Lithuanian immigrant at Oxford - how likely?

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saki

Lithuanian immigrant at Oxford - how likely?

Legg inn av saki » 31 jan 2005 22:00:04

A relative has asked me to check to see whether her ancestor, a Lithuanian
immigrant, could likely have studied at Oxford University in the early
1880s.

My guess is that registration information from that long ago probably
wouldn't be around anymore. I'm more curious about the likelihood of it
having happened at all. The immigrant was Jewish, not well-off and was
originally from Mariampol, where he returned after a stint in Manchester
UK. The family legend was that he'd been to Oxford but I'm not sure if
there are any resources that would prove this one way or another.

Does anyone know where I might start to look?

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Chris Watts

Re: Lithuanian immigrant at Oxford - how likely?

Legg inn av Chris Watts » 31 jan 2005 22:20:03

"saki" <saki@ucla.edu> wrote in message
news:Xns95EF8312C5D92sakiuclaedu@169.232.47.140...
A relative has asked me to check to see whether her ancestor, a Lithuanian
immigrant, could likely have studied at Oxford University in the early
1880s.

My guess is that registration information from that long ago probably
wouldn't be around anymore. I'm more curious about the likelihood of it
having happened at all. The immigrant was Jewish, not well-off and was
originally from Mariampol, where he returned after a stint in Manchester
UK. The family legend was that he'd been to Oxford but I'm not sure if
there are any resources that would prove this one way or another.

Does anyone know where I might start to look?

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saki@ucla.edu

Check out "Alumni Oxoniensis 1715 - 1886"

Chris

CWatters

Re: Lithuanian immigrant at Oxford - how likely?

Legg inn av CWatters » 03 feb 2005 20:16:25

"saki" <saki@ucla.edu> wrote in message
news:Xns95EF8312C5D92sakiuclaedu@169.232.47.140...
A relative has asked me to check to see whether her ancestor, a Lithuanian
immigrant, could likely have studied at Oxford University in the early
1880s.

1881 census?

saki

Re: Lithuanian immigrant at Oxford - how likely?

Legg inn av saki » 04 feb 2005 20:22:11

CWatters wrote:
"saki" <saki@ucla.edu> wrote in message
news:Xns95EF8312C5D92sakiuclaedu@169.232.47.140...
A relative has asked me to check to see whether her ancestor, a
Lithuanian
immigrant, could likely have studied at Oxford University in the
early
1880s.

1881 census?

Tried that, thanks, as well as Chris Watts' suggestion (Alumni
Oxoniensis) but no trace of the relative. I suspect the story's
apocryphal but it doesn't hurt to try looking, I guess.

Thanks!

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saki@ucla.edu

Charani

Re: Lithuanian immigrant at Oxford - how likely?

Legg inn av Charani » 05 feb 2005 17:21:41

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:52:54 +0000 (UTC), saki wrote:

A relative has asked me to check to see whether her ancestor, a Lithuanian
immigrant, could likely have studied at Oxford University in the early
1880s.

My guess is that registration information from that long ago probably
wouldn't be around anymore. I'm more curious about the likelihood of it
having happened at all. The immigrant was Jewish, not well-off and was
originally from Mariampol, where he returned after a stint in Manchester
UK. The family legend was that he'd been to Oxford but I'm not sure if
there are any resources that would prove this one way or another.


It's possible that something has got "lost in translation" so to
speak.

When people say they are "going to Oxford", have "been to Oxford" or
"went to Oxford", it's usually interpreted to mean that they were a
student at Oxford University, rather than just *visiting* Oxford.
Could it be possible that the person in question visited Oxford??

The various colleges that make up the University keep records going
back a long time; how long depends on when they first came into being.

singhals

Re: Lithuanian immigrant at Oxford - how likely?

Legg inn av singhals » 05 feb 2005 20:32:24

Charani wrote:

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:52:54 +0000 (UTC), saki wrote:


A relative has asked me to check to see whether her ancestor, a Lithuanian
immigrant, could likely have studied at Oxford University in the early
1880s.

My guess is that registration information from that long ago probably
wouldn't be around anymore. I'm more curious about the likelihood of it
having happened at all. The immigrant was Jewish, not well-off and was
originally from Mariampol, where he returned after a stint in Manchester
UK. The family legend was that he'd been to Oxford but I'm not sure if
there are any resources that would prove this one way or another.



It's possible that something has got "lost in translation" so to
speak.

When people say they are "going to Oxford", have "been to Oxford" or
"went to Oxford", it's usually interpreted to mean that they were a
student at Oxford University, rather than just *visiting* Oxford.
Could it be possible that the person in question visited Oxford??

(GBG) My uncle noted to an acquaintence that "I've been through X".
Now, any innocent by-stander who didn't happen to know my uncle might
have thought he'd graduated, but actually what he'd done was accompany
us on our son's tour of X during his college-search. (g)

Cheryl

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