[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] POBANZ

[Rose Ingram]

Larry,

Also keep in mind the spelling of Pubanz and Pubantz, which may be the 
original spelling of this surname.

Rose Ingram

From: "Lanzaro, Lawrence

>I have several documents (NYC Marriage & Death certs) of my German
> ancestors who immigrated to New York in the 1880's. Their surnames were
> LEIER and NOWASKY. But on some of the documents (dated from 1903 to
> 1919) their surnames are written as POBANZ, or POPONZ, or POBONTZ, or
> PROPANZ, or POPONCE (hard to tell with some of the handwriting). In most
> cases, these are female, but there are a few males. In all cases the
> spouse is deceased. Does anyone on the list have any idea what this
> means?
>
> Larry Lanzaro