[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Re: [G-P-V] Tchechei; place-names

[gpvjem]

    My assumption is that Catholic single men moved into the Lodz area to take advantage of the employment offered in the textile industry and ended up marrying the local women.   I have encountered very few Lutheran Lodz Trinity records where Catholic women married Lutheran men which leads me to that conclusion.  Perhaps in Catholic records a different picture might emerge.
   

John Marsch

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Does this imply, John, that Catholic women did not tend to marry Lutheran 
men?  If so, are there any suggestions as to why Lutheran women would marry 
Catholic men more than the other way around?

Dick Benert

From: "gpvjem" <gpvjem at sasktel.net>
To: <AlbertMuth at aol.com>; <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:11 AM

>    In response to Al's email.  My attempt to determine the size and 
> location of Tchechei by relating it to  Sudetenland was obviously 
> incorrect.  However, as result of the many replies received, I have a 
> better picture of the specific area which mentioned so often in the 
> Lutheran Lodz Trinity records
>    I could add many place names (from Tchechei) to the list Al has 
> prepared if there is any benefit to be gained.  It is surprising to find 
> so many people from that area moved into central Poland to the Lodz area, 
> almost all of them were weavers and were of the Catholic faith. 
> Lutheran/Catholic marriages were a fairly common event between Catholic 
> men and Lutheran women.
>
> Thank you to all who responded to my query.
> John Marsch
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