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"Vin", "Win", "Bin" or "Ben" - Origins of a name #galicia

Brian J. Lenius <brian@...>
 

I have had opportunity to see several documents that refer to the
name "Winowicz" as a patronymic name. Although Winowicz is a
valid Polish or Ukrainian surname, in the case of these particular
documents it is clearly used as the patronymic name.

As an example of patronymics, the name Iwan Stefanowicz
Kowalczuk would be Iwan (the son of Stefan) Kowalczuk. Other
patronymics are also used as surnames, such as names like
Iwanowicz (son of Iwan), Fedorowicz (son of Fedor), etc.

Could the name Winowicz be a patronymic for "son of Win"?
Eastern Slavs (Ukrainians, Russians) sometimes use the "V" in
place of the western Slav (Polish) "B" as in "Vasyl" in place of "
Basil". Therefore could "Vin" be derived >from "Bin" or maybe
"Ben" as found among Jewish names?

To show that Jewish given names can also be found in Jewish
patronymic names and that this is not just a Slavic
phenomenon, the names of a couple of Jewish landlord families
in Galicia were Rabinowicz (son of Rabin) and Abrahamowicz
(son of Abraham). Any ideas or references would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Best Regards,

Brian J. Lenius
Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia "Vin", "Win", "Bin" or "Ben" - Origins of a name #galicia

Brian J. Lenius <brian@...>
 

I have had opportunity to see several documents that refer to the
name "Winowicz" as a patronymic name. Although Winowicz is a
valid Polish or Ukrainian surname, in the case of these particular
documents it is clearly used as the patronymic name.

As an example of patronymics, the name Iwan Stefanowicz
Kowalczuk would be Iwan (the son of Stefan) Kowalczuk. Other
patronymics are also used as surnames, such as names like
Iwanowicz (son of Iwan), Fedorowicz (son of Fedor), etc.

Could the name Winowicz be a patronymic for "son of Win"?
Eastern Slavs (Ukrainians, Russians) sometimes use the "V" in
place of the western Slav (Polish) "B" as in "Vasyl" in place of "
Basil". Therefore could "Vin" be derived >from "Bin" or maybe
"Ben" as found among Jewish names?

To show that Jewish given names can also be found in Jewish
patronymic names and that this is not just a Slavic
phenomenon, the names of a couple of Jewish landlord families
in Galicia were Rabinowicz (son of Rabin) and Abrahamowicz
(son of Abraham). Any ideas or references would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Best Regards,

Brian J. Lenius
Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
Unclaimed family history info from home in Oviedo, FL #general

Joyce Eastman
 

I have recently come into some family history information on the Davis family,
which was compiled by Karen Elizabeth Perez Goss, and was dedicated to her
grandfather Daniel Patrick Davis, Jr. With this compilation were letters written
by Mrs. Ruth A. Bova of Reading, MA >from 1993. There were some ancestor charts
prepared by her containing the surnames of LANFORD, FAGAN and AUSTIN connected to
Dublin, Ireland; Boston, MA as well as Orlando, FL, and letters written to
Ogdensburg Town Hall in Ogdensburg, NY by Mary Loraine Lanford c/o Ruth Bova in
Reading, MA. There are also photo copies of pictures of Emily Jane Johnson Austin,
born in Dunham, Quebec, Canada (died 5/24/1899 in St. Albans, VT) married to Albert
H. Austin, 11/27/1879 as well as Albert H. Austin with his second wife, Ida. He
was born 10/23/1854 in St. Albans, VT and died there on 10/12/1935.

from the envelope these papers were in it appears that these records belonged to
Ms. Mary Loraine Lanford, Oviedo, FL. These papers were taken >from her home (along
with other miscellaneous items) since no one else wanted/claimed it, and I did not
want to see her hard work be destroyed.

Anyone with an interest in information about the families mentioned, please contact
me privately, particularly if they belong to your own family.

