Bocian - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Joseph Bocian/Botchin, Poland>>Buenos Aires>> Bat Yam, Israel

LisaRosen26 — 2012-11-29 22:27:36Z

I am looking for the descendants of Joseph Bocian/Botchin, who came from Poland to Buenos Aires and then to Bat Yam, Israel

Re: Info needed on MARY BOCZAN (BOCIAN) b1884 Johnstown, PA

TiffanyMichelleWilliams — 2011-08-09 17:36:41Z

Hi,

I am also researching the Bocian side. Mary is my great-grandmother's sister. My great-grandmother was Victoria Bocian. Mary and Victoria had other siblings: Florianna, Kattie, Stanley, Frank, and Stanislava. Florianna (Flora) married John's brother Joseph.

Mary's father's name was Ludwig/Ludwick/Lewis and her mother was Josephine/Jozefa. Josephine's mother's name was Maryanna Malkouska.

Of course all Polish names have a million variations. I am stuck at Ludwick Bocian and also from Josephine's parents side. I would love to get any/all information that you have.

Exerpt from her death certificate:
Name: Mary Jureuisz
Titles and Terms (original):
Death Date: 19 Jan 1923
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Ill.
Gender: Female
Marital Status:
Race or Color:
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: 1885
Birth Date: 29 Aug 1884
Birthplace: Chicago, Ill.
Father: Ludwik Bocian
Father's Titles and Terms (original):
Father's Birth Place: Poland
Mother: Jozefa Malkouska
Mother's Titles and Terms (original):
Mother's Birth Place: Poland
Occupation:
Residence:
Street Address:
Spouse: John Jureuisz
Spouse's Titles and Terms (original):
Spouse's Birthplace:
Burial Date: 23 Jan 1923
Burial Place:
Cemetery: Holy Cross
Informant:
Additional Relatives:
Digital Folder Number: 4204755
Image Number: 1720
Film Number: 1877163
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: rn 1652

Andrew and Apolonia Bocian, South Chicago

JannieMazurekPratte — 2011-01-26 01:55:23Z

If anyone is related to this Bocian family I would love to hear from you!

Thanks, Jannie

Re: Info needed on MARY BOCZAN (BOCIAN) b1884 Johnstown, PA

gatorUA1 — 2010-11-19 15:40:53Z

Hi! Thanks for your inquiry. I have a list of the children that Mary had and there was no Thomas. Boczan or Bocian was her maiden name and she married a Jurewicz. Mary's dad's name was Ludwick but that's as far back as I can go. I would bet that they were distantly related but I don't see a direct link. :)

Re: Info needed on MARY BOCZAN (BOCIAN) b1884 Johnstown, PA

bb4re1 — 2010-11-19 14:21:07Z

Hello,
My name is Thomas Boczan. My family was in the Toledo, Ohio area. My great grandmother was a Mary Boczan. She may have been born in the timeframe you were looking for. I believe she died about 25 years ago? My grandfather Thomas, and my father Thomas both lived in Toledo and all were buried there. My father also had a sister named Betty, who married a Frank Kubovich. They lived in Wauseon, Ohio. Both my father and Betty Kubovich died within the last 10 years.

Re: Bocian Family Name

geoffbocian — 2008-08-10 00:02:50Z

Dear Didier;

I found your posting 3-years later. I am the son of Josef Bocian and Jean Bentley of London UK. I have lived in Canada since 1969. My wife is Deborah with my daughter Kira (22) and son Paul (21). I am a city planner by profession (urbaniste/planifacteur). My mother died in 2005 and my father in 1976. I remember the visit of your mother, Sarah in 1963 when I was 17 years old. I was in Brussels in 2004 and in Ypres in 2006 visiting from London UK and Alberta, Canada. Two weeks my wife and I spent 3 weeks in Bavaria, Prague and Berlin on vacation.
My phone number is 001.780.459.5494. Address: 49 Wimbleton Crescent, St Albert, AB, T8N 3J7, CANADA.
Sincerely yours - Geoffrey Bocian & Family

Info needed on MARY BOCZAN (BOCIAN) b1884 Johnstown, PA

gatorUA1 — 2006-09-03 18:50:33Z

Hi,
I'm taking a lark here but I'm looking for info on my husband's side regarding his grandmother's mother. Everyone that would have information on this side has passed.

