Re: can anyone tell me anything about the name JANKALSKI

sirdan — Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:30 pm

Author: sirdan

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:30 pm

I believe You misinterpret "Jan Kalski" as surname, while in reality it is name with surname. Whatsmore, Jan Kalski was a nick for a man whos real name was Witold Bieńkowski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Bie%C5%84kowski . He was helping Jews during WWII. It's interesting there is no Jankalski surname on moikrewni site (so in Poland). I might have an idea, that this was given surname in memory of Witold Bieńkowski, maybe one person that escaped to USA took his nick. It of course also might be irrevelant to him, just accidental similarity, it needs more research.

can anyone tell me anything about the name JANKALSKI

JANKALSKI — Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:46 pm

Author: JANKALSKI

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:46 pm

i noticed that on polish sites; no surname had kal in them; but on jewish sites they had kalski on more than one sit; i would appreciate it if anyone had any information on my surname.

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Re: can anyone tell me anything about the name JANKALSKI

can anyone tell me anything about the name JANKALSKI