Edward John Kiewra
Rosemarie Troy
Dennis Joseph Kiewra
Edward William Kiewra
Lawrence John Kiewra
Regina Marie Mitchell
Elizabeth Ann Carpenter
John Martin Troy
Jeanette Diane Oakley
Jacqueline Donna Troy

Links now go to picture pages

Click here for the Family Wedding Photo's

Click here for 1930 Census Report Document's

William Kiewra (*12/22/1895 -  05/??/1970) & Hedwig () Kiewra (*)

Michael Kiewra (*) & Mary (Cichon) Kiewra (*)

Anthony Kiewra (* ??/??/????-03/20/1949) & Anna (Naumic) Kiewra (*??/??/1897-02/11/1979)

William Kiewra (1/2 Brother to Michael & Anthony, Son of Michael & Anthony's step-mother)

(*)Deceased

Since my memory is cluttered with so much useful junk (stuff I use to make a living), any and all help to update this info would be appreciated.  Provide Names, Children, birth dates and death dates if applicable. I'm Working on how to include the dates.

E-MAIL ME ANY KIND OF UPDATES OR HELP YOU CAN GIVE

If you want your pictures included, e-mail the picture to me or send it to P.O. Box 20672, Floral Park, NY 11002-0672 and I will scan it.

from www.7online.com news announcement on 4/18/2001:

For More Information:

NOTES:

More Roots Worksheet info - Names, notes, info, to be sorted out

Some info links:
Poland Gen Web
Ellis Island Wall of Honor
Yahoo People Search
Ancestry Search

Ellis Island Records:
    Anna Kiewra from Vilna, Poland                  Panel 222
    William & Hedwig Kiewra from Poland        Panel 222

Possibly from Wroclaw or Krakow

Common Polish First Names
    Wilhelm (William, Bill) -- June 25
    Jadwiga (Hedwig, Hattie) -- Blessed Hedwig, Queen of Poland February 28; Hedwig, patroness of Silesia October 16

Feast Days of the Roman Calendar:
    June 25 -- William
    February 28 -- Antonia, Antonina; Blessed Hedwig, Queen of Poland
    October 16 -- Hedwig, patroness of Silesia

Wrote to Marek Kiewra of Poland marekk@anastasis.ml.org and he supplied me with some of his familiy origins:

Grandfather Nicodem Kiewra & Father Cezary Kiewra from Bielarus

To: Lawrence Kiewra <larry@kiewra.com>
From: Alan, Berlin, Germany <AlanWildblood@compuserve.com>

Lawrence,

Here is what I have from a 1995-96 CD-ROM covering 11 of 45 voivodeships:

Dorota and Henryk Kiewra, Kwiska 14 m 8, 54-210 Wroclaw
Stanislaw Kiewra, Czarnieckiego 5 m 72, 53-650 Wroclaw
Stanislaw Kiewro, Graniczna 6/c m 62, 40-008 Katowice
Stanislaw Kiewro, Pilotow 25, 31-462 Krakow

Dorota Kiewra has a master's in biology, Henryk in rehabilitation, Stanislaw Kiewra in engineering. The abbreviation "m" is like "Apt." in English.

My 1998 yellow pages show neither Kiewra nor Kiewro. No grocers, physicians, architects, etc.

If you want my wife (anesthesiologist from Krakow) and me (subtitler from Trenton, NJ)  to translate a letter into Polish, let us know.

I have not run into "walshmessenger" before.

Alan, Berlin, Germany <AlanWildblood@compuserve.com>

To: Lawrence Kiewra <larry@kiewra.com>
From: William F. Hoffman <WFHOFFMAN@prodigy.net>

I'm sorry I couldn't answer your note sooner. I've been horribly busy lately, and haven't had much time for answering name inquiries. But I did look through my sources some time ago for information, and found that none of them mentioned this name. I was waiting for   another book to come in, which, I hoped, might shed some light. But unfortunately, it didn't. So I simply have to admit I don't have a  clue what this name comes from. My gut feeling is that it might be Ukrainian, but even my Ukrainian sources don't mention it.

