I am trying to find information about my great-grandmother, whose maiden name was Marta Lendzion. According to my father's notes, she was born in former Prussia in 1848 and lived in Czerwinsk before immigrating to the US. Apparently, her father was French, and his name was originally Lingion, or similar. He may have come to Poland with Napoleon's army. If this is the case, then all Lendzions in Poland might have a similar ancestry, because Lendzion is not a typical Polish name. It would also explain why a number of people with the surname Lendzion consider themselves as German. Apparently, Martha's grand-father (on her mother's side) was Naiman, a Prussian military officer. Marta regarded herself as Polish, and Polish was her native language. Marta had two children, a son Frank and my grandmother Mary Gertrude Miller, who was born in Chicago in 1895. Mary's father changed his name to Miller, in order to find work more easily. His original name may have been Skowronski. Marta immigrated to the US sometime before 1890. I think that she probably had a brother who also immigrated about the same time, and who made a living for a while as a gold prospector somewhere in the Western States or Canada. I found a 1900 census record from Detroit of Anthony Lendzion, born in 1860, with children, Frank and Martha. My father's name was Anthony. So there may be a connection. I would be grateful for any information, that would seem to be relevant. In particular, I wonder if anyone else has any views about the origin of the name "Lendzion".