His grandmother, Catherine (Boczan) Jurewicz was born Oct 24, 1903 in Michigan City, IN the daughter of John Jurewicz & Mary Boczan (Bocian).

We know Mary was born in 1884 in Johnstown, PA, married John Jurewicz about 1902 then they migrated to Michigan City IN where Catherine was born.

Other than that we don't much about the Boczan (Bocian) family.

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Bocian Family Name

2005-12-25 10:32:00Z

Dear Geoffrey,

My name is Didier Goffart. I’m the son of Sarah Gedilah Bociau, daughter of Jan Joseph Bocian and Laja Bloder.

My mother told me that her father had left for Great Britain at the beginning of World War II and her parents had never seen each other again. Around 1963 my mother did see her father in London. She still remembers to be received very kindly by Jean Bentley, who informed her in 1976 that Jan Joseph Bocian passed away.

Lately she (75 years) is wondering what happened with her father’s family, so with the little information she had given me, I think I found you.

Well, we hope you are doing fine and look forward to receiving news from you.

In case you read this message today, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year in good health.

Best wishes,
Didier, Nardi (my wife), Hugo (8 years) and Simon (6 years)

Re: Bocian-Poland

JHilt — 2005-01-04 02:12:15Z

Stanislaus married Mary Kozlowski in Poland. They lived in Peoria, IL where both died and are buried.

BOCIAN-KLEPFISZ Relationship

sarah_lasry — 2004-08-05 15:47:10Z

I last posted a message to this message board a few years ago.

Happily, I discovered a "new" cousin through the posting of my message.

I am however, still seeking information and contacts from related BOCIANs.

A BOCIAN married a KLEPFISZ in Goworowo, which is in Ostroleka, Poland.

I don't have a year, but my guess is the early 1900s.

I've been told repeatedly that all KLEPFISZ (and variant spellings) are related.

I'm very interested in finding out about the BOCIAN connection to my family.

Just as KLEPFISZ has variations in spellings, my guess is, that BOCIAN might, as well.

Is any of this info. familiar?

Please post a message here, if so, and/or please e-mail me at: SrhLsr@netscape.net.

Thank you!!

Josef Bocian (Bocianowski)

2004-03-05 04:45:24Z

I am researching my grandfather, born near Lomza, Poland about 1891. His birth certificate lists father Thomas Bocian, mother Pauline Kwiatkowski. I think his surname was Bocian but it was Americanized to Bocianowski when he got on the ship to America around 1912. ANy help is appreciated.

Regards

Re: Bocian-Poland

pkarbanas — 2004-03-02 06:11:48Z

I seem to remember my mother mentioning a Kozlowski. Was Stanislaus married to Catherine who had two children Michael and Elizabeth? they were from the south Side of Chicago. All migrating over in the early 1900's

BOCIAN-KLEPFISZ Relationship

sarah1663 — 2003-07-21 17:32:06Z

In researching my KLEPFISZ ancestors, I discovered an Aaron Yehudah Bocian, a great-grandson of both Rabbis Bocian and Klepfisz, all from Goworowo,Poland.

I've been told repeatedly that all Klepfisz (and variant spellings) are related.

I'm very interested in finding out about the BOCIAN connection to my family.

Any of this info. familiar?

Please post a message here, if so, and/or please e-mail me at: sarah@familytreemail.com.

Thank you!!

Re: BOCIAN-KLEPFISZ Relationship

2003-02-02 09:49:02Z

I wasn't sure if I had left my proper email address: escrime@hotmail.com

Where in the world are you? I had assumed that you were in the USA, but now I've found a whole bunch in Australia...

J.L.

Re: BOCIAN-KLEPFISZ Relationship

2003-02-02 04:37:36Z

Ms. Lasry:

I've never heard of the "Bocian connection", but I am a Klepfisz, too. My father (nee Jakob Klepfisz) immigrated to the US from Warsaw in 1913 at the age of 19. He changed his name to Jack Fisch and that was the name (Fisch) that I was hatched with. After both of my parents passed on I changed my name to Jackson (as in son of Jack). Irena Klepfisz, of whom you've doubtless heard, is my 3rd cousin (her father was my father's first cousin). Your original message is nearly 14 months old, but if you're interested, I would like to correspond (I live in L.A., by the way.)