The one thing I can tell you is that the name, while not common, is not unknown in Poland. As of 1990 there were 196 Polish citizens  named KIEWRA, and another 94 named KIEWRO. Neither name showed any particular concentration in one place, although both  seem more common in western Poland, in the areas formerly ruled by Germany but returned to Poland after World War II. This is  not inconsistent with Ukrainian origin, because after World War II huge numbers of ethnic Ukrainians were forced to relocate from   southeastern Poland (which used to include much of western Ukraine) to those "recovered lands" (as the Poles call them) in western  Poland. If we had data from before World War II (but unfortunately we don't), I would make a pretty sizable bet the name would  show up almost exclusively in eastern Poland and western Ukraine.

I'm sorry I couldn't help more -- you might visit <www.infoukes.com>, investigate their resources, and see if anyone there can at least  confirm or refute my suspicion that the name is Ukrainian. If it is, who knows, maybe someone there can tell you something useful... You might also try writing the Anthroponymic Workshop of the Polish Language Institute -- there's more info in the introduction to my  Webpage at <http://www.pgsa.org/nazw_index.htm>.

Good luck!

William F. Hoffman <WFHOFFMAN@prodigy.net>      
Author, "Polish Surnames: Origins & Meanings"
Co-Author, "First Names of the Polish Commonwealth: Origins & Meanings"
PGSA Publications Editor <www.pgsa.org>

From: Tomas Kiewra <plaston.tk@interdata.cz>
To: Lawrence Kiewra <larry@kiewra.com>

Ahoj, po shlédnutí Vašich stránek jsem se rozhodl, ze Vám napíši. Duvod je jasný - jméno KIEWRA, které se na Vašich stránkách  neustále opakuje. Velmi by me zajímalo neco blizšího o techto stránkách. Bohuzel neumím anglicky a proto se jen domnívám ze  se jedná o jméno KIEWRA. jestli to tak je, tak pár rádku o sobe.

Jmé jméno je TOMAS KIEWRA a pocházím z Ceské republiky. Narodil jsem se v roce 1976 v Cechách, mého otce jsem  nepoznal, ale vím ze pochází z Polska a jeho babicka z Ukrajiny nebo z pohranicí Polska s Ukrajinou.

Byl bych velic rád kdybyste mi mohli odepsat a dát více informací o techto stránkách.
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Hallo, ich habe Ihre Seiten gesehen, und habe mich entschlosen Ihnen ein par Woerte zu schreiben. Es interesiert mich um was geht es auf diesen Seiten. Ich habe bemerkt das Name KIEWRA sehr oft  ist.   Leider spreche ich nicht Englisch, und ich kann nur denken dass es um den Namen KIEWRA geht. Wenn, ja dann moechte ich Ihnen etwas ueber mich schreiben. 

Mein Name ist TOMAS KIEWRA  und ich wohne in Tschechischen Republik. Ich bin im   Jahr 1976 geboren. Meinen Vater habe ich nich kennen gelernt, aber ich weiss dass er vom Poland kommt, und seine Oma vom Ukraina oder von Grenze mit Ukraina.

Ich waere sehr gern wenn Sie mir zurueck schreiben und etwas mehr ueber die seiten sagen.
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My Name is Tomas Kiewra from Czech Republic.
I cannot English. Accordingly correspond Czech and German.
Please about more advice of your pp.
Be alive but that myself acts obout name Kiewra?

My address:      plaston.tk@interdata.cz
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German Translation of 2nd part of letter: (http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate):
Hello, I saw your pages, and has itself entschlosen to you par a Woerte to write. It interesiert me of which is a matter it on these pages. I have that name KIEWRA am very often noticed. nfortunately I do not speak English, and I can only think that it around the name KIEWRA go. If, then I liked you something over me schreiben.

