[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Leaving Volhynia

[Richard J Flanagan]

Dick,

	I have the same experience in our family group.  My wife's
great-grandfather, his eldest and youngest sons and all the unmarried girls
went to Prussia while all the other sons (four of them) came to Canada to
homestead - all in 1905 from Volhynia.   I have always assumed that the
Russo-Japanese War had something to do with it.  It was in full swing in
1905.  I have the impression that because they were tenant farmers and not
landowners they were more susceptible to conscription.  I have seen plenty
of printed posters in Russian from the Canadian Government of the time
offering land for homesteading in Canada but I have never heard of Germany
inviting Volhynian settlers back to Prussia.  

	My wife's great-grandfather did well in Prussia and he and his son
both owned farms near Graduenz (now Grudziądz) - all of which was lost in
1945.  Half the family survived the trek back to Germany in 1945 and then
came to Canada as refugees.  The others simply disappeared and we continue
to look for them and their descendants. 

	Richard

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From: Ger-Poland-Volhynia [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at sggee.org] On
Behalf Of Mauricio Norenberg
Sent: 21 December, 2016 3:13 PM
To: Richard Benert <benovich at live.com>
Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at sggee.org
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Leaving Volhynia

I have the same theory with my ancestors. They "disappeared" from Volhynia
from 1905 to 1908 (the year they left Europe) Much later in 1914 I found
another family branch exiting Europe declaring Pommern as their residence.

Are there any records or sources of research for these invitations from the
German government?

Thanks


On 22 December 2016 at 07:47, Richard Benert <benovich at live.com> wrote:

> Eduardo,
>
> What is that "short period" in which they appeared in West Prussia?  
> If it was in or around 1906-07, they probably had responded to the 
> invitation sent out by the German government to acquire land in that 
> area in hopes of increasing its percentage of German population.
>
> Dick Benert
>
>
> On 12/21/2016 10:14 AM, Eduardo Kommers wrote:
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > What is known until now in terms of period/range and exit routes 
> > related
> to
> > Germans when they left Volhynia?
> >
> > I'm asking it for a better understanding about what happened to my
> ancetors
> > when they left Europe. After they lived for almost 30 years in 
> > Volhynia (Zhitomir region) they appeared for a short period in the 
> > West Prussia (Strasburg), now Poland, and than 6 months later they 
> > left Europe through Marseille, France to go to Brazil.
> >
> > Thanks for sharing your experience or anyother information.
> >
> > Eduardo Kommers
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