[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Volhynians in Argentina (Javier Acosta)

[Theodore]

In 1930 my Belke family, including Dad's mother as well as my mothers 
Matthews family, including her mother, had tickets and proper 
documentation to emigrate to Canada. Before boarding at Danzig a medical 
examination was required. Unfortunatly it was determine both my 
grandmothers had trachoma  and they were not allowed to board the 
ship.They had to stay behind. My Belke uncle and family stayed behind 
with Oma Belke and my Tante Mattthews stayed behind with my Oma 
Matthews. 1930 was the start of the Great Depression and soon Canada 
stopped all immigration to Canada and soon after that came WW II. Both 
grandmothers died during the war and none of these relatives ever came 
to Canada.

Ive often wondered if some cash under the table would have changed the 
course of history.

ted


On 2/17/2017 7:15 AM, Walsh, Brian W.,M.D.,GYN wrote:
> Hi- the eye disease could probably have been trachoma. The doctors at Ellis Island would not let anyone enter who had evidence of that disease, since it is contageous.
>
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> From: Ger-Poland-Volhynia [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at sggee.org] On Behalf Of Luann Olson
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 7:20 PM
> To: Jennifer Walker
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> The reason my grandmothers sister went to Argentina was because of her "eye disease", which I have read could have been pink eye. She was separated from her family but "attached" herself to another family traveling to Argentina. I don't know if this family knew our family. My grandmother did receive letters from her but no one remembers any of these except that grandma read them in German out loud and no letters were saved. So sad. LuAnn
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>> On Feb 16, 2017, at 5:41 PM, Jennifer Walker <redheadartiste at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Javier,
>>
>> My family always claimed that the reason why people from Volhynia
>> moved to South America, lower Canada and to the upper States (Midwest) of the U.S.
>> was because the land in these regions was similar to the land they
>> farmed in Volhynia, thus they knew how to farm in these new areas.
>> Additionally, their own family members were already in these new lands.
>>
>> I hope that helps!
>>
>> Jennifer Walker
>> San Antonio, Texas
>> Searching for Schlender, Steinke, Zindler and more
>>
>>
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>> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:49:32 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: Javier Acosta <recrinipy at yahoo.com.ar>
>> To: SGGEE <ger-poland-volhynia at sggee.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Volhynians in Argentina
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>> Hello everyone.
>> There are a lot of Volhynians that came to South America, but the
>> reasons are unknown to me,some of them I know came directly to
>> Paraguay or Argentina.My husband's maternal grandparents came in 1926,
>> they were Adolf Kuhn and Agathe Bussthey lived in Topscha near Korets,
>> Vohlynia.Other surnames of Volhynians ?that came to Paraguay are
>> Hilscher, Pelzer, Rosin, Sitzmann, Pufal.
>> GreetingsJavier
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