[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] looking for the town of Darhehan, East Prussia

[Jerry Frank]

At 07:36 PM 12/06/2007, busch616 at comcast.net wrote:
>Hello,
>In researching my husband's grandfather, I seem to have run into a 
>brick wall. His marriage license (US)says he is from Darhehan, East 
>Prussia. He was born in 1869 and came to the US in 1895. I have not 
>been able to find a town of this name. I know that many immigrants 
>could not spell their town's name and am thinking that this is the 
>case. Is there anyone out there who might know what the town is? 
>Also, his wife comes from Heimusloh, Germany. Again, I cannot find 
>this town. Any help would be appreciated.
>




Using http//www.kartenmeister.com , and searching for places starting 
with Dar. . . , the most likely match appears to be Darkehmen, 
alternatively known as Angergap and alternately spelled 
Darkiejmy.  Today it is known as Ozersk, located just on the Russian 
side of the border with Poland at N54/24 E22/00.

Heimusloh is too badly corrupted to make a guess at.  Germany at the 
time included a rather vast territory that could place it almost 
anywhere in modern Germany, Poland, or the Baltic Russia.

Have you tried to find them on a passenger ship list?  This might 
hold further clues to a specific location.




Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca