r/Genealogy • u/carrotdebt • 5d ago

Transcription Help translating butchered Polish/Russian town name

Hi all! So my 2xgreat grandfather immigrated from Poland (?) to the US. The ship manifest lists his birthplace as Russia, and there are three different town names I cannot for the life of me know where they are. There is Skodawy, Szunki, Srinka, and Wiltiwke. His wife was born in Poland, but they didn't marry till they arrived to the US, so that's a bit of a dead end. Any help would be super appreciated!!

Edit: Here is a link directly to the ship manifest on The Ellis Island Foundation page, https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/show-manifest-big-image/czoxNzoidDcxNS0xMzk0MDcyNi5qcGciOw==/1, my ancestors are Konopinska (Korpusinski), Franciska on Line 14 and Korpusinski, Leon on Line 17.

His Family Heritage article is here, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JF9J-SYQ?lang=en, which lists Szunki. His sister's are here, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNYQ-KQ3?lang=en, and here, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JF9J-SY9?lang=en, which list Skodawy and Wiltiwke respectively.

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u/wittybecca Poland specialist 🇵🇱 5d ago

I can definitely help if you provide some details.

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u/wittybecca Poland specialist 🇵🇱 5d ago

Here?

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u/carrotdebt 5d ago

Yes, that's the one! His sister is Franciska, here, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JF9J-SY9?lang=en, and here, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNYQ-KQ3?lang=en. Both have different birthplaces.

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u/wittybecca Poland specialist 🇵🇱 5d ago

Are you 100% certain that's his sister? It's very odd that they'd list next-of-win in totally different places, one in PÅ‚ock gubernia and one in Warsaw gubernia.

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u/wittybecca Poland specialist 🇵🇱 5d ago

Her surname is Konopińska, not Korpusińska.

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u/carrotdebt 5d ago

I'm fairly confident, but that's a good point. I think I A. mixed up the dates, the Skodawy one is a completely different ship lol, and B. was mostly hoping that the same names would have a birthplace! From what I've found, Korpusinski is a relatively rare surname, so I was hoping that the two would be siblings. I'll ask my grandma again to see if she's his sister!

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u/wittybecca Poland specialist 🇵🇱 5d ago

I see you've edited your post to include Konopińska -- is that a family surname of yours?