Re: Illison Family
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Re: Illison Family
Arturs Zageris 1/15/12
According to my grandmother, Felin is some 60 minutes outside Riga in what was then part of Russia.
Records at Castle Garden, Manhattan, New York, show that a Carl Griewing (aged 38, farmer by occupation, from Russia) and a Alide Griewing (aged 27, from Russia) landed at Castle Garden in the steam ship SS Werra on the 5th of June, 1888.Yes, Felin or Fellin is the German name for Viljandi