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Why the escape in the 1800s ? Searching for my family roots.

steveholdemThreads: 2 Posts: 3 Joined: Dec 13, 09 ♂	Dec 13, 09, 18:23 #1
why did people escape poland in 1800s my last name is not what it really should be, i am 45 now and found out that my family came over to west va to escape from ? what?

enkiduThreads: 18 Posts: 978 Joined: Sep 23, 08 ♂	Dec 13, 09, 18:29 #2
Where? Who? (lol)

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Dec 13, 09, 18:34 #3

You said the 1800"s---Well Here is what happened in Poland in the 1820's--It's the only major war there in this era.---This may help

After the Congress of Vienna, St. Petersburg had organized its Polish lands as the Congress Kingdom of Poland, granting it a quite liberal constitution, its own army, and limited autonomy within the tsarist empire. In the 1820s, however, Russian rule grew more arbitrary, and secret societies were formed by intellectuals in several cities to plot an overthrow. In November 1830, Polish troops in Warsaw rose in revolt. When the government of Congress Poland proclaimed solidarity with the insurrectionists shortly thereafter, a new Polish-Russian war began. The rebels' requests for aid from France were ignored, and their reluctance to abolish serfdom cost them the support of the peasantry. By September 1831, the Russians had subdued Polish resistance and forced 6,000 resistance fighters into exile in France, beginning a time of harsh repression of intellectual and religious activity throughout Poland. At the same time, Congress Poland lost its constitution and its army.

Jerry Lenart	Mar 9, 10, 22:13 #4
Very interesting period of time; as I am trying to find out why my grandfather had to run for his life over the Carpathian Mountains from Hungary, and settled in south east Poland, near the Russian border in the Village of Nowy Zmigrod. He would have been about 18-24 years old at that same time period. So why would this have been a safe area to settle in during the Austro-Hungarian Regieme ?

TrevekThreads: 30 Posts: 2,088 Joined: May 21, 08 ♂	Edited by: Trevek Mar 9, 10, 22:57 #5
There was also the little matter of Napoleonic wars, with Napoleon invading Prussia and Russia in the first two decades of that century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars# Also, the fact Poland was carved up and removed from the map in the mid 1790's might be part of the answer. I imagine a few folk wanted to be elsewhere after that.

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Edited by: skysoulmate Mar 10, 10, 05:04 #6

steveholdem:

why did people escape poland in 1800s my last name is not what it really should be, i am 45 now and found out that my family came over to west va to escape from ? what?

Could be many several reasons. War(s), poverty, oppression by the Russians, Prussians or Austrians (depending on what part of Poland your family was from), or maybe better job prospects in the US? West Virgina had many new mines being developed and mining industry was a very old profession in Poland with many experienced miners.

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,410 Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂	Mar 10, 10, 05:58 #7
skysoulmate: War(s), poverty, oppression by the Russians, Prussians or Austrians yup.. + uprising, starvations etc. Poles under occupations of the three didn't have it all that good.

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Edited by: Bratwurst Boy Mar 10, 10, 18:27 #8

Prussia was actually cool to live in...

Anonymus

Of the three partitions, the education system in Prussia was on a much higher level than in Austria or Russia.[2]

From the economic perspective, the territories of the Prussian partitions were the most developed, thanks to the progressive policies of the Prussian government.[2] The German government supported efficient farming, industry, financial institutions and transport.[2]

TheOtherThreads: 4 Posts: 1,439 Joined: Jul 13, 09 ♂	Edited by: TheOther Mar 10, 10, 18:34 #9
plk123: Poles under occupations... No occupation. You guys were properly annexed... ;)

skysoulmateThreads: 41 Posts: 3,039 Joined: Jan 10, 10 ♂	Edited by: skysoulmate Mar 10, 10, 19:44 #10
Bratwurst Boy: Prussia was actually cool to live in... Anonymus According to Göring maybe... LOL I see your point but the choices were either horrible occupation (Russia), just as horrible occupation (Austria) or less horrible occupation (Prussia).

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