Since I'm starting a day late, on April 2, this post is both A and B
A is for Ambrose Dachtera, my father.
Born in 1914, the 10th child of Polish immigrant parents.
Ambrose was a devout Catholic who lived his faith. He was a hard-working, self-scarificing, kind and generous man. The best Daddy a girl could have. He will always live in my heart.
B is for Bronislawa, one of my mother's sisters.
Until I started doing family research, I never understood why, even though her name was Bernice, she was known as Aunt Bro; and my grandmother referred to her as Bronie. My Polish maternal grandparents had all their children baptized with Polish names - some translated easily to English but others did not. They actually used American names throughout their lives so the Polish names were a surprise to me when I found the church records of their baptisms.
Love your mother's sister's name.
ReplyDeleteBernice so it means Bronislawa was popular in the past but not now
ReplyDeleteInteresting! I like how you are using your letters.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! I am looking forward to the rest.
ReplyDeleteAll the genealogy bloggers doing the challenge are different, so its fun reading them.
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My "A" is Ambrose also!
ReplyDeleteBronislawa is an interesting name. I would have thought Bron would have been her nickname. Bronie works well :)