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Polacek from Puchov, CZ or Zelow Poland

CarolM453 — 2012-06-08 02:03:30Z

Would anyone have a connection to Polaceks that originally came from around Puchov, Czech. or went to Zelov, Poland?

Polacek, Rans, Kratochvil, Andrs, Zatrepalek,

william polacek

layla9280157 — 2012-05-05 19:33:30Z

I am looking for any info on William Polacek, born ?1900 in Minnesota, lived in chicago in the 30's then disappeared. any info would be helpful as I know nothing about this grand parent. His parents were Joseph and Karolina or Caroline.
His siblings were Otto, Lotta, Henry, Ella and Jennie. any help would be greatly appreciated

Re: Adolph Polacek

1_jblitz — 2011-11-21 02:35:14Z

Hello:
I just saw your post 10 years later!!! MY grandmother was Hilda Polacek, and her father was Sigmund Polacek. I have some info on the other Polacek's from Sigmund forward. you can email me at jblitz@dunnweb.us and we can compare notes.
thanks,
Jennifer Blitz

Re: Elizabeth Koczakova

judyabc157 — 2010-09-07 15:14:13Z

My great grandfather was Michael Kocak and he was from Austria. He was born 11/1865 and I am looking for his parents and siblings. He married Johanna Rozboril also from Austria. One of their grandchildren heard Michael was a judge and his father was a mayor of their town. He came to US 1887-1888 and settled in Binghamton NY where he lived and died. If you know of a Michael as a sibling to Elizabeth, please let me know. Thank you. Judy

Re: Ferdinand (Fred) Polacek

ZlaticaBeca — 2010-06-01 21:41:22Z

You're welcome.
One more post waiting on you on BACHOR board.

http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm

Re: Ferdinand (Fred) Polacek

VJohnsonBlake — 2010-06-01 21:30:46Z

Thank you for responding.

Re: Ferdinand (Fred) Polacek

ZlaticaBeca — 2010-06-01 21:05:12Z

VJohnsonBlake

Mary's and Frank's state marriage application and church marriage record should have a place of birth.
No doubt, your research will be in Slovak Republic.

www.iarelative.com
www.cgsi.org
www.slovensko.com
http://slovakia.eunet.sk
http://genforum.com
www.surnamenavigator.org

Ferdinand (Fred) Polacek

VJohnsonBlake — 2010-05-29 12:41:55Z

Looking for any info on Ferdinand (Fred) Polacek b.1862 who immigrated to NY in 1902. He was a widower with two daughters, Mary b.abt 1892 and Amelia b.abt 1894.

1910, 1920, 1930 census each show birthplace(s) as Slovakia.

Mary married Frank Blazicek and they had 9 children: Frank Jr, Stephen, Rudolph, Stephanie, Minnie, Louis, William, Albert, and Joseph.

I don't know what happened to Amelia. Fred lived with Mary and her family at least until 1930 which is the last census avail.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Polacek from Puchov, CZ or Zelow Poland

tstodola1 — 2010-01-05 09:53:06Z

I have many information about Polacek and others families from Bohemka, Zelow etc. tstodola@volny(dot)cz or http://www.genebaze.cz/~ts/index.htm

Re: Polacek from Puchov, CZ or Zelow Poland

CarolM453 — 2009-12-14 00:09:42Z

That is interesting as my Polacek's may have been Bohemian and then went to Austria as well. My great grandfather Polacek had Austrian citizenship even though he and his brothers were living in the Ukraine (Bohemka) in the early 1900's. Their father was Pavel Polacek and I'm still trying to trace where exactly they came from before ending up in the Ukraine.

POLACEK Frances 1884-1929

t42MountOlivet — 2009-11-14 21:16:52Z

POLACEK Frances 1884-1929

I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 210,027 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

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

POLACEK Pearl 1907-1992

t42MountOlivet — 2009-07-06 21:34:25Z

POLACEK Pearl 1907-1992

I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 204,880 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

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

Re: Various Spelling of Polacek

micpol65 — 2009-02-08 00:53:55Z

I have seen it spelled Polachek, Polacek, and Polaciek just in my own family. I have also seen Polatschek.

Rosie/Rosa Polatsek, wife of Albert Klein, from Budapest, Hungary

laurenmoretti — 2008-09-10 03:12:10Z

My ancestor is Rosie/Rosa Polatsek from Budapest, Hungart, who married Albert Nathan. They had at least one child, Lottie (b. circa 1889,) who married Samuel Nathan in Cleveland, Ohio.

