[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Pommer and Kluge

[Jerry Frank]

Lots of questions so comments are scattered throughout.


At 07:02 AM 20/02/2005, Kathee wrote:
>In the St. Pete transcription, I found the death of Jacob Pommer, d.
>16 Jul 1881, in the village/town of Borthar.

Unfortunately I cannot find such a place in Volhynia.  The first thing you 
need to do is get a copy of the original from the microfilm to see if the 
extraction is correct.  I am quite certain there is an error.  The LDS 
microfilm number is given in the extraction.


>It says he was born near
>Stegleberg, Prussia.

This may be an important clue.  I tried http://www.kartenmeister.com to see 
if I could find it but the site is down for some reason.  I suggest you try 
yourself in another day or two.

This might be an inaccurate spelling of Stichelberg which is located SW of 
Berlin but I don't know if that was within Prussia or not.


>His wife is listed as Anna Schiller. How would I
>go about getting a copy of his death records?

The St. Pete microfilm is the closest you will get to a death record.


>How do I discover when
>Anna died (sometime after 1885)?

Few records post 1885 are available.  Further St. Pete records are in the 
originating Archive but are virtually inaccessible.  You could try further 
Rozyszcze parish records which are available in the Warsaw Archives and 
from which you can get info for a fee.


>Where would I begin to look for his
>birth records?

See note about Stegleberg above.


>Family lore says Jacob was a "zuckermeister" a maker
>of sugar.
>
>At this time, only one child is known for Jacob and Anna, a son named
>Michael. Michael married Frederika Kluge. Frederika's brother, August
>Kluge, appears in the St. Pete transcriptions with his marriage to
>Amalie Weiss on 13 Jan 1881 in Rozyszcze. The birth and death of son
>Julius is also documented (b. 18 Feb. 1883 in Swiczow - d. 4 Apr.
>1883 in Swaroff). Was one of Gottfried's the father of August and
>Frederika?

Swaroff is probably a mistranscription of Swiczow / Swojczow which is 
located about 16 km due east of Wladimir Wolhynsk.



>Presumably, these villages (Borthar, Swiczow, Swaroff) are all in the
>Rozyszcze Parish, but I have not had any success in locating them on
>a map.

Only places starting with B in this area are Barbarow and Boza Wola.



>Luitsk is listed as the birthplace of Michael and Frederika's eldest
>child, Paulina. Is this modern day Lodz?

No.  This is almost certainly Lutzk / Luck, a large town about 18 km SSE of 
Rozyszcze.


>Where would I search for her
>birth record (and those of her siblings) 1885 onward?

See above note about other records beyond 1885.


>I have a
>marriage date for Frederika and Michael, but it isn't in the St. Pete
>transcription - or it is in a form I do not recognize.

Sometimes marriage records were missed.  Sometimes all records are missing 
e.g.1883.



>Canadian records indicate that religion was Baptist - Seventh Day
>Adventist is also a possibility (they also believe in baptism).

They apparently were Lutheran until 1885.  If they converted shortly after, 
you may not find their records in later years as I suggested above.



Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca