jkws
23 Mar 2008
Genealogy / Polish gypsies and the word "Mollyglassen (sp?)" [11]
I live in mid-america in a rural area. Some of the older Afro-Americans (@90 years old) remember a group of traveling people in this area circa 1920-1935 who were called Mollyglassens (I am writing this phonetically; I dont know the correct spelling, neither do the elders); they tell me the people were dark, tall, had straight black hair, and were always on horseback; they are quick to say they were not Indians (American); there is a Polish family in our area with these characteristics who came to America circa 1900 & I married one of the decendants (with all of these physical characteristics) and our children have olive skin, dark eys, straight black hair; thats how I became interested in my childrens' polish roots. Do any people in this Polish forum know of a word that might sound like "Mollyglassen" that could be linked to Polish Gypsies? The spelling of my husband's family name changed when they emigrated to the USA; prior to their arrival, it might have been spelled "Sinarskii" or something close to that; any information on that or a like sounding name being connected to Polish Gypsy?
I live in mid-america in a rural area. Some of the older Afro-Americans (@90 years old) remember a group of traveling people in this area circa 1920-1935 who were called Mollyglassens (I am writing this phonetically; I dont know the correct spelling, neither do the elders); they tell me the people were dark, tall, had straight black hair, and were always on horseback; they are quick to say they were not Indians (American); there is a Polish family in our area with these characteristics who came to America circa 1900 & I married one of the decendants (with all of these physical characteristics) and our children have olive skin, dark eys, straight black hair; thats how I became interested in my childrens' polish roots. Do any people in this Polish forum know of a word that might sound like "Mollyglassen" that could be linked to Polish Gypsies? The spelling of my husband's family name changed when they emigrated to the USA; prior to their arrival, it might have been spelled "Sinarskii" or something close to that; any information on that or a like sounding name being connected to Polish Gypsy?