Joyce Eastman
Orange City, FL USA
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Unclaimed family history info from home in Oviedo, FL #general

Joyce Eastman
 

I have recently come into some family history information on the Davis family,
which was compiled by Karen Elizabeth Perez Goss, and was dedicated to her
grandfather Daniel Patrick Davis, Jr. With this compilation were letters written
by Mrs. Ruth A. Bova of Reading, MA >from 1993. There were some ancestor charts
prepared by her containing the surnames of LANFORD, FAGAN and AUSTIN connected to
Dublin, Ireland; Boston, MA as well as Orlando, FL, and letters written to
Ogdensburg Town Hall in Ogdensburg, NY by Mary Loraine Lanford c/o Ruth Bova in
Reading, MA. There are also photo copies of pictures of Emily Jane Johnson Austin,
born in Dunham, Quebec, Canada (died 5/24/1899 in St. Albans, VT) married to Albert
H. Austin, 11/27/1879 as well as Albert H. Austin with his second wife, Ida. He
was born 10/23/1854 in St. Albans, VT and died there on 10/12/1935.

from the envelope these papers were in it appears that these records belonged to
Ms. Mary Loraine Lanford, Oviedo, FL. These papers were taken >from her home (along
with other miscellaneous items) since no one else wanted/claimed it, and I did not
want to see her hard work be destroyed.

Anyone with an interest in information about the families mentioned, please contact
me privately, particularly if they belong to your own family.

Joyce Eastman
Orange City, FL USA
Births records. Valdemarpils. 1884 #latvia

usdine@...
 

Subject: Births records. Valdemarpils. 1884
From: Christine Usdin
usdine@orange.fr


http://www.premiumorange.com/rigavitalrecords/birthsvaldemarpilseightyfour.html

Christine Usdin
usdine@orange.fr
ShtetLinks Project Report for February - March 2010 #poland #ciechanow

Susana Leistner Bloch
 

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Latvia SIG #Latvia Births records. Valdemarpils. 1884 #latvia

usdine@...
 

Subject: Births records. Valdemarpils. 1884
From: Christine Usdin
usdine@orange.fr


http://www.premiumorange.com/rigavitalrecords/birthsvaldemarpilseightyfour.html

Christine Usdin
usdine@orange.fr
#Ciechanow #Poland ShtetLinks Project Report for February - March 2010 #ciechanow #poland

Susana Leistner Bloch
 

We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen ShtetLinks.
We thank the owners and webmasters of these shtetlpages for creating fitting
memorials to the Jewish Communities that once lived in those shtetlach and
for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants.

Baligrod, Poland
Created by Maurice I. Kessler
Webmaster: Arie Schwartz.
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/baligrod/pages/Index.html
~~~~~

Debrecen, Hungary
Compiled by Eugene Katz
Created / Webpage Design by Marshall J. Katz
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Debrecen/
~~~~~

Iasi, Romania
Created by Robert Zavos
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/iasi/iasi.html
~~~~~

Ilza (Drildz), Poland
Created by Barbara Sontz
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ilza/index.html
~~~~~

Tiszafured, Hungary
Compiled by Dr. Agnes (nee Szego) Orbanne
Created / Webpage Design by Marshall J. Katz
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Tiszafured/
~~~~~

ShtetLinks webpages recently updated:

Lackenbach (Lakompak), Austria
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lackenbach/
~~~~~

Hodmezovasarhely (Hungary)
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/hodmezovasarhely/

If you wish to follow their example and create a ShtetLinks webpage for your
ancestral shtetl or adopt an exiting "orphaned" shtetlpage please contact us
at: < shtetl-help@jewishgen.org >
~~~~~

GOOD NEWS!! As a result for our appeal for HTML volunteers we now have a
team of dedicated people who will help you create a webpage for your ancestral
home. Please contact us if you would like help in creating a
ShtetLinks webpage.
~~~~~ ~~~~~

Wishing you a Zissen and Joyous Pessach,

Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc.
Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator

bloch@mts.net
Births records. Valdemarpils. 1882 #latvia

usdine@...
 

