kater, August (letter only; no affidavit)
Kater, Elizabeth (registration card only; no affidavit)
Klaassen, Carl 13 Sept 1874 Marienburg, Germany
Klaassen, Fred 10 Aug 1902 Höntrap, Germany
Klaassen, Henrietta (Winkler) 25 Oct 1879 Horntrop, Germany
Klaassen, Herman 1 June 1879 Schloss Kalthof, West
Prussia
Klaassen, Herman, Jr. 23 Mar 1900 Eppendorf, Germany
Klaassen, Lizzie (Gardner) 27 Mar 1893 Marienburg, Germany
Klabau, Jacob 16 Oct 1880 Neidick, Germany
Klabau, Mattie (Green) 17 Oct 1880 Sterling, Kansas
Kliewer, Eva (Wett) 22 Mar 1860 Scharrau, West
Prussia
Kristofory, Andy 10 Oct 1876 Rechtiza, Austria-
Hungary
Kusnofsky, Josephine (Hoffman) 31 Oct 1852 Kalve, West Prussia
Kusnofsky, Peter 26 Feb 1850 Greenfield, West
Prussia
Lingnau, Gertrude 9 Feb 1902 Dusseldorf, Germany
Mull, Anna (Herrtum) 24 May 1879 Lichtheim, Bayern
Mull, Charlotte (Kasitz) 23 Oct 1869 Bomgardt, West
Prussia
Mull, Ferdinand 17 Oct 1893 Dekhart, Germany
Mull, Frank 1 July 1902 Fofbruch, Germany
Mull, George 4 Dec 1902 Dusseldorf, Germany
Mull, Gottlieb 5 Aug 1877 Baumgarht, Germany
Mull, Maria 28 Apr 1900 Doseldorf, Germany
Mull, Samuel, Jr. 14 Aug 1867 Baumgart, Germany
Mull, William 4 July 1898 Dusseldorf, Germany
Nellissen, John 28 Feb 1903 Erkrath, Germany
Nellissen, Karl T. 16 Oct 1878 Süchteln, Rhine
Prov., Germany
Nikel, Albert 14 Oct 1868 Plahnen, Germany
Oser, Elsia (Ludwig) 28 Aug 1895 Great Bend, Kansas
Oser, Otto (letters only; no affidavit)
Pasemann, Margaretha 29 Feb 1904 Lingnau, Germany
Pasemann, Marie (Pimpler) 4 June 1880 Landsberg, Germany
Pasemann, William 7 June 1874 Vorsfelde, Germany
Pappe, Charles (letter only; no affidavit)
Pollackowski, Elizabeth (Widowsky) 5 June 1863 Brodsack, Germany
Pollackowski, Jacob 10 June 1858 Highboden, West
Prussia
Pries, August 20 Oct 1856 Segerberg, Germany
Pries, Minnie (Wagner) 31 Dec 1862 Hichingberg, Germany
Rauber, Adolph 19 Jan 1885 Hamburg, Germany
Rauber, Ella Mae (Brown) 11 Aug 1883 Eldorado, Kansas
Regier, Anna (Claassen) 14 Dec 1861 Marienburg, West
Prussia
Regier, Cornelius R. 27 Mar 1878 Marienburg, Germany
Regier, Jacob H. 19 Jan 1844 Marienburg, West
Prussia
Ritter, Allie (Strain) 2 Oct 1882 Mattoon, Illinois
Ritter, Herman 9 Jan 1880 Pomberberg, Germany
Ritter, Minnie (Roveck) 10 Dec 1847 Pomberberg, Germany
Rogalsky, Mary (Fast) 26 Feb 1846 South Russia
Rosenkranz, Hilda 6 Dec 1885 Dresden, Saxony
Schiewe-Schiff, Sam (no affidavit; just change of residence form and
letter)
Schill, Andy 11 Dec 1889 Grosender, Germany
Schill, Flora (Kasshinski) 24 Nov 1892 Grosinder, Germany
Schlensky, Anne (Grolewsky) 3 June 1856 Trampenau, Germany
Schlensky, John Peter 27 June 1881 Echwald, Germany
Schlensky, Rosa (Babinsky) 14 Mar 1889 Newton, Kansas
Schoenhoff, Amelia (Goerke) 3 Oct 1880 Lichtenau, West
Prussia
Schoenhoff, August 17 Jan 1878 Prangenau, Germany
Schroeder, Florentine (Schultz) 2 Apr 1868 West Prussia
Schroeder, Henry D. 23 Oct 1859 Holstine, Germany
Sieg, Jacob 14 Apr 1880 West Prussia
Sieg, Mary H. (Sadowsky) 14 Oct 1888 Newton, Kansas
Sorg, Christopher Ludwig 22 Sept 1876 Kuenzelsau,
Wuerttemberg
Sorg, Wayne V. 20 Nov 1878 Deerfield, Illinois
Stark, Anna (Bauer) 17 Aug 1870 Zscharlow, Germany
Stark, Herman 26 Dec 1861 Neustadtel, Germany
Stark, Fred 2 Feb 1869 Bochum, Germany
Sturd, Lizzie (Safe) 26 Dec 1879 West Prussia
Toews, Wilhelm 6 Sept 1837 Orloff, West Prussia
Walters, Gus Adolph 21 Dec 1882 Alt Mersau, West
Prussia
Walters, Helen (Zarnowski) 17 May 1886 Newton, Kansas
Wagner, Carrie D. (registration card only; no affidavit)
Wagner, Christ 9 Dec 1872 Smilisdorf, Germany
Wechensky, John 19 Oct 1873 Laske, Germany
Wechensky, Thresa (Dombrowsky) 23 Aug 1880 West Prussia
Wetchensky, Frank 21 Nov 1875 Trampnau, Germany
Wetchensky, Katherina (Schlowsky) 23 Dec 1883 Warenburg, Germany
Wetchensky, Mary (Schervensky) 14 Jan 1846 West Prussia
Widowski, Martin Brodsk, Germany
Wiebe, Ernest 3 May 1880 Marienburg, Germany
Wiechert, Peter 17 Sept 1847 Schenberg, Germany
Wormeck, Gus 2 June 1877 Montauerweide,
Germany
Wunderlich, Anna (Nichols) 4 June 1872 Elbing, West Prussia
Wunderlich, Fred 26 Feb 1901 Dortmund, Germany
Wunderlich, Hellen 23 Aug 1896 Elbing, West Prussia
Wunderlich, Jacob 18 Oct 1867 Elbing, West Prussia
Wunderlich, Karl 1 Mar 1899 Dortmund, Germany
Zarnowski, Frank W. 17 Nov 1882 Marienburg, Germany
Zarnowski, John, Jr. 4 Mar 1881 Marienburg, Germany
Zarnowski, Minnie (Rodenbaugh) 8 Mar 1891 Newton, Kansas