Anyone know Rosie/Rosa?

laurenmoretti@gmail.com

polaczek?

polaczek — 2008-08-28 00:29:06Z

i'm trying to find the history on my family with the last name polaczek. my grandpa supposedly came to the united states during WWII and left his family behind, however, i've just recently discovered that he has relatives in california. they didn't want to speak to him because they said they never wanted to see him again. so naturally, i wondered what in the world he did to his family members. the people in california changed their last name to something else, which i forget and i don't know their first name. oh, and my grandpa's name is john (i don't know what his actual polish name was, though). any information on my family history would be greatly appreciated because i can only find stuff with different spellings. thanks.

--polaczek family member

Re: Various Spelling of Polacek

polaczek — 2008-08-26 02:56:32Z

Hmm... I don't know how many different spellings of this there are, but I know there are a ton of them. I've even something as far off as Polyjack. Try to think of the last name spelled phonetically and stuff. There could be Polatczek, Palaszek, Polaczek, Polachek, Polyjack, Polijak, Polisik, Polaszek, Polatczek, etc. I don't know how many there are, but good luck in finding what you need.

Re: Polacek from Puchov, CZ or Zelow Poland

johannschuster — 2008-01-17 07:32:34Z

i have ancestors from bohemia with different spellings of polacek, polasek. polatschek ect. my great grandfather migrated to austria, but his sieblings might have gone to the USA after 1835- 1850 the names are Agnes * 14 Sep 1821
anton * 18 Apr 1824, rosalia * 15 feb 1829,
josepha *6 jun 1831, johann * 22 jun 1835,

the parents name were Anton and rosalia friedrich
the place the lived in was perna ( now ) then Bergen, in south moravia

John Polacek in Nebraska

exfro — 2005-07-17 19:31:24Z

I am looking for info about my grandfather John Polacek who lived around the Brainard, Nebraska, area. He was married to Josephine Dolezal and they had ll children. Thanks for any info.

Death Certificate of Wayne Polacek

2005-04-17 13:00:05Z

Trying to locate the death certificate for Wayne Polacek. According to the SSDI he died July 26, 2001. Last known residence was Clifton, New Jersey. New Jersey and New York both claim there is no death certificate in their state. Anyone know how I can find out where he died?

Re: Various Spelling of Polacek

2005-01-20 23:27:08Z

Carolyn,
Thank you for the wonderful information!
I would be so greatful if you could email me a copy of Stella and John's marriage record and her sisters! How exciting! No relative living knows Grandma had sisters!
Any info would be welcome!
With your help, I am able to put some of the pieces of the puzzle together.
Thank you,
Celeste

Re: Various Spelling of Polacek

2005-01-06 04:18:47Z

Hi, this is getting fun when someone is really out there!!!
You mentioned the towns of Tuchola & Bydygosc....these supposedly are in our area as my dad recalled his mother mentioning those towns and as kids they recalled it as "Big Dust" for Bydygosc.
My immigrant ancestor was ANDREW who, according to ship;s log was 31 when he came to Chicago in May, 1864. from Bremen & final destination listed as Chicago. Last residence is listed as Sileze...this could be a town but more like the area or Silesia??? altho there are towns by that name too, especially thru Soundex.
Andrew must have married in Chicago (they were all Catholics & pretty much still are today)..His wife's name was Mary Karnowski and their children (according to my notes here) were PAUL (married, had 2 dau.,stayed in Chicago);
George (my grandfather, married, buried in Little Falls)John(Never married, buried in LF) ANDREW JR. no info...died? stayed in chgo??don't know) and adoped dau Louise, rumor says possibly illegitimate...So, 2 of the group stayed in Chicago and also, census indicates 3 or 4 children died of "black plague" any idea when that was, I think about same time as Chgo fire?? I think I should see if I can locate any info from that St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Chgo..do you know if it's still operating??
Tell me about you...age, where do you live, etc. I am 64, my husband passed away last year, 1 yr on Feb.11th, and the original farm is still in our family, my brother & his wife farm there. I'd love to write a little biography if some of this ever comes together. The little village we grew up in is Sobieski, about 7 miles west of Little Falls MN>>>Very cold here tonite
and more forecast for tomorrow. I HATE WINTER!! SO, HOPE YOU ARE COZY WARM AND DO KEEP IN TOUCH..gOD BLESS.....sUZANNE