My name is TOMAS KIEWRA and I lives in Czech republic. I am born in the year 1976. Mean father I nich to know learned, but I white that he from the pole and comes, and its granny of the Ukraina or of boundary with Ukraina.

I would very gladly be if you me back write and somewhat more about the pages say.

From: Lawrence Kiewra <larry@kiewra.com>
To: Tomas Kiewra <plaston.tk@interdata.cz>

English:
Wish I could help, but I only speak English. I used a Germain-English Translator and will use it to do English-German.  Not sure how good it works. I will try my best.
(http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate)

My grand parents came from Poland in early 1900.  We are not sure from which town or country.  My www page is just a collection of family root information as far back as we can recall to current times. I have been researching out roots for about one year when I have got free time. I hope this helps.  Thank you for writing.

German:
Wunsch I könnte helfen, aber ich spreche nur Englisch. Ich benutzte einen Germain-Englishübersetzer und werde ihn benutzen, um English-German zu tun. Nicht sicher, wie gutes ot arbeitet. Ich versuche mein bestes.
(http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate)

Meine großartigen Muttersubstanzen kamen aus Polen frühem 1900. Sicher von wir sind nicht, welche Stadt oder Land. Meine WWWSEITE ist eine Ansammlung Familie Wurzel-Informationen so weit der Rückseite gerade, wie wir zu den aktuellen Uhrzeiten wieder aufrufen können. Ich habe aus Wurzeln für ungefähr ein Jahr erforscht, als ich freie Zeit habe. Ich hoffe, daß dieses hilft. Danke für Schreiben.

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From: Edward A. Kiewra
To: Larry (and Gus)

My side of the family had a reunion this past weekend, and it gave me the opportunity to speak with some of my aunts and uncles. My grandfather, Anthony, had two brothers, William and Michael. William was actually a half-brother, the son of Michael and Anthony's step-mother. Here's some information to update your website, under Anthony and Anna Kiewra: Anthony died on 3/20/49 (he wasn't even sure of the year of his birth); Anna was born in 1897 and died on 2/11/79; my father Edward (dates are correct) was married to Josephine (Zduniak) Kiewra (you have Alice from the listing under Michael and Mary) - she was born on 1/31/20 and died on 4/30/79; Edward and Josephine's children are Edward, Virginia, Mary Jean Russo, and Robert. As for my father's siblings, Josephine was married to Vincent Filaski (he died on 3/10/59 - their children are Vincent and Donald. Joseph Kiewra, who died on 10/12/75, was married to Florence Anderson - they have one son, Joseph. Walter Kiewra died on 11/18/72 (was married to Gertrude (don't know her last name), who is also deceased. Francis (Frank) Kiewra is married to Winifred Bleich - they had 3 children, Dard (Winifred's son from a previous marriage - his name was changed to Edward Stagg and he died about 1 ˝ years ago), Diane, and Kenneth. Zigmond (John) Kiewra is married to Arlene Kamm, with two sons Jack and James. Frances Kiewra married William Gleason (who died a few years ago) and they had 3 children, Katherine, Janice, and Kenneth. Jennie Kiewra married Joseph Domanski (deceased), with 2 children (Joseph - deceased) and Ronald. Alexander Kiewra married Sonja Nielsen, with 4 children, Alex, Steven, Gary, and Keith. Lillian Kiewra married Thomas Scurti, with 3 children, Deb (Deborah?), Lori, and Chris (Christine?). There was an 11th child, Mary, who was born in 1917, 1918, or 1919 and died when she was a year old.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Have you made use of any of the genealogical resources of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? The Church's family history centers have access to a wealth of information. I'm interested in finding a hometown/birthplace for my grandfather and grandmother (Anthony and Anna) in Poland (probably Russia at that time). Please let me know if you come across any leads. Thanks and keep in touch.

Ed