It's also possible that both of the parents died and the one brother was younger and lived with another relative. Perhaps it was an older sister of one of his parents, who married a Grzymalowski. Recently when helping a person researching for the surname of Borkowski, I learned that the woman's grandfather was not a Borkowski. He was a Burzynski. His father died when he was about two years old. His mother remarried, and when he came into the US, his manifest gave her new married name, and the boy also. My third great grandfather's marriage record actually shows the words "Siejwa alias Sawicki". He had witnesses bearing witness to the fact that he was really a Siejwa. Tina On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Ralph Harris <magkitchens@sasktel.net>wrote: > > Hello, > I have been researching the "Grzymalowski" family from the villages of > Byczkowce and Skorodynce near Chortkiv for sometime. > I recently found the marriage record of my GG Grandfather, Martinius > Grzynalowski, son of Casimirus and Anna Banachow on Nov 22, 1840. I was > surprised to see that the record stated his name as "Martinius Bednarzow vel > Grzymalowski". > I also found the birth record of his brother, Josephus, with the father > shown as "son of Casimirus Bednarzow" and Anna Banachow on March 17, 1816. I > appears that in the early 1800's my family name may have been "Bednarzow" > and over time changed to Grzymalowski. The children of Matinius and Josephus > used only the Grzymalowski name. > Is there anyone researching the Bednarzow family in Byczkowce/Skorodynce > area? Would I be correct to assume that there was a name change of my family > around 1800. > Best regards, > Ralph Harris > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >