Re: Istanbul Database/gedelowitz name

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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 18:07:55 UTC, ben.forman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ben
Forman) opined:

> Genners
>
> I was suprised to see the surname of my polish GGM at the top corner of
> the home page of this database, can anyone elaborate on what the surname
> "GEDALOWITZ" means and how wide spread it might have been amongst Jewish
> communities in the 1850-1880s.

To answer your question about the origin of the surname, a more
accurate Polish spelling of which is GEDALOWICZ:

The "-wicz" is a common Slavic (in this case, Polish) suffix meaning
"son of". The "Gedal-" represents the Hebrew given name "Gedalia",
which was probably the name of the father of the first member of the
family obligated to adopt a fixed surname at the beginning of the
nineteenth century. As you can see from any telephone directory of any
place where Jews lived, a frequent way of satisfying that obligation
was simply to call the current patronymic a surname, and to freeze it
in time.
--
Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel

Searching:
NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, SURALSKI: From Lomza Gubernia
ISMACH: From Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina
HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: From Dorohoi District, Romania
GRISARU, VATARU: From Iasi, Dorohoi, and Mileanca, Romania

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