[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army

[Greg Mason]

List:  Very interesting topic.  I cannot speak for the Volhynian  
Germans, but Germans who lived in Central Poland were subject to  
compulsory  Russian military service during the time that Russia ruled  
the area.  My wife's grandfather was discharged from the Russian Army  
on 13 October 1901 in Nieschawa and was then assigned to the second- 
rank militia of the Nieschawa district.  (I assume this was similar to  
our national guard.)   He migrated legally to the United States in  
1906 so we assume that he had completed his military obligation by  
that time.  I do not know how long his service with the Russian Army  
was nor do I have any information concerning his rank, duties, etc.
Greg Mason
On May 18, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Beth Burke wrote:

> Jane....I would say that they were subject to the draft.  My  
> mother's family
> has a similar story.  Her parents, Gustav and Bertha (Lieske)  
> Friedrich paid
> a Russian soldier to cross a river at night so they could avoid his  
> being
> drafted.  They eventually sailed out of Hamburg, landed at Ellis  
> Island,
> went to Canada (Leduc area), where they stayed with what I suspect was
> family (Ludwig Liske) through the harvest.  They returned to the USA  
> and
> settled in northeastern Wisconsin (Gillett).  They did this all with  
> their
> first born son (Emil) and my grandmother's 12 year old brother (August
> Lieske).
>
> Talk about determination....
>
> Beth Burke
> Verona, Wisconsin
> Researching Lieske, Friedrich, Pinkowski, Zellmer, Glor, Dietz and  
> long list
> of other ancestors.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of  
> Jane
> Wilkens
> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:08 PM
> To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army
>
> My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a
> ship in May of that year.  I'm not 100% sure where he was living but
> my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz
> Zhitomir in 1894.  According to family stories, he was about to be
> drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft.
> I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while
> living in Volhynia around that time.  Anyone know?
>
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