[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia REMPEL birthplace

Wed Jan 3 12:29:40 PST 2007

Edith,

Jerry's suggestion is a good one. Also, since your family's travel dates fall in the 1895-1896 range, and they apparently came from Canada to the U.S., you might also explore the Canadian border crossing records in the U.S. National Archives. They are also known as the "St. Albans' Lists" although they contain information for most ports of entry along the U.S.-Canadian border. You can get more information in an excellent article that's available at the following website:

http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2000/fall/us-canada-immigration-records-1.html

Good luck in your search!

Allyn Brosz
Washington, DC

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    request
>Message: 5

[snip]

>Your best source of info might be a passenger ship record.  Since the 
>family apparently stopped in Canada before moving on to North Dakota, 
>they probably arrived by a Canadian port.  The Canadian records are 
>not yet indexed but you can browse them manually.  At least you have 
>the year of 1896 as a probable starting point, perhaps going back to 
>1895.  The records are available at 
>http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/passenger/index-e.html 
>This record will usually give a place of residence and perhaps a 
>place of birth.

>Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
>FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca

At 01:52 PM 02/01/2007, Edith McKelvy wrote:
>Good Afternoon Members.  How do I begin?  I don't know the protocol for
>communicating with you, but have enjoyed reading your emails since I
>subscribed.
>
>My name is Edith Rimple McKelvy.  I am a retired DOD-Navy budget
>analyst/estimator in Silverdale WA.
>
>  I have been able to find some information on my paternal grandmother Anna
>Schiller, born 1864 in Zhitomir Ukraine, and her Hammermeister family in
>Murawa Ukraine through the Odessa3 database.  But because of my inexperience
>in research, I have now hit a brick wall and request your advice and
>assistance.
>
>I am seeking any information re the European life of my paternal grandfather
>Fred/Fredrich/Franz  Rempel/Rimpel (changed to Rimple in U.S. during WW1)
>born 04 Dec 1867.
>
>Fred Rempel and Anna Schiller were married somewhere in Prussia/Russia and
>had a daughter Mary/Marie (about 1894) and a son William/Wilhelm (about
>1892).  A second son Fred was born at sea during the family's immigration to
>Ramona South Dakota via Canada in 1896.
>
>All of the info I have found simply states their birthplaces as "Prussia or
>Russia" (US census, obits, passenger lists, etc.)  Very likely I have missed
>something! But without specific birthplaces, I can go no farther.
>
>(My father Ernest Carl Rimple was born in Ramona SD in 1898, and the family
>moved to Port Orchard WA in 1902.)
>
>Rempel is a common Mennonite name, so Dr. Janzen searched his data bases at
>GRHS convention in Portland OR last summer, but found nothing.  He suspects
>we were/are German Lutherans (affirmed by living relatives).  Dave Obee also
>offered advice during his excellent presentation at the convention.
>
>I have searched "horizontally" also, as Fred Rempel and family immigrated
>together with his brother August Rempel (wife Victoria) to the U.S.  No
>specific birthplace for August or Victoria either.
>
>  A third brother Wilhelm Rempel (wife Louise Jeske) immigrated to the
>Barrhead-Westlock Alberta area circa 1918.  Nothing on him either.
>
>Any advice would be most appreciated.  Best Wishes for the New Year!
>
>Edith Rimple McKelvy
>Silverdale WA
>
>P.S.  My mother, Olga (von)Brade Rimple, was born in Lesniakowizna Poland --
>but that's another story!

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Hello,
ther Archivsite for Maps of the WIG (Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny)
http://www.mapywig.org/ contains now also maps from Volhynia. This
are  1:100000 maps from the years between 1919-1939. Caution this
are large files ( greater 10MB ) 

Klaus Leiss

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Klaus,

  Thanks for the map link. They are incredibly detailed. 

  Chris Menke

Klaus-Guenter Leiss <LeissKG at web.de> wrote:
  Hello,
ther Archivsite for Maps of the WIG (Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny)
http://www.mapywig.org/ contains now also maps from Volhynia. This
are 1:100000 maps from the years between 1919-1939. Caution this
are large files ( greater 10MB ) 

Klaus Leiss

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