Hello! I saw your post in the Poland group and was excited to see that you are from Greenpoint because that is where my grandmother grew up. Her name is Marie Dembroski, she was born in 1924, and she lived on the 3rd floor of 72 Green Street and then later moved to DuPont street. She attended PS 31 and went to church at Saints Cyril & Methodius, though she also remembers her grandmother taking her to a Polish National Church too. Her parents were Alex and Susan (Genovese) Dembroski and she had two younger brothers, Al and Peter. Her grandmother and step-grandfather lived on the same floor, and their names were Mari Storoszah and Piotr Kolakowski. Please let me know if any of those names sound familiar to you or to someone you know there...it would mean so much to my grandmother to find out that someone remembered her or her family.

Hi Gerry,

I noticed that you listed the Surname "DANIELL" on your list of surnames.

My Maternal Grandmother was a DANIEL. but there has been some discussion that the name could, possibly, have originally been "DANIELL." My Daniel's came from, primarily, Newton County, Georgia. Could you please tell me where your DANIELL'S came from?


My biggest brickwall is Joseph Alexander DANIEL, who was born 1836 in Newton County. Could this be part of your DANIELL group?

Thanks for any help, and Have a Great Day!

Brenda