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Family name: Mucha



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Hello all, i am trying to trace the name Mucha from Lwow ,i believe my grandfather came from there and was stationed in England during WWII , his name was Henryk , he would have been in the Blackpool area at first in 1941 . Any help over the name etc would be greatly appreciated .


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MUCHA: This is one of many insect-dervied nicknames typical of the Polish peasantry. Besides mucha (fly), others inlcude ¦wierszcz (cricket), Komar (mosquito), Żuk (beetle), Glista (worm) and Paj±k (spider - although techncially a spider is not an insect).

CHAŁUBIŃSKI: spelling variant of Hołubiński; root-word hołub/holub (Ukrainian/Czech for piegon = goł±b).


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There's a rather well-known (and media insipid) actress/celebrity called Anna Mucha.

There's a few more famous people on here (some also have English pages)
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucha_(ujednoznacznienie)


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Thank you ,and having looked this person up i wolud be delighted to be related to her! I am really looking to see now if i can place the name Mucha in the city/town of Lwow which is now in the Ukraine , if i wanted to research the name where would be best to contact.?


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russe:
if i wanted to research the name where would be best to contact.?


to be honest, I don't know. probably someone else will have an idea.

If you mean 'the name' as in 'the family' then church records and state archives are useful (although it might be harder now it's in Ukraine and church records might be hard to trace).


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Yeah , i know, i have narrowed the person who i believe is my grandfather down , i just now need to proove than there was only one H. Mucha in the Blackpool area in summer 1941, i can search one set of service records only, whatever else i know i was a Mucha but would dearly like to know which one.


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russe:
Mucha in the Blackpool area in summer 1941, i can search one set of service records only, whatever else i know i was a Mucha but would dearly like to know which one.


How about Blackpool registry office/church records? perhaps Polish servicemen's associations in UK could help.


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I have contacted the APC who are sending me the records that maybe the correct person , i will try to see if my fathers birth was registered , and get any details of father from that , well done thank you ,


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russe:
Hello all, i am trying to trace the name Mucha from Lwow ,i believe my grandfather came from there and was stationed in England during WWII , his name was Henryk , he would have been in the Blackpool area at first in 1941 . Any help over the name etc would be greatly appreciated .


If he was part of the Polish Army under British command then have you checked with the Polish section, MoD to see if they have his service records? This should contain the names of his father and mother together with birth place and date. That should give you a good starting point for further research in the Polish parish archives.


Lyzko  Jun 26, 10, 17:40    #10
I know a Czech man named "Mucha" (Christian name "Bohumil"), but maybe it's just a coincidence:-)


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Mucha means fly in most if not all Slavonic languages.


Lyzko  Jun 26, 10, 17:44    #12
Aha, many thanks there, Polonius!

From which German derives "Muecke" (flea), no doubt-:)


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I beleive the original souruce is the Latin musca, in French it is mouche.


Lyzko  Jun 26, 10, 18:04    #14
Makes all sorts of sense"-:)

Nice one, Polonius. You really DO have the wisdom of Hamlet's privy counselor, aptly named, sir!


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There is also Joanna Mucha, the good-looking star MP of the ruling Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska).

BTW, isnt Mücke the German word for gnat? The English flea and German Floh share the same root.


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Lyzko:
I know a Czech man named "Mucha" (Christian name "Bohumil"), but maybe it's just a coincidence:-)


Maybe you mean Alfons Mucha? ;)

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Boots1  Aug 28, 10, 00:25    #17
Hi, I noticed you are looking up Mucha's family. My dad's dad is Mucha from wałbrzych area and I know he was part of the polish army for many years! eugeniusz was his first name!



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