[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Szklaney Bozynskiey
Jerry Frank
jkfrank at home.com
Sun Oct 21 16:45:42 PDT 2001
At 04:08 PM 21/10/2001 -0600, Karl Lenz wrote:
>In the 1820 Uniejow (located south of Dabie) Civil Records, a witness at the
>baptism of my gr gr grandfather was identified as follows:
>
>Pana Filicyana Wizner age 24 w Ucu Szklaney Bozynskiey Maystra Mieszkalnego
>
>My interpretation of this is Mrs Felix Wizner at village (Wsi) Szklaney
>Bozynskiey, master craftsman, residential dweller. I have been unable to
>locate the place Szklaney Bozynskiey. Since the mother to my gr gr
>grandfather was a Wiesner, I am hoping to find this place and hence
>information on this likely relative, Felix Wiesner. Any help would be
>appreciated.
Not trying to be sexist but I think it highly unlikely that a woman would
be considered a master craftsman in this time period. A married woman
would be "Pani" and a single woman would be "Panna". So it is probably Mr.
Felix Wizner.
Szklaney = glass (adjective form; i.e. glassy)
I cannot find Bozynskiey in my reference resources but I am wondering if
this isn't a phrase describing the profession rather than a place name. If
you can send a scan of the record to me, I will see if there is a better
interpretation of the handwriting.
Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
jkfrank at home.com
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