Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Sept 1914 wars nearby Tomaszow Lubelski

There was fighting outside the area the family lived in 1914 during World War 1. The brothers Piotr, Frank and Boleslaw were only ages 15, 8 and 6. Jan, Joe and Antony were in the US and were 26, 23 and 21. Registering for the World War I draft occurred on the same day for all three brothers-- June 5, 1917 -- in Precinct 9, Ward 1 of Grand Rapids, Michigan. *****Polish Legions were being formed within the Austrian Army. ***** In 1915, Russian Poland was occupied by the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria). ***** https://epdf.pub/historical-dictionary-of-poland-historical-dictionaries-of-europe.html ***** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz%C3%B3w_Lubelski. ***** https://www.historiaregionu.org/opisy?lang=pl ***** https://www.historiaregionu.org/bitwa-pod-lubycza-9-10-09-1914?lang=pl

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