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                                        <title>Re: Can you help me read what this name?</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=2608'&gt;Elzbieta Porteneuve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:22 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      It is:&lt;br /&gt;
Jędrzej Szczepanek&lt;br /&gt;
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Polish first name of Greek origin. Present not only in old records - I happen to know one Jędrzej 20 years old. &lt;br /&gt;
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See &lt;a href=&quot;http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%99drzej&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%99drzej&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Best,&lt;br /&gt;
Elzbieta</description>
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                                        <author>Elzbieta Porteneuve</author>
                                        <pubDate>Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:22 am</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Re: Can you help me read what this name?</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=669'&gt;Ute&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:59 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;90%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;3&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 	  &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;genmed&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;bblk1015 wrote:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;	&lt;tr&gt;	  &lt;td class=&quot;quote&quot;&gt;Its the name on the bottom right corner.&lt;br /&gt;
Any input would be greatly appreciated!&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;postbody&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Zenon said:&lt;/span&gt; &amp;quot;I would say it reads Jedrzej Szczepanek . 'Jedrzej' is variation, or maybe rather old form, of Polish first name 'Andrzej' (English 'Andrew').[/b].&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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I agree with Zenon.&lt;br /&gt;
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I could be on the wrong track, so this is just for your consideration:&lt;br /&gt;
A Jedrzy Szczepanek, 31 ys old in 1893 [&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;thus born abt. 1862&lt;/span&gt;], arrived in the US on Aug 07, 1893:	&lt;br /&gt;
First Name: Jedrzy&lt;br /&gt;
Last Name: Szczepanek&lt;br /&gt;
Ethnicity: Austria, Austrian&lt;br /&gt;
Date of Arrival: 	Aug 07, 1893&lt;br /&gt;
Age at Arrival: 31y    &lt;br /&gt;
Ship of Travel: Schiedam&lt;br /&gt;
Port of Departure: Amsterdam&lt;br /&gt;
Manifest Line Number: 0058&lt;br /&gt;
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See also &amp;quot;Poland, Tarnow Roman Catholic Diocese Church Books, 1612-1900,&amp;quot; index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X53Y-241 : accessed 15 Jan 2014), Andreas Szczepanek, 1862. [Andreas = Andzej/Jedrzej]&lt;br /&gt;
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Name: 	Andreas Szczepanek&lt;br /&gt;
Event Type: 	Baptism&lt;br /&gt;
Event Date: 	10 Nov 1862&lt;br /&gt;
Event Place: 	&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Słupiec, Słupiec, Kraków, Poland*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
House Number: 	90&lt;br /&gt;
Gender: 	Male&lt;br /&gt;
Father's Name: 	Joannes Szczepanek&lt;br /&gt;
Mother's Name: 	Marianna Jasicieski&lt;br /&gt;
Volume Beginning Year: 	1840&lt;br /&gt;
Volume Ending Year: 	1884&lt;br /&gt;
Page Number: 	113&lt;br /&gt;
Entry Number: 	24&lt;br /&gt;
GS Film number: 	1958429&lt;br /&gt;
Digital Folder Number: 	004645734&lt;br /&gt;
Image Number: 	00130&lt;br /&gt;
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*Re Słupiec parish records see: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_Rzymsko-Katolicki._Parafja_S%C5%82upiec._Ksi%C4%99gi_Metrykalne,_1786-1933&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_Rzymsko-Katolicki._Parafja_S%C5%82upiec._Ksi%C4%99gi_Metrykalne,_1786-1933&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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See also:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQ9H-NY8&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQ9H-NY8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Margaret Kondrasuk, born 04 Jun 1912 Gilman, Wisconsin, died 30 May 1935 at age 22. Parents: Lukas Kondrasuk, wife Mary Krupa&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;kalis&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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If Jedrzej/Andrew Szczepanek was a cousin as indicated in the passenger record, he was the son of either one of Lukasz Kondrasuk's or Mary Krupa[b]kalis' siblings. It may be a long way, but in order to find out how the families are connected you may have to try to go back one or two generations. Good luck in your research.&lt;br /&gt;
Ute</description>
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                                        <author>Ute</author>
                                        <pubDate>Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:59 am</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Re: Can you help me read what this name?</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=2'&gt;Zenon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:43 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      I would say it reads &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Jedrzej Szczepanek&lt;/span&gt; . 'Jedrzej' is a variation, or maybe rather an old form, of Polish first name 'Andrzej' (English 'Andrew').</description>
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                                        <author>Zenon</author>
                                        <pubDate>Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:43 pm</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Re: Can you help me read what this name?</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=3522'&gt;bblk1015&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:33 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      yestrey yrcaquck?</description>
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                                        <author>bblk1015</author>
                                        <pubDate>Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:33 pm</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Can you help me read what this name?</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=3522'&gt;bblk1015&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:49 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Its the name on the bottom right corner.&lt;br /&gt;
Any input would be greatly appreciated!</description>
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                                        <pubDate>Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:49 pm</pubDate>
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