looking for surnames ORKUSZ(ORKUSH)AND KUPIAK

[dmoeller]

I am searching for the surnames of Orkusz(Orkush). My grandfather's name was Andrew Orkusz. He was born in Jaworrow in 1887. I know his parent's names were Wasyl Orkusz and his mother's was Kateryna Kupiak. I do know Andrew had two sisters. Kateryna and Anne. Anne married a man by the name of Andrew Rozak. As for brother's I am not sure how many he had. I know one was named Metro(Michal) who was killed in his house during the war. As for family stories the other brother's names might have been Stefan, Julian, Ivan. Has anyone in there searching of records or maybe knows someone who knows of the surname Orkusz(Orkush) or Kupiak? Thank you all for your help. It is greatly appreciated.

Darcie

[Hannia]

From late 18th cntury to 1919 wies/village Jaworow (Polish spelling) was a district center town w/a/ population of 10,000 people in 1900. It was a town in Galicia/HALYCHYNA, administered by ethnic Poles for the AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE. Geographically, it was located 30 miles due East of Lemberg/LVIV. It had a pottery, a brewery and a distillery. There was also some trade in agricultural produce conducted. Not far from Jaworow there were the famous sulphur springs in Shklo.

Jaworow was a favorite residence of Jan Sobieski lll, 17th century Polish king, who saved Vienna from the Ottoman Turks. Tsar Peter the Great was betrothed to Catherine I in Jaworow.
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Immigrants frequently referred to their district center as place of origin for geographical reference, because their own villages were small.

Today these are most of the villages located in the district of Javoriv/Yavoriv:

Berdykhiv
Birky
Buniv
Velykopole
Verblyany
Vizhomlya
(LDS has GC Records available for Parafja O©omla (JaworСw) 1743-1847)
Volya Dobrostanska
Voroblyachyn
Vorotsiv
Hlynytsi
(LDS has RC Records 1784-1895 Parafia Krakowiec, Jaworow)
Hrushiv
Domazhyr
Dobrostany
(LDS has GC Records 1844-1847 GrСdek JagielloЯski was adm district then)
(LDS has RC Records Parafia Bialagora 1844-1847 GrСdek JagielloЯski )
Drohomytsyl
(LDS has RC Records 1784-1875 Parafia Wielkie Oczy, Lubaczow)
Dubrovytsya
Zavadiv
(LDS has GC Records available for Parafja ZawadСw (JaworСw) 1807-1821)
Zaluzhia
Ivano-Frankove
(LDS has Austrian military personnel metrykal records 1917-1919. Previously village was called Janow/Ivankiv )
(LDS has RC Records available for Janow Grodek Jagiellonski 1754-1938)
Kalynivka
Kalytyaky
Kamyanobrid
Karachyniv
Kozhychi
Kolonytsi
Koty
Kokhanivka
Krakovetz
(LDS RC Records available for Krakowiec 1784-1895)
Lozyno
Lyubyni
Malo Shkovychi
Malchytsi
(LDS has GC Records for Parafja Malczyce - GrСdek JagielloЯski 1845-1848)
Moryantsi
(LDS has RC Records available Parafja Krakowiec - JaworСw 1784-1895)
Muzhylovychi
(LDS has RC Records available Parafja Mu©yЁowice-JaworСw 1782-1887)
Nahachiv
Nakonechne Druhe
Nakonechne Pershe
Nemyriv
(LDS has RC Records available for Parafja NiemirСw (Rawa Ruska) 1636-1944)
Novyny
Novoyavorivsk
Oselya
Pidluby
Porudenko
Prylbychi
Rohizno
Ruda Krakovetska
Ryasne-Ruske
(LDS has RC Records available Parafja RzЙsna Polska (LwСw) 1751-1938)
Svydnytsya
Seredkevychi
Smolyn
Starij Yar
Starychi
(LDS has GC Records available for Parafja Starzyska (JawowСw) 1824-1834)
Stradch
Tarnovytsya
(before 1940 this was Brukhnal - LDS has RC records 1787-1859)
Chernylyava
(Czernilawa in Polish - LDS - GC Records 1784-1841)
Cherchyk
Cholhyni
Shklo
Yavoriv (LDS has RC Records available for 1816-1864)
Yasnyska
Trostynetsi
(LDS has Mennonite Records available 1785-1950 Einsiedel )

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Interesting article re your ancestral district today.
enlarg_pol-uk
http://amor.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0444vhn/jee1.htm









[Edited by Hannia on 12th February 2006 at 04:22]