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Subject: Re: [POLAND] name questions
Date: 2 May 2002 16:14:42 +0000


Linda -
WOW , maybe there is a connection -drop the V or W and add an X to Ale....
Where did your great-grandfather live in the US? My granduncle moved from NYC to Ironwood MI.
Christine

On Thu, 02 May 2002, linda sobers-chan wrote:

>
> Hi Christine,
> What a coincidence. My Great-grandfather's name was Valentine Sobol on the
> Ellis Island site, some of his early legal documents have him listed as
> Walenty and when he passed away, he was known as Alexander. So there must be
> some connection to those three names. Linda Sobers Montclair NJ
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>
>
> > Susan,
> > Can't help with the diacritical marks, I am new at the proper spelling &
> pronounciation of Polish also, BUT... using a "nickname" seemed to be common
> in my family also. My granduncle Walenty was called Walenty until he came
> to America, then his siblings called him by the English version of that name
> which is Valentine, BUT... we couldn't find him anywhere until we found his
> obituary in an old newspaper - then we found out he used ALEX in the
> Michigan farm register directory, on Federal Census in NYC & MI, and in his
> obituary. We only knew it was him because of they mentioned the names of
> all his brothers & sister, and children. Even his death certificate listed
> "Alex (Walenty) Tabaka."
> >
> > I guess that many Europeans decided on names they "would like to have" or
> were easier to pronounce and used them when they started their new life in a
> new country. We have no idea how Walenty/Valentine became Alex.
> > Christine
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 02 May 2002, "Susan J. Green" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi all!
> > >
> > > A couple of questions regarding names:
> > >
> > > I want to contact people in Poland about a couple of my family names and
> do not know what or where diacritical marks belong. The names I need help
> with are ZIELINSKI and BRZUSZKIEWICZ. Any guidance on this would be greatly
> appreciated.
> > >
> > > Also, I've had a devil of a time finding the first name of my
> great-grandmother. In some places it seems to be AUGUSTA and in others,
> CONSTANCE. On a recent trip to the town where she lived in Western New York,
> I learned that she was Augusta but went by Constance. Then I learned of
> another relative who did exactly the same! Has anyone else run across this
> same name substitution? I'm wondering if Augusta and Constance have the same
> origins or are otherwise connected. Any insight?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Susan (Zielinski) Green
> > >
> > > Researching: ZIELINSKI...
> WYSZYNSKI...BRZUSZKIEWICZ...WALTROWSKI/WALTERS...WEISS...KLAUS/CLAUS...SZPAJ
> ER
> > >
> > >
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