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I started out in Bonhamtown, New Jersey 1941. Spent 30 years in the United States Navy and retired a commissioned officer 12/1988. Researched the Wozniak name back to Poland and Germany 1700's and found two Coat of Arms for the name.
WOZNIAK
Surname Origin: Polish
Alternate Surname Spellings: WOZNIAK, WOZNIAKOWSKI, WOZNIAKOWSKI, WOZNICA, WOZNICKI, WOZNICZKA, WOZNICA, WOZNICKI, WOZNICZA
First found in East Prussia and Poland, where the name came from humble beginnings but gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society. This is an extremely common Polish name -- as of 1990 there were 81,390 Polish citizens named Woz~niak, spelled with an accent over the z (which is what the ~ stands for).
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants arrived in New York, NY in 1854.
… What does Wozniak mean and if possible it’s Polish origin?
There are a couple of ways it could have derived. In many cases it probably comes from the term woz~ny, "court crier, beadle, caretaker." The suffix -iak is often used to mean "son of," so a Woz~niak might have been the son of this official. This is the connection Polish name expert Kazimierz Rymut mentions in his book on Polish surnames. But it is also worth mentioning that there is a term Woz~niak in Polish that means "saddle horse." Here the derivation is clearly from woz, "cart, carriage." So it seems likely this name could have originated as meaning "son of the court crier," but might also have arisen as a reference to a carter or as a nickname for someone who owned or rode a saddle horse.
Definition: Similar to the English surname CARTER, this common Polish name comes from the root woz, meaning "wagon or cart," and usually refers to a man who drove a cart. Another possible interpretation connects the WOZNIAK surname to woz~ny, meaning "a court crier."
Here is the record for my grandmother on the passenger list.
First Name: Rosa Last Name: Bunk Ethnicity: Galicia
Last Place of Residence: Ki...sowa Date of Arrival: May 23, 1900
Age at Arrival: 21 Gender: F Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Bremen Port of Departure: Bremen
Manifest Line Number: 0019
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