You did not write if you have
exhausted absolutely all possible sources of information available to you in
England.
For example, what is
“Jewish community”? A synagogue? Which one? Have you inquired if
they had any records of interest to you?
Have you checked published
sources, e.g. newspapers? There may be a 25 words news piece.
What is “taught a
trade”? Which trade? Who taught? There may be a paper trail there.
Etcetera.
Without knowing anything else
about the family location, a reasonable assumption is that it would be Latvia
(i.e. Courland) rather than Lithuania. However, Cossacks did not operated in
Courland. They were a scourge in Russia and Ukraine. That is until World War I,
when there were everywhere, as a part of the Russian Army. (butu you did not
write the year your grandfather came to the UK).
