Kapusta - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Kapust

Daqueenkat74 — 2013-02-18 22:43:48Z

I am Allan Rachauskas grand daughter

KAPUSTA Edward J 1928-2012 Carbon Pa. to Mahoning County, Ohio

Contribution — 2012-12-08 19:30:11Z

POLAND, Ohio – A funeral Mass will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Holy Family Church for Edward J. Kapusta, 84, who passed away early Thursday morning at Hospice House.

Edward was born July 28, 1928, in Carbon, Pa., a son of the late Matt and Rose (Matesic) Kapusta and was always proud of his Croatian heritage.

Edward graduated from Bessemer High School and continued his education at a trade school in Pittsburgh.

He was owner and operator of Eddie’s TV in Hillsville for 32 years. He also sponsored a local bowling team “Eddie’s TV.”

He was also a member of the Croatian Fraternal Union Lodge 66 and loved tamburitza music.

Edward enjoyed organizing local drives for refugees in Croatia.
Edward leaves his wife, the former Frances A. Vlah, whom he married May 18, 1968; his two daughters, Christine (Theresa Gibbons) Kapusta of Chicago and Michelle (Marcus Williams) Kapusta and their son, Matthew Edward of Chicago; and his sister, Pauline L. Kay of Boardman, Ohio.

Edward was also preceded in death by his brother, Joseph Kay.

Family and friends may call Sunday, Dec 9, 2012 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland, Ohio Chapel and Monday from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the church.

Re: Margaret Kapusta

edsusi — 2012-10-16 05:57:51Z

Jacob Dudra was my grandfathers dad.He married Anna Blasko and immagrated to Pana ,Ill.Please write to me .r-klee@live.com

Kapusta in Hessen (Germany)

Wolfgang2162001 — 2012-05-23 11:48:49Z

Rosemarie Kapusta, * 17. Juni 1941, Kleegarten 6, Philippsthal/Werra

Re: Origin of the Kapusta Family name

tkrandomess — 2012-01-30 19:43:36Z

The name means "cabbage" and comes from Poland. Was her name Sandy by any chance?

Kapust

akapust127 — 2012-01-09 00:40:17Z

I am posting this out there in hopes that anyone has any information! My family is from Lithuania and settled in South Boston. My great grandfather came over from Lithuania, his name was Frank Kapust and my great grandmother was Pauline Kuncius and remarried so she passed away as Rachauskas. My grandfather was Albert and he had 2 siblings, Edmund and Lydia. Most of Albert's kids and grandkids are in the DC metro, Northern VA area but I know some of my dad's cousins are still in MA.

If you think you may be linked to me please message! I am trying to verify information I found and find any new info!

Information on Paul Kapusta of Ohio (deceased)

sdbarabas — 2011-10-29 01:16:59Z

I recently learned that my dad has a different biological father than I thought, and I am searching for more information on him.

My dad never knew his father and the only information my Grandma has is that his name was Paul Kapusta and he was a long-distance truck driver. They met and dated in Ohio and Pennsylvania in 1947 and had plans to marry when my Grandmother learned that Paul was married to another woman (name unknown).

Shortly after breaking up she discovered she was pregnant with my father, born Jan 2 1948, and he eventually took the last name of the man who raised him.

Paul would have been living in Ohio in the 40's, and would have been born around 1915 +/-. My dad's first name is Daniel and his middle name is Francis so I found it interesting that there is a "Paul Dan Kapusta" and a "Francis Kapusta (Katusta)" on Ancestry, both of which fall in the appropriate age range.

Any information you may have on Paul, his wife, or children, would be much appreciated.

Thank you :)

KAPUSTA Edward J - Vietnam Wall section 5W

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2011-05-26 15:10:15Z

KAPUSTA Edward J - Vietnam Wall section 5W

Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 221,609 photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Parker), cemetery(Vietnam) and Surname.

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

Re: Kapusta --> Levine, Ukraine

ZlaticaBeca — 2011-05-22 18:56:31Z

Terry

Your ancestor's arrival manifest to Canada should show his place of birth or last residence.
Was he Hebrew? Try www.jewishgen.org
You might want to post on Canada's board and Ukraine's board as well.

Re: Your research

josephkapusta — 2011-04-18 02:34:09Z

Hi Ceil, I am Joe Kapusta and my brother is John. I am from Derby Ct. and my father was born 1927 about. My grand mothers name was Vicktory . She had 21 kids and 17 lived. I now live in Nokomis Florida near Venice. Hope you get this

Kapusta --> Levine, Ukraine

terrylevine68 — 2011-04-02 22:54:48Z

Looking for more information on my great-grandfather, (Asher) Ansel Levine, who arrived in Montreal, Canada in 1904/5 from Ukraine/Russia (perhaps Kiev area). There's an unconfirmed story in the family that the original surname was Kapusta or something like that and that Ansel changed it somewhere between leaving Ukraine and arriving in Canada.

The only other information I have on Ansel's family prior to arriving in Canada is that he had a brother and that their father's name was Jacob.

Any other information or leads would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Re: Origin of the Kapusta Family name

mkapusta1 — 2011-01-26 03:01:00Z

My family was also Jewish.

Re: Kapust

dtininenko — 2010-11-16 17:36:57Z

Justin: I am researching for information on Avraam (Abraham) Kapustinsky. I have a genealogical record by Alvin Kapusta that ties Abraham as a nephew of my grandfather, Youkim Kapustensky. This Abraham in the documentation was a a son to Prokhor and Prokhor a brother to my grandfather Youkim. The documentation was written by a Kiril, who stated that his brothers were Avraam, Pavlo, Ivan and Matrifan. Avraam was the only one who came to America and eventually settled in Canada.

Re: Origin of the Kapusta Family name

mkapusta1 — 2010-05-25 21:53:58Z

The word means cabbage and is common for cabbage farmer or cabbage vendor. However (unfortunately) it was sometimes used for a dork (cabbage head).

Although it occurs in Poland and Russia, mostly it comes from the Ukraine and the area of Poland near to the Ukraine.

Mark Kapusta
mkapusta@hotmail.com

Re: Kapusta

DMLuskin — 2010-01-30 21:00:56Z

My grandfather, Samuel Freedman, came from Tartakow, as it was then spelled (in Polish). With its incorporation into the Ukraine after WW II, it became Tartakov. Are you by any chance on Facebook? Check out the Tartakov Ukraine Group I created there the other week.

Re: Margaret Kapusta, Jacob Dudra, Malovec

ZBeca — 2009-06-18 20:38:11Z

bielfinder

Yes, the word kapusta means cabbage in Slovak.
Up to 1918 it was A-H http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm After the fall of A-H empire several new countries were formed and one was Czechoslovakia www.cgsi.org which in 1993 separated into Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
Have you locate a precise place of birth for KAPUSTA and DUDRA ancestor? What was language of your ancestors? If they put down on an US census Slovak/Slovakland than the research is in present Slovak Republic.
An ALL site for research in Slovakia:
www.iabsi.com/gen/public
DUDRA, MALOVEC and KAPUSTA in SK's phone book: www.zoznamst.s
Few other sites for research:
www.cisarik.com
www.tccweb.org
www.iarelative.com
www.pavlovics.com
Found this DUDRA, Jakob Vasgyar, Hungary 17 1895 1912 arriving to America thru Ellis Island. www.ellisislandrecords.org

Re: Origin of the Kapusta Family name

terrylevine1 — 2009-02-15 19:27:28Z

Hi there.

Found your post while doing my own family research. Kapusta is Russian for 'cabbage' It's my Ukraine/Russian great-grandfather's original surname before he changed it to Levine.

Not sure if your daughter's mother is Jewish but at least my Kapusta family is...

If you need any additional info, don't hesitate to contact me at terrylevine.levityink(at)gmail.com

Take care.

Margaret Kapusta

bielfinder1 — 2009-01-06 02:10:31Z

Hello! I've read before that the name Kapusta means cabbage. I kid my wife about the all the time. My Wife's Great Grandmother was Margaret Kapusta and we think she was born in 1897 in Czechoslovokia. Margaret married Jacob Dudra, whom we know was from Czech.
It's possible that at some point they may have lived in Austria, as their son, Jacob Dudra Jr., was born June 7, 1895 in Austria, but eventually wound up here in Pittsburgh, Pa.

What's funny is that, before I knew the meaning of the name Kapusta....my wife used to tell me that her younger brother, as a little boy, was always called "cabbage head".

What a coincidence.

