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Tchorz family in New Bedford, MA

Tchorz family in New Bedford, MA

Posted: 4 Sep 2013 1:04AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Tchorz
I am searching for any family members related to William Joseph Tchorz, born in New Bedford, MA about 1918/1919. We think his father's name was Joseph. If there are any Tchorz's in New Bedford or Bristol County, MA, please connect and let's see if we're related.

Re: Tchorz family in New Bedford, MA

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 1:06AM GMT
Classification: Biography
Hi Kelly: I can't help you with Maryland specifically, but I can tell you a good deal about your name and the family origins. First of all, this is only one of the spellings that relate to all the same family. You should look also at Tchors, Tchorsch, Tschorsch, and some of the descendants of the family live in the area of Alpina, Michigan, and now spell the name Torsch. The Michigan family traces its roots to Riesenkirch, West Prussia, which today is a little east of Kwidzyn in Poland (Marienwerder back then). My GGGGrandfather married Gottliebe Tchorsch there in 1815, and her roots trace to the same family that now lives around Alpina. I have listed more than 100 members of the family in West Prussia back as far as about 1720 when the records get really hard to read. I have also found a living relative (I'm fairly sure, but don't yet have proof) who lives in Germany today and whose origins are also Riesenkirch. This name is so unusual that I think there is a large possibility that you are related too. Although the family was German speaking, and Evangelical (probably Lutheran) the name is not characteristically German, and may have had Slavic origins. Many of the people who were native to that part of Europe had their origins on the north side of the Danube, perhaps in Romania, Hungary or Austria dating back as much as 12,000 years or more. Like yours, my family name has taken many spellings but was most likely Golembiewski, although I have come to speculate that this name may have been an adaptation from something else sometime around the 1750s.

Do you know anything about the emigration of your ancestors from Europe, and were they German speaking?

So if you want to learn more about the family drop me a line. Although I am a member of Ancestry, I find it easier to correspond directly by email, so you can reach me at davidgolem@xplornet.com

David
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