[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Bodyguard of the Czar

[Kaycee4759 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/3/03 10:08:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, jld4321 at juno.com 
writes:


> I was told that a relative by the Name of KARL LIPKE was a bodyguard for
> the Czar and that he received the Iron Cross.
> 


My uncle, WILHELM REDMANN, was a member of the elect guard that guarded Czar 
Nicholas II. He had been conscripted to serve for 4 years. When the Czar's 
son Alexis was born, the Czar granted my uncle his release from the Russian 
army after serving only 3 years as a tribute to the event. I have a copy of a 
picture of my uncle and the others who served with him in their uniforms. It 
is a group picture. My uncle emigrated to Brazil in 1910 with his wife and 3 
children. He lived there until his death at age 93 in 1978.

My husband and I will once again travel to Santa Rosa, Brazil in February for 
a REDMANN family reunion. Many Volyhenian Germans emigrated to Brazil. My 2 
uncles and an aunt were among them. 

I have copies of the church records from the EV. Lutheran Church in Santa 
Rosa, Brazil listing marriages, births, and deaths (1910-1911) of many of the 
families that had emigrated from Volhynia.

Joanne Redman Johnson
1st Generation in USA