Subject: Births records. Valdemarpils. 1882
From: Christine Usdin
usdine@orange.fr


http://www.premiumorange.com/rigavitalrecords/birthsvaldemarpilseightytwo.html

Christine Usdin
usdine@orange.fr
Births records. Valdemarpils. 1883 #latvia

usdine@...
 

Subject: Births records. Valdemarpils. 1883
From: Christine Usdin
usdine@orange.fr


http://www.premiumorange.com/rigavitalrecords/birthsvaldemarpilseightythree.html

Christine Usdin
usdine@orange.fr
Latvia SIG #Latvia Births records. Valdemarpils. 1882 #latvia

usdine@...
 

Subject: Births records. Valdemarpils. 1882
From: Christine Usdin
usdine@orange.fr


http://www.premiumorange.com/rigavitalrecords/birthsvaldemarpilseightytwo.html

Christine Usdin
usdine@orange.fr
Latvia SIG #Latvia Births records. Valdemarpils. 1883 #latvia

usdine@...
 

Subject: Births records. Valdemarpils. 1883
From: Christine Usdin
usdine@orange.fr


http://www.premiumorange.com/rigavitalrecords/birthsvaldemarpilseightythree.html

Christine Usdin
usdine@orange.fr
My Shtetele Belz #galicia

Stanley Baron <stanbaron04@...>
 

I am also seeking surviving vital records (births, marriages,
deaths) for Belz, particularly in the period 1800 to 1850 and
for property ownership in the period >from 1860 to 1910, and
would be interested in any guidance that could be provided.

I thank the moderator for adding the note explaining the
abbreviation "RTR". I was unaware of the existence of Miriam
Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation,
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/.

Researching: JAKTER, STRAHLBERG, STANGER, LOCHNER and
GAYNOR >from Belz. (My grandfather’s name was changed to
Gaynor when he arrived in America. He passed when my mother
was a child so I have no information on his family -except his
father’s name was Shmuel and he owned a tavern and a mill in
Belz, circa 1850-1910.)

Thank you,
Stan Baron
Belz #galicia

Suzan Wynne <srwynne@...>
 

Belz was an administrative center in the Sokal kehilla (or
Judische Kultus Gemeinde) which means that Jewish vital
records were collected and maintained by the Jewish registrar
there in Belz. The Sokal district included other subdistricts
such as: Krystynopol, Tartakow, Warcz/Warez and Sokal, itself,
employed a registrar for the towns of Baranie Pertoki,
Josefowka, Steniatyn, Wojslawice, and Zawisznia. There were
some surviving Sokal subdistrict vital records. They have
been indexed as part of the Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
project. To date, I do not know of any surviving records for
the Belz sub-district.

If there were surviving kehilla records, they probably remained
in Belz when the area came under Soviet-dominated Ukraine
after WWII.

Suzan Wynne
Silver Spring, MD
Max COHEN San Francisco 1870's 1880's #general

Ian Charold Herriott <ianherriott@...>
 

I'm interested in connecting with researchers on or descendants of Max COHEN who
lived in San Francisco >from the 1870's.

He worked with my ggg-grandfather Richard ALBRECHT in a bakery in SF for at least
ten years. The 1870 Census lists him as Max COHN [sic] in the ALBRECHT household:
22 years old, "works in bakery", and origin Prussia. My ggg-grandfather and mother
were >from Saxony. The 1880 census list Mr. COHEN [sic] as a "boarder" and "workman
in bakery" and origin as Germany (same for all household). It is my assumption that
this person is Jewish. I don't know the incidence of COHEN surname among people
from Prussia who were not Jewish. Please advise.
In sum I would like to learn more about this person and contact living descendants.
There is another servant, Kate KNAPKE listed on the 1880 census as well. There is
an apocryphal family story with exceedingly vague outlines, that this servant was
Christian and helped convert my ggg-grandparents to Christianity, though I have no
knowledge of what faith or denomination they belonged to prior to that.

