Came across this name while preparing a map...
Say that 10 times fast.
Just damn! Where in the hell would that surname have come from? When the people were entering Ellis Island, did the person writing the name down have parkinsons or something? It looks German at the same time as Arabic.
All I can say is Wow!
This is the only time I've EVER googled something and only had one hit!
Yet to be researched! I'll bet!
Indian?
This ain't Kansas Anymore
Sounds like a native of one of the many small towns in northern Kansas settled by immigrants. Town after town in that area is either Bohemian, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Irish, Italian, Hungarian or some other nationality. The descendants of the settlers still dominate the local business names and such. It's easy to determine the ethnicity of most residents in the town by looking at a few local business names. Something like: Horinek, Feldhausen, Baumheckle, Svedborg, Erikson, Riley, Bartalucci, Dvorak.
Perhaps the original name later shortened to Dukakis.
I'm thinkin'
Witness protection and the person that typed the name hit a few extra letters or had an epileptic seizure while doing it.
Kumalae
Did a survey for a nursing home in a small Kansas town where the administrator's name was Kumalae. Discovered her husband was Hawaiian. Her first name, Marsha, didn't seem to fit her last name well so I asked about the surname.
I'm thinkin'
Cuba: The city of Cuba, Kansas was founded in 1868 by American southerners traveling westward after the American Civil War. The city received its name from one settler who had once lived on the island of Cuba. Other early settlers of Cuba are Czech immigrants from Bohemia that settled in Cuba in the mid-1870s. Originally the majority of the population of Cuba were of Czech and Austrian descent.
Lindsborg: Lindsborg is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, USA. The population was 3,321 at the 2000 census. It is known for its association with Swedish heritage and the biennial Svensk Hyllningsfest.
Goessel: The year 1874 saw the first wave of an immigration of Russian Mennonites to south-central Kansas. The move was an attempt to preserve religious heritage and freedom. During the next decade, one-third of Mennonites in Russia moved to North America.
The village of Alexanderwohl was founded in 1874. Dr. Peter Richert was looking to establish a hospital. He decided to locate the hospital in what is now Goessel. He had read the story of Captain Kurt von Goessel, who went down with his steamship Elbe in the English Channel. Dr. Richert decided to submit the name Goessel to the U.S. Postal Department, and it was accepted on April 13, 1895. In 1910, the population was 100 people. By 1952, it had grown to 260.
Denmark: Denmark is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kansas, United States. One of the first permanent settlements in Lincoln County, it was settled about 1869 by Danish Lutherans who laid the cornerstone for a stone church in 1876. Built of the "post rock" limestone that is so abundant in the county, it was completed in 1880. A bell tower and entry were added in 1901. The village is located 3 miles north of K-18 and still has a community hall, a railroad, and a grain elevator. Denmark is part of "The Amazing 100 Miles". The history and folklore has been described by Ruth Sorensen in "Beyond the Prairie Wind".
Good Post, HC
Lots of immigration stories don't get told anymore.
For example, after he purchased Manhattan for 24 dollars in trinkets, representing the Dutch West India Company, Peter Minuet went on to found New Sweden in 1638. Along the Delaware River from present-day Philadelphia to present-day Dover, on both sides of the River and Bay, Swedish immigrants sailed over and established a new colony. Minuet, who had been relieved from the governor's post of New Amsterdam, negotiated with the local native American tribes and bought/stole the land to start the new colony.
Old Swede's Church (in southeastern Philadelphia) was built in 1677, and the present church standing on that site was built in 1700. The colony was assimilated by the Dutch from New Amsterdam, but allowed to remain essentially autonomous, until an English charter was granted to William Penn in 1681.
Currently I am reading Vilhelm Morberg's "Emigrants" tetralogy, about the Swedes who came over to America (and then on to the Mid-west) in the 1850's. The four novels were made into two movies in the 70's.........."The Emigrants" and "The New Land".The story detailed the Swede's decision to leave their homeland and come to America, settling in Chisago County, Minnesota.
Most of the mid 19th century immigrants traveled westward to Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, California and Washington, which remain the states with the largest numbers of Swedish-Americans today. These are stories which are slowly fading into the dust bin of history.
Famous quote by Louie DePalma (upon hearing that Latka was going to become an American citizen),
"Where are all the real Americans? You know, the Irish, Italians and Germans!"
LOL! I'm really glad I didn't have the mouthful of water that I'd just swallowed before when I read that.
Good Post, HC
My Swedish relatives arrived in Central Texas in the early 1900's....I guess they were tired of the snow.
Good Post, HC
Actually, if the novels represent reality, the reasons the Swedes left for America are many......but snow was not among them.
Each character in the novel represents one reason.....from famine to drought to religious persecution to bigotry to indentured servitude, to the desire to "strike it rich", to just plain hopelessness.
This ain't Kansas Anymore
That is NOT a Germanic name. May be east Indian.
Good Post, HC
I like Sweded films.
Dukauskas is Lithuanian.
Hudak is Czech.
Guessing the name is Dukauskas-Hudak and we're missing a hyphen.
Ding ding ding, we have a winner
Debra Dukauskas married Mr. Hudak and is now Debra Dukauskas Hudak. You can find her via various people search sites.
Ding ding ding, we have a winner
> Debra Dukauskas married Mr. Hudak and is now Debra Dukauskas Hudak. You can find her via various people search sites.
so the rubber stamp maker ran out of room...
Ding ding ding, we have a winner
Another important life question solved on this forum.
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