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THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
According to a 1990s census there were 2 people named Żagowski, both in the Gdańsk area. Moikrewni says there aren't any at present.,
Hi Polonius how did you get access to that census?
For a literary character why not selected something without diacritics
I'm thinking now that you don't know what true crime means :-)
I can't just change facts because the name given is causing me problems... :-)
MyHeritage Family Trees, has several records with Zagowski last name, all of them born in late 1800s, some in Poland, some in Russia.
Thank you so much boletus. I will take a look at the link.
The court witness said the man's name was Ludwik Zagowski. As this was spoken testimony which was written down by an English clerk in 1902, no way to tell if there was a dot over the Z. Or indeed if the clerk misheard the name Żakowski. Other clues are, the man was a barber from Warsaw who spoke Polish and some Yiddish. He had a wife and two dependent children, so he must have been between 25 and 40. That he spoke "SOME" Yiddish makes me think he probably wasn't a Jew, or he'd be fluent.