Re: Information on Paul Kapusta of Ohio (deceased)

jacksonkathy80 — 2008-12-22 21:56:09Z

i used to live next door to a kapusta in warrensville ohio in 1977.that's all i know

Re: Origin of the Kapusta Family name

jaroslavkapusta — 2008-07-15 21:13:12Z

Family name :kapusta becoms from czech or slovak in czech it's means cabbage in slovak it's means coel so in both situations vegetable :). However if you don't trust me try to find english/czech english/slovak dictionary or online translator.
I'm from czech republic so my means cabbage.
If you want to know more write me on jaroslav.kapusta@gmail.com

Re: Information on Paul Kapusta of Ohio (deceased)

Bieliauskaite — 2008-06-13 12:14:27Z

You probably saw the Paul Kapusta on the Social Security death index? Born April 1915, died April 1971. It would be a good idea to send for his SS application, as well as his death certificate. In the 1920 census in Westmoreland county PA, there is a Paul Kapusta, age 5, living with his family, parents Michael Kapusta 41, Julia 38, both say from Austria (Hungary in the 1910 census), siblings Rudolph 17 (died Nov 1980 in Mahoning county OH), Julia 13, Michael 11, Margaret 9, John 7, Helen 2, and Joseph 10months. There's no way to tell for sure if this is the Paul you seek, unless you do some digging to make a connection, but this seems like a good candidate.

I am not related.

Re: trying to trace ancestry

mish163 — 2006-12-13 04:28:33Z

Hello. My mother came from Shishlavitz around 1900. Family name Kolevsky. Settled in MPLS.
Harvey

Re: trying to trace ancestry

mish163 — 2006-12-13 04:28:30Z

Hello. My mother came from Shishlavitz around 1900. Family name Kolevsky. Settled in MPLS.
Harvey

Re: Kapusta

2006-11-26 21:43:26Z

Thank you. I think that might be my Uncle Jan. He came to U.S. in 1912.Tacyjuana is Antoninia or Antonette in English. I am under the understanding that the Beniuks as well as Radowiecs and Sadowska also came from Tartakow. I will see if I can find them
Thanks again.
Sylvia

Re: Kapusta

2006-11-26 21:38:49Z

Thank you. I think that might be my Uncle Jan. He came to U.S. in 1912. I am under the understanding that the Beniuks as well as Radowiecs and Sadowska also came from Tartakow. I will see if I can find them
Thanks again.
Sylvia

Re: Kapusta

2006-11-26 02:41:55Z

Sylvia

Left you a site on Galicia on Austria's board.
To find the village Tartakiv use
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/3felmeres.htm
or www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm
http://maxpages.com/poland
www.kresy.co.uk/galicja.html
www.surnamenavigator.org
http://genforum.com
I have not come across a Slavic name Tacyjuana in my travels on the boards. I would say it is a transcribing error or that is how an English speaking/American ear heard the name.
KAPUSTA is a Slavic word for cabbage.
Use One step/ gray form www.stevemorse.org to locate people from a particular village of interest. From Tartakow 132 people and among them a KAPUSTA Jan (John).

Re: Kapusta's in Debno, (Galicia) Poland

Putt442 — 2006-08-31 02:56:25Z

I am just starting on the Kapusta side of my family. My grandmother's name was Tacyjuana Kapusta on her marriage license. Antonia Kapusta on the Baltimore passenger list. Antannia Koapusta on my Mother's birth record. I know she came from the Galicia area with her brother Jan. She often talked about a sister Annie who died at a very young age of a cold or something of that nature. She very seldom talked about Europe, but every once in awhile would drop a few things. Can anyone help?
Thanks.
Sylvia Putnam

Origin of the Kapusta Family name

2006-02-19 23:00:59Z

I know this may seem a bit unusual.
But many years ago I dated a girl from the Pittsburgh area and her last name was Kapusta. One thing lead to another and we had a daughter and receintly after 38 years, we have reunited. Sometime in the future my grandchildren will ask what the origin of the name Kapusta was. Well I certinally cant ask my Ex.
Any help would be appreciated by the grand children.

Re: Kapust

2006-02-12 18:34:05Z

Re: Familly Kubzdela

2006-01-31 02:06:43Z

I am part of this "family Kubzdela" of whom you speak, from Rochester, NY. Who are you, and why are you looking for us? I am interested to know you.

