THE CANADIAN FIEBELKORN HISTORY
A Brief Overview
The Fiebelkorn family emigrated from Berlin, Germany, stopped off in Poland
for a few years, then moved to Volhynia, Russia. They ended up in
Berestowiec, Kreis Rovno, Volhynia Gubernia, Russia.
Kreis is the term used to specify a district or municipality.
Guberni is the term used to specify a province.
"Volhynia was a Gubernia, or province, of the Russian Empire from the
18th century until 1919, when the western part of Volhynia became part
of Poland. In 1945 the entire area of the Volhynia Gubernia was again ruled
by the Soviet Union, but the gubernia system was no longer used and the
Volhynia name was used to identify a smaller region, called an oblast,
in the western part of the old gubernia. Most of what was the Volhynia
Gubernia is now in the Ukraine, with a small part of northern Volhynia
in Belarus. Major cities and towns in Volhynia include Zhitomir (the former
capital), Rovno, Lutsk, Kovel, Berdichev, and Novograd-Volinsk. "
Volhynia is also translated as Wolhynien.
The Fiebelkorn family lived in the district of Rovno from Puchawa/Mariendorf
to Berestowiec. Puchawa/Mariendorf is no longer on any present day
maps. An old map showed it as a very tiny village just outside of
present day Aleksandr'ya, Ukraine. Berestowiec still exists and is
a town north of Aleksandr'ya, Ukraine.