I am from Romania!

2002-12-17 01:36:55Z

I was looking through the I-net to see what I can find about my name.
I was born in Sibiu - a town in Romania. My dad's father came from Cluj - (from Romania also). But that's about it! It was a nice surprise to see that are other people with this name (in Romania is not a very common name!) :-)

BOCIAN from Strykow, Poland

2002-12-13 15:35:56Z

Would like more information on Abram BOCIAN who married Chana Sura KAC. Their daughter Rajzla was born about 1863 in Strykow. In 1888, in Strykow, Rajzla married Abram David WOLKOWICZ. If this rings a bell with anyone, please email me at hafcjf@aol.com

Re: Bocian Family Name

2002-10-17 21:23:05Z

My father, JOSEF BOCIAN (deceased in 1976) was born in 1898 in Kharkov, Russia,( now Kharkiv, Ukraine ). His father's name was Leon Bocian and he was married to Lilie Snadowie.
As a Red Army conscript, my father was captured in Poland in 1920 during the Soviet Russian - Polish war, and he escaped to Germany. He could not return because captured Soviet soldiers were regarded by the Communists as deserters, and were usually shot or sent to gulags if recaptured.
He then lived in France and Liege, Belgium, before escaping the Nazi invasion in 1940. I believe all my father's relatives were killed during the Nazi offensive in Russia .
My father tried to get to New York/ Boston to join relatives, who had changed their name to Banks. The ship, out of Bordeaux, France was arrested by the Royal Navy, and my father was interned in Liverpool, UK for a short time and then released to work in London.
He met and married my mother, Jean Bentley in 1943, and I was born in 1945. I grew up and was educated in England, and am a dual UK/Canadian citizen. Since 1968, I've been living in Canada and working as a city planner . I am married with a teenaged son and daughter here near Edmonton, Alberta.

I know that Bocian means "stork" in Polish, but it may also be a corruption of the Ukrainian words "without shoes". The name Bocian is very common in Poland, and in the Midwest USA, and there are a number in Germany& Austria, Czech Republic & Slovakia. There is a Bocian listed in the Brussels, Belgium phone book9 (I was there last month), as well as my mother's in the London,UK diectory.

If anyone has any further info' on the name, or may be a relative, please e-mail me.

Geoffrey Bocian

Bocian family

DThurlow9777 — 2002-04-01 18:27:54Z

My husbands g-grandmother was Anna Bocian from Toledo Ohio and I think her family came from Poland I'm trying to find out more on this line

Re: Bocian-Poland

JHilt — 2002-02-26 00:49:02Z

My first husband was a Bocian. His father was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1900 and came to US about age six. His father was Stanislaus Bocian who married Mary Kozlowski in Poland. They had about four or five children, my father-in-law being the only one born in Poland.

Re: Bocian-Poland

mbocian7445 — 2002-01-08 01:01:43Z

Bocian only by marriage. But I'm letting you know that there's a whole clan of Bocian's here in Reading, Pa.

Re: Bocian-Poland

bocian — 2001-07-08 03:19:53Z

My grandfather (Morris), Moshe was a bookkeeper in Poland. He resided there until WW II, when he and most of his family died in the war.

If your grandfather has any recollection of a cousin that lived in a shetettle in Poland, please let me know. adotcomaway@hotmail.com

Bocian-Poland

2000-12-26 18:42:10Z

My grandfather was from Poland. Born +/- 1900. DIed 1987. He came to US +/- 1917 and was married (arranged) to Sophie (Carol) Adler. Sophie's brother Morris is still alive and is our only source of information at this time. Morris is 105.

Bocian Family Name

1999-11-03 08:34:21Z

I am trying to find out about my Maternal Grandfather. I believe that he came from Europe in the last 1800 early 1900's. His first name was spelled Josef and had at least one brother named Felix. I believe he was of polish decent however, we fleeing from Poland he fought in WWI under Kaiser. I would appreciate any info that is out there. Please send responses to pkarbanas@aol.com