Help identifying what countries these towns are in-Latvia? Poland? or ?

[Mark London mrl@psfc.mit.edu]

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Hi - I'm trying to research a "Gerufsky" family that came from Russia. There were
3 family siblings The descendants of one sibling, was told that their family
came from "Aron" Latvia, and that the family originally spoke Polish. A 1920
census record for another sibling, has a crossed out place of birth, that looks
like "Orum". So I know have 2 sources which have close sounding town names. But
the Jewishgen town finder, didn't show up anything in Latvia or Poland, using
either of those spelling. The 1920 census also shows that the sibling's father
was born in "Meletz". The Town finder's best match for that, is Mielec, Poland
However, I don't see any connection between that town, and any town that sounds
like Orum or Aron.

All 3 siblings, constantly state on all their censuses, that they came from Russia.
Not Poland. Their parents's names was something like Jacob Gerufsky and Rachel
Kalowusky The surname of Gerufsky seems unique, and is consistent with all the
siblings. No immigration or naturalization papers exist for the family. Any help
would be appreciated. Thanks!

Mark London
Natick, MA
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(Mark London m...@psfc.mit.edu) wrote:

> "Aron" Latvia, [..] "Orum". So I know have 2 sources which have close

> sounding town names. But the Jewishgen town finder, didn't show up
> anything in Latvia or Poland, using either of those spelling.

Well the Jewishgen gazetteer,
using "Sounds Like — Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex" finds in Poland:

Arnau, Ornowo populated place
53°40' N 19°57' E 107.1 miles NNW of Warszawa 52°15' N 21°0' E

Oronne populated place
51°43' N 21°37' E 45.2 miles SE of Warszawa 52°15' N 21°0' E

Uhryn populated place
49°29' N 20°52' E 191.4 miles S of Warszawa 52°15' N 21°0' E

Ohra, Orunia populated place
54°19' N 18°38' E 173.2 miles NNW of Warszawa 52°15' N 21°0' E

Gdansk Orunia railroad station
54°20' N 18°38' E 173.9 miles NNW of Warszawa 52°15' N 21°0' E

and in Latvia:

Arni, Arny populated place
56°48' N 25°44' E 62.5 miles E of Riga 56°57' N 24°6' E

Arni populated place
57°48' N 25°44' E 84.5 miles NE of Riga 56°57' N 24°6' E

Klives, Klivji, Arni populated place
56°55' N 23°47' E 12.5 miles WSW of Riga 56°57' N 24°6' E

Arini populated place
56°32' N 23°54' E 29.5 miles SSW of Riga 56°57' N 24°6' E

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[Judith Singer jsingerarslibris@gmail.com]

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Those two towns may be Aran, the Yiddish name for Varena in Lithuania,and Merecz,
the Polish name for Merkine. The two towns are about 20 miles apart.
(The Yiddish name for Merkine, Meretch, is similar in sound to the Polish name.)
Lithuania had been part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth before
being absorbed by Russia, and many people used (and still use) the
term "Poland" to refer to entire area of the Commonwealth.

Judith Singer

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