MesickAnnie 1 | - 19 May 2010 #1My grandfather's name is Charles Mesje...Is there a connection to that last name in Poland...when I go onto SKYPE the name comes up mostly in Poland...He would of come to the USA early 1900's.
Polonius3 993 | 12,357 19 May 2010 #3For information on Jewish surnames please contact Mr Yale Reisner at Warsaw's Jewish Historical Institute: secretary@jhi.pl
richasis 1 | 418 19 May 2010 #4Also, Brigham Young University has an extensive database of such records.
CAnnMesick - | 1 31 Aug 2011 #5sorry it took so long to write back...my grandfather was supposed to come from Austria...early 1900's...grandmother also came from Austria...Louise (Gorza or Jorza)...also came from Austria about the same time
Polonius3 993 | 12,357 31 Aug 2011 #6MESJE: perhaps derived from the Hebrew name Meshullam or Messiah (in Polish: Mesjasz).
Polonius3 993 | 12,357 23 Dec 2011 #8That cannot be ruled out. Mosiej, Mosiek and similar are dervied from Moses (Mojżesz)