Re: Various Spelling of Polacek

cptoehedd1 — 2005-01-03 04:04:03Z

Hello Celeste,

I found your message quite interesting. I have seen your family in various records, and I might be able to give you some information. I have thought for some time that Casimir Polasik was related to my line of Polasiks, but have not able to find the connection yet. My great grandfather was Josef Polasik (originally spelled Polaszek), born March 1872 in Gostycyn, Tuchola, Bydygosc. His parents were Jan Polaszek and Maryanna Julka. The birth record says that Jan and Maryanna came from Bagnitz, which was not too far from there. I have not been able to find out any more about Jan and Maryanna, although there are other Polaszeks and Julkas in the Gostycyn records. I recently came across quite a few Polasiks in records from Witoslaw and Minikowo while working on another line, but haven't seen any connection to mine yet, and am pretty sure Casimir wasn't there either, but I think I will try to take a closer look when I can. Here is some of what I have of Casimir's family from census and church notes.

Casimir Polasik, b. 1849 in Poland
Frances b. 3/1864 in Poland

Maria b. 1880 in Poland
Stanislawa b.1883 Poland
Prakseda b. 1885 Poland
Joseph b. 3/1890 Illinois
Sophia b. 5/1892 Illinois
Bronislawa b.10/1895 Illinois

As you can see, it does not match up with the immigration record you have for Stella Polasik, however, this is the Stella Polasik who married John Zielinski. I have gathered more info on her siblings if you are interested.
Also, here is the best part, I have a copy of Stella and John's marriage record from St. Stanislaus Kostka, plus her two sisters, Prakseda and Maryanna. So, let me know if I can send you a scan of these!
Happy New Year!
Carolyn

Re: Various Spelling of Polacek

cptoehedd1 — 2005-01-03 04:04:03Z

Hi Suzanne,

I was very interested in your query. I traced my Polasik line to the Gostycyn and Byslaw area of Kreis Tuchola, Bydygosc. Their name was spelled Polaszek there. On the ship manifest, their names were "Germanized" to Polasik, Jan became Johann, etc. It is very likely that is what happened to yours. I would like to hear more about your family, as my Polasiks immigrated through Baltimore to Chicago also, in 1889. What other names besides Andrew do you have? You mentioned there was a marriage in Chicago, do you have more info on that? That was how I located my greatgrandfather's birth village, it was on the church marriage record. Were they Catholic or Lutheran?
Happy hunting,
Carolyn

Re: Various Spelling of Polacek

2005-01-01 19:39:30Z

Happy New Year!
My brother and I are trying to find out our Grandmother's family.
We also have been looking over boards in the hope of adding a piece to the puzzle. Polasik is a hard name to trace. The enclosed information is a far as we have gotten. Does this look like she may have been your family member also?

Stanislawa Polasik
Age: 11 months
Gender: Female
Occupation Code: Infant
Country: Prussia
Final Destination: Baltimore
Port of Embarkation: Bremen
Ship's Name: Kr. Friedrich Wilhelm
Date of Arrival: Apr. 16, 1881

Stanislawa ( Stella) married my grandfather John Zielinski in 1904, Chicago, Il. They had 9 children.

Would be happy to hear from you!
Celeste

Re: Various Spelling of Polacek

2004-12-25 20:15:32Z

We finally located records on my grandfather Polacek. He spelled the name the same every time but records are not always readable and a's and e's and i's are interchanged. We were looking in the wrong area for him and the 1920 census showed him in another state. The census spelled the name Polacik. We have located the ship manifest and his application for naturalization which he never completed so we were looking for naturalized citizen and he was recorded as an alien. (Probably because he filed the papers in Chicago and then moved to Iowa before the 5 year waiting period was up) His name was Samuel and his father was John and mother was Elizabeth. All lived in Chicago in early 1900's to around 1915. I do not know anything about any siblings. He does have a living son who is in his 80's. So just keep checking all spellings and record any where the dates or names are similar. One day they may all fit together.

Re: Various Spelling of Polacek

2004-12-24 04:06:56Z

Merry Christmas...I've been browsing various boards...been doing research on POLASEK, my ancestors from chgo.
Have found ships manifest and name different yet but am certain it is my gr grandfather. we have all records when they came to Little Falls MN< Morrison Co., here but he immigrated in 1864 and they came to MN 1884 (I think after the Chicago fire)> He was married in Chicago and 4 children died there from the plague, I know my grandfather had one unmarried brother here. One son stayed in Chgo, doubtful if he married. But my ancestor (Andrew) may have other family members immigrate also. We are Polish ancestry.
Please reply w/yr thoughts if time permits. Maybe this will be the year to get it sorted out!!!
Suzanne Polasek Greenslit....my dad had 3 brothers & they all spelled name differently too..runs in the family, I guess../

Re: Various Spelling of Polacek

cpranke — 2004-04-11 16:47:30Z

Hello,
I have experienced the same problems with my Polasik ancestors. I located the church records from Poland and it was spelled Polaszek. On their ship manifest, and ever since, it was spelled Polasik. It is spelled differently on every census, Polisik on one, Rolasik on another! So you can see that it is good to look for different spellings every way you can and then some. By the way, my Polasiks are in Chicago, too. The ones I see that are spelled with a c are usually Czech or Hungarian, are yours? Mine are Polish.

