[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Help needed

[Sue Eipert]

Hello,

I am very interested to hear that your immigrant Adaline Rinas 
immigrated to join a Kopp (Adolf) in Chicago (South Chicago). My 
grandparents (Anna Kopp and Johann Radtke) each immigrated separately to 
this area, were married there in 1905, had some sons (including my 
father) and lived there until 1911. The neighborhoods in the 
southeastern corner of Chicago my grandparents lived in are called South 
Chicago and Eastside.

My grandmother immigrated to South Chicago in 1902 to join her brother 
Frederick (Fritz) Kopp. Their brother Gustav joined them in 1906. They 
came from Zakrzewek, in the parish of Chodecz in central Poland. I know 
of a few other Germans who immigrated from Poland to this part of 
Chicago. The names include: Kopp, Radtke, Lau, Sommerfeld, Lutke. 
Bleich, Roman, Reichenbach, Damer. I've always been interested in 
learning the circumstances that caused them to move here. The ones I 
know about were mostly single men or women, or traveled here without 
their families, and they worked in the steel mills, boarding houses, or 
breweries in the area.

Do you know anything more about Adolf Kopp, or Daniel Kopp, who is 
listed in the Ellis Island record as Adaline's closest relative (uncle)?

There is a lot of information about the area at 
http://www.neiu.edu/~reseller/sesidewlcme.html

Here's an interesting sidenote about the church where my grandparents 
were married: Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (at 91st and 
Burley/Superior). In 1946 it was purchased by a baptist congregation, 
and was the location of a famous gospel music scene from the original 
Blues Brothers movie. (http://www.neiu.edu/~reseller/setourp17.htm)

Susan Radtke Eipert
seipert2 at gmail.com



hhowell wrote:
> Hi
>  Could someone read an Ellis Island record for me.  I have been trying to determine the spelling of two village names in the record.  The record is on 2 pages, the first page shown and the previous page.
> 
> The record is for Adaline Rinas age 19 immigrated in 1912.
> 
> Adaline's last place of residence is listed as Scoiniar, Russia.  I am not sure if the record is as listed.
> 
> Her birth place on the previous page is listed as Dobrrychow.
> 
> I cannot locate a place like Scoiniar in Poland (Russia).
> 
> There are several similar names for Dobrrychow.  I am reasonably sure the two villages are near each other.
> 
> Adaline Rinas's last residence was with a Kopp.  She was going to Adolf Kopp, Chicago.  Do the names sound familiar to anyone?  Family story is that she was an orphan.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> Herschuel Howell
> 
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