[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army

[Beth Burke]

Jane....I would say that they were subject to the draft.  My mother's family
has a similar story.  Her parents, Gustav and Bertha (Lieske) Friedrich paid
a Russian soldier to cross a river at night so they could avoid his being
drafted.  They eventually sailed out of Hamburg, landed at Ellis Island,
went to Canada (Leduc area), where they stayed with what I suspect was
family (Ludwig Liske) through the harvest.  They returned to the USA and
settled in northeastern Wisconsin (Gillett).  They did this all with their
first born son (Emil) and my grandmother's 12 year old brother (August
Lieske).

Talk about determination....

Beth Burke
Verona, Wisconsin
Researching Lieske, Friedrich, Pinkowski, Zellmer, Glor, Dietz and long list
of other ancestors.    



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[mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Jane
Wilkens
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:08 PM
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Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army

My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a  
ship in May of that year.  I'm not 100% sure where he was living but  
my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz  
Zhitomir in 1894.  According to family stories, he was about to be  
drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft.   
I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while  
living in Volhynia around that time.  Anyone know?

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