From: gwb0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (GERALYN WOOD BARRY)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.polish
Subject: Thanks and more help requested
Date: 29 Sep 92 14:27:12 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

Hi,

I have been reading soc.culture.poland for a little more than one
year. My father's side of the family were all from Poland (his
father was from Suwalki and his mother's parents were from the
Poznan region, I think). I have been tracing my family history since
my father died in 1991. I know of only two very distant cousins in
the US, but I'm hoping to locate other relatives, maybe in the US,
Poland, or elsewhere. Some of you may remember several postings I
made during the past year, requesting your help with names and
translations. (I am trying to learn Polish and can read a little
with the help of a dictionary, but I am still a beginner!)  Thanks
again to all who have helped me in the past. I have been finding out
more things about my family history and I now have  more questions I
hope you can can help me with. I would appreciate any ideas,
comments, suggestions on these questions or on any of the names at
the end of the posting.

I had the opportunity this weekend to search a database of
70,000,000 names compiled from telephone and mailing lists in
the United States. I was very excited to find 2 families named
Olendrowicz (my grandmother's maiden name!), and I am writing to
both of them. I also found 44 families named Wl/odkowski (my
grandfather's name before he changed it to Woodkoski - my father
then changed it to Wood!) I was surprised to find so many, and will
start by writing to the ones in the eastern US first (since I am
moving to Oregon in a few months). But I could find no people named
Frukowski. I have some questions about this name.

1) Does the spelling look right? In my research, I have seen it
   spelled Frukoski, Fruowski, Froukouski, Frugowski, Trukowski, but
   I thought that the "real" spelling was probably Frukowski/
   Frukowska because that is what my great-grandmother signed on her
   marriage certificate.

2) Or maybe this is such an unusual name in Poland that there would
   be nobody in the US with this name? Have you seen this name
   before? Do you know anyone with this name?

3) Do you have any ideas about the origin of the name (meaning of
   name, place in Poland where it was common)?

4) Does anyone have access to city directories or other (telephone
   maybe?) lists of names in Poland. Perhaps you could check for me
   please? The Frukowski family originally came to the US about
   1870, probably from the Poznan region, but I don't know the name
   of the town or city.

5) Someone named Nimpfa Frukowska was a witness at the marriage of
   my great-grandparents in New York City in 1879. In 1888, Nimpfa
   married Thomas Latkowski. I checked several books on Polish
   names, but Nimpfa was not listed. Is it an old name that is not
   used anymore? Is it a nickname or is it a shortened form of some
   other name? Has anyone heard of this name? Any ideas?

6) Parents of Nimpfa were Franz Frugowsky/Frukowski and Petronilla
   Clapeska (I guess it should be Klapeska?). Nimpfa was listed as
   the widow of someone named Lisawoska (is this name correct?)
   Any comments on these names?

Sorry this post was so long. This newsgroup is the only opportunity
I have to ask Polish language/name questions. Thanks for any help
you can give on this.

Dziekuje bardzo,
Geralyn
gwb0@lehigh.edu


-- 
.----* PATERSON,NJ/IRELAND *---searching---*  NEWARK,NJ/POLAND *-------.
| Carr,Cavanagh/Cavanaugh          | Frukowski,Kukla(NYC;Poznan,PO)    |
| Meahan,McKenna(also Brooklyn,NYC)| Nappruska(Poznan,PO); Renke       |
| Farrell(also Albany,NY)          | Oland/Olendrowicz; Zalewski and   |
| Harold/Harrold (Co.Tipperary,IR) | Woodkoski/Wlodkowski (Suwalki,PO) |
|also:Barry,Beggly,Bergen,Carson,Dively,Logue,Mahar,Stackhouse,Wendell |
|     Cosca,Davidson,Fratto,Lamerato/Lammirata,Maida,Pignanelli        |
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