WELCOME TO FORGOTTEN BUFFALO & TOURS

Have you ever wondered about YOUR unique surname? Ever wonder about your ancestors in Europe or whatever happened to family members who immigrated to the United States or Canada?  

This is a call to all who share the name "Biniasz" to connect with your global family. Please help me locate distant relatives from the United States, Poland, Canada, Germany, France, etc. Exchange genealogical research, learn about our surname, have fun connecting with members of your distant family.   

 

Please e-mail me information about your family as it will be added to a WORLDWIDE REGISTRY of the Biniasz clan. MBiniasz@aol.com

 

Thank you!   

The origins of the surname BINIASZ probably is derived from a diminutive or pet form of the first name Benedykt (Eng. Benedict) or Benianmin (Eng. Benjamin). The book Naszwiska Polakow (The Surnames of Poles written by Rymut Kazimierz) lists the similar Bieniasz as a surname as early as the year 1327. Currently (2004) 254 people are surnamed BINIASZ in Poland. Many of these names are centered around the City of Poznan.

Thanks to Keith Kaszubik, AmPol Eagle, for his assistance in research the BINIASZ surname. If you are interested in learning more about your name, write to Keith Kaszubik, c/o AmPol Eagle, 3620 Harlem Road, Cheektowaga, NY 14215.

The following information was conveyed by a descendent of Antoni Biniarz:

During the summer of 2004, The descendants of Franciszek Biniarz (brother of Wawrzyn) were discovered living in Schroda (Ted & Elzbieta) and Poznan, Poland. In 2006, contact was made with Iwona Jondro, the great-great granddaughter of Antoni Biniarz (brother of Wawrzyn) living in Katowice, Poland. Contact has also been made with Violetta Karaban, the great granddaughter of Franciszek Biniarz living at the family farm in Krzykosy, Pl.

Theodore Haloff was born in 1886, emigrated to Canada in 1912 from Austria-Poland. Settled in the Welland, Port Colborne, Ontario area.(Brother in Welland?) Met Stella Cygan through mutual friend and proposed after 3 meetings. Married on August 11, 1914. Haloff owned property in Welland, Ont. Moved to USA at the start of WWI. Daughter Kate born in Canada. Worked for steel mill in Hamilton, Ont. Name was changed to HALOFF when he moved to the US. Relatives in Canada include Mike Halow (Haloff) owner of a dairy farm in Fort Williams, Ontario and Nellie Halow (Haloff) lives near Toronto (8/04). Theodore died in 1965. Stella was born in 1893, died 1970. Daughter of Peter and Valeria Cygan. Stella Cygan had two brothers and one sister: Joseph Cygan, Walter Cygan and Frances Kotlick

From Buffalo Evening News Obit: HALOFF, Theodore G.

The history of the Lipinski family in America begins with the arrival of Frank Lipinski in 1909 at the age of 19. Naturalization and Ellis Island records have Franciszek's name as being spelled LIPINSKY. A native of Gostyn, Poland, Lipinski was born on September 28, 1889. He sailed from Hamburg Germany on the S.S. Rhaetia. Also traveling with him was a Stanislaw Lipinsky (Lipinski) age 25.

Frank married Wladystawa (MATYNKA) on October 10, 1910. Wladystawa was born on July 16, 1894 and entered the United States in 1901. Frank and Wladystawa had five children: Roman (2/28/14), Josephine (HANSLICK) (11/27/15), Felix (1/12/18), Mary (REMIS) (8/5/22) and Victoria (JASKIER) (12/23/27). Frank passed away at the age of 59 on November 10, 1948. Wladystawa passed away on May 5, 1963. Roman Lipinski married Mary (HALOFF) on June 20, 1936 and had two children.

In Polish the name Lipinski is spelled with an accent over the N, and is pronounced "lee-PEEN-skee." As of 1990, according to the best data available (the Slownik nazwisk wspolczesnie w Polsce uzywanych, "Directory of Surnames in Current Use in Poland," which covers about 94% of the population of Poland), there were 23,390 Polish citizens named Lipinski, living all over the country; there is no concentration in any one area, a Lipinski family could come from anywhere in Poland. 

The surname refers to the name of a place where the family lived or worked at some point. The problem is, Lipinski could come from a number of different place names, including Lipno, Lipie, Lipina, Lipiny, etc. There are a great many places by these names in Poland. They all come from lipa, "linden tree," so that you can interpret Lipinski as "one from the place of the lindens." So without detailed info on a family's history, there's no possible way to tell which of these places a given Lipinski family might have been named for.

