lgulch
27 Jun 2016
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]
Merged: Gulch / Gulcz - looking for ancestor help
My 15 year old daughter and I are tracing are family history. My name is Lynn Gulch. My great, great grandfather is buried with the name Kazimerz Gulcz. He was born in Prussia-Poland in 1826 and passed away in Dorr, Michigan in 1902. We know he immigrated to the United States in 1872. He was a widower, had 9 children, seven who survived him.
His son Franciszek was born in 1844 in Prussia-Poland. He passed away in 1908 in Dorr, MI. His gravestone has the last name spell as Gólcz. We know he immigrated in 1870.
What suggestions can anyone provide for the variations in the spelling of the last names? The last name was officially changed to Gulch in the USA.
Merged: Gulch / Gulcz - looking for ancestor help
My 15 year old daughter and I are tracing are family history. My name is Lynn Gulch. My great, great grandfather is buried with the name Kazimerz Gulcz. He was born in Prussia-Poland in 1826 and passed away in Dorr, Michigan in 1902. We know he immigrated to the United States in 1872. He was a widower, had 9 children, seven who survived him.
His son Franciszek was born in 1844 in Prussia-Poland. He passed away in 1908 in Dorr, MI. His gravestone has the last name spell as Gólcz. We know he immigrated in 1870.
What suggestions can anyone provide for the variations in the spelling of the last names? The last name was officially changed to Gulch in the USA.