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First Bruckenthal Records
Hans Christian Heinz has found the allegedly first Bruckenthal records still to exist. He provided us with the documents that we make available to you. These documents are written in Latin language (large-sized files).
Records Part 0
Records Part 1
Records Part 2
Records Part 3
Records Part 4
Records Part 5
Records Part 6
A report on the 2007 Meeting of descendants from Galicia can be read right here: Report 2007 Meeting (written in German)
Famous Personality With Bruckenthal Roots
He is probably the most famous descendant with Bruckenthal roots: Canadian politician Edward Richard Schreyer. Schreyer served as Manitoba premier from 1969 until 1977 and as Governor General of Canada from 1979 thru 1984. Between 1984 and 1988 he was High Commissioner to Australia and further Oceanic nations. His ancestors on the mother’s side came from Bruckenthal. Further information about Ed Schreyer is available right here: Ed Schreyer at Wikipedia
Below is a picture of Ed Schreyer with family, Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh:
 The Story of The Blue Milk Can
See the blue milk can? Think it is an ordinary can? Far wrong! This is probably the world’s most widely traveled milk can. Here’s the can’s story Evelyn Wolfer from Orgeon told us:
In June 1906 it came on ship to America, with Bart and Katherine Wolanski it came to Hankinson, North Dakota. Later it was given to Anna Wolanski York in Salem, Oregon. Later it was given to sister Olga Wolanski Gottfried of Sunburst, Monata. Finally, in 1990, it was given to daughter Evelyn Gottfried Woelfer of McMinville, Oregon. Just a little milk can....
Mail from Hankinson, North Dakota
We are in contact with descendants from Hankinson, ND, USA. More info soon. In the picture: The Wolf (or Wolfe) family after their arrival in the United States in 1910.
Pictures of the Meeting of Germans from Galicia (Ostrau, Germany, September 2005):
  
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