Posted by 550Doug on January 30, 2012 at 08:29:07 from (184.5.28.196):
In Reply to: Why here?? posted by flying belgian on January 29, 2012 at 20:35:57:
Father's side is German, mother's side is Scottish and English. The German side, Moehnke, left Marienwerder Prussia (now Kwidzyn Poland just south of Danzig) about 1865. Not real sure about the WHY but sure would like to find out. Do know that from about 1820 to 1890 they had something called the Germanization Project where all towns and villages were given German or Prussian names. I suspect that this was simply a Prussian land grab from the weak Polish territory. I try to read between the lines as the Prussians glorified military service and this Polish area was more pacifist because of a Mennonite presence. I have found out that many families from that region and time left in the middle of the night with just what they could carry. It was also common for a family to get on the boat with one name and get off with another. So obviously they were fleeing either the military service or maybe the law. The boat would travel either to Montreal or New York and upon arrival, the families would purchase a "homesteader package" that would entitle them to travel as far as the train or boat would go and then many would have to walk the remaining miles with their one-year's worth of provisions. In the case of the Moehnkes, some went the NY to Michigan to Wisconsin to Oregon route while others went Montreal to Ottawa to Owen Sound route. Moreover, with the passing of 2 world wars where German names were demonized, many German names were changed. So the tracing of many German family histories has been made very difficult, even with the great internet tools now available.
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