would appreciate any leads
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Later found that the actual name was spelled CIENSKI (not CEINSKI) by our grandfather.
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Re: name is actually cienski
There are two types of Cienskis. There is a family in America that arived in the late 19th or early 20th century. Their name on arrival was actaully Cieszynski but the US official at imigration collapsed the name to Cienski. If you check phone records there is a cluimp of them in New York state. The second is a relatively rare Pollish family that dates back to the late 1300s. There is one branch (mine) in canada and another two or three in Poland. The family belonged to the gentry before the war. There are also a few examples of Cienskis who were deported to Russia in the 19th century for taking part in the Polish uprisings and who stayed and became Russified. There is supposedly a ship on the Black Sea named after a Russian poet Cienski. Regards,
Jan Cienski
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Re: name is actually cienski
Thanks Jan. Do you think we're related? John
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Re: name is actually cienski
I'm not sure if we're related. When did your family come to the states and what do you know about them in Poland? As far as I know the Cieszynskis I mentioned in my post were part of the vast wave of late 19th century immigration of peasants coming to the United States looking for a better life. The Cienskis were a wealthy landowning family mostly in eastern Poland (areas that are now in Ukraine) and I don't know of any who emigrated to the United States -- but you never know. How is the genealogical hunt progressing?
Regards,
Jan Cienski
BTW - our names are alomst the same - Jan is the Polish variant of John
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Re: name is actually cienski
read your message, you seem to be the most knowledgable of all the messages. I can't seem to get anyplace with my research. My greatgrandfather's name is thought to be Alexander Cieszynski who married a Wilhelmine Irene- maiden name unknown. I am certain that a brother of my great-grandfather came to the states in the late 1800's or early 1900's. All our papers were lost in WWII, all I know is that they lived in Bischofswerder W.Prussia. Have a picture of my great-grandfather in a casket and gravestone of my great-grandmother who died in Bavaria in 1945. Any help wd be appriated.
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Re: name is actually cienski
I got an email once from a Cienski/Cieszynski a few years ago although the name now escapes me. I know there is a Major Todd Cienski who is with the Air Force somewhere in the southwest. If you punch in Cienski on one of those phone number search engines for New York state you should pull up a raft of the Cieszynski-Cienskis. Good luck
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