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Research in Other Countries => Europe => Topic started by: D on Saturday 08 January 11 09:16 GMT (UK)
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I am helping a a friend to try and trace the family tree of Teodor Gawryluk who is his grandfather
A member of the polish army during WW11 Teodor Gawryluk was born 1913 and educated in Poland
He was with the Polish army during WW11 and was a P O W with germans and russians
He served the 8th army and was in the battle of Monte Casino.
He moved to England after the war where he lived until his death in 1982 but very little is known of his life in Poland or his family there only that his fathers name was Dimitry Gawryluk and he was a tailor by trade
Can anybody help
Many thanks
Diane
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Hi Diane
You really need to be able to find a place of birth to make progress, especially as the name looks more Ukrainian than Polish - he could have been a Greek Catholic from what is now the SE of Poland or W Ukraine. Did Teodor become a naturalised British subject? If so, there might be some record of his place of birth in his naturalisation record. Or was he a UN-recognised Displaced Person at the end of WW2? If so, there are surviving records (not online, in Germany) which could give a place of birth and names of parents.
Bluebird
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Hi Bluebird
Thank you, not sure about any of it
Have written to the MOD Polish enquiries dept to see if we can get the records to shed some light on it
Thanks again for your help
Diane
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I have the records back from the MOD and now have the following infomation
Dymitr Gawryluk married Akulina Tereszczuk, son named Teodor born 1913 in Ratno/Rokice/ Rokita,Kowel Wolyn, Poland
He was Roman Catholic
Occupation before the war Furrier Tanner
(Wife's name Katoryno Bilczek/kattacina Fejtouk not sure about the spelling
Place of residence before the war Rockice Wolh.Kr Skowal) This info taken from basic personnel record
What to do next?
Any help would be appreciated
Thank you
Diane
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Dymitr Gawryluk married Akulina Tereszczuk, son named Teodor born 1913 in Ratno/Rokice/ Rokita,Kowel Wolyn, Poland
This was Poland, but is now Ukraine.
You should still be able to find Polish (web) links that offer information.
this may help, but it's in Polish. http://www.wolyn.ovh.org/
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born 1913 in Ratno/Rokice/ Rokita,Kowel Wolyn, Poland
Rakitnitsa village
Rokitnica (in Polish)
Рокитниця (in Ukrainian)
Ракитница (in Russian)
Kovel district, Volhynia, now Ukraine.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ракитница,+Волынская+область,+Украина,+45064/@51.1024752,24.7585659,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47243659600aee4d:0xf9145d9bfe3428aa!8m2!3d51.1035553!4d24.7771064 (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ракитница,+Волынская+область,+Украина,+45064/@51.1024752,24.7585659,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47243659600aee4d:0xf9145d9bfe3428aa!8m2!3d51.1035553!4d24.7771064)
In 1913 that was Russian territory, not Polish
Katoryno Bilczek/kattacina Fejtouk I think it's Kateryna Bilczuk (in Polish)/ Bilchuk in English/ Катерина Більчук in Ukr.
Dymitr Gawryluk Дмитрий Гаврилюк (Russ.)/ Дмитро Гаврилюк (Ukr.)
Akulina Tereszczuk Акулина Терещук