I have come across a family who were listed on censuses in London as: Blosque, Bolaski, Bolaskie, and their later descendents appear to have taken the name Belasco. I believe that they were descended originally from a pair of brothers called Julius and Lazarus Brylowski, who came here when their bit of Poland was taken by Russia. I think that their father may have been called Eleazer Brylowski, but I last had contact with their descendents some time ago and it is really testing my memory to get that name right!

I think many of the poor Jews were illiterate and had heavy accents so when census time came around it was pretty hit and miss as to whether the right name was recorded. Also when registering births, it could be dependent on whether the person recording it spelled it correctly.

These people are not related to the sephardic Belascos in London as far as I know.

Jan