This is a very long shot, but I don't have much to go on. Does anyone know the above name? Came to England as refugee (I believe) family was left in Poland. He was born in 1925.
His parents were Ludwig Knuth and Maria Małecka.
Any help appreciated. I don't know where to start looking, there seem to be so many unlinked lists of passengers and camps.
1. For a start, you could try to re-examine the "Knuth" name. This is not a Polish name by any distance, since "TH" combination of consonants is extremely rare in Polish and mostly appears in Greek based words, such as first names originated from the word Theos, God. But even then, the consonant "H" would be usually dropped, as in the names: Teodor, Teofila, etc.
But "Ludwig Knuth" could be of German origin. Run this phrase in Google and you will find 1130 entries, many clearly indicating the German connection.
2. The first name "Ludwig" is not Polish but German. The corresponding Polish name would be "Ludwik".
KNUTH/KNUT: Both spellings exist in Poland and the Bydgoszcz area is their major concentration. Both in German (Knuth) and Polish (knut) the word appears derived from a knotted whip with which people were once knouted (lashed).
MA£ECKI: probable source adj. mały (little, small, tiny). It might have oriignated as a patronymic tag for the son of someone nicknamed Mały (tiny). Alternatively, a toponymic nick for an inhabitant of Małe (Littleton, Smallville).
Hi 'Steveintheuk' I hope this information helps, please goto myheritage.com and check out my 2nd cousins family tree (Sylwester Borkowski) , Bronislaw Romeo Knuth(Knut) was my grandfather he passed on the 17th March 1993 survived by his wife Shirley Knut and 5 children Richard,Trudy,Martin,Rosemary and Andrew, if you need anymore information please email me on robinson.s1703@yahoo thanks
so 11 years after this thread was made, i got recommended a TikTok video in Polish. I don't speak Polish, but i have polish family. and it got me curious about the meaning of the Polish name my grandfather wanted to give me when i was born. ADHD is a wonderful thing lol. So i googled 'polish name meaning Bronislaw Romeo Ludwig Knuth' and this forum post was the top result. and what do you know.....
user @ beany0793 is my cousin Sabrina. Trudy was my mum. and the Bronislaw she mention was mine and Sabrina's grandad Bruce. Not only that but user @ sylwek610 is our cousin Sylwester Borkowski that Sabrina mentioned as well. and also i think user @steveinuk is my cousin Steven, my mums brother Martin's son, and i don't think Sabrina realised who it was when she posted to him here, as we all are connected on Facebook. I think this may have been cousin Steven just trying to find out about the family.
But man its a small world huh. wtf were the chances that i would end up finding this random thread just from googling that polish name cuz of a random TikTok? I never knew was that my gramps' name as i always just new him as Bruce Knut, and if the OP is related that makes sense as to why grandad wanted to add Ludwig to my name if that was grandads fathers name.
If anyone else finds this from the family, just know we are all on Facebook, Sabrina and Slywester and Steven are in my friends/family list on there as are a lot more of us cousins, aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters.
Sylwester got in contact years ago because he was making a family tree on myheritage. So defo give it a look. Its amazing to see how many people you could be connected too through ancestry, and find out about the lives of the people who without, we wouldn't exist. And how they connected and met and the things they went through and the lives they led.
Because wo knows, in decades people may be looking us up instead and find out they are related through us as well.
