Re: Catholic given name/Jewish surname #galicia
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Jassem, Peter <jassep@...>
I have translated many Jewish vital records >from Polish and I have indexed
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many pages for JRI. I have seen the name Maria on at least several occasions. Also, I saw it in some publications listing Jewish given names in Poland. Therefore one may only conclude that this name, commonly associated with Catholics, was also occasionally used by Jews. As for mixed marriages at the turn of 19th century I encountered some instances only among secular or assimilated Jews, mostly in large cities. Peter Jassem Toronto, Ontario jassep@...
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I have my great-grandmother's funeral Mass card, on which her name is Marya Bogielczyk. The card is in Polish, and she died 4 Kwietnia (April) 1932. I know Marya's last name was Rubin because that was on her daughter's (my Grandmom's) death certificate. This is a great mystery. Why would someone name a little Jewish girl "Maria?" I do not think it was ever Miriam. This woman apparently lived and was buried as a Catholic. The only clue I have is my grandmother's younger sister who died a few years ago. When we asked her if her mother was Jewish, she paused for a long moment, then nodded slightly. She was an elderly lady and devout lifelong Catholic... so we did not press the issue. (Her mother died when she was only 14.) I am thinking that Maria Rubin may have been the child of a mixed marriage, of Jewish father and Catholic mother. Did such marriages happen in Poland in the late 19th century? Regards, Jennifer Schu Glazewski Wayne, PA
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