Various Spelling of Polacek

IreneClement — 2004-03-20 19:10:44Z

I have different spellings of the name on different documents The marriage license has Polacek with a mark over the c and a child's death certificate has the name spelled Polaczek. Does anyone know all the different spellings that could be on documents? I have been unable to find my grandfather on census records for Chicago for 1910 with street address and ward number. Does anyone have any suggestions as to why I may not be able to find him?

Re: Various Spelling of Polacek

IreneClement — 2004-03-20 19:10:44Z

Carolyn, I am not certain the nationality of my Polacek. I was told Yugoslavian and later Czech. It is difficult to find the exact country as the countries boundaries changed in the last century.

Polacek in Iowa

IreneClement — 2004-03-20 19:10:44Z

Looking for additional information on Samuel Polacek. I found him listed in 1930 census in Iowa.

Brian Polacek

IreneClement — 2004-03-20 19:10:44Z

I am trying to get in touch with a Brian Polacek who is researching Polacek in Illinois. Please contact me by email at eirene90@yahoo.com Irene

Re: Various Spelling of Polacek

emlimberg — 2003-05-24 18:29:06Z

Hi Irene,
Didn't we explore the possibility of family connections a while back? I've seen many different spellings of the family name on medical and school records, as well as in the census. Out of the 6 or 7 brothers, in the same census, they've had the name spelled three different ways. Some of the spellings include:
Polacek, Polacheck, Polachek, Polatscheck, Polatsek, Plateshek (these last 3 were on medical and school records).

I was able to find one of the records in the census by using the Soundex and being specific on location and first name. You also may have trouble finding them because they weren't home when the person came by. My aunt helped with the census when she was in college and she told me that they only had to go to someones house 3 times. If they couldn't find anyone at home, they could ask a neighbor. This explains some inconsistencies I've found in some of the census records.

Another thing I found in Chicago was that street names changed in the early 1900's. I only found that out when I was looking through the city directories. It explained a confusion a cousin and I had. She gave me an address for the family from @1910. When I looked at the Chicago city map, the street (Lincoln I think) could only be found on the Northside. But as far as we knew the family had lived on the Southside always (besides that was where the butcher shop was.) When I looked in the City Directories and at old city maps, that street name had been changed (to Talman?).
Good luck in your search

Re: Polacek

oldgoat1422 — 2002-08-09 13:51:00Z

I do not think this is my line....Vaclav and his two brothers arrived in 1887 and settled in Nebraska. They were originally from Caslau CZ.
Thanks

Re: Polacek

2002-08-08 22:24:46Z

hi
the ancestor Anton Polacek i am looking for was born
about 1780 - 90 somewhere in the Czech rep.he was married to Rosalia Friedrich and had a son called Anton born on
18 April 1824 in Perna near Mikulov ( CZ) can you relate to that date ? I don't know where he went to he could have migrated to the USA, can you please give more details ? kind regards Johann

Re: Polacek

2002-08-08 20:40:21Z

My grandfather's name is Anton Polacek. Born 1909 in NYC, USA.

Re: Polacek

elimberg — 2002-06-04 03:20:50Z

Hi Al,

Sorry about the prior posts, My keyboard went nutso. Anyway...
I've never heard of the family in Nebraska, but I'm learning a lot about the family, we didn't know before. We also have lost touch with most of them. My mother talks about her father's cousins and the 'cousin's club' that used to meet and play cards. If you are part of our family, you have to like cards (and be fairly good at them) See my followup post to Joann. If any of that sounds familiar, let me know and I'll be happy to share facts.

