surname Krawiec

Hi there,
I'm new to the board. I am looking for the surname Krawiec, any relatives of my grandmother Mary Krawiec (Bossick) and her sister Anna Krawiec (Kalinowski) who lived in Jersey City, NJ, and then Wallington & East Rutherford, NJ. Mary lived in PA between 1915 and 1925 with her firstborn son, my dad, Boleslaw, but his father is not named on the birth or baptismal certificates. We only know from a 1930 census that he came from New York. My grandmother was naturalized in 1911 and probably came over around 1909. Anna was married to Stanislaw Kalinowski in St Anthony's of Padua church in Jersey city around 1906. Any info would be helpful - also info on the surname, or how to research back to Poland. I don't speak Polish, so I can't read the Polish websites. Thanks

Krawiec means "tailor" in Polish, I think.

Yes you are right, it does mean tailor. From reading other boards, I also think it comes from the Jewish word kravitz which means tailor.

Thanks!

I too am a "Krawiec" whose gransparents came here at the end of the 19th century. I was told that the name means "tailor - someone who sews" and all of us are decendents of 5 brothers who were originally tailors. Where they originated from I don't know but would be interested in finding out. This information was given to me by the senior family members who have long since left this earth in the last century.

I was looking for any relatives of a Mary and Anna Krawiec who came to the US in the early 1900's probably anywhere from 1909 to 1914. In my latest discoveries, I found out they also had a sister Paulina and also a relative named Josef and Rozalin. I have received a few old letters that need translating. Hopefully I"ll get more hints. I am searching for my father's real father - not his adopted name. They lived in Jersey City, NJ when he was born as Boleslaw Krawiec, to Mary, and later had his name changed to Benjamin Bossick when Mary married George Bossick later in PA. If any of this rings a bell to you or anyone, let me know.

I have a friend here in NYC whos last name is Krawiec and actually my moms maiden name is Kalinowski.

Anna Kalinowski was my grandmother's sister. She had a daughter Lillian that was my father's cousin. They lived in Clifton NJ at one time. I don't know her children's names. There was another relative in Jersey City named Hannush (spelled the way I remember it pronounced). I do not know if she also was a Kalinowski or a Krawiec. The Kalinowski family I remember as a child lived in the Wallington, NJ area and Jersey City. Anything sound familiar? Anna Kalinowski died in the 1960's as did my grandmother Mary Krawiec Bossick. Some of the Kalinowski's changed their last name to Collins.

Well my grandpa was the First of my Kalinowskis to come to NYC and this was about 3 decades ago, but i do have some photos of gravestones i found in a cemetary with the name Kalinowski on them dating back to the 1900s. Id ask my grandpa about it but its hard to get any info from him.

My Kalinowski family attended St. Antony of Padua church. My youngest sister (Joan Kalinowski Koch) is the genealogy freak of our family. I'll put her in touch with you. We're always interested in finding new cousins.

Ann Kalinowski

Thank you so much. Just a question - does your sister live in Michigan?? I am already in touch with a Joan on the Kalinowski side of the family. I just don't remember her last name at the moment.

Linda

this sounds like my husbands family but they didnt come to the states until 1950's.
The sisters were born in the early 1900's late 1910's

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Hello
This is my first time here. I'm looking for my family roots. My maternal grandmother came from Warsaw in the early 1900's. Her madien name was Krawiec. My maternal grandfather's name was Klecha. Most of dziadk's brother came here to the US but babcia's family stayed in Poland. One other name I'm also looking for is Majdosz (Mydosh). If any one can give me any leads it would be most apprecitative.

try on nasza-klasa, its a polish kinda facebook.
if you are registrated there you can easly find anybody by name, school, city etc. click "ZNAJOMI" and than "SZUKAJ ZNAJOMYCH" (serach for friends) and do what you wanna do, if youre already registrated.

If not, click "ZAREJESTRUJ SIE" (register now) fil the form> login, hasło (password) powtórz hasło (repeat password), imię (name), nazwisko (surname) nazwisko rodowe (family name, maiden name or sth) płeć (sex), pseudonim szkolny (nickname). you may also fill O sobie (about me), Czym sie zajmuję (what im doing now) etc etc. Nasza-klasa.pl might be wery useful for searching the people. good luck!

edit: it is not a spam (i dont realy like that actually, i want to be helpful ;)

oh yeah nasza klasa, its more like Polish friends reunited. you can also try gumtree.

yeahm well if you have an old piece of cheese and you dont know what to do with it, you may also try gumtree ;p.

try ebay, you can get rich if you say you dug it out from George Clooney's garbage. or feed your despised neighbour's dog with it ha ha.

My great grandfather was a Maciej Majdosz. He moved to Minnesota. Many others with the same last name (possible relatives/siblings) lived in New Jersey. Who are you looking for ?