Hi, I'm chasing up family members/relatives of my grandfather/grandmother. My grandfather was born in Radzon-Maly ,Poland (I've struggling with Radzon, doesnt seem to be the correct name), name - Wasyl Oleksiuk, born april 22 1913. Religion, catholic. He moved to Australia with Anna Kuper in 1949.(i can only assume they married in Poland or Ukraine.) They came to Australia on the Blatchford ship, which docked in sydney on 11 nov.1949. But i cannot confirm this is the correct ship as there names on not on the passenger ships' list. Wasyl passed away in Australia around 1970. Wasyl also had a sister, catherine, Katherine , kathrin, or similar spelling. I dont know anything about her. Anna kuper was born in Kulaszne Poland, April 14 1919. Anna's brothers/sisters' names are - Eli , Steven and Paul - I dont have any further info on them or Anna's parents. Wasyl and Anna's brother/sister/mother/father did not move to Australia. Interested in finding any information on brothers/sisters/mother/father of Wasyl Oleksiuk and Anna Kuper. Bobby.

Bobby Check out this following site to Australian genealogy , there should be something in all of those links that will help You in Your search. http://www.cohsoft.com.au/afhc/ Karl Roussin ==================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobby" <bobbysushi@gmail.com> To: <POLANDBORDERSURNAMES@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:17 AM Subject: [PBS] Oleksiuk / Kuper > Hi, > > I'm chasing up family members/relatives of my grandfather/grandmother. > > My grandfather was born in Radzon-Maly ,Poland (I've struggling with > Radzon, doesnt seem to be the correct name), name - Wasyl Oleksiuk, > born april 22 1913. Religion, catholic. He moved to Australia with > Anna Kuper in 1949.(i can only assume they married in Poland or > Ukraine.) They came to Australia on the Blatchford ship, which docked > in sydney on 11 nov.1949. But i cannot confirm this is the correct > ship as there names on not on the passenger ships' list. Wasyl passed > away in Australia around 1970. > > Wasyl also had a sister, catherine, Katherine , kathrin, or similar > spelling. I dont know anything about her. > > Anna kuper was born in Kulaszne Poland, April 14 1919. Anna's > brothers/sisters' names are - Eli , Steven and Paul - I dont have any > further info on them or Anna's parents. > > Wasyl and Anna's brother/sister/mother/father did not move to Australia. > > Interested in finding any information on > brothers/sisters/mother/father of Wasyl Oleksiuk and Anna Kuper. > > Bobby. > > ------------------------------- > 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

Could this be "Radzon?" http://kartenmeister.com/preview/City.asp?CitNum=43147 On 9/27/07, Bobby <bobbysushi@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm chasing up family members/relatives of my grandfather/grandmother. > > My grandfather was born in Radzon-Maly ,Poland (I've struggling with > Radzon, doesnt seem to be the correct name), name - Wasyl Oleksiuk, > born april 22 1913. Religion, catholic. He moved to Australia with > Anna Kuper in 1949.(i can only assume they married in Poland or > Ukraine.) They came to Australia on the Blatchford ship, which docked > in sydney on 11 nov.1949. But i cannot confirm this is the correct > ship as there names on not on the passenger ships' list. Wasyl passed > away in Australia around 1970. > > Wasyl also had a sister, catherine, Katherine , kathrin, or similar > spelling. I dont know anything about her. > > Anna kuper was born in Kulaszne Poland, April 14 1919. Anna's > brothers/sisters' names are - Eli , Steven and Paul - I dont have any > further info on them or Anna's parents. > > Wasyl and Anna's brother/sister/mother/father did not move to Australia. > > Interested in finding any information on > brothers/sisters/mother/father of Wasyl Oleksiuk and Anna Kuper. > > Bobby. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Terissa Schor terissa.schor@gmail.com

Have you checked with the Australia archives? I found your family listed on their website. He was born April 22, 1913. Anna was born April 14, 1919. It looks like they arrived with a daughter Erika, who was born September 24, 1946. Go to this site: http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/ResearcherScreen.asp, and type in the last name only and click on Search. You mentioned that other family members did not go to Australia. Anything is possible. Recently I helped people, who had family, who ended up in Africa, Canada and England. The wife of the family living in Africa asked me to help them find their family. We got lucky and found them. :) It's possible they could have ended up in another part of Australia, and not know how to find each other. I think your Radzon is most likely Radzanow. According to the Shtetlseeker, there are 4 places in Poland with this name. One of the two most southern ones, may prove to be the one one need. http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp. Tina Ellis On 9/27/07, Bobby <bobbysushi@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm chasing up family members/relatives of my grandfather/grandmother. > > My grandfather was born in Radzon-Maly ,Poland (I've struggling with > Radzon, doesnt seem to be the correct name), name - Wasyl Oleksiuk, > born april 22 1913. Religion, catholic. He moved to Australia with > Anna Kuper in 1949.(i can only assume they married in Poland or > Ukraine.) They came to Australia on the Blatchford ship, which docked > in sydney on 11 nov.1949. But i cannot confirm this is the correct > ship as there names on not on the passenger ships' list. Wasyl passed > away in Australia around 1970. > > Wasyl also had a sister, catherine, Katherine , kathrin, or similar > spelling. I dont know anything about her. > > Anna kuper was born in Kulaszne Poland, April 14 1919. Anna's > brothers/sisters' names are - Eli , Steven and Paul - I dont have any > further info on them or Anna's parents. > > Wasyl and Anna's brother/sister/mother/father did not move to Australia. > > Interested in finding any information on > brothers/sisters/mother/father of Wasyl Oleksiuk and Anna Kuper. > > Bobby. > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I've found out that My grandfather was in a concentration camp during WW2. I'll need to do some googling on this... If anyone has any suggested links..... Also, my grandparents were married in Germany, Nurnberg in 1946, also i'll need to futher look into this... My Grandparents' children (my mother/aunt) said that my grandparents brothers/sisters definately didnt go to Australia. Your 'naa.gov' suggested link ubove, was one of the first places i went to proir to signing up here. And yes, there is a few 'oleksiuk's', but i seems none are either the parents or sister of my grandfather. I have spent many hours searching Australian web sites, and as you suggested, other family members might of settled in others parts of Australia without anyone knowing, so i wont dismiss this even though my family members have said otheriwse. Thanks for the Spelling variation suggestion on Radzon, i look into that a little further. Bobby.