Re: [Cz-L] Our origin

Dale's supposition that his family might have originated in the Ottoman
Empire, makes perfect sense. The Bukovina was part of the Ottoman empire and
when it became part of Austria-Hungary and at almost the same time, the Jews
were given more equitable rights, it would have been an attractive place for
Ottoman Jews to settle in.

In the early 19th century, Sadagora was almost as large and important as
Czernowitz and possibly the economic opportunities were better.

Mimi

On 10/19/10 2:23 PM, "Dale Prince" <daleprince_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

> I think it is pretty well documented that many Cz. Jews came from the north,
> Galicia, what is now southern Poland. But I have a curious anecdote on this
> topic. Many years ago I asked an aunt whether any of the older relatives,
> who were all from Sadagora, ever said where our family had come from. She
> recalled that my grandfather (born in Sadagora about 1880) had said he
> thought the family came from Turkey.
>
> Frankly, I am skeptical of this story, but if you substitute Ottoman Empire
> for Turkey and think how close its borders in the Balkans and southeastern
> Europe came to Bukovina , it becomes a possibility. One cannot offhand
> discount what (to me) look like rather Oriental designs on some of the grave
> markers in Sadagora.
>
> Does anyone else have a family origin story like this?
>
> Dale Prince
> Kensington, Maryland
> Currently in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
>
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