♂ Michael HARKE
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Helene thought that these people lived on an island and had a boat on which they transported cargo. Their son Johann (Jan) was reportedly born on this boat while in Russian waters. In fact, these people appear to have lived in the Russian sector of the then partitioned Poland. Helene also thought that the family was originally "Holland Dutch" and changed the spelling of their name from Hoeke or Hoerke when they came to speak German. This general area had many marshy places that were drained by Dutch engineers in the 17th century. In addition, there was considerable shipping traffic eastward through the Baltic and into the central European countries with the development of the Hanseatic League and the advent of the Industrial Revolution which probably brought many from the more western countries. There is no doubt that the Dutch were present in this area to some degree. At this time, I have no definite knowledge of the origin of the Harke name. In some cases, the stories handed down orally from one generation to the next are our only clues to our history.
There was a partial piece of paper that Helene photocopied. On it is written some information about Michael and Auguste, I assume by their son, Johann. Helene had added her notes to it. It says that Michael was born in Holland and that he went to school in Poland.
A paper written in Russian by Jan Mikhailovich (Johann, son of Michael) says that after Michael's death, there remained a peasant farmstead in the village of Domb-Borowy. I have no way to determine the date of this document and could only speculate as to why it was written. I am grateful for the assistance of Cyril Harke in Canada, as I now know that this village is located approximately 5 km south of the Vistula River north of Kutno and west of Plock.
JRZ 30-11-1991
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