I have been told that Polacek, in Bohemia, was much like Jones in this country. There are a lot of them out there.
Eileen

,Re: Polacek

elimberg — 2002-06-04 03:15:47Z

Hi Al

,Re: Polacek

elimberg — 2002-06-04 03:15:45Z

Hi Al

,Re: Polacek

elimberg — 2002-06-04 03:15:45Z

Hi Al

Re: Polacek

elimberg — 2002-06-04 03:08:09Z

Unfortunately no,
At this time, I've only been able to trace my family back to immigration to the states in 1903. The oldest relatives would be my GGgrandparents Jakob & Karolina Polacek. Jakob was 72 then, which would put his birth @1929. I know nothing else about his family. I know that on the Ellis Island records, his place of residence was Smilovy Hory, Bohemia.

If something else comes up, I will definitely let you know.
Good luck
Eileen

Re: Polacek

2002-06-02 19:07:57Z

Thrilled to see your post....my family settled in eastern Nebraska. Might be a connect?

Re: Polacek

2002-06-01 23:44:37Z

I dont know were my g.g.father anton settled or moved to ?
I only know that his son Franz went to live in Lower Austria were he got married to Juliana Greiner,after 1835 the family name does not appear anymore in their home village of then Bergen (now PERNA) I have no knowledge were any of his siblings or the rest of the family went to ?
Franz had sisters :
Agnes born 14 May 1826,
Josepha born 6 Jun.1831.
Rosalia born 15 Feb.1829.
and brothers :
Anton born 18 Apr. 1824.
Johann born 22 Jun.1835.

Do any of this names and dates ring a bell ?
Thank you kindly for your response
Johann Schuster

Re: Polacek

elimberg — 2002-06-01 20:58:59Z

Johann,
Where did your Ggrandfather settle? I'm assuming he came to the states? I've seen the spelling of Polatschek on family documents from when they lived in New York. Otherwise, the Chicago branches all had other spellings of the name.

Anton seems to be a very popular name associated with the family, I've seen it in census records, etc.

It doesn't look like you are connected to my family, but I understand the frustration in finding details for this particular surname.
Good luck
Eileen

Polacek

2002-05-04 00:05:26Z

I am trying to find someone related to either of the sieblings of my greatgrandfather Franz Polacek (Polatschek)
his was born 28 oct.1819 in Perna (nowCZ)then Austria
His sieblings were :Anton *18.april 1824
Agnes *14 may 1826
Rosalia * 15 feb. 1829
Josepha * 6 jun. 1831
Johann * 22 Jun. 1835
All born in then Bergen now PERNA in the czech republic
Some might have migrated to the USA
can anyone help ? Thank you

Re: Elizabeth Koczakova

2002-03-25 20:51:33Z

Hi Gloria! I do not have a connection between Elizabeth Koczak and Antonette Koczak, but I will email all the information I have on Elizabeth and maybe we can start to make a connection from there. Tracey

Adolph Polacek

emlimberg — 2002-03-17 20:30:43Z

I am trying to research my grandfather's family.
His name was Rudolph. His father was Adolph, married to Otilia Dub.
Although my grandfather was born in this country in 1912 (New York),
his parents came to this country from Austria & Czecholslovakia.
Adolph's brothers and sisters also came and everyone eventually settled
in Chicago. We know there was Rudolph, Otto, Sigmund, Adolph, Joe (or Bob?)
Minnie & Louise. My mom remembers some of the 'cousins', but we've lost
touch with many of them. Please contact me by email,if you can help. Thanks

Re: Elizabeth Koczakova

glo303 — 2002-03-12 02:46:16Z

recently discovered my maternal grandmother's maiden name was antonette koczak(1881-1945), born in austria, immigrated to u.s. 1906-1910ish? any help? appreciate if you'd share any connections you might suspect. thanks, gloria (3-11-02)

Re: Adolph Polacek

2001-10-08 03:12:56Z

My son is in 5th grade and asked that I help him get his family tree together. I just happened across you message on ancestry.com.
My Great Grandfather was Adolph Polacek and his wife was Ottillia Dube. He had 3 daughters Elizabeth, Martha and Clair. My Grandmother was Martha she was born Nov 10th 1915 in NY Died in 1952 Married my Grandfather William Ray Brown Sr. Then divorced and remarried Howard Maag I would be happy to share more info with you if you think this is a match.
Happy Hunting

Re: Polacek nationality

2001-07-15 11:27:45Z

I have my Greatgrandfather Franz Polatschek born 1820 in
Bergen (now Perna Czech Republic) he moved to Lower Austria
were he married in 1852 the name could have been germanised
from Polacek on the marriage cert. he and his father are
notet as roman catholic.

Re: Polacek nationality

oldgoat1422 — 2001-07-09 02:29:48Z

When my family left the old country, it was Austria who had conqured Czech so take your pick. This was in the early 1870's.