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26 Jan 2011
Genealogy / Jambrich/Yambrick surname? [34]
My grandmother was a Yambrick. looking for other Yambrick (Jambrich) in Telgart region of Slovakia ( was Austria-Hungary when Grandma lived there in the late 1800's early 1900's).During Communist era Telgart was called Smermovo (sp). The Hungarian name for Telgart is Garamfo. The boundaries of this region changed as the politics of the region changed.
It has been Austrian, German, Hungarian -so that many people with the name Jambrich may identify themselves as that nationalitiy but were really from the same region. Poland was just across the mountains near Poprad and the Spis region.
Telgart is a village in the Lower Tatra region. I remember Grandma talking about the mountains and life there. When she came to the US she came through Ellis Island settled in New York, then Pennsylvania where she met my Grandfather who came from a village (Sumiac) near hers in Slovakia, yet they didn't meet until the US.
I am told we still have relatives in Telgart.
MaryAnna
My grandmother was a Yambrick. looking for other Yambrick (Jambrich) in Telgart region of Slovakia ( was Austria-Hungary when Grandma lived there in the late 1800's early 1900's).During Communist era Telgart was called Smermovo (sp). The Hungarian name for Telgart is Garamfo. The boundaries of this region changed as the politics of the region changed.
It has been Austrian, German, Hungarian -so that many people with the name Jambrich may identify themselves as that nationalitiy but were really from the same region. Poland was just across the mountains near Poprad and the Spis region.
Telgart is a village in the Lower Tatra region. I remember Grandma talking about the mountains and life there. When she came to the US she came through Ellis Island settled in New York, then Pennsylvania where she met my Grandfather who came from a village (Sumiac) near hers in Slovakia, yet they didn't meet until the US.
I am told we still have relatives in Telgart.
MaryAnna