[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Mager Family stories: Petrykiw, Ternopol area

[Ed S]

In German "Mager" means 'to be skinny" or just skinny

Many Germans including mine went from the Petrikow area of East Prussia to
Volhynia around 1865.  If I'm not mistaken Ternopol was in eastern Volhynia
and that
is where your ancestors emigrated to.   My ancestors also escaped in 1931
from Volhynia
and lived in Poland "Warthegau" until 1947 where they got to Germany. My
grandmother
wrote a 200 page book telling about her experiences.  I translated the 11
letters found
in the book.   Pictures and family tree included.      In the 1930s and
1940s many children were born in occupied Germany among the Poles and like
my mother
could speak Polish better than German.  I would rather believe among the GRs
that they were forced
to speak either Russian or Polish.  Even to this day in Canada I still hear
from relatives
to speak German at home.  Preserving the German language is still strong
among those
that came from Europe.

Researching  -   Binder/Bender,  Sonnenburg,  Ulmer, Karcher, Stephan, Hill
Villages    -      Ostrog,  Karlswalde,  Gruenthal


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd/Randi Bender" <bender.t at sasktel.net>
To: "German" <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 11:23 AM
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Mager Family stories: Petrykiw, Ternopol area


> Hi Nancy,
>  I am going to post my reply to the list in hopes that someone may have
more
> ideas.
> The surname was MAGER.
> I too noticed the time-line problem. I have had little luck pin-pointing
> what was going on in Europe between 1906-1911. I know there were many
> problems, but nothing specific for the Kamienna Werba area.
> It may be that it was not the Bolsheviks but some other "threat". She
> recalls leaving Volhynia under the cover of darkness, carrying what they
> could when they crossed the border. Also a story of how they travelled,
> hidden in a boat carrying cattle, under the hay. Was Kamienna near a
river?
> I have yet to learn their departure point from Europe. I know they arrived
> at Quebec via Glasgow. I have not any luck beyond that.
> I am going to go with the fact that although German, that Polish was their
> "native" tongue. I am still confused about "being forced to learn German".
> I agree with your idea that the family may have originally came from
Poland
> and then were re-germanized.
> I have no reason to doubt too much of what Nana said as I have been able
to
> confirm most of her story. So although some details may seem odd, she has
> been correct right down to exact dates for everything else. This is where
my
> question arises from.
> Also have a RESKE (Riske, Riska) connection from Dowagiac, Mi > Manitoba
> that I have yet to figure out, if anyone else is searching that surname.
> Thanks for your input,
> Randi Bender
>
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