Re: Familiennamen: Boese und Eck

Jerry Frank †, Montag, 22.05.2006, 16:36 (vor 7266 Tagen) @ A. Reimer

Als Antwort auf: Familiennamen: Boese und Eck von A. Reimer am 22. Mai 2006 13:01:51:

There appears to be an error in your information about places. According to Abe Unruh in his book, "The Helpless Poles", the colony of Heinrichsdorf was not founded until 1848.

According to Unruh, the Mennonites in Volhynia migrated to the Molotschna and Chortitza area of Southern Russia around 1835-1838 under the mistaken impression that their exemption from military service would not apply in Volhynia. Several groups including those from Waldheim and Zabara in Volhynia created the settlement of Waldheim in Taurida. Ten years later, a splinter group, primarily those originally from Zabara, moved back to Volhynia and formed the colony of Heinrichsdorf.

Unruh mentions the surname Eck in conjunction with the village of Antanofka by Ostrog. Boese is associated with both Antanofka and Heinrichsdorf.

Apparently detailed Mennonite info or records for the time frame you are interested in is very difficult to find. There was no Elder among the Volhynian Mennonites until the arrival of Benjamin Unruh in 1816 and the ordination of Elder Benjamin Dirks in 1817 (at Antanofka). The settlements in the Karlswalde area apparently began under contract with Crown Prince Jablonovsky in 1802.

Unruhs historical time line gets confusing at times. However, it appears that the settlement at Zabara, NE of Ostrog, occured about 1791. The earliest settlement anywhere in western Russia, according to Unruh, was at Michalin, south of Berdichev but this was actually in Kiev Gubernia, not Volhynia Gubernia.