The Kulers of Miechów and Glinica

Hello there!

I have exhausted myself trying to trace my grandfather's family through the usual channels. Even Genetka, which gave me a few names, was a struggle with only Google translate as my guiding light!

My Grandfather was Cpt. Piotr Kuler, even in his autobiography he called himself, 'The Boy from Glinicy' so I'm guessing I'm in the right area, but I cannot seem to find his birth record. The only Kulers I can find in the area are in the early to late 1800s and even then they seem to be marriage records with Kuler as the Mother's surname. I know that he had several brothers but I can't seem to find the family.

His autobiography was called Moje długie życie: fragmenty wspomnień. I am currently unable to read it because I can only find copies in Polish.

If anyone has access to a little more info and wouldn't mind helping out a newbie I'd be very grateful.

Since you are not registered user, you don't have any possibility to be notified when a reply arrives on your thread. And it may happened, let say in a year, that some Kuler comes here, and would like to contact you. There's even no email address in your post. It's a common mistake unfortunately..

KULER: Probably a Polonised version of German Kühler which now can mean a cooler, car radiator, water jacket, etc. When the name first emerged centuries ago none of those things were known. But other processes in a forge, foundry, maybe brewery needed cooling so someone in charge of the task could have been dubbed der Kühler. By the time it had morphed into Kuler the meaning was lost and it became just another name.

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I understand that Kulher is a variant of the German Kohler, meaning charcoal burner. So an Polonised occupational surname. I'll keep digging :)

I could well be. That's why I addded 'probably'. So many things have happened to surnames over the generations, esepcially when trans-lingual processes were involved, that often it's anybody's guess.

Yes, the surnames can be changed so much across borders and generations. I believe that Kuler and Kulerski are related though - as does not -ski simply mean 'of'? Kulew is a name I've come across that apparently could be related but I can't find enough about it.

Hello
I think we might be relatives. I live in Miechow. If you're still on this forum please contact me by email ewelina.kuler@op.pl