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A happy birthday to my Grandpa Henry Neufeld. Born this day in 1922 at present day, Hrushivka, Zhaporihzia,(Russia-occupied) Ukraine.
Here he is beside my Grandmother on their wedding day in 1943.
Oh cool! You know... Google maps is incredible. I was just looking at the location of the old Mennonite village on Google Earth and up popped a landmark pin and photo just down the lane from his birthplace. It is named:
"Staryy Holandsʹkyy Mlyn - Historical landmark
Unnamed Road
Hrushivka
Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine
71775”
Which translates as “Old Dutch Mill”... which would jive with Mennonite history!! I wonder if my Grandpa was ever in that mill, likely not as he was only 2 or 3 when they left for Canada but surely his parents and siblings were.
I wonder if it has survived the war? Another war…
#Ukraine #Mennonite #Family #FamilyHistory #Ancestry #RussiaUkraineWar
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Staryy Holandsʹkyy Mlyn/@47.0467057,35.8238797,2894m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x40dd59849c53559f:0xeef602c02324c544!8m2!3d47.0467057!4d35.8238797!16s%2Fg%2F11n7s87khs?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==