[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Family names question

[Jerry Frank]

Hi Lexi.  Welcome to the list.

Lets review some of the clues before responding to the question.

Daniel's mother, Caroline, is travelling alone on this boat with 8 
children !!!!  ranging in age from 3 to 15 - from oldest, Reinhard, 
Daniel, Albertine, Gustav, Stephan, Johann, Hermann and Auguste.  If 
they all survived to adulthood, bearing children, you have a very 
extensive family from which to obtain info.  :-)

The 6 oldest children were born in Nowin, Russia.  The 2 youngest in 
Konojad / Kossojad (?), Germany.  Caroline is 37 years old (= born 
c.1872) in Draschbin (sp?), Podole, Russia.

The family has $1000 with them (seems rather wealthy compared to 
others).  They are travelling to Eugene, Oregon to be with Wilhelm 
Becker.  But how does he connect?  The oldest child, Reinhard reports 
that this is his uncle.  All the other children show him as 
father.  On the other hand, he is said to be a "friend" of 
Caroline.   So is Caroline in fact the mother of these 
children?  Caroline is noted as having a pockmarked face.


Before we make recommendations for the search, is there anything else 
you can tell us about the family?

What religion were they - typically Lutheran, or Baptist?  I am 
assuming they were not Jewish as typically they would have been noted 
as such on the passenger list.

What do you know about Daniel's parents if anything?



Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca



At 02:50 PM 25/08/2006, Donne, Alexsana wrote:
>Stop me if this sounds familiar:
>
>I'm trying to track my grandfather's family.  Here is what I know, his
>name was Daniel Becker and he was born in Novin Russia in 1894 (per his
>WW1 draft registration card).  He immigrated to the US in 1909 and lived
>in Nebraska, South Dakota and California for short times before settling
>in Oregon in the 1920's.  We can find some things about him in the US,
>but other than finding his Ellis Island record I've found nothing prior
>to coming to the US.  In fact I had a hard time finding the city
>(village?) of Novin until I found your list.
>
>Any guidance would be very much appreciated.
>
>Lexi