Almost nothing is known about Natan Salomon/Natan Zelikowicz .
My only sources are :
[1] The introduction to the Family Charity Achdus published in Berlin in 1894 here Natan is named as the "founder" of the family.
[2] Later documents than name Natan.
This period, 1772 - 1795 was a difficult period for the Jews of this area. The new Prussian rulers
did much in their power to try and reduce their Jewish population.
If the Salingers were expelled or sort a better life in the East as yet is unknown.
Nathan Salomon, Natan Zelkowicz
Son of Zelig2, Salomon was born on May 1, 1752 in KROJANKE POLAND, and died in 1817 in KROJANKE POLAND, . He married Gitli Kasper Kasprowiczowna. in KROJANKE. Gitli Kasper was born in PROBABLY KROJANKE and died in PROBABLY KROJANKE.
Children of Nathan Salomon, Natan Zelkowicz and Gitli Kasper Kasprowiczowna.
i. 2. Tauba Natanowna Salinger was born About 1782 in KROJANKE and died in Sep. 1854 in SUWALKI.
ii. 3. Selig Natanowicz Salinger, Zelik was born About 1793 in KROJANKE NOW NEW WEST PRUSSIA and died in SUWALKI.
iii. 4. Raychla Natanowna Salinger was born About 1796 in KROJANKE and died in May 1847 in SUWALKI.
iv. 5. Rasche Salinger.
v. 6. Marya Salinger was born About 1805 in KROJANKE Prussia and died on Dec. 16, 1840 in SUWALKI.
In 1772 the Netze Valley was taken by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland. I was lucky enough to receive from the old East German archives copies Of the original Jewish census of Krojanke and various other tax records.
I assume that my earliest ancestors lived and died in Krojanke - [ I was lucky enough to obtain pictures of the site of the old Jewish cemetery] However I believe that by the end of the C18 th. When Prussia had received the areas in the east of Poland in the Third Partition of Poland my family was attracted there and thus left Krojanke for Lomza and then to settle in Suwalki.
The First Partition of Poland or First Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that ended the existence of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795. Growth in the Russian Empire's power, threatening the Kingdom of Prussia and the Habsburg Austrian Empire, was the primary motive behind this first partition. The weakened Commonwealth's land, including that already controlled by Russia, was apportioned among its more powerful neighbors-Austria, Russia and Prussia-so as to restore the regional balance of power in Eastern Europe among those three countries. With Poland unable to effectively defend itself, and with foreign troops already inside the country, the Polish parliament (Sejm) ratified the partition in 1773 during the Partition Sejm convened by the three powers.
The partition treaty was ratified by its signatories on September 22, 1772 It was a major success for Frederick II of Prussia. Prussia's share might have been the smallest, but it was also significantly developed and strategically important. Prussia took most of Polish Royal Prussia, including Ermland, allowing Frederick to link East Prussia and Brandenburg. Prussia also annexed northern areas of Greater Poland along the Noteć River (the Netze District), and northern Kuyavia, but not the cities of Danzig (Gdańsk and Thorn (Toruń). The territories annexed by Prussia became a new province in 1773 called West Prussia. Overall, Prussia gained 36 000 km² and about 600 000 people. By seizing northwestern Poland, Prussia instantly cut off Poland from the sea, and gained control over 80% of the commonwealth's total foreign trade. Through levying enormous custom duties, Prussia accelerated the inevitable collapse of the commonwealth.
