Many Mennonite Przechówko descendants lived in the villages of Franzthal and Alexanderwohl in the Molotschna Colony. In 1874, these were the leading advocates of emigration to North America. By extension, for example, Molotschna Colonists at the Pordenau Church were heavily influenced. This included the southeast Molotschna villages such as Elisabethtal, Alexanderthal, Marienthal. Further, Franzthal villagers (Franzthal was originally meant to be named Przechówko but Russian authorities apparently nixed the idea) were mostly Przechówko descendants and had to a large degree taken over the Rudnerweide Church, so there were others from Grossweide and Pastwa that were influenced to migrate. A lot of folks from all these villages had roots at Tragheimerweide so at Alexanderwohl in Kansas, there were therefore a good number of people with Tragherimerweide ancestry.
Therefore, there are a lot of people today that count themselves part of the Alexanderwohl community who have no ancestry from Przechówko at all. Franzes, Hieberts, Thiessens, Klaassens, Edigers, Harders, Wienses - certainly none of these surnames originated at Przechówko. Further, Schroeder and Nickel family members joined Alexanderwohl very early on but probably came from Podwitz and were Frisians from Schonsee instead of Przechowko or die Kleine Schule. Dalkes also came from Right Bank Vistula but were Lutherans before emigration to Russia.
The Alexanderwohl group - those who travelled to USA aboard the SS Teutonia and SS Cimbria in July/August 1874, took the following route when leaving Europe:
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