FENSKE

[TS625]

get help finding record of my 2nd great grandmother. Sadly I have little concrete evidence of her existence and theres so much info to take in which can get frustrating, so sometimes its good to take a break! I sadly have little info and evidence so I hope I can provide what I know and someone can help with some feedback/knowledge/resources etc that may help lead to some answers! ... So here goes!

NAME: Agata Henrietta Fenske
Born: approx 1870
Passed: approx 1906

SPOUSE: Wilhelm Friedrich Gustav Lentz/Lenz (1869 Germany - 1946 Alberta Canada)
- Wilhelms 2nd wife was Emilie Greening/Gruning?
- Wilhelms mothers potential maiden name was Mierke

CHILDREN:
Mathilde Lentz/Lenz (26 March 1893 Russia/Ukraine - Jan 1947 Toronto Canada)
Confirmation is hard to read but we believe location is Luzk although the baptism paper in in german. Also, Agata is listed as Agathe Which I assume is German spelling.

Spouses: John Olesky (1894-1955), Charles (Kiril/Kerel?) Sanchuk (likely many spelling variations B. Approx 1888 Russia - D. 1974 Toronto Canada)

Ludwig Louis Lentz (18 Aug 1891 Russia - 11 Nov 1972 Arnprior, Canada)

Emilie Lentz (17 April 1894 Russia - 22 Aug 1989)

Heinrich Lentz (21 Aug 1898 - 4 Feb 1970)

Otto Lentz (1903 - 1905)

SUPPORTING LINKS
A helpful tree but some info is speculation: ancestry.ca/family-tree/tree/10686314/f ... 1611041852

ancestry.ca/mediaui-viewer/collection/1 ... t=-created

ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/792 ... =108091202

ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/792 ... =101908981

ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/894 ... d=24697388

ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/106 ... Id=2624400

ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/126 ... Id=6320948

ancestry.ca/mediaui-viewer/collection/1 ... t=-created

provincialarchives.alberta.ca/sites/default/files/2022-05/deaths-l-1969-1971.pdf

ADDITIONAL INFO:
- No info has been found connecting my great grandmother Mathilde to any of her Siblings
- No marriage records have been found for Wilhelm and Henrietta or Wilhelm and Emilie
- Mathildes death certificate in Canada lists her father as Emil Lenz but I am not sure if this is just an error her husband made of what speculation can be made

- Henrietta never left Europe
- Speculation is Wilhelm and Emilie married in Brandenburg
- Mathildes marriage record with Kiril says she was born in Germany but her death record says she was born in Russia. I understand the many fine lines and changes in Europes borders so this maybe irrelevant.

- Maiden name is unknown on Mathilde/Matildas death record
- Death of Heinrich, one of Henriettas sons says mothers maiden name is Tenske

THANKS EVERYONE!

[hhg]

just throwing a general comment:

For target person Agata Henrietta, the most genuine document seems the baptism of her daughter Mathilde 1893. Consider to post it, someone familiar with Urkraine records (not me, sorry) should have a solid starting point. It might verify the ?yet presumed? location/birthplace Luzk, allow to identify parish and religion, best case to browse the specific churchbook(s) for additional family events. Might also make sure Mathilda's younger siblings were not only some dubious ancestry info.

You note birthplace of kids until 1898 was Russia - what about youngest Otto (1903-1905)? Unknown where born and died, or his family in Canada by then? Any other hint about emigration, to help looking for a passenger list? Or did you find that already?

[clarissa1874]

Maybe you can get some help here: https://forum.wolhynien.de where people are searching for their ancestors from Wolhynien, now Ukraine.
Fenske, by the way, was a pretty common surname in West Prussia, now Poland. I checked the database of inhabitants at www.westpreussen.de, but did not find neither Agata Henrietta (Agathe Henriette) Fenske nor Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Lentz.

Good luck with your further research!