Thank you for any advice or leads.

Ian Herriott
Fairbanks, AK
ianherriott@gmail.com
Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia My Shtetele Belz #galicia

Stanley Baron <stanbaron04@...>
 

I am also seeking surviving vital records (births, marriages,
deaths) for Belz, particularly in the period 1800 to 1850 and
for property ownership in the period >from 1860 to 1910, and
would be interested in any guidance that could be provided.

I thank the moderator for adding the note explaining the
abbreviation "RTR". I was unaware of the existence of Miriam
Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation,
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/.

Researching: JAKTER, STRAHLBERG, STANGER, LOCHNER and
GAYNOR >from Belz. (My grandfather’s name was changed to
Gaynor when he arrived in America. He passed when my mother
was a child so I have no information on his family -except his
father’s name was Shmuel and he owned a tavern and a mill in
Belz, circa 1850-1910.)

Thank you,
Stan Baron
Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Belz #galicia

Suzan Wynne <srwynne@...>
 

Belz was an administrative center in the Sokal kehilla (or
Judische Kultus Gemeinde) which means that Jewish vital
records were collected and maintained by the Jewish registrar
there in Belz. The Sokal district included other subdistricts
such as: Krystynopol, Tartakow, Warcz/Warez and Sokal, itself,
employed a registrar for the towns of Baranie Pertoki,
Josefowka, Steniatyn, Wojslawice, and Zawisznia. There were
some surviving Sokal subdistrict vital records. They have
been indexed as part of the Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
project. To date, I do not know of any surviving records for
the Belz sub-district.

If there were surviving kehilla records, they probably remained
in Belz when the area came under Soviet-dominated Ukraine
after WWII.

Suzan Wynne
Silver Spring, MD
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Max COHEN San Francisco 1870's 1880's #general

Ian Charold Herriott <ianherriott@...>
 

I'm interested in connecting with researchers on or descendants of Max COHEN who
lived in San Francisco >from the 1870's.

He worked with my ggg-grandfather Richard ALBRECHT in a bakery in SF for at least
ten years. The 1870 Census lists him as Max COHN [sic] in the ALBRECHT household:
22 years old, "works in bakery", and origin Prussia. My ggg-grandfather and mother
were >from Saxony. The 1880 census list Mr. COHEN [sic] as a "boarder" and "workman
in bakery" and origin as Germany (same for all household). It is my assumption that
this person is Jewish. I don't know the incidence of COHEN surname among people
from Prussia who were not Jewish. Please advise.
In sum I would like to learn more about this person and contact living descendants.
There is another servant, Kate KNAPKE listed on the 1880 census as well. There is
an apocryphal family story with exceedingly vague outlines, that this servant was
Christian and helped convert my ggg-grandparents to Christianity, though I have no
knowledge of what faith or denomination they belonged to prior to that.

Thank you for any advice or leads.

Ian Herriott
Fairbanks, AK
ianherriott@gmail.com
ViewMate 14974 - Help with Yiddish translation #general

Nancy
 

Hello, Genners:

I would like a translation of a brief biography of David Pliskin >from the
"Biographical Dictionary of Modern Yiddish Literature" published in 1968, just
posted at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=14974 as file
VM14974.

Thanks very much for help.

Nancy Maxwell
Grapevine, Texas, USA

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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ViewMate 14974 - Help with Yiddish translation #general

Nancy
 

Hello, Genners:

I would like a translation of a brief biography of David Pliskin >from the
"Biographical Dictionary of Modern Yiddish Literature" published in 1968, just
posted at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=14974 as file
VM14974.

Thanks very much for help.

Nancy Maxwell
Grapevine, Texas, USA

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