Andreas Müller + Justine Spring - Horodyszcze

Jose Marcos Rosin , Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina, Montag, 09.06.2025, 18:43 (vor 15 Tagen) @ Eduard Feicho

Hi Eduard, I have ancestors from a place called Horodyszce, and I also had conflicts over the wide variety of villages named that way.

"Horodyszcze/Horodischtsche/Gorodischtsche/Городище" are different ways of saying the same thing, just that were a lof of places were called like that.

My relatives also appear in those "Horodischtsche Kantorate" records, and mine are from Horodyszcze near Topcha, Tutschin, and Kostopol, in Rivne (Rowno).
This Horodyszcze belonged to the parish of Tutschin (Tuchyn) (1888-)

This Horodyszcze remained on the Polish side after the War.
You can find in on the map of Polish Volhynia in F3, and many of the other towns mentioned are in G4.
https://wolhynien.de/geography/lueck.htm

That village is now called Yalynivka (Ялинівка); they changed the name in 1965 precisely because there were too many Horodyszcze and it caused complications.

Yalynivka on Wikipedia (Ukrainian)
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D0%A0%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%...

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My great-great-grandfather Wilhelm Besler appears in the Landenteignunglisten for Horodyszcze.

His daughter married my great-grandfather Hilscher from Korist (Korzysc/Koryst'/Користь)

There was a close relationship between the people of Topcha, Horodyszcze, Kolowert, and Korist; all my ancestors came from near Dabie in Poland and went to those villages in Volhynia.

The people of Horodyszcze also had a lot of contact with the Germans from Kamionka and Niespodzianka.

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I would research these names:

Landenteignunglisten Kolowert (Kolovert/Коловерта) 1915:
504; Miller / Müller, Adolf; Father: Andreas; 5 Desjatinen
https://www.wolhynien.de/register/expropriation/kolowert.htm

Most likely, the Andreas Müller you mention would have died in 1915, and I would believe that this Adolf, son of Andreas, so close to Horodyszcze in Kolowert, could easily be that Adolf.

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Landenteignungsliste Topcza (Topcha/Toptscha/Топча) 1915:
584; Spring, Susanne; Father: Ludwig; 15 ½ Desjatinen
https://www.wolhynien.de/register/expropriation/topcza.htm

Well, the surname Müller is very common. There could be a chance in a magnificent coincidence, that there was an Adolf, son of Andreas, in Kolowert in 1915, but the surname Spring is rarer.
Susanna Neumann, Ludwig's daughter, from Topcha was the wife of Gottlieb Spring.
I don't have 100% proof to this, but I'm pretty sure this Gottlieb Spring is the brother of the Justine Spring you mentioned. He was born in 1838 in Dabie and probably died before 1915.
I know people who know the descendants of Gottlieb Spring/Susanna Neumann in Germany, if you're interested.

In 1940, there were several Müller in Kolowert. We have to check the EWZ archives to see if any of them were children of Andreas (it's difficult because the surname is very common).
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In conclusion, it seems to me that it is likely that the Horodyszcze you mention is this one near Tuchyn, since we happen to have an Adolf, son of an Andreas Müller in Kolowert, and a Gottlieb Spring in Topcha. From my point of view, it could be said that the families were not spreaded out so widely in Volhynia.

In Agoff, the only "Spring" that appears on the entire list of confiscations in Volhynia is this Spring, Susanna.
(Some Springer and Springel appear, but I doubt they are related.)

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I hope I haven't overwhelmed you with so much information, greets from Argentina.