Re: looking for my relatives i America

2005-12-31 23:10:32Z

I just now found your e-mail response to my inquiry of 2002 for the name Kapusta/Kapuscinski. My granfather, Adam Kapuscinski, came to the U.S. through Ellis Island in 1906 as far as I can determine and my relatives told me that he changed his name from Kapusta to Kapuscinski, but when I don't know. It was before he came here to the U.S. for sure. His father was Martin ? Kapusta or maybe he changed his name to Martin Kapuscinski. I never knew if my grandfather had any brothers or sisters. He was a carpenter by trade and very good one and built some kind of monument in Poland. He served in the Russian army..........as Poland was once part of Russia and after the war, the borders were changed. He came to the U.S. when he was 21 or 23 yrs. old. Ellis Island records show his age as 23, but according to the year he came here and his birth date of 1885, he would have 21 yrs. old. He came here to the U.S. because my grandmother, Josepha Widomska, sent for him. She came here first at the age of 16 or 17 to Chicago and worked for a doctor's family doing housekeeping and cooking. She sent for grandpa and when he got to Chicago, he wouldn't marry her! So, the police put him in jail! While in jail, his cellmate told him to marry my grandma and get out and so he did. It was not a good marriage and they divorced, but had 3 children.

Well, maybe we are related. I am going to contact my cousin in Detroit to get more information on grandpa as my Aunt shared much with her about her family.

Thanks.

Nostrovia! Happy New Year.

Katherine Kapusinski

P.S. My father dropped the "C" in our name to shorten it so that is why I spell it without the "C".

Re: Kapusta name change

2005-12-31 22:59:14Z

Well, this is what I've figured out thus far. My grandfather came over from ? Krukowo. His name was spelled Adam Kapuscinski on the Ellis Island records search, but the birthdates don't match. If he came over in 1906 and was born in 1885 that would have made him 21 years old and the Ellis records say age 23 yrs. Anyway, I find it ironic that another Adam Kapuscinski came over in 1910! My father and sisters said that grampa changed his name from Kapusta to Kapuscinski, and so it had to have been prior to coming to the U.S. as there aren't any Ellis Island records for an Adam Kapusta immigrating here. I received an e-mail response that was from Poland stating that their ancestors changed their name from Kapusta to Kapuscinski in 1754-57. Also was informed that the suffix "ski" was reserved for the nobility. For that reason, rather than shorten names at Ellis Island, like many did to sound more American, many Polish added the ski.........to enoble themselves!

Do you know what part of Poland your ancestors were from and if there was a Martin Kapusta? That would have been the name of my great-great-granfather.

Thanks.

K.K.K.

Re: We may be related

2005-12-31 15:55:18Z

I don't know. Nobody wanted to talk about it and I just found out it was because Grandma was Jewish (huge gasp of mock horror).

But the town name sounds familiar.

Mark

Re: Kapusta's in Debno, (Galicia) Poland

2005-12-31 00:35:59Z

I appreciate all the research you've done and shared on the name "Kapusta" from the Debno records. Would you be able to find a "Martin" Kapusta or Kapuscinski listed in the Debno records with a birth of a son named "Adam" and possibly other siblings?

Thanks so much. There is some monument that my grandfather built in Poland and would have either the name of "Kapusta" or Kapuscinski". You know if I check the Ellis Island records again, I will see what name he used..............duh.........to know whether the name was changed prior to his coming to the U.S.

Re: We may be related

2005-12-31 00:03:58Z

Do you have a great-great Grandfather whose first name would have been "Martin" from Galecia, Poland? I never did find out the names of any of my grandfather's siblings, but his name was Adam.

Re: Your research Kapusta

2005-12-30 23:46:17Z

I just now read your response to an old message on the name "Kapusta" and was amazed to find that your relative "Anne Kapusta" was in the same town as my father "Paw Paw". What year did she move to Indiana? My father was born in 1922 and his father "Adam Kapuscinski" changed the name from "Kapusta" so who knows, maybe we may be related. I don't know enough about his side of the family and wish that I did. I do have a relative that I can check with about this though.

Re: Martin Kapusta

2005-10-05 10:09:30Z

Hello!
I am interested in finding out any information about the family of my great-great grandmother.Her name was Marianna Kapusta .Her father was Vincenti Kapusta,her mother name was Franciscae. Information comes from a transcription of Mariannas first son’s birth certificate.She married with Georgius Reichenberger .I also know that she was from Czechoslovakia!From Bansca bistrita place.
Any information on the Kapusta family or any other assistence is very much appreciated.
I may be contacted at this e-mail address:ingongocska@yahoo.com
I look forward to hearing from you.
Your sincerely,
Reichenberger Iringo

kapusta family

2005-10-05 09:57:55Z

Kapusta from Czehoslovakia(Galicia)

2005-10-05 09:43:59Z

Re: Surname Kapust

2005-10-05 09:20:21Z

Familly Kubzdela

kubzdela — 2005-09-13 13:50:50Z

I look for familly Kubzdela, living in Rochester, NY.
A.Kubzdela.

