[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Wilyanski, Milienian??

Rose Ingram roseingram at shaw.ca
Thu Jun 23 23:04:46 PDT 2005


Rhonda,

Today I glanced at this again.

Is the RCMP record typed?   My guess is that the RCMP report may have been 
written out in hand first (bad hand writing at that) and then the typist did 
the best job possible at transcribing.

My guess is

Wilyanski = Wolinsk
Milienian = Wolynia   The "W" may have looked like a "M" to someone,
from the previous records.

Keep in mind the heavy accents heard by an untrained 'English' ear.

Rose

From: "rhonda and gary simpson"Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 12:21 PM


> Hi Rose,
> The Naturalizaion papers are dated 1926. I've had them a while and just
> noticed the different locations separate pages.  It is possible it was a
> poor attempt at Volhynia, but the Milienian is really throwing me off.  On
> the previous page, it says Polin, Powiat Nowograd Wolinsk, Wolynia, former
> Russia, then this one (RCMP Report) says Wilyanski, Milienian, Russia?
> Rhonda Simpson




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