Hi Dennis, I just wanted to say a big thank you for your very quick response to my first query to this site. What a lot of information, this site is truely wonderful!!! I will take time now to work through what you have given me so that I can get back to you with sensible questions. Many thanks and kind regards Margaret in England. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Benarz" <benarz@hotmail.com> To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 4:17 AM Subject: Re: [GALICIA] TWORK family > Hi M. Rose > > There's really only one area in Poland where you would find the surnames > WAKE (2 users) and TWORK (62 users) coexisting and that's around Gdansk on > the Baltic Sea. However, since you seek help at a group that focuses on > the > Austrian Crownland of Galicia, I'll assume that you have some sort of > evidence that your relatives' ancestors came from SE Poland. > > Although the surnames TWORK, TWORKE, and TWORAK still exist in pretty > small > numbers in Poland, I'd bet my money that the surname TWOREK is correct. > None > of the other three variations of the surname had any resident population > in > SE Poland in 1990, while many of 3548 TWOREKs indeed made their homes > there. > This would include 55 around Krakow, 54 around Nowy Sacz, 97 around > Tarnow, > 12 around Krosno, 618 around Tarnobrzeg, 34 around Rzeszow, and 83 in the > vicinity of Przemysl. > > The surname TWOREK probably stems from "Tworzjan" which is a Polish > version > of "Florian" (the patron saint of firefighters). In bygone times, > "Tworek" > was often used in place of "Florek" (a Polish diminutive of Florian). > > So, strictly by the numbers, if I were looking for TWOREKs in SE Poland, > I'd > focus my search around Tarnobrzeg. > > On the downside, you won't find any WAKs, WAKEs, or WAKIEs in SE Poland. > If > we were discussing the surname WAKULA, then there would at least be a > glimmer of hope. > > Overall, because the data is sparse and the evidence is shaky, I don't > have > much confidence that my analysis is anything more than idle speculation. > Somebody needs to contact the parish in Lemont IL (likely to be Sts. Cyril > & > Methodius, 608 Sobieski St., Lemont IL 60439. It was founded in 1883.) and > obtain copies of the entries in the parish records in order to nail down > the > exact spellings of these surnames. > > Cheers and good luck in your endeavor! > > Dennis Benarz > http://spuscizna.org/ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margaret Rose" <gmrose.1@btinternet.com> > To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 4:45 PM > Subject: [GALICIA] TWORK family > > >>I live in England but have relatives in Michigan who are descendants of >>TWORCK family from Poland. The spelling of the surname may not be correct >>but the relatives I have spell it as TWORK. It may also have been spelt >>as >>TWOREK, TWAROK, TWORG >> >> I am trying to find the marriage of Sylvestor or could be Sebastion >> TWORCK (spelling may be incorrect) to Mary WAKE /WAKO (spelling may be >> incorrect). >> >> I am guessing they were born approx. 1860's/1870's >> >> I have no idea where in Poland he came from, neither do his descendants >> who I managed to trace in January this year, we have spoken by phone. I >> have been able to tell them about their Scots ancestors. >> >> I am assuming they were married before they emigrated to USA. Their first >> son known as Frank was born 1892 in Poland. >> >> The 2nd child was born April 1895 Lemont, Illinois USA. He was Andrew M >> TWORCK who married my great aunt Christina Jessie WILSON who emigrated >> from Scotland in 1922. Her brother Harry was my grandfather. >> >> I am interested to learn where and when they married, and also where they >> sailed from and to where in USA when they emigrated. >> >> I would love to hear from anyone who can help me. >> >> Regards >> >> M Rose nee Wilson >> >> >> >> >> ********************************* >> Need to contact the list manager? >> GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? > GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >