[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Trying to find Maser/Peitsch's Kol (colony) locations in Volhynia

Jerry Frank FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca
Thu Apr 17 10:45:32 PDT 2008


Darrel,

There is a good possibility that the Karl referenced by Gary is the correct one.  Although the submitter is deceased, the original info can be found in the St. Petersburg Records.  There are 2 possibilities for the conflict in data.

1.  The birth date you have for Karl is not correct and it should be in accord with original church books.  Rule of thumb is that the closer the record is to the event, the more likely it is to be accurate.

2.  There was a practice among our German ancestors that, if one infant dies, the next of the same gender is given the same name.  There is no evidence of the death of Karl in the record book nor of the birth of a second one.  Therefore, option 1 seems most correct but it is also possible that both the death and subsequent birth are missing from the record books.  So this second option must also be considered.

The record books also show additional children in this family as Andreas, Heinrich, and Christian.  If you can confirm that these are siblings of your Karl, you will know for sure that you have the correct family.

There is ample evidence of the existence of a Karolinendorf / Karlinowka on the east bank of the Slucz River opposite Josephowka.  However, in many years of looking, I have never found a map that shows it.  Clearly your reference to Tutchin is only to the parish where the records for Karolinendorf were located.  They are not one and the same place.

As Jack has indicated, your Bresney is probably Berezno.  I have no record of a village called Bras.

And finally, good translators are not necessarily good transliterators.  A translator can guess at words by reading some letters and noting the context.  They often have trouble with place names that are not familiar to them.  If you can scan that part of your document and email it to me privately, I will try to get a better read on the place names.

Jerry



----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Warner <gary at warnerengineering.com>


> Darrel,
> 
> In addition to Jack's comments, we have a Karl Maser (born 9 Apr 
> 1869), 
> son of Paul Maser and Susanna Proch, who is born in 
> Karolinendorf, near 
> Rovno, Volhynia.   I do not know if this is the same 
> Karl as your Karl, 
> and we do not have his marriage, but this information is from a 
> now 
> deceased member of SGGEE.  This data is available to our members.
> 
> Gary Warner
> SGGEE
> 
> Jack Milner wrote:
> > Darrel.
> >
> > You may find the link to the following topographical map 44-51 
> link 
> > useful.  The Slucz river runs down the right hand side of 
> this map your 
> > Bresney is probably Berezno.   The file is quite 
> large and takes a while 
> > to download, but seems to be in your area of interest.
> >
> > http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/44-51.jpg
> >
> > Yours truly,
> >
> > Jack Milner
> >
> >
> >
> > Darrel Goth wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> My great grandfather Karl Maser (son of Paul) born 11 March 
> 1870 at Karolinen Volina, Russia (according to Canadian border 
> crossing record into US) and his wife Amelia (Emilie Peitsch) 
> Maser (daughter of Gottlfried and Maria (Klaus or Kliess) born 
> 12 April 1876 at Karolinendorf, Volyhnia, Russia (according to 
> ND Naturalization Papers) left Volyhnia in 1912 (Russian 
> Passport) to Beausjour, Manitoaba Canada then to Krem, Mercer 
> County in the  US in 1916. Their daughter, Pauline, my 
> grandmother, handwritten note has her born near City of Bras, Co 
> Bristritz. Their son, Heinrich, born at Bresney, Russia (death 
> certificate). 
> >>   
> >>  From my research I know that there are two 
> possibilities for Karolinendorf: 1. Josefowka, located about 30 
> km NE of Tutschin. Karolinendorf (aka Karlinowka) was, according 
> to one historical source, located on the east side of the Slucz 
> River, roughly 10 km E of this Josefowka which is on the west 
> side. 2. church at Tutschin through Pastor E.Althausen as 
> entered in the churchbook of the town of Tutschin. 
> Karolinendorf, Volyhnia by Pastor E. Althausen. An exact match 
> for Karolinendorf, a village known to have had German residents 
> is at 8 km SE of the city of Nowograd Wolhynsk., Poland. I have 
> looked up these colonies at 
> http://www.volhynia.com/topo/me200.html but they are not on the 
> maps. If anyone knows of a map with these colonies I would 
> appreciate it.
> >>   
> >>  Also if anyone knows of the places City of Bras and 
> Bresney are located.
> >>   
> >>  I had a member of the Hutterite Colony in Lake County 
> translate a german letter to english from a family member in 
> Poland written in 1927. Sam's translation was: 
> >>  Address
> >>  P Newkleba Deison, Pflugold Kol Telenka Tnoyei Joafiun 
> Pasijort Kanines Wolh Polland.
> >>  If anyone can figure out where this address is I would 
> be quite grateful.
> >>   
> >>  Thanks in advance.
> >>   
> >>  Darrel
> >>  Sioux Falls, SD
> >>   
> >>
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