PolishOrigins Forum

 FAQFAQ    SearchSearch    MemberlistMemberlist    ProfileProfile    Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages    Log inLog in    RegisterRegister 
Author
Message
Ronald29609



Joined: 08 Sep 2013
Replies: 6

Back to top
Post Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:01 am      Post subject: Surname Help - Samanakiewicz
Reply with quote

> Greetings,
>
> My Grandfather was from Lithuania.
>
> His last name is Samanakiewicz on my dad’s birth certificate.
>
> I am having a difficult time tracing his name.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Ronald Simmons(Samanakiewicz)
View user's profile
Send private message
sirdan
PO Top Contributor


Joined: 07 Mar 2012
Replies: 304
Location: ** Southeast Pole**

Back to top
Post Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:35 pm      Post subject:
Reply with quote

How sure are you about that name? There is hardly any info to none about this name. Instead, there is plenty info about Sanakiewicz surname. Maybe it is mispelled Sarankiewicz or similar?
View user's profile
Send private message
Ronald29609



Joined: 08 Sep 2013
Replies: 6

Back to top
Post Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 4:16 pm      Post subject:
Reply with quote

You may be right.
I always thought that it may have been misspelled but I have no way to verify it.
I thought that maybe the person who filled out the birth certificate spelled it phonetically.
That is the spelling on my dad's birth certificate, Father is "Stanuslaws Samanakiewicz". Mother is Anna Zarnowski.
We grew up in upstate NY with my mother's relatives so we know very little of my dad's family who was in NJ.
Thanks for the reply.
View user's profile
Send private message
sirdan
PO Top Contributor


Joined: 07 Mar 2012
Replies: 304
Location: ** Southeast Pole**

Back to top
Post Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 12:13 am      Post subject:
Reply with quote

Can you add some more info, when grandparents come to USA, what town they come from, any other info, it would be easier to find them on ship manifest.
What you mean by your grandfather have been from Lithuania. Was Lithuania written on birth certificate, or you ment area of today Lithuania?
View user's profile
Send private message
Ronald29609



Joined: 08 Sep 2013
Replies: 6

Back to top
Post Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 2:01 pm      Post subject: Surname Help
Reply with quote

Yes, His Birth Certificate says Lithuania. The only information that I could find wad from Genealogy.com and lists 2 Samanakiewicz form the Russians to America data. I have attached the listing. I don't have any old family pictures or records that would help unfortunately. Thanks again for your help.


Dads_Relatives.jpg
 Description:
From Genealogy.com
 Filesize:  76.09 KB
 Viewed:  8085 Time(s)

Dads_Relatives.jpg


View user's profile
Send private message
Ronald29609



Joined: 08 Sep 2013
Replies: 6

Back to top
Post Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 2:02 pm      Post subject:
Reply with quote

He was 46 when my dad was born in 1914 so he would have been born 1868.
View user's profile
Send private message
TadWysocki



Joined: 29 Nov 2012
Replies: 70

Back to top
Post Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:28 am      Post subject:
Reply with quote

My Polish ear could hear it as Szamankiewicz, according to Polish etymological works this derived from an old Polish name Szamania, this going from Polish language and word 'szaman'. Generally very very rare surname in the present-day Poland, according to Polish census 1990 they were only 2 adults in Poland surnamed Szamankiewicz, one from Warsaw, and one from Poznan:
Nazwisko Ogólna liczba Rozmieszczenie
Szamankiewicz 2 Wa:1, Po:1
source: www.herby.com.pl
The other version like a shortanage in pronounciation and typing would be Samankiewicz [S and SZ as equivalents].
So, your roots are Poles from Lithuania, or Lithuanians from an old Poland.
Hope this helps a bit, happy weekend!
Tad
View user's profile
Send private message
Ronald29609



Joined: 08 Sep 2013
Replies: 6

Back to top
Post Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:06 pm      Post subject:
Reply with quote

I cannot tank you enough for your expertise.
Don't be a stranger Smile
Best Regards,
Ronald
View user's profile
Send private message
sirdan
PO Top Contributor


Joined: 07 Mar 2012
Replies: 304
Location: ** Southeast Pole**

Back to top
Post Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:41 pm      Post subject:
Reply with quote

Tad made also good point. I will look on ellisisland for various surnames when it's back online.
View user's profile
Send private message
sirdan
PO Top Contributor


Joined: 07 Mar 2012
Replies: 304
Location: ** Southeast Pole**

Back to top
Post Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:18 am      Post subject:
Reply with quote

It's very hard to find some information about surnames.
There is also record for Czesław Samankiewicz on familysearch https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F68N-B6T or https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6DW-B6F The only Samankiewicz i found is in Kuryer Litewski 1830 here about awarded school boy Michał Samankiewicz from school in Świsłocz (today Belarus).

Żarnowski surname may be from nobles from Wołyń area. There were also some Żarnowski in Bujwidze and around villages, it is located to the east from Wilno, at the very border of today Lithuania.

Quite small info for me to find accurate results. Sad

Edit: There are some people going to USA from Kowno area, village is Osanka/Orzanki?? i cannot read exactly, Semenkiewicz surname filtered result

Edit2: I know you ask for Samankiewicz, but just in case, there is a tree for Anna Zarnowski that may match yours http://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000003688552291 and search results https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Aanna~%20%2Bsurname%3Azarnowsky~
View user's profile
Send private message
Cathy Eskierka



Joined: 24 Aug 2014
Replies: 1

Back to top
Post Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:07 pm      Post subject:
Reply with quote

The last name Koniar. Find the meaning of Koniar..They came from the same place as the Iskierka's in Galicya,miedzbrodzie Poland.
View user's profile
Send private message
Ronald29609



Joined: 08 Sep 2013
Replies: 6

Back to top
Post Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:17 pm      Post subject: Samanakiewicz
Reply with quote

Sirdan, I think that Anna Zarnowski may have been my Grandmother.
I never met her.
View user's profile
Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    PolishOrigins Forum Index -> Origins of surnames All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum


Powered by phpBB ©

© 2009-2024 COPYRIGHTS BY THE OWNER OF POLISHORIGINS.COM