[Cz-L] Names!

Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Names!
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>Hello, is this name familiar to any one? Gusta Schwarzfeld, born about
>1911). She owned a small snack shop?
>she lived in the Village of Revne. Revne today is , 6 miles from =
Czernowitz.
>I understand Mimi Taylor had Jewish family there.
>The village Revna appeared in 1661, the population is 1127 inhabitants =
and
>area 166,5 hectares...
>I have been getting the researcher who posted to our group some time =
ago
>(Rus Kos) to look for my family in that village, he has sent me some =
info on
>Schwartfeld.
>
>But I am not sure if this is a family connection for me as he can only =
find
>one Jewish family there before the war. I believe that my family may =
have
>used a false name to leave the country around 1903, picking a common =
non
>Jewish name so not to have problems leaving the area (Skydaniuk)
> Today we might use the name "Smith" as "Skydaniuk" is the equivalent =
for
>the Village Revne then.
>
>Here is a bit of what my researcher has set me.
>" Revne near the river Prut and want tell you about first results of =
our
>search:
>Strilezky Kut (Rom. Cotul Vanatori), Revna and Burdey are three =
villages,
>that belong to one village council, here live about 3500 people. Revna =
is a
>rather big village with more, than 1000 inhabitants. People here are =
kindly
>and know all latest news, it was a pleasure to speak with them.
>
>I've spoken first with one daughter (Marusia) daughter of Skydaniuk =
Dmytro
>Konstntinovich, who left her, when she was young and moved to Canada in
>1942.(no relation)
>
>Then I spoke with 81 years old own brother of Skydaniuk Dmytro, his =
name is
>Skydaniuk Mychael Konstantinowitch. He told me, that there was a lot of
>Skydaniuks, when it was Romania - about 120 persons, who had this =
surname,
>but not now, only about 30 left. It was the most spread surname in =
Revna,
>like in Striletzky Kut other surnames."
>
>
>
>Thanks Michele Guttormsson -Troupe
Received on 2005-06-10 09:30:57