[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Borma Surname

[Jerry Frank]

At 09:07 PM 07/09/2006, Joe Pessarra wrote:
>We would appreciate any information concerning the surname of 
>Borma.  Specifically, we are searching for the previous home of a 
>Borma family who lived in Texas.  Matey Borma with wife Theresa, and 
>children John, Celestina, and James, arriving in the USA in 
>1896.  We have no immigration data, but US census shows them to be 
>of Polish/Russian origin.   Any idea also of whether the name Matey 
>could also be equivalent to Mateusz.  Thanks for any help.
>
>Joe in Texas



Do you know if your family has German connections / ethnicity?  SGGEE 
and this mailing list focus on that.

Having said that, our databases indicate that Borma is a variant used 
by some Born / Borne families.  So, the family could be German 
ethnics using a Slavic name or they could be Poles using that surname.

Yes Matey would be a variant of Mateusz and = Matthew.

Progress into Europe without a place name will be difficult 
regardless which ethnic group you belong to.  If you don't find a 
connection here, be sure to post to other Poland lists such as 
Rootsweb as well.




Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca