Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:01 am
Post subject: Surname Help - Samanakiewicz
> Greetings,
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> My Grandfather was from Lithuania.
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> His last name is Samanakiewicz on my dad’s birth certificate.
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> I am having a difficult time tracing his name.
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> Any suggestions?
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> Many thanks,
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> Ronald Simmons(Samanakiewicz)
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sirdanPO Top Contributor
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:35 pm
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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?
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 4:16 pm
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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.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 12:13 am
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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?
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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 2:01 pm
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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.
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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 2:02 pm
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He was 46 when my dad was born in 1914 so he would have been born 1868.
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:28 am
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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
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:06 pm
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I cannot tank you enough for your expertise.
Don't be a stranger
Best Regards,
Ronald
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:41 pm
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Tad made also good point. I will look on ellisisland for various surnames when it's back online.
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:07 pm
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The last name Koniar. Find the meaning of Koniar..They came from the same place as the Iskierka's in Galicya,miedzbrodzie Poland.
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:17 pm
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Sirdan, I think that Anna Zarnowski may have been my Grandmother.
I never met her.
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