[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anybody ever see the surname Ratt? Taron

[Howard Krushel]

>From Fritz Schuetz's article, French Family Names in East Prussia, he
indicates that the movement of the Waldensers was from Bourset and Piedmont,
in Italy as well as Daphine, France, unto colonies in Wuerttemberg (colonies
like Serres and Perouse) and then from here they accepted the call to move
into the Gombinnen area of East Prussia in about 1711; and presumably some
would have continued the migration, on into Poland and perhaps Volhynia. The
other group that is mentioned as having severe religious conflicts(and
immigrating as a result) were the Wallons from Flanders; they too moved over
into areas of Germany and then on into East Prussia. I gather that the
records of the reformed churches in Gumbinnen, Judtschen and Sadweitschen
would have a lot of information for the families with French names.
Howard Krushel 

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just wondering, were these actually Huegonots or were they Waldenser or were

they a mixture of the two ?
Waldensers followed the teachings of Peter Waldes (Waldo), and were a 
separate Protestant Sect,
the Waldensers settled in Italy and Germany after fleeing eastern France in 
the late 1600s,
i have a grandmother who was a full-blooded Waldenser, and who was one of 
the first of her village (Serres) to marry a German
see ya
jurgen


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> In 1803 several families emigrated from the Huegonot village of Pinache in

> Wuerttemberg to the East. We don't know where they went, but this is an 
> example of families with Huegonot ancestry migrating further east. I agree

> that this scenario is very plausible for the Taron family name. Take care,
>
> -Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org
[mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Jurgen
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 5:28 PM
To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org; pnswork at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anybody ever see the surname Ratt? Taron

just wondering, were these actually Huegonots or were they Waldenser or were

they a mixture of the two ?
Waldensers followed the teachings of Peter Waldes (Waldo), and were a 
separate Protestant Sect,
the Waldensers settled in Italy and Germany after fleeing eastern France in 
the late 1600s,
i have a grandmother who was a full-blooded Waldenser, and who was one of 
the first of her village (Serres) to marry a German
see ya
jurgen


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pnswork at aol.com>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anybody ever see the surname Ratt? Taron


> In 1803 several families emigrated from the Huegonot village of Pinache in

> Wuerttemberg to the East. We don't know where they went, but this is an 
> example of families with Huegonot ancestry migrating further east. I agree

> that this scenario is very plausible for the Taron family name. Take care,
>
> -Paul
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