Hettlinghistory1
2 Aug 2020 #1
My great grandfather and his family traveled to Poland from Barmen-Elberfeld in the Rhineland probably in the 1880's to set up weaving factories.
The following is from our family story: "Opa used to say that when he was about 14 his father was invited by the Russian-Polish government to come and help set up weaving factories, as they were going to establish this industry, and the whole family went to Lodz in Poland. The family consisted of the Hettling parents, Opa, the eldest, then his brothers Hermann and Emil, and his sister Hulda. The father apparently travelled around Lodz instructing and helping set up the weaving factories, and the family lived in Lodz."
Does anyone have information about this or know where I can obtain it? This is just curiosity at this point as I am
The following is from our family story: "Opa used to say that when he was about 14 his father was invited by the Russian-Polish government to come and help set up weaving factories, as they were going to establish this industry, and the whole family went to Lodz in Poland. The family consisted of the Hettling parents, Opa, the eldest, then his brothers Hermann and Emil, and his sister Hulda. The father apparently travelled around Lodz instructing and helping set up the weaving factories, and the family lived in Lodz."
Does anyone have information about this or know where I can obtain it? This is just curiosity at this point as I am