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Koroch to Korock - Karl & Adoline Koroch

The eldest Koroch that I have any knowledge of is Daniel Koroch, who was born around 1810 and died 50 years later in 1860. I don’t have much information beyond that on Daniel.

Daniel had 5 sons, Christian, Paul, John, Karl, and Samuel Koroch, from which the tree branches out rapidly.

Although there is clear German roots in the Korock/Koroch bloodline, the farthest back I have information on where the family called home is actually in a small community in Russia, known as Romanofka in the late 1800s.

Although located in Russia, Romanofka was a German community in the Caucasian area near the Turkish border. The land was granted to the settlers by the local Russian government at the time.

Christian Koroch owned some property in Romanofka, which his son, Karl, later sold. This was shortly before WWI, which brought the Russians in who confiscated everything from the local German settlers.

Villagers in the Romanofka region were mostly adherents to the German Evangelical Baptist Church. Unfortunately for the community, it was often a target for invading Turks who would ride into the village at night and shoot the place up. The issue proved to be too frightening & problematic for the townsfolk who could not cope. At this point the Korochs pulled up stakes and began their pilgrimage to America.

First to make the journey to America was David (son of Christian), most likely in 1906 or 1907. As soon as he settled in the States he began the process of convincing the rest of the family to join him. Samuel was most likely the second to come, followed by Louisa Koroch (widowed at the time) together with the rest of the family.

David became pastor of the German Church of God in St. Joseph, Michigan. This turned out to be a stopping point for German immigrants. From this point the Koroch family started to spread out. Karl first went to Chicago to work for the Pullman Company. From there the Karl Koroch family moved to Durham Kansas to pastor the German Church of God there.