Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

I live in the United States and I am looking for immigration records as well as family genealogy information in Poland.

My father's family surname is Guzior. However, I was told that this was a shortened name due to immigration and language barriers; I am not sure if that is true or not. I was told that the surname was actually pronounced (in English) Guziorloski. I have no idea how that would be spelled and of course that spelling is most likely incorrect.

Unfortunately, I am not sure what port my father's family arrived in. They settled in Chicago, Illinois. I am attaching the oldest census record from Chicago which includes my great-great grandparents information.

If anyone has information to share on the surname: meaning and origin, possible other spelling of the surname as well as meaning and origin and immigration information, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks.

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

@Polonius3

Hi, thank you for the response.

I attached the names of my Polish family members and I am trying to do additional research. Is there a way to research genealogy records in Poland? I can only search here (in the US) up to the members who immigrated to the US.

I have limited information on Anton Luczak, possibly born in 1875, Katherine/Catherine/Katarine Ket possibly born 1864, Victoria Guzior may be Victoria Kolodziejski born possibly 1888, Joseph Guzior possibly born 1874 & his father may have been Konstonly Guzior but I only found one reference to him, and Francis Guzior was Franziska Luczak born 1903 possibly in Stryszoir, Wadawici. I would really like to find more information about these family members if possible.

I saw there was another thread asking about the surname Guzior and read your response. Is Guzior a common surname in Poland? Is there a particular area of Poland where people with this name lived?

Thanks again for your help, I really appreciate it.

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