Kapusta line

jfour145 — 2005-08-29 17:37:03Z

My gggrfather,Szcepan Jedynak married Agnes Kapusta(b.1767). Their children: Aandrew, Ewa, Blaise,Michael and Szymon.
Szymon m. Sophie Kubic.
Their children: Anthony, Andrew, Anna m. -Piet and John m.Helen Gurgel.
John and Helen ,s children: Andrew, John, Agns, Felix Caroline,Justine, Szymon, Francis, Vincent, Marie, and Joseph(my grandfather).m. Rozalia Kosa.
All last names Jedynak.Vincent and Joseph imm. to Derby, Ct. in 1905
Have Line of Andrew, John, Vincent and Joseph.
If any one has any info on tthe other siblings or earlier families, please email janicebohan@hotmail.com

Re: Family name Kapusta

2005-06-19 19:55:09Z

My great Grandmother was Alexandra Kapusta. She came to Canada from the Ukraine sometime between 1905-1910 with her sisters (one of which I know was Ann) and 3 brothers. The brothers went back to the Ukraine, and then returned, nobody knows what happened from there. She married Antonio Batenchuck (betenczuk) and they had 15 children in Winnipeg, Manitonba, Canada.

Re: Your research

2005-06-05 03:12:42Z

What city in Poland do you live? My husband, Krzysztof, has a half brother with your name. What is your father's name?
This is probably a long shot but, I thought it might be worth responding.
Thanks!
Cecilia

Hans-Dieter Kapusta in Philippsthal/Werra, 1941 - 2005

2005-01-19 08:30:25Z

"Hersfelder Zeitung" vom 17. Jan. 2005:

Heimwärts zum Vater geht unser Weg.

Gott dem Herrn hat es gefallen

Hans-Dieter Kapusta

* 8. Aug. 1941
+ 14. Jan. 2005

am Freitag, nach schwerer Krankheit, aber für uns doch sehr plötzlich, heimzurufen.

In Liebe und Dankbarkeit nehmen wir Abschied

Rosemarie Kapusta
Johannes und Gisela, Andreas und Jasmin
Marie-Luise Griesmann geb. Kapusta und Familie
Gabi Grunewald geb. Kapusta und Familie
sowie alle Verwandten

Philippsthal, 17. Jan. 2005

Das Requiem beginnt am 18. Jan. 2005 um 14.00 Uhr in St. Maria Philippsthal mit anschließender Beerdigung um 15.00 Uhr auf dem Friedhof in Philippsthal.

Re: looking for my relatives i America

2004-08-08 16:38:38Z

My grandfather Peter (Piotr) came to America on May 26, 1906 aboard a ship called Caledonia departing from Glasgo, Scotland. According to the ships registry he was from Wilna (Wilno?), but other papers list him as born in Gerianiony, Poland on May 28, 1882. He is listed as Russian - Polish. If any of this is helpful to you I have information on his wife and children and will be happy to share it. If it doesn't help you, perhaps you can help me with Polish Geography. I can't find Gerianiony on any map, and think Wilna is a region, not a city, although I found reference to Vilnius which I think is in Northern Poland and may be another name for Wilno. Any help is appreciated.

Re: Your research Kapusta

2004-05-11 04:24:15Z

Any relation to Anna Kapusta who with her husband, Mike Charney, lived on a farm in Paw Paw next to her brother. Later moved to Indiana

Re: ancestry

2004-05-04 03:01:17Z

Sounds like a good reason to me.

Re: Re:We may be related

2004-05-04 02:58:46Z

I don't know much because our family is detached, but because of my former occupation, I have a little interesting informaiton.

In general, in Poland, the "ski" suffix was reserved for the nobility. For that reason, rather than shorten names at Ellis Island, like many did to sound more American, many Polish added the ski... (to ennoble themselves?).

So if you grew a ski at Ellis Island, that may be the reason.

Mark

PS: MY!!! How I long to meet relatives and/or learn about our history!

Information

srozhon_1 — 2004-01-04 00:20:22Z

Contact me for info. Your father and my husband are 1st cousins.