John, Quite often we find that people have a problem transcribing information from handwritten documents. In order to verify the spellings you gave, it would be nice to see the actual documents. As spelled, the surname VOUCH... is not Polish. Roman John Windle wrote: > Hi Tina, > The name first showed up in the 1891 Census of England. A family of 5 with > the name VAUCHGLANUS where living in Liverpool. Head of the family was > William and where born says Russia (British Subject ), occupation was > Tailor. They did have a Peter MIRICH staying with them also from Russia and > also a Tailor. Then a birth record for one of his children born in 1890 > says Margaret VOUCHYLUNAS and in 1912 when Margaret gets married the > Certificate has the name VOUCH. I checked for Peter MIRICH in the 1901 > census and he was now MIRISH and states POLISH (British Subject). All very > confusing. Can you make sense of it all ?. > > Thanks > John > > johnwindle@btinternet.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tina Ellis" <polska.research@gmail.com> > To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 4:16 AM > Subject: Re: [PBS] SURNAME > > >> Wow ... This is a tough one. I don't think it is Lithuanian. I think it >> is >> either a Polish or a Russian name very misspelled. >> >> John ... On what documents have you found these spellings? >> >> Tina Ellis >> >> >> >> On 10/6/07, John Windle <johnwindle@btinternet.com> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> Has anyone heard of a Russian or maybe Polish surname, >>> VAUCHGLANUS or VOUCHYLANUS. I am searching for info on this family who >>> moved from Russia to Liverpool around 1880. In some records the name was >>> shortened to Vouch. >>> Regards >>> John >>> >>> johnwindle@btinternet.com >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >