Personal Page: Budricks
| Contact | Budricks |
|---|---|
| All surnames | Butkewicz, Butkiewicz |
| All places | Lithuania, Riga, Vilnius, Poland |
| Research notes |
My name is George Budricks from South Africa, and Im doing research on my family surname. Our surname was changed, to Budricks for reasons I have only heard on hearsay, from the rest of my family. My great grandfather as I have it, was born in Riga Latvia, and grew up in the Vilnius region. His date of birth was 30 April 1882. His name was Stefan (Butkewicz or Butkiewicz), the correct spelling is not known to me. This is what I know and need to research to make it factual. Apparently his Grandfather, forename not known to me, was a member of a noble family, with last name Butkewicz or Butkiewicz…. Rumour has it that he was a Baron. His son Karl Butkewicz or Butkiewicz, was the farther of my great grandfather Stefan Butkewicz or Butkiewicz. His mothers name was apparently Alexandra. They were of noble family decent. Stefan Butkewicz or Butkiewicz could speak 5 or 6 different languages. I do have photographs of his father Karl and mother Alexandra. Stefan fled Poland, or Lithuania, and went to England. He then came over to South Africa with the British troops for the Anglo Boer war. We believe that he changed the surname to Budricks before he entered South Africa, but where and when this was done we don’t know. We do also know that he had a brother George and sister Alexandra that also came over to South Africa. ( it is also known there was other brothers but where they went is not known. George was killed in a strike in Johannesburg South Africa, and Alexandra immigrated after she married to Australia. We have so many questions, why he fled, made the decision to change the surname and not to be found. The brother and Sister that followed him, also changed their surname to Budricks… We would also like to trace our roots back to Poland or Lithuania |