Hi,
I would like to start a thread, but the "Post New Thread" button is just not there. Could you perhaps post a screen shot as to where I can find it?
Thanks Kimmyk for your updates to the letter.
It's interesting that he mentions school here. Was he doing a high school qualification, or some sort of training through the army? If so, there might be a clue to what he planned to do next.
As for the Knights of Columbus, doing a little more...
What was her mother's maiden name? If I was going to live under an assumed name, my mother's maiden name might be the first one I would jump to. Maybe we could look for her under that name instead?
Thanks, its a fascinating listen!
I just had a question about the witnesses you mentioned. We already know about the father and son hunter pair (with some connection to TH's wife) who saw the car. You mentioned another unnamed hunter that also saw the car at a later time. Do we have a name for him?
A couple of things struck me that could be of use:
The letter is headed with "Knights of Columbus" . While Hermann may have just happened across this bit of paper, it might have some relevance. From a quick bit of googling, the Knights of Columbus are a Catholic Fraternal organisation named...
I thought I would try and transcribe the letter, just to see what we can get out of it. I am struggling on the bottom section.
"Fort (Camp is crossed out) D. A. Russell,
July 19 1920
Dear Sister,
I received your letter and was glad to hear from you.
I am well and feeling fine, and hope this...
Someone mentioned on one of the early pages of the thread that Jean's "Little Black Book" had been found and had many well known names in it. What happened to it?
Tiny bit of extra research. I looked up Ukrainian naming practices, and like Russian practices we are expecting the first name-patronymic-surname structure we've seen previously. However, the patronymic endings are slightly different. Where in Russian, a male patronymic ending would be...
Hi guys,
I'm a long time floater on this forum, and just made an account so I could comment on this case specifically.
Something sticks out for me about Anna's name, Anna Stanislava Kuprianova (nee Shishkova). It really doesn't sound quite right to be an authentic Russian name.
Russian naming...
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