Looking for Sokolowicz relatives

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Feb 3, 08, 19:07 #31

Hello LorieK,

My name is Brian Sokolowicz, and I was born here in Canada. My father, Michael Sokolowicz, was orphaned in Poland early in WW2. I don't recall the name of the town he was born in, but he's said before that it was now a part of Germany. He's also told me that his parents are buried in the Ukraine territory.
He spoke of an aunt, but I don't have her name at this time. I believe that after loosing his mother, she looked after him for about a year before she placed him in an orphanage and fled to South America, possibly Brazil.
He came to Canada in the late 40's by himself as a war orphan. He was 13 at the time.
My father is still alive, but tends to be a little vague about the events in his life at that time.
My father and I are the only 2 Sokolowicz families listed in the Canadian phone directory. I am very, very interested in finding relatives, or at least family history.
My direct e-mail is briansokolowicz@hotmail.com.
Please, any help that you or anybody here can give me, would be most appreciated.
Thank you.

BrianSokolThreads: - Posts: 2 Joined: Feb 3, 08 ♂	Feb 7, 08, 21:50 #32
Can anybody else offer any help or leads...

LorieKThreads: 1 Posts: 16 Joined: Nov 30, 05 ♀	Feb 13, 08, 18:39 #33
Brian - just read your post. I will email you directly. Thank you so much for your response! Any other Sokolowicz's out there????

JSokolowich

Aug 25, 08, 13:41 #34

My father's name is Sokolowich, it is Stanislaw Sokolowicz on his baptismal certificate [but in first grade, the school translated that to Stanislaw to Stephen and his father changed the spelling of the last name from ending in z to ending in h]. His father, my grandfather, Jon, changed the spelling from the original because he thought it was more american, I'm not sure when the change occured. my father said he didnt talk about himself much but did say he was from Russia, and he had some relatives in NYC. I dont understand him coming from Russia when he has a polish name, and my father also said that at home he only spoke polish to his wife, who was from warsaw. my grandfather apparently came to the united stated prior to WWI because i have his wedding photo and in it he is wearing an american uniform from WWI.

LorieKThreads: 1 Posts: 16 Joined: Nov 30, 05 ♀	Aug 27, 08, 07:09 #35
Hi J! Your story is very interesting! I wonder if instead of "Russia", he meant "Prussia"? That would make more sense. Please tell me more about yourself... what state are you in? You may email me directly at socolovitch@comcast.net. Thank you!

TatarewiczThreads: 2 Posts: 9 Joined: Nov 24, 07 ♂	Sep 19, 08, 22:35 #36
Mietek: My father name was Romuald, my grandfather name was Wladyslaw. They were born in Bialorus ( at that time it was Poland) , they lived near Novogrodek A man named Sokol came with my dad from a town near Minsk in the late '20s. Don't know if he may have changed his name from Sokolowicz. Paul Tatarewicz

MauriceBenAmi	Jun 21, 09, 22:41 #37
Bruno Hello Bruno, My name is Maurice Ben Ami and I am from Israel, originaly from Ashdod. I remember you as a child and would be very happy to hear from you and your father- Enrique. My e- mail is ; michal1804@yahoo.com. I hope your family are all well, I will apreciate if you pass on my request to your father, I am waiting to hear from you! All the best, Maurice Ben Ami.

Russell

May 11, 10, 21:30 #38

Mietek:

They were born in Bialorus ( at that time it was Poland)

I have been tracing a Sokolovitz family that were originally from Belarus / Poland / Lithuania

Elias Saklovitz (Eliyahu HaLevi) 1830 - 1910
married Esther

Had AT LEAST 4 children who started leaving Belarus (Minsk, Vilna and Ivanyets) starting around 1882 firstly arriving in London,

Simon and older Brother Marks changed their name from Soklovitz and Sokolovitz to Berman both settled in London, UK
Sister Rachel Chaia married Jacob Kritzer they went via London, UK to Vermont, USA
Brother Jacob Sokolovitz sent all his children except 1 to his sister in the USA where they became Sokolove and Sokol

I am trying to find out what happened to Elkie Sokolovitz she had 3 children and stayed behind

1. Simone, b. 29 Feb 1912
2. Sylvia, b. 4 Jul 1914
3. Bernard, b. 18 Dec 1916

More Sokolovitz / Sakolovitz / Sokolove connections please

Russell
vaughanfamilytree.net

VkumetsThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: Sep 22, 11 ♂	Sep 22, 11, 23:44 #39
My name is Vladimir Kumets. My roots are closely connected with the last name Sokolowicz. My grandmother Raisa Kumets (Koliada) was a cousin of Jadwiga Dubicka (Sokolowicz) I want to create a geneological tree and in such way to find all my relatives.

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Nov 7, 11, 22:11 #40

Sorry, I'm trying to pass a message to Mr. Kumets.

Dear Mr. Kumets,

I descend from a Kumec/Kumetz/Kometz rabbinical family. Dr. Daniel Wagner has been researching the Kumetz family for some years and wrote a paper which summarizes his last findings and was published in vol. 6 of Krakow's "Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia". I believe it will be of interest to you especially those lines referring to the rabbinical activities of the Kumetz all the way back to the 17th cent.

Kumec/Kumetz/Komec/Kometz resided in Poland, Ukraine and Russia. Descendants from various branches throughout the world were traced and there are several Kumec clans living in Mexico, Argentine, USA and Israel waiting to be connected with others and to be placed in the right branch of the Kumec family tree.

Common given names in our Kumec branch: Asher, Ephraim, Mendel, Mordechai, Dvora.

Will be glad to hear from you.

Lala
(Haifa)

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