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From: ad <>
Subject: Re: [POSEN] Names from Posen - given name of LEO
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 10:49:40 -0800
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20021130174056.00a8c830@pop3.norton.antivirus>

My wife's grandfather, Leo Kalnoski, was born in 1909. He named my wife's
father "Arvid Leo Kalnoski." They were Catholic.

> From: Laura DePaolis <>
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 17:42:34 -0600
> To:
> Subject: Fwd: Re: [POSEN] Names from Posen - given name of LEO
> Resent-From:
> Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:44:46 -0700
>
>
>> Sorry Kathy, ment to reply to the list....
>
>> I had a great uncle Leo CIECMIEROWSKI...and his mom(HERZOG) and dad were from
>> Poznan.
>>
>> Laura DePaolis
>>
>> At 04:12 PM 11/30/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>> I have a Leo in two branches of Poznan families [Baranowski and Szatkowski],
>>> and potentially an earlier generation name Leon.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tom Krajewski" <>
>>> To: <>
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 3:27 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [POSEN] Names from Posen - given name of LEO
>>>
>>>
>>>> Leo is common in our family as well and we are also from the Poznan area.
>>>> Is there some significance?
>>>>
>>>> Tom Krajewski
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Nancy Gertner & Paul Maggitti" <>
>>>> To: <>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 12:18 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [POSEN] Names from Posen - given name of LEO
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I'm curious about given names. My grandmother (who was born in America
>>> to
>>>>> Posen immigrants) gave the name Leo to my father. When I see this name
>>>>> mentioned in family history studies, there's frequently a connection to
>>>> Posen.
>>>>> There must be some reason for this, and I'm ignorant to what it is. Is
>>>> there
>>>>> someone that can enlighten me?
>>>>>
>>>>> Nancy in Minnesota
>>>>>
>>>>> ad wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> I am researching my wife's genealogy, and have been told that Chris
>>> and
>>>> Anne
>>>>>> Hefley came to the USA from Posen, Prussia (now Poland), and settled
>>> in
>>>>>> Cairo, Illinois. Then, their son John Hefley settled in Cinebar,
>>>>>> Washington. Their granddaughter Katie Hefley (born March 10, 1911)
>>>> married
>>>>>> another Polish American in Cinebar, Washington: Leo Kalnoski, whose
>>>> family
>>>>>> was also from Posen. Leo's father, Michael Kalinowski, attended the
>>>> same
>>>>>> church in Posen as the Hefleys. Michael was a German citizen when he
>>>>>> emigrated to the USA.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If anyone has any info on any of these persons, I would greatly
>>>> appreciate
>>>>>> it. Thank-you
>>>>>> Dave Palmer
>>>>>>

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