BESZ surname and family

[burteck]

Hello to all,

My name is Bartek Besz and I am looking for all information about BESZ surname and family. I live in Poland. From information I already have I know that my grandfather and his father lived in Bar. It is a small village near to Doliniany and Rodatycze, both in close area to Lvov. It is hard to say which place was main of Besz but all this area can be indicated as a birthplace of BESZs.

My grandfather was Jan Besz and his father - Piotr Besz. They both came to Poland in May 1945. Here my father was born and that is the reason why I am here.

Do you know BESZ surname at all?
Do you know people with this surname who still lives in mentioned area?
Or maybe you know where else BESZ surname exists?

Let me know if you know something more.

Thanks a lot.

Bartek from Poland

[Sandra Merchant]

Bartek, I found one birth record for a Wilhelm Oelke, whose father was Christian Oelke and whose mother Wilhelmina Besz. That one birth was in 1868, in Paris, Bessarabia. So, yes, there were people by that name. I found the record in the St. Petersburg files available at Odessa Digital Library, which focuses on Germans. Also, a quick search on Ancestry.com shows there were Besz families who immigrated to America from Poland and Hungary, as well as from Galicia--and many other European countries.

Sandra M.

[burteck]

Hello Sandra,

Thank you for info. Unfortunately, I don't have an access to ancestry.com so could you send me more detailes info about those BESZ who came to USA from Poland and Hungary?

Regards,
Bartek

[Sandra Merchant]

Josefa Besz
Arrival Date:2 Oct 1925
Birth Year:abt 1863
Birth Location:Poland
Birth Location Other:grzybowo
Age:62
Gender:Female
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Polish
Port of Departure:Bremen, Germany
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name:Washington
I'll send you a private message with any others I find.
Sandra

[burteck]

OK. I will wait. Thank you in advance.

Bartek

[Sandra Merchant]

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[sylvie]

There are Besz (Беш) individuals still living in Doliniany (Долиняни).

Here is an address for one of the older ladies (Evdokia Besz) born in 1929.

Беш Евдокия Тимофеевна
Долиняни село
Городоцький район
Львівська область
Україна 81504
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