kuczynski681
17 Aug 2007 / #1
Any suggestions to find my family's coat of arms? Kuczynski would be the surname. Of course, I can search the web but how do I know how accurate the results are. That's about it.
Kuczynski family: Looking for Coat of Arms
ukpolska
17 Aug 2007 / #2
houseofnames.com/xq/asp.c/qx/kuczynski-coat-arms.htm
looks damn easy to me, found this one and four other pages with the same design on the 1st search :O)
looks damn easy to me, found this one and four other pages with the same design on the 1st search :O)
stakon
19 Oct 2007 / #3
my mothers name was Kuczynski .She was from Brooklyn
Merged: Has anyone ever heard of my uncle...Janek Kuczynski?
He was an Olympic wrestler in the 60's for Poland and a medal winner! He was a great man that just passed recently.
Just curious if he was known in Poland .....
He was an Olympic wrestler in the 60's for Poland and a medal winner! He was a great man that just passed recently.
Just curious if he was known in Poland .....
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kuczyński
zapasy.org.pl/Zmarl-Jan-Kuczynski.html
At the age of 74 years died in Gdansk Jan Kuczynski , one of the pioneers of freestyle wrestling in Poland , the Olympian from Rome ( 1960) , finalist of the World Championships (1958 , 1959) . He was also a physical education teacher , coach, judge, activist .
He was born on January 7, 1935 in Vilnius. A graduate of the Warsaw Academy of Physical Education (1976). Eight- time national champion in classic style and free , in which he won in 1955 in the capital city of the academic title of world champion at the Youth Festival .
For outstanding sports achievements he was awarded , among others, Gold Cross of Merit ( 1976) and Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta Officer and Polish Polonia Restituta (1986).
R I P
zapasy.org.pl/Zmarl-Jan-Kuczynski.html
At the age of 74 years died in Gdansk Jan Kuczynski , one of the pioneers of freestyle wrestling in Poland , the Olympian from Rome ( 1960) , finalist of the World Championships (1958 , 1959) . He was also a physical education teacher , coach, judge, activist .
He was born on January 7, 1935 in Vilnius. A graduate of the Warsaw Academy of Physical Education (1976). Eight- time national champion in classic style and free , in which he won in 1955 in the capital city of the academic title of world champion at the Youth Festival .
For outstanding sports achievements he was awarded , among others, Gold Cross of Merit ( 1976) and Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta Officer and Polish Polonia Restituta (1986).
R I P
Dziękuję !!!!
To był mój wujek! Moja mama straciła go, i 2 innych braci w 3 tygodnie !
RIP Wujek Janek
Please, keep to English Language in this thread. Thank you.
I cannot believe I used an S in Kuczynski! My mother is laughing ....which is great! She is so proud of her brothers!
Poland...it's in your blood...and I am proud to be Polish and always will be!
Thank you for the links...any other comments appreciated... He was a man I always looked up to. He visited the US for a few months, as did his wife. They were a married couple that could not stand being apart, true love is what they had. His wife ( my ciocia) was VERY ill just before Wujek Janek's death and he was beside her the entire time. She was only home for a few days after extensive heart surgery, that she barely survived. Wujek then died during breakfast at home with her. He did not suffer, Which I thank God for! I am proud of my family and what they have done for Poland ( LONG story) and cannot wait to move there to spend the rest of my life. I am lucky to have my cousin coming shortly to discuss the transition. He knows me well and, knows my love of Poland! I look at the pictures of me as a child in Poland visiting Babcia Antonia...and I appreciate my heritage and the history of my family. Well I promised to make the Bigos when my cousin arrives. He taught me to make it "properly" last vistit a few months ago. Looks like I'll be cooking for 3 days :)
And it was so hard for my mother ...we received a call EVERY week for 3 weeks ...one brother ...after another ...had passed...I cannot imagine her pain! I take care of her and will be bringing her to Poland, which is her dream!
I lost 3 uncle's that I loved and spoke to often. My heart still cries when I think of them.
Sorry to ramble...
I can speak and read Polish ....but I spared you my poor writing skills...for now :)
BEST TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF POLAND!
To był mój wujek! Moja mama straciła go, i 2 innych braci w 3 tygodnie !
RIP Wujek Janek
Please, keep to English Language in this thread. Thank you.
I cannot believe I used an S in Kuczynski! My mother is laughing ....which is great! She is so proud of her brothers!
Poland...it's in your blood...and I am proud to be Polish and always will be!
Thank you for the links...any other comments appreciated... He was a man I always looked up to. He visited the US for a few months, as did his wife. They were a married couple that could not stand being apart, true love is what they had. His wife ( my ciocia) was VERY ill just before Wujek Janek's death and he was beside her the entire time. She was only home for a few days after extensive heart surgery, that she barely survived. Wujek then died during breakfast at home with her. He did not suffer, Which I thank God for! I am proud of my family and what they have done for Poland ( LONG story) and cannot wait to move there to spend the rest of my life. I am lucky to have my cousin coming shortly to discuss the transition. He knows me well and, knows my love of Poland! I look at the pictures of me as a child in Poland visiting Babcia Antonia...and I appreciate my heritage and the history of my family. Well I promised to make the Bigos when my cousin arrives. He taught me to make it "properly" last vistit a few months ago. Looks like I'll be cooking for 3 days :)
And it was so hard for my mother ...we received a call EVERY week for 3 weeks ...one brother ...after another ...had passed...I cannot imagine her pain! I take care of her and will be bringing her to Poland, which is her dream!
I lost 3 uncle's that I loved and spoke to often. My heart still cries when I think of them.
Sorry to ramble...
I can speak and read Polish ....but I spared you my poor writing skills...for now :)
BEST TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF POLAND!
KUCZYŃSKI: topo nick from Kuczyn or Kuczyna; root-word kuczeć (to squat down in old Polish)
Just wondering ...are you refering to wrestling,squatting and the name ?
Thanks for the breakdown of the name ...
Thanks for the breakdown of the name ...
No, the name emerged centuries ago, so the fact that your ancestor was amongst those who inherited it was a coincidence unconnected to his wrestling career. If you met a bloke named Bakerfield, you woudln't ask him if he bakes bread for a living or lives in a field, would you? Unless you wanted to be a poor man's comedian!
I realize that the name has been inherited through history. It was just unclear to me if you were insulting him/the name or, just give me a bit of fact concerning the name.
If they were some facts for me to know ...thank you !
If not...well ... you should be able to understand how someone would feel concerning an insult on their family name.
I wish you the best, and hope I misunderstood your comment!
Maybe we can meet in Poland soon and discuss this in detail!
Thinking good thoughts...wishing you the best....
If they were some facts for me to know ...thank you !
If not...well ... you should be able to understand how someone would feel concerning an insult on their family name.
I wish you the best, and hope I misunderstood your comment!
Maybe we can meet in Poland soon and discuss this in detail!
Thinking good thoughts...wishing you the best....