MICHEL BINIASZ - Brest, France

GRANT BINIASZ - California, USA

Son of David Biniasz, the grandson of Jerome and Genevive Biniasz, and the great-grandson of Thomas Biniasz, from whom I get my middle name. My father came to California from Michigan in the 60s. I guess there's still some family out there, in the Southgate and Grosielle Island (I don't know how to spell it) areas. I am a junior journalism major at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California. You can check out my Web site: www.angelfire.com/poetry/grantbiniasz

THOMAS BINIASZ - Bremen, Germany

I came to your site via www.Biniasz.de. I'm out of that family as well, the youngest son of the eldest brother of Ralfs father Hans. Years ago I've been in buffalo. thomas.biniasz@psm-partner.de.

I am orginally from Poland. My father Czeslaw was born in Poland in November 1922 (in French Czeslaw = Serge), he made the war in 1944-45 and obtained French nationality by marriage with my mother who was French. We are the only ones in France: Brest: my Michel brother with his wife, they have two sons; Toulouse: father and mother, and me with my wife and 5 children. I conducted research ten years ago to find the Biniasz in Poland but I did not find anybody. The small city where my father was born calls Szelejewo, in the province of Gostyn. I am a general practitioner, and also teaching medicine, my other occupations are the progammation of Internet and knowledge management.

Tom Binish (Biniasz), Green Bay, WI

Bern Biniasz Balto, Maryland (1998)

Violetta Karaban, Poland 

I am great granddaughter of Franciszek Biniarz, the brother of Wawrzyn Biniarz, that has gone to America. My grandmother, Kazimiera Urbaniak, is the only one daughter of Franciszek Biniarz. We live together in her father’s family house at Krzykosy (you can find  Krzykosy  on the map of your website,  about 16 kilometers -  south of Sroda Wlkp.) Apart from my grandmother her three brothers are still above ground: Stanislaw in Wroclaw, Antoni at Sulęcinek and Benon, that has built a house at Krzykosy. As we know, you are related to Wawrzyn Biniarz, but we are not sure, if you are his grandson, or – perhaps – his great grandson. The grandmother has been often mentioned about uncle, that had gone to America. But she did not know, why the connection has been severed after his death. He had children though. Pela, the youngest daughter of Wawrzyn, wrote some letters to the grandmother after the uncle’s death, but it was about 50 years ago, when she gave birth to her son Adam (my father). Beside the above mentioned my grandmother has recollected the uncle oldest daughter, that was in possession of the biggest farms in New York. Wawrzyn had more children, but the grandmother knows nothing about the others. I was very glad, when my Aunt in Wroclaw phoned and said that the Biniasz Family from America is looking for kinsfolk in Poland. We are very sorry you did not reach us and we could not meet you. We hope you will bring into contact with and feel inclined to meet the oldest living from Biniarz family.

Maria Wladyslawa Biniasz, Poland

My name is Maria Wladyslawa Biniasz. I was born in 28.10.1962 in Bydgoszcz Poland and I'd lived there until 2002. My father Mieczyslaw Biniasz was born in 3.10.1928 in Koscierzyn Maly (Poland) and my mother Halina Biniasz (Szweda) was born in 02.01.1928 in Lobzenica (Poland). My father's parents Jozef and Wladyslawa Biniasz (Rachowska). I don't know were they born. I have to ask my parents about it. I'm living in London now with my family. My son Michal (Michael) Biniasz and my husband Wojciech Panasiuk and my little daughter Agata Panasiuk. I'll go to Poland on 23 of September and I'm going to see all old documents. My father has some information.

NOTE: 10/18/05

Hello Marty, My name is not Biniasz, but I decided do write to you about a girl, who more than 30 years ago was my classmate at primary school in Bydgoszcz, a town north-east from Poznan (where I live since 1979). Her name was Maria Biniasz. I remember her and her mother. Her mother was collecting post stamps. After 6th year of my primary school I moved to another town and I've lost contact with all my primary school fellows. Now I am 43, and sometime I try to find some of them by internet. Surprise! My primary-school fellow Maria Biniasz is present on your internet page. This is first news about someone from my primary school since I left Primary School nr 12 in Bydgoszcz in 1976. Maria Biniasz and her family is in London now, what I can read on your page. As I can read she comes from Bydgoszcz, and is born in the same year and month as me. I was born 20 October 1962, Maria Biniasz 28 October 1962, so I believe, my school-girl fellow Maria Biniasz and Maria Biniasz from your page is the same person.

