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Polish Family History, Cwirko-Godycka.

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Edited by: natcviz Jan 9, 11, 21:05 #1

I'm half polish (on my mothers side) and I know very little about that side of my family, I'd like to trace my Polish ancestory but am not sure where to start, I no longer have any contact aith my mother or with any other relatives on her side.
My grandparents moved to England from Lublin in the late 40s (I think) and married here in 1950 there surname was cwirko-Godycka, my grandfather was an Architect and my Grandmother a nurse they lived in Ealing until they both died in 1988, that's about all I know.
Any info or advice would be great,
Thanks, Natasha.

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natcviz: and married here in 1950 there surname was cwirko-Godycka, Jozef Bakowski married Teresa Cwirko. March quater, 1951. Dewsbury. if nothing else... there were people in the uk at that time with the same name. have a look at: ancestry.com family search rootschat jewishgen

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Jan 9, 11, 23:56 #3

ĆWIRKO: onomatopaeic, imitative of the chirping or twittering of birds as in the verb ćwierkać˛

GODYCKI: possibly derived from the old first name Godzimir or topo nick from Godów.

BĄKOWSKI: topo nick from Bąków or Bąkowo; the bąk root-word has many different meanings including horsefly, top (spinning children's toy), toddler and, last but not least a fart as in puszczać bąki (to break wind). Someone inclined to do so migth have been humorously nicknamed Bąkowski (Fartington or simialr).

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Jun 18, 11, 23:35 #4

Cwirko-Godycki family
try getting in touch with Jerzy Cwirko-Godycki at jerzy@astound.net who has build a huge family tree on Myheritage.com There are other family trees there as well - one created by Zenon Cwirko-Godycki and there should be one by Witold. The equivalent of Freinds re-united (NaszaKlasa) in POland lists around 300 Cwirko-Godycki's. There are also plenty with this name on Facebook. The names are a combination of both Cwirko and Godycki and have been used interchangeably they come under one family crest Warnia. You might be surprised by what you find...

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