Author: Diana
Sunday, 01 December 2002 - 03:26 pm |        |
| I have wondered for some time if Jack's family knew or suspected anything. If so they probably would not want their knowledge spread, but some things might have been handed down from father to son, etc. and by now have probably become somewhat garbled. Mr. Radka, is your A R theory about some ancestor of yours whose first name began with A? I'm not twitting you or making fun of you or being sarcastic. It would explain your reticence about sharing it with the whole internet because if it was investigated and proved true it would expose your family to a lot of unwanted publicity and harassment. It explains your fascination with JTR, your longing to share what you know and yet again and again you pull back. Are there stories that have come down through your family? Was there an A. Radka in London in 1888? |
Author: David Radka
Sunday, 01 December 2002 - 06:20 pm | |
Ms Comer,
Our name Radka originated when my grandfather, Julius Radke, immigrated through Ellis Island about 1915. Julius was a lock maker, and, as was the case of many people from Europe at that time, also a farmer. He had passed from Saxon-Germany to Russian-Poland to the U.S., and was technically a citizen of the Republic of Poland when he got here. Julius was German, Saxon and Lutheran, but was rumored to have had a single female German Jewish ancestor on his mother's side. He signed his name on his application in such a way as to lead a transcriber to render Radke as Radka. Julius at that point didn't want to rock the boat concerning his immgration, so he let it be and went by Radka for the rest of his life.
"A.R." is in fact just my idea of a catchy title, and is not anyone's initials.
My ideas concerning the case are nothing more than my analysis and determinations made from reading case material. I've got no relatives involved with it in any way.
David |
Author: Rosemary O'Ryan
Monday, 02 December 2002 - 02:59 pm | |
Dear David,
The Radka/e name has been to the forkefront of the strugglke between Goodke and Evilka since
Timke Beganka.
Roske :-) |
Author: Peter R.A. Birchwood
Monday, 02 December 2002 - 04:35 pm | |
Just a note about "My ancestor's name was changed at Ellis Island..." This is an urban myth as the names used when passengers went through immigration were those that they themselves provided on the ship's manifest before they left their port of origin.
That's not to say that the immigrant didn't change his or her name afterwards to perhaps make it easier for friends/neighbours/employers etc. to say and remember. |
Author: Howard Brown
Monday, 02 December 2002 - 08:22 pm | |
| Dear Peter.....Thats correct on all counts. Thats what happened to my granny who changed her name BEFORE she got here from some unpronounceable Hungarian moniker to "Green"....The scene in Godfather II is a falsehood,where the little Vito Andolini "gets" the Corleone name at the check in station.... |
Author: Diana
Tuesday, 14 January 2003 - 12:43 pm | |
| Mr. Radka, Could you please write it down and put it somewhere where it will be found if anything ever happens to you? Suppose you're right and you know the truth. But you won't put it out on these boards. (That is your right.) But wouldn't it be a shame if you had a heart attack or something and your discovery was lost? |
Author: David Radka
Tuesday, 14 January 2003 - 03:52 pm | |
Diana,
Please call me David. I'm presently reading deeper into the case with relation to my A?R theory, looking for modes of expression. I don't think the theory would be at all compelling if I just jotted it down. I need to write it out in full, and include a good deal of nuance, in order to show the sense of its truth. I've really got to cram the bugger chock full of irony. This is hard to do. I can't be writing an exploratory paper, I have to be right on top of things all the way through, which is hard. The whole paper has to read like nothing more than postprandial remarks at a specialists' convention.
Good luck,
David |
Author: Diana
Tuesday, 14 January 2003 - 04:06 pm | |
| I didn't mean post it on the boards or anything. Just put it in a special place where your wife or significant other or roommate or dear old mom or whoever could find it. Nobody would ever see it unless something happened to you. In that case wouldn't it be better to leave the world a stripped down version than nothing? |
Author: Trevor Robert Jones
Tuesday, 14 January 2003 - 05:56 pm | |
Hi David,
I think Diana has a point.
My own theory Is known to my partner (Jayne),but no one else.
She has strict intsrtuctions as to what to do with it in the event of my death (or prolonged psychological incapacitation).AS I have put in quite a lot of work I would like it shared.
However,I would completely support your right
to keep your work private until such time as You decide it should br shared,(If ever).
Here's hoping we see your work in print soon.
Kind Regards,
Trevor . |
Author: Diana
Tuesday, 14 January 2003 - 07:55 pm | |
| Can you imagine the endless debate, speculation and wrangling that would fill these boards if Mr. Radka passed on without leaving any record of what AR was? AR Theory would immediately become the most important thread. Subthreads would read: Did Radka Really Know? Analysis of All of D.R.'s Postings Going Back to 1997, What AR Wasn't, Can Anyone Find His Relatives? etc. etc. etc. |
Author: David Jetson
Wednesday, 15 January 2003 - 02:57 am | |
I have to admit, I'd be sad if nobody ever got to hear the AR theory. I can only hope that David Radka lives to a ripe old age, and that his theory gets to see the light of day.
I hope your notes are safe, David. |
Author: David Radka
Wednesday, 15 January 2003 - 12:23 pm | |
I believe the reason why Diana brings up this matter is because she wants me to die. She is saying softly here, under her breath: "die, David, die." Diana has hated me for a long time. I do not hate you, Diana.
David |
Author: Philip Rayner
Wednesday, 15 January 2003 - 02:56 pm | |
| I would put you in the amusing if occasionally irritating eccentric category. |
Author: David Radka
Wednesday, 15 January 2003 - 09:22 pm | |
| "Shallow- you betcha." |
Author: Divia deBrevier
Thursday, 16 January 2003 - 11:48 am | |
Dear David:
I don't think anyone here hates you. Hate is a very strong word, don't you think?
I find you occasionally insightful, thought-provoking, and mildly annoying. So you got that going for you. Which is nice.
Warm regards,
Divia |
