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

Hi all,

I've done some more digging and have found the following two files.

The first is the marriage record for Marcien Supka (my great great grandfather Joseph's brother). His parents names appear to be Andrej Supka and Agnika Kapulka. Do you know anything about the surname Kapulka? I'm having trouble reading the bride's (Katarzyna Drzal) mother's name. Valtos?

Secondly is a registration record in Lubasz for the surname Supka. I am struggling to translate this, however, or make sense of the information included. Could this help in finding additional records on the Supka family? Here is the link to the full image (source is Archiwum Panstwowe w Poznaniu) : szukajwarchiwach.pl/53/474/0/19.3/15097/skan/medium/tVb23A2EIVnNBgfiSxZbTA

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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

@DominicB
@kaprys

You both have been so helpful, so first and foremost I just want to thank you!

I'm attaching the images of the records I have. One is the marriage record for John Rog & Mary Opata - they are row 13. Looks like Roj is Rog, and Gumula is his mother's maiden name. Similarly, Lopata seems to be Opata, with Cub being her mother's maiden name. I have reached out to the church to see if they have the original wedding record that may hold where John & Mary were born and/or when they were baptized.

Also attached are the Ellis Island papers for Magdalena Supka & her children. It appears that they were detained because one of the children, Michal, was hospitalized. It also denotes that Magdalena named her husband, Josef, as her nearest relative (his last name is written as well - I don't want to speculate, but it looks like Cupke? Supke? Not sure.). I'm going to reach out to the Ellis Island people to see if they can make sense of the numbers written on the kids' rows of the passenger list (Marjanna, Jan, and Michal). There is also her detained alien record - she is row 27 - while Michal was in the hospital. Not sure if these records help uncover anything, but wanted to share what I have.

Finally, I attached the 1940 census when Peter Supka was head of the household but his mother, Magdalena, lived with him. He shows as naturalized, but Magdalena is denoted as an alien. It's my understanding, since she didn't die until 1957, that she would have had to file for citizenship. Is that correct? I couldn't find her or Peter's alien files in the national archives, but am planning to submit a request for search through the US Citizenship & Immigration office. Here's the catch - the SEARCH alone is $65, so I want to make sure I'm requesting the right info....they ask for a country selection. I've seen both Austria and Poland on their various censuses and paperwork, as Galicia is a gray space. What should I use for my search? Poland?

Thanks again!

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

@kaprys
@DominicB

Hi again - could Supka have been Czub in their homeland? I've been digging around, and it looks like there were a lot of Czub's in Szczucin and Delastowice. Both locations in vicinity of Lubasz, which is where their Ellis Island paperwork has them coming from. Does that sound right to you, or is it there too much of a difference between the two?