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LEMBERG/WIELKE OCZY geographically close? #galicia
Eileen Kessner
Found a possible Passenger Manifest for my Galitzianer GM... lists she came from "Lemberg", citizen of "Austria". Her Petition for Citizenhip however lists place of origin as "Wieke-Oche, Aust.". I referenced JewishGen Shtetl Seeker as I understand borders changed periodically. Are these two places the same? Thanks.
-Eileen G. Kessner Plano, TX USA researching AUGUST from WIELKE OCZY, SALK/KATZEV from VILKOMIR, GOODINSKY/SCHMIDT from PRIENAI |
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Alexander Sharon
Wielkie Oczy (literally: Big Eyes) are located in Poland on the Ukrainian border. Distance from Wielkie Oczy to Lviv in Ukraine is about 60 miles.
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Igor Holyboroda
Dear Eileen!
The village of Velyki Ochi (literal meaning: "the Big Eyes") is the old city/village/shtettl (around 1000 Jews living there in 1880), now it is at the territory of Poland, at the very Polish-Ukrainian border. The distance between Lviv and the village should be several dozens kilometers). Regards, Igor Holyboroda, Lviv-Lwow-Lemberg, Ukraine. |
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Dr.Josef ASH
No-no. they are not the same
Lemberg is the big town in Ukraine, today it is called Lvov (Lviv) Wielkie Oczy (big eyes) is a settlment in S-E Poland, close to Ukrainian Border. Ask Googl, it knows and shows the map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wielkie_Oczy Josef ASH, Israel |
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I have visited Wielkie Oczy. There is a lovely restored synagogue at the entrance to the town and a gated cemetery with a few headstone artifacts. I have many photos if you like. The village is very close to the modern border with Ukraine, but at the time of Galicia (Austro-Hungarian Empire, pre WWI), it would have not been unusual to travel to Lemburg/L'viv/Lwow given the close distance--a half day's travel by buckboard--even closer by train.
My portion of my family originated in Wielkie Oczy in the late 18th century--HOLTZ/HOLZ. |
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Marcel Apsel
My maternal grandmother is born in Wielkie Oczy in 1880; but I was unable to find her on the birth files of Wielkie Oczy of those times.
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