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bblk1015

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Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:49 pm Post subject: Can you help me read what this name?

Its the name on the bottom right corner.
Any input would be greatly appreciated!

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bblk1015

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Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:33 pm Post subject:

yestrey yrcaquck?

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Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:43 pm Post subject:

I would say it reads Jedrzej Szczepanek . 'Jedrzej' is a variation, or maybe rather an old form, of Polish first name 'Andrzej' (English 'Andrew').

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Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:59 am Post subject: Re: Can you help me read what this name?

bblk1015 wrote:

Its the name on the bottom right corner.
Any input would be greatly appreciated!

Zenon said: "I would say it reads Jedrzej Szczepanek . 'Jedrzej' is variation, or maybe rather old form, of Polish first name 'Andrzej' (English 'Andrew').[/b]."

I agree with Zenon.

I could be on the wrong track, so this is just for your consideration:
A Jedrzy Szczepanek, 31 ys old in 1893 [thus born abt. 1862], arrived in the US on Aug 07, 1893:
First Name: Jedrzy
Last Name: Szczepanek
Ethnicity: Austria, Austrian
Date of Arrival: Aug 07, 1893
Age at Arrival: 31y
Ship of Travel: Schiedam
Port of Departure: Amsterdam
Manifest Line Number: 0058

See also "Poland, Tarnow Roman Catholic Diocese Church Books, 1612-1900," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X53Y-241 : accessed 15 Jan 2014), Andreas Szczepanek, 1862. [Andreas = Andzej/Jedrzej]

Name: Andreas Szczepanek
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 10 Nov 1862
Event Place: Słupiec, Słupiec, Kraków, Poland*
House Number: 90
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Joannes Szczepanek
Mother's Name: Marianna Jasicieski
Volume Beginning Year: 1840
Volume Ending Year: 1884
Page Number: 113
Entry Number: 24
GS Film number: 1958429
Digital Folder Number: 004645734
Image Number: 00130

*Re Słupiec parish records see: 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

See also:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQ9H-NY8
Margaret Kondrasuk, born 04 Jun 1912 Gilman, Wisconsin, died 30 May 1935 at age 22. Parents: Lukas Kondrasuk, wife Mary Krupakalis.

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.
Ute

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Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:22 am Post subject:

It is:
Jędrzej Szczepanek

Polish first name of Greek origin. Present not only in old records - I happen to know one Jędrzej 20 years old.

See http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%99drzej

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Elzbieta

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