[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] help

[Nelson Itterman]

I do not think Plum Coolee is a Mennonite area in Manitoba. In searching out
my wife's ancestors from Ireland, I found that 11 members of a family were
converted from the Presbyterian Church to the Methodist Church in 1809 in
the town of Keady, County of Armagh and when the parents died in 1817, 9
members of the family came to Canada in 1819. I'm in the process of trying
to prove that the Methodist Church was involved in getting immigrants to
come to what is now Ontario. I know the Baptist Church was heavily involved
in assisting Germans from Volhynia to come to Winnipeg, and am informed that
the CPR had an office in Zhitomir arranging transportation. It was suggested
by others on this list that the Lutheran Church was assisting people to come
to Winnipeg. My wife's ancestors came to Miami, Manitoba where the first
daughter was born in 1888. The farmers in the area were in need help on
their farms, and these were the descendants of those who came from Ireland
with ( I believe) the assistance of the Methodist Church in the early
1800's. I think it would be wise to investigate what the churches in
Winnipeg were doing in assisting immigrants their way. I wonder of the
newspapers of the time in Winnipeg might give some clues. Maybe the Baptist
Conference and the Lutheran Conference may have some information. I think
the churches had a great influence in immigration.
Nelson

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From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org
[mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Joan
Meyer
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 9:39 PM
To: 'Marg Driechel'; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] help

I am wondering the same thing.  My greatgrandparents arrived in Winnipeg in
April of 1892. What did they do for the two years before they opened
homestead at Lemberg, Saskatchewan in April of 1894? I have suspected that
they worked on the Mennonite Reserves just south of Winnipeg because on the
marriage certificate of their oldest son who stayed in Hamburg he states his
parents address was Rosenthal, Canada, and when their next son arrived in
Canada around New Years 1893 his destination was Plum Coulee. The puzzling
thing to me is that my grandfather never once talked about working in
Manitoba for those two years. Sure would like to find some evidence of their
stay there. Joan

-----Original Message-----
From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org
[mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Marg
Driechel
Sent: April 4, 2006 7:55 PM
To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] help


Hi
When German Lutherans immigrated from Volhynia in 1890 and then spent a year
in Winnipeg, what would they have been doing there?  Would they have worked
on Mennonite farms?  Is there any way to get information about them at this
time?  My grandmother (Lydia Quast or Kwast) was born in 1891 while the
family spent the year (1890-1891) in Winnipeg and was baptised in a Lutheran
Church there, but I can not find the name of the church - hoping to find a
record of her baptism. Marg

There were two ways to travel from Europe to North America.  One was the
Direct way, and it cost about twice as much as the "Indirect" way.  The
Direct way was from a port where the ship would sail directly to the USA or
Canada, such as Bremen or Hamburg.  The Indirect way was to take a train to
a port in northern Europe, and then a small boat to London, and then another
train to Liverpool, and then a boat to Canada or USA. So it depends how much
money the people had, to pay for their trip.  My grandparents sailed from
Bremen to New York, and then took a train to Winnipeg, and then another
train to The Interlake region in Manitoba.  My husbands grandparents took
the other route and sailed from Liverpool to Quebec City, and then took a
train to Manitoba. Muriel
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