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Mothers maiden name - Gladys


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blksporty  Jan 12, 12, 15:37    #1
Searching for information on Family name Gladys or Gladyz for town of Tarnów

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 Jan 12, 12, 15:44    #2
could this be a Jewish last name? A few years I was searching for a friend whose mother had a similar name. Waiting for the Polish name experts......
not that it matters but the reason I ask- have you checked jewishgen.org?
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 Jan 12, 12, 15:57    #3
pip:
could this be a Jewish last name? A few years I was searching for a friend whose mother had a similar name. Waiting for the Polish name experts......
not that it matters but the reason I ask- have you checked jewishgen.org?


Gładyś (or Gładysz - they are too distinct surnames but of the same origin) is a name of Slavic origin (gładysz was a handsome guy in Old Polish perhaps a woman too but don't know it for sure) - it's not possible to say if the name was not adopted by some Jewish people in Poland
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 Jan 12, 12, 16:09    #4
Sounds a bit Welsh
blksporty  Jan 12, 12, 16:18    #5
I have always thought we were Jewish I did search the jewishgen.org and came up with nothing. Here is what my sister just gave me


This is the town (Tarnów)

Zofia Kraj left for America with my grandmother Mary Kray Gladys (age 10) In 1912: My mother Harriet Gladys Dzurinkos mother.

I love this site:)
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 Jan 12, 12, 19:25    #6
GŁADYSZ: is a good Polish name shared by some 4,800 people in Poland. Its root-word is the adjective gładki (smooth, clean-shaven).
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 Jan 12, 12, 19:57    #7
I think it was name Glądys.
Glądys is very popiulare name in my city Bielsko-Biała.
There are 61 people with name " Glądys "
In Poland are 107 people.
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 Jan 14, 12, 16:41    #8
Only shows to go how much all those little specks and squiggles mean in Polish. If it was indeed Glądys, then it would have derived either from the Old Polish verb ględać (to seek, search, tr to spot) or ględzić (babble, talk boring rubbish).
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 Jan 14, 12, 18:22    #9
I stand for Gladyz, not Gladys.
How is your searching. Any progres?
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 Jan 14, 12, 22:27    #10
Upon further searching I have found about 90 people surnamed Gladys (all living in Śląsk) and a few named Gladysz, but no Gladyz, Gladyż or Gładyż.
blksporty  Jan 18, 12, 16:35    #11
We were at a dead end and that when I found this page. Thanks everyone for your info.



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