[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] John Koenig b. Nov. 1827 in Kallish/Kal isz, Poland

[Wickum, Suzanne]

Hi
I would be interested in finding any information from the Kalisz records
about a Michael or Herman or Christian Reinholz.  Or, any Reinholz for that
matter.....or Reinholtz. 
Thanks
 

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Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] John Koenig b. Nov. 1827 in Kallish/Kalisz,
Poland

I recently tracked down an obituary notice in Berrien County (Michigan) for
my 2nd great grandfather, John Frederick Koenig. It was a front page local
news story as he was 110 years old when he died on January 1, 1938. The
article says he was born in "Kallish, Poland" but from searching this and
other websites I've come to understand that this most likely refers to
Kalisz. This new information has generated several questions for me I
thought readers of this list might be able to help answer:

(1) Am I making a good assumption (pending further vital records research)
that the newspaper's "Kallish" is simply a phonetic reference to
Kalisz/Kalisch (located to the west of Lodz)? BTW, I'm told John was a
German speaking Lutheran.

(2) On this SGGEE website there is a list of microfilms (0743128 thru
0743140) providing Lutheran church records for Kalisz. Has anyone worked
with these records? Any comment on their quality and level of detail? While
there are potentially several individuals I'd be looking for, the key record
for me would be John Koenig's November 25, 1827 birth, since this would
corroborate that he really was 110 years old when he died (as family legend
and the local newspaper at that time has it).

More pointedly - does anyone have convenient access to these films or
perhaps an index from these films and can quickly look on 0743134 and see if
John Koenig's birth is found? I realize I'm fishing here, but figure I might
as well ask since this would save me a month+ of waiting for the microfilm
to arrive at my local FHS only to find out my "Kallish" assumption was in
error!
Alternately, he was married for a second time in 1859 to Gustina Fahar
(Pfar/Fahr), which might be on film 0743139. I'd certainly want to order
these films if he is on them, but might look for other interpretations of
"Kallish"
if he is not.

(3) John migrated to Volhynia from Poland in the 1870s. The SGGEE
transcriptions of the St. Pete archives list two of John's children as born
in Volyhnia in a location named "Kuran" in one case and "Kunan" in another
in the 1880s. Can anyone tell me where this town/village is located in
Volhynia? Is this possibly referring to the town of "Klewan" (NW of Rowne)
shown on the
1927 Volhynian migration map? I ask because one of John's daughters,
Mathilda Koenig, met and married my great grandfather Albert Schmaltz in
Volhynia in
1896 and he was from the town of Friedrichsdorf (also NW of Rowne).

Thanks in advance for any insights members can offer.

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