Genealogy / Last Name: DOWGIALLO from Poland [44]

Thanks, Wroclaw. My Great Grandfather did live in Michigan at one time, but that one is not him. He was born in the 1800s and was already an adult and father by 1910. I know a good deal about his life here in the USA, but very little about the family members left behind in Poland (now Lithuania. Oops! My irredentism is showing! :-D ) - or about the family name in general.

In the wake of the recent Russian submarine accident that killed 20 people onboard, a spokesman for the Russian Navy gave details to the press. The spokesman's name was Captain Igor Dyagalo . Could "Dyagalo" be a Russified version of the surname "Dowgiallo"?

Genealogy / Last Name: DOWGIALLO from Poland [44]

Thanks, Wroclaw. My Great Grandfather's name was Czeslaw. Not a Jewish name, I know, but there have always been subtle hints from family stories, so it would be nice to learn the truth about the Jewish connection if at all possible.

Any further information is welcome!

Genealogy / Last Name: DOWGIALLO from Poland [44]


Thank you, Sasha. My Russian is not great, but I would like to try it with the information you have. Please post it here or in "Private Message". Thanks!


Thanks, Wroclaw. I've searched for Ship manifest records, but haven't come up with anything yet. The town of origin is in or around "Uoginai", but I believe there were relatives also in Siuliai and Kaunaus/Kovno.

I have no idea what Uoginai is like now (city/town, etc.), but from family stories, I think it is rural.

I understand that the JewishGen site has records for Jewish and non-Jewish families, but could it be that Dowgiallo is a Jewish name, or might there be a Jewish branch of the Dowgiallo family? (Any Jewish Dowgiallos out there?)

Genealogy / Last Name: DOWGIALLO from Poland [44]

Thanks, Polonius3.

While looking online, I found a few references on genealogy sites where some people are claiming descent from a 13th Century bearer of the Dowgiallo name. Like the Ambassador mentioned earlier, this historical figure is also called "Jan Dowgiallo". Apart from those few family research sites, I haven't been able to find anything else about a Jan Dowgiallo in the 1400s, but original entries portray him as an aristocratic, political leader of the day.

Does anyone have any further information about the 13th Century leader, Jan Dowgiallo?

Thanks!

(P.S: Of course, any further discussion about the Dowgiallo name, its origin or about the family in general is welcome here, as well.)

Genealogy / Last Name: DOWGIALLO from Poland [44]

Thanks, Wroclaw. I checked the polishroots.org surname database, but couldn't find the name "Dowgiallo". Elsewhere on the site, there was an isolated reference to a Karol Dowgiallo in Krakow, but no name origin, meaning, or any other information was available.

Again, any information about the last name Dowgiallo is welcome here.

Genealogy / Last Name: DOWGIALLO from Poland [44]

Thanks, loco polaco! In its original form, the name probably did have the "££", but I imagine immigration officials changed it to "LL" on Great-Grandfather's arrived to the USA. As suggested in my original post, I suspected it was Lithuanian, since that is the part of the country (then-Poland) he came from.

In any event, do you - or anyone else reading this - know what the name means, or do you have any other information about its origin or about the family? If so, please post it here. Thank you!

Genealogy / Last Name: DOWGIALLO from Poland [44]

I know. It almost looks Italian, doesn't it? But Great-grandfather was definitely from Poland.

Looking online I found that a former Polish Ambassador to Israel is called "Jan Dowgiallo".