tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post1322577838561262126..comments2024-03-16T13:05:52.650-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Looking For Not-WalterJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-30528943606355412742016-09-06T22:53:36.428-07:002016-09-06T22:53:36.428-07:00Well, I wrote...and I can hardly wait for an answe...Well, I wrote...and I can hardly wait for an answer!!! I may have found another way around the dilemma, though. This may not be my man, after all.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-11082727486157632552016-09-06T22:52:22.272-07:002016-09-06T22:52:22.272-07:00Interesting perspective! Thanks for sharing that, ...Interesting perspective! Thanks for sharing that, Miss Merry. Apparently, Walter seems a handy substitute name for a number of others, rather than a standard anglicized version of a specific Polish name.<br /><br />Your husband's relatives' experience is indeed something to keep in mind--useful to explain that frustrating quest for the birth date that seems to keep changing. (Um...it is!)<br /><br />We tend to see everything from our own perspective, the one we learned by growing up here, when the experience of immigrants may be vastly different and their point of view on something as "basic" as birthdays nothing like we've come to expect. Something to keep in mind as we research these family members fresh from foreign lands.<br /><br />A very useful illustration, indeed!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-59909853069077652232016-09-06T08:13:19.668-07:002016-09-06T08:13:19.668-07:00The obit you found has some descendants... but I h...The obit you found has some descendants... but I hope your Ancestry connection will yield you the correct info! :)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-47333397049434698672016-09-06T05:42:22.283-07:002016-09-06T05:42:22.283-07:00My husbands Valclaw (who became Walter), Stanislas...My husbands Valclaw (who became Walter), Stanislas (who became Stanley), Michael and Andrew Hamernik, were listed on the back of their mothers immigration card. I have never seen a document with the same birthdate for Valclaw/Walter. My mother-in-law shared that he once told her that he was not sure how old he was or what the date was, his mother just made these up whenever asked. When he entered the army, he chose one and then stuck with it the rest of his life. Most of his family Americanized their names as soon as they arrived. Miss Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691152819794851137noreply@blogger.com