my mother's maidian name was Kolacz but in the english it was spelled Kowatz. Her father's name was Walenty Kolacz and came over here around the turn of the 1900's. He married a Mary Musial in Plymouth PA.
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Hello,
I found your posting on the Kolacz = Kowatz posting very interesting. I have been trying to find the origin of my great-great-grandfather Joseph Kowatz, born in the Beuthen region in Upper Silesia around 1810. The only name I have found so far in the Beuthen books around that time is a Joseph Kolacz. Apparently, if that name was to be written Kol~acz is would be pronounced somewhat like Kowatz. Have you heard of other Kolacz families that have changed their name spelling to Kowatz ?
Regards,
Ingolf vogel
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Ingolf,
I have just begun to research my surname. I do however remember some of my fathers family pronouncing Kolacz as what could be spelled Kowatz, although the "tz" was prounounced more like the "ch" in cherry.
I will keep my eyes open for any other information regarding this spelling and forward any information I find to you if you send me your email address.
-Richard
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Re: KO L ACZ, KO L ACH, KOLACKI vs KO L~ proun. "W"
Go to Rymut's "Nazwisk w Polska" and type in Ko*ac* to get variations on this name, AND, distribution in the old 49 provin- ces in Poland. The L with a cross thru it gives the L a "W" sound. Thus Kol~acz = KOH-wahch. Ko watz is German end- ing probably in Prussia, incl. Silesia/Schlesien/Sla,sk! Check Walbrzych, Wroclaw, Legnica, Jelenia Gora esp. in Rymut's name distribution!!
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Re: looking for family-KOWATCH , KO L~ACZ , Silesian provinces
Rymut's shows 4397 Ko l~ acz in Poland with some in Silesia but many in Poznan & Galician provinces(old 49)! Again you can type in "KoLac*" & also "Ka*ac*", the latter to get L~, for Rymut's listing of surnames & distribution. Click on "skrotow" for abbreviation full names of 49 provinces!
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We may have a Kolacz connection. Please email me.
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tHIS IS YOUR COUSIN mARIE, THANKS for the birthday card and for washing the dishes on easter. if you get any info on the family please let us know.
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we are children of josephine kolacz (kowatz) and stanley mazur from plymouth. pa. Her fathers name was valentine and mom was maryann, married in the polish national church in plymouth... ring any bells
at ellis island when they arrived in the USA, valentine and MR Kowatch walked for 6 weeks from NY to scranton and lived on berries...
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valentine kolacz/kowatz was our grandfather, he was married to mary ann musial when he aame for poland to pa ring any bells?
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I am looking for the ancestors of Josephine Kolacz. She lived in and around Schenectady, NY. She married William Ryan and had three children; Richard J., Dorothy and Edward S. What do you know?
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