Adam Drogomirecki, Poznan, Poland

MARIUSZ BINIASZ, Katowice, Poland

My name is Mariusz Biniasz. I am living in Katowice. I am 33 years old and happily I have a family. My grandmother died (Helena Biniasz), but her two sisters are still alive, Amelia is 90 years old, Aniela is 95 years old. They are still efficient but they don`t know how to use modern technology and internet. I have heard about Paul Biniasz ( related to my grandfather - I will ask my father about it) , he used to live in Duisburg, Germany. He and his wife Martha, died many years ago. They did not have children. The other part of Biniasz family is living in Lower Silesia (OPOLE CITY), but I am not sure, I will ask my father, too. As I know there aren`t many Biniasz Families in Poland, It's possible that we are related. Regards, Mariusz Biniasz, Henryk's son.

Deceased (From Social Security Numbers 2001)

Name                               Born                 Died               Location                

Biniasz, Ann                 1916                1979                Michigan

Biniasz, Bernard            1925                1998                Marietta, GA

Biniasz, Casimer           1904                1972                Annapolis, MD

Biniasz, Catherine         1906                1990                Maryland

Biniasz, Daniel              1930                1979                   Allen Park, MI

Biniasz, Frances            1917                1991                Maryland

Biniasz, Frank               1902                1991                Maryland

Biniasz, Henrietta         1906                1986                    Allen Park, MI

Biniasz, Jennie             1902                1972                Philadephia, PA

Biniasz, Joseph            1913                1973                Baltimore, MD

Biniasz, Jozefa             1882                1971                Brooklyn, MD

Biniasz, Lucille             1912                2000                 Buffalo, NY

Biniasz, Richard            1953                1995                Maryland

Internet Name Search 1998

Biniasz, Albert C.       St. Petersburg, FL

Biniasz, Albert G.       Baltimore, MD

Biniasz, Bern             Marietta, GA

Biniasz, Brian            San Clemente, CA

Biniasz, Daniel          Elma, NY

Biniasz, Donald         Littleton, CO

Biniasz, Frank           York, PA

Biniasz, James          Newwark, DE

Biniasz, Jerome         Dundalk, MD

Biniasz, Mark            Woodstock, GA

Biniasz, Michael         Huntington St., NY

Biniasz, Paul             Paterson, NJ

Biniasz, Stephen        Buffalo, NY

Poznan Phone Book Listings 2001

Name                           Street

Biniasz, Anna                Sarmacka

Biniasz, Bernard            Jezycka

Biniasz, Ewa                 Strzelecka

Biniasz, Malgorzata        Przelecz

Biniasz, Stanislaw          Matejki

Biniasz, Waldemar         as. B. Chrobrego

Biniasz, Wojciech           Naramowicka

Wroclaw Phone Book Listings 2002

Name                                   Street

Biniasz, Jozef                       Porebska

Biniasz, Golen Apolnia           Zaulek 

Wroclaw Phone Book Listings 1998

Name                                   Street

Biniasz, Jozef                       Porebska

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Clabeaux/Clabeau Family History

I ran across your web site while looking for family info. You become part of the family as one of our members married a Leona Biniarz (Biniasz?).  You mention her and her husband in your site.  My interest would be in any info on her and her children as well as any photos of the family.   The only child we have listed is Earl M.  We have little info on him other than he married a Sally and had a child Lynn.  Lynn married a Rich Czemerynski.  This is actually part of my line as George Peter, Earl John was my grandfather's brother.  There is a great mystery about my great grandfather Peter who seemed to have disappeared from Buffalo in the late 1890's.  We have been able to gather quite a bit of data on the families of the two younger brothers of the immigrant, but not much on my line through Phillip. Phillip was the older son who came with the family from France in 1831 and later was wounded in the Civil War.  Your research in Poland also hits home, as my grandmother was from Poznan as well as her father Leon. She was Helen Alice Kaniewski.  Just where they were born is still not known.  Several cousins still live in Buffalo and may have more info to provide in time.  At this time I am working with a distant cousin in Orchard Park who is related to the youngest brother. 

Ted Clabeaux

LOOKING FOR INFORMATION- WOJCIK

I am living in Germany, near Monachium (München). Since long time I am looking for information about my grandfather, who emigrated to USA and settled in Buffalo or near this city. His name was JAN WOJCIK, was born in the 7th of August 1884 in Przedmiescie Gory-Krasnystaw, son of Andrzej & Eleonora Gziewicka I heard that JAN WOJCIK (my grandfather) had tree brothers, who probably also lived in Buffalo. One brothers name was Antoni. Probably one of them was a hairdresser. I am writing to you because you are a member of Polish Organizations in Buffalo and maybe there is somebody whose surname is WOJCIK.If you know any WOJCIK please write me about this.Can you help me, additionaly I am looking for each contact, e-mail address, etc, of polish organizations, polish churches, other people who can help me to find information about my grandfather or his brothers. As I told you, I don't speak English, so it's difficult for me to search in American internet. Best regards from Bavaria, Germany. Zb. Bogusz info@bogusz-family.de