Tarnogorski and Grzymala families

[Pitter Pen]

Paul, please check your private message box.

[PaulGorecki49]

Done!
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Paul

[PaulGorecki49]

My mother had a photo of a woman taken in 1912. We do not know who this woman was, but there is some writing at the back of the photo (see attachment). I was wondering if someone in the forum could translate that text for me. Thank you very much.

[IreneLviv]

To my dear and nice student Mania Tarnogurskaya ( Tarnogorska) for good memory from Vera Yakovlenko-Obydennaya with love.
Kyiv 1 May 1912

[PaulGorecki49]

Thank you very much Irene; this would have been to Marja Tarnogórska, the sister of my grandmother. Marja was born in about 1895.

[Pitter Pen]

According to the photo the surname is Tarn*gurskaya but not Tarn*gorskaya ("*" is a symbol i cannot understand, maybe it is "o" or maybe it is "e"). So which family are you looking for?

[IreneLviv]

This name is probably of Polish origin - meaning 'someone from Blackthorn Hill'. The letter o acute is pronunced as [u] - therefore [у] is used in the Cyrillic font