Brief Life History of Bruno
When Bruno Brzezinski was born in 1911, in Poland, his father, Teofel Brzezinski, was 19 and his mother, Rosalia Brzezinski, was 19. He had at least 1 daughter with Josephine Zarzycki. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1930.
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- Bruno Brzezinski in household of Teofel Brzezinski, "United States Census, 1930"
- Bruno Brzezinski in entry for Lorraine Jorgensen, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1918
Poland becomes independent. Poland becomes independent as WWI comes to an end. The country was devastated by the war. Approximately one million Poles died. All Polish institutions had to be rebuilt as the country once again formed a nation. The official boundaries are not set until 1923.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Andrzej, Zbigniew, Beata, Bogdan, Casimir, Darek, Halina, Henryk, Janusz, Jaroslaw, Jozef, Lech.
Polish and Jewish (from Poland) (Brzeziński): habitational name for someone from any of various places called Brzezina, Brzeziniec, Brzezinka, Brzezie, or Brzeziny, all named with brzezina ‘birch forest’. Compare Brezinski .
History: The American diplomat and political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928–2017) was of Polish descent. His family came from Brzeżany in Galicia of then eastern Poland (now in Ukraine).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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