[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Roll call - Mueller, Manzei,Manthey,Mantei, Rook

[Jerry Frank]

Is there any reason to believe that they did not spend a generation (maybe 
even less) in Volhynia?  If they were originally from Lipno and were only 
in Volhynia for say, 10-15 years, they would still have the family 
connections that would bring them to Connecticut.

The ROOK surname has stymied me.  It appears nowhere in any of the SGGEE 
databases for Russian Poland or Volhynia.  So I decided to browse through 
the R listings in the St. Pete records to see if I could find something 
with a similar pronunciation.  I found:

Wilhelm Otto Rukke, born to Jacob Rukke and Christine MANTEI in 1881.

Now their location of Hohenberg is not near Jalowice but I would bet you 
dollars to donuts that Rook = Rukke and that this family also probably has 
roots in the Lipno region.

None of this proves anything but does give credence to the possibility that 
your family was in Volhynia.




At 09:49 AM 23/03/2004 -0500, Michael & Maureen McHenry wrote:
>Hi Linda
>
>My grand parents were married in that church. I've have tried several
>times to get information from them but they do not respond to letters or
>emails. My grandparents left Bristol in 1905 and moved to New Haven. In
>1909 they moved again to Jersey City, NJ. They lived there and adjacent
>Hoboken until they died. I have the obit for my grandfather 1930 which
>is not informative. I have yet to find an obit for my grandmother she
>died in 1918 of the epidemic flu of that year. Thanks for the additional
>leads. I would still need to find a Jolowice/Jalowice/Jelowica there.
>
>                                  Mike McHenry
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of
>LMPauling
>Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 5:51 PM
>To: Michael & Maureen McHenry; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
>Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Roll call - Mueller,
>Manzei,Manthey,Mantei, Rook
>Importance: High
>
>Hello Michael,
>I do not know the location of Jolowice. However, I do know that many
>members
>of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Bristol, CT were from the area of Lipno,
>Rypin, and Wloclawek in Rus-Poland. This church was founded in 1892.
>
>Is this the church where your grandparents were married? Have you
>checked
>the church records there?
>Have you checked for a newspaper obituary?
>
>I have found the name Mantay...Mantey...Manthey...Manthej in the Lipno
>records. I also recognize the name from St. John's Lutheran church in
>Meriden, CT and Grace Lutheran Church in Middletown, CT. Many of the
>people
>who were early members of these churches were from these same districts
>of
>RusPoland.
>
>I wish you success in your search.
>Linda Pauling
>
>
>
> > My grand father immigrated (via Bremen) to America via NY in 1901. The
> > immigration records indicate he is an ethnic German from Russia. He
> > gives his town as Jolowice. Another family record has the spelling as
> > Jalowice. . My
> > grandfather's name was Wilhelm Muller (an umlaut on the U) and was of
> > the Lutheran faith. He married Auguste Manzei also a German Lutheran
> > from Russia in January 1,1903 in Bristol, Ct.
>
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Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
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