[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Gottfried Hohertz from Zrawin

[j burns]

Thanks Rose.
The town I'm looking for doesn't have that many letters. It looks like
Zrawin. The Zra look definite after that it could be win or ivin, or iuin or
ivai. Maybe Gottfried, the informant, couldn't spell and that is how it
sounded to the immigration agent. I find the names in that part of the world
very confusing and they seem to vary.
I didn't realize I could search that site without paying.
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rose Ingram" <roseingram at shaw.ca>
To: "j burns" <johnburns at telus.net>; <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Gottfried Hohertz from Zrawin


> John,
>
> The place you may be looking for is Zurawice, or Zurawieniec,  both
villages
> are/were about 7 km west of town of Chodecz.  This area was in Russian
> Poland for a time.  The SGGEE pedigree database has a few Hoherz living in
> this village, but nothing yet on Gottfried.  Of course there are plenty of
> Hermann's and Obst in the database too from different areas in central
> Poland (some of whom surely would have migrated to the Volhynia area.
>
> Others more versed with villages in Volhynia area may be able to help with
> the other village.
>
> You will find Pauline Hermann's 1866 birth through this link
> http://www.odessa3.org/collections/stpete/volhynia/
> You can also search from www.sggee.org website, under the Research tab
click
> Database Links.
>
> Rose Ingram
> -------------------
>
> From: "j burns"
>
> > I've started researching a brother-in-law's ancestors and don't know
where
> > exactly they came from.
> > His grandfather, Gottfried Hohertz, was born 1861 March 6 in Russia. He
> > immigrated to Canada via the US in 1910. On a US border crossing record
in
> > 1911 he says he was born in what looks like Zrawin, Russia (Zraivin?).
> > About 1889 he married Pauline Herman (daughter of George Karl Herman and
> > Karoline Obst) who was born 1866 Aug 15 at Shitomir, Volynia, Russia
(this
> > information comes from a second cousin of my brother-in-law-she hasn't
> > told me where she got it). They had 7 children in Russia;
> > Lydia 1890 Oct 19, Wilhelm 1896 Mar 22, Emil 1898 Sep 18, Wanda 1900,
> > Marno 1904 Dec., Gustav 1906 Jan 11, and Fredrick 1901 Aug 26. The above
> > mentioned second cousin says the children were all born in Dubrokuched,
> > Volynia, Russia-again she hasn't told me where she got this information.
I
> > have the death certificate for the above mentioned son Gustav and it
says
> > he was born in Dobrokud, Russia. Some later descendents say some of the
> > above children were born in Poland. One thing they all agree on is that
> > the Hohertz were of German origin.
> > I've have tried searching some maps to find Zrawin and Dobrokud-so far I
> > haven't had any luck. Has anyone heard of these places or can anyone
point
> > me towards a map where I could find them?
> > I have taken a brief look at the website for The Society of German
> > Genealogy in Eastern Europe but it costs $40 to join and I am not
certain
> > the Hohertz were from there.
> > Does any have suggestions as to where I should be looking or other sites
> > or?
> > John
> >
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