'Stanley' in Polish/German?

Question

My great-great grandfather was named Stanley, but he came to America from Posen, Poland (which at the time was Prussia--German-Poland.) He probably changed his name. Does anyone have any idea what the Polish/German equivalent of Stanley would be? Any help would be very much appreciated...

Answer 1

Since he's from Poznan, I might suggest you play with the family name at this site. It is a wonderful resource in the making that is indexing all marriages from the region. I've found hometowns and parishes for more than 100 people who came to America or their kids came to America. Once you find the family parish, you can order the sacramental register films from the LDS and find birth, death and marriage records back several hundred years on the family.

http://bindweed.man.poznan.pl/posen/sear...

Answer 2

The German equivalent is Stanislaus; example: Stanislaus von Krakau, aka Stanislaus von Szczepanów, Polish Stanisław ze Szczepanowa, one of Poland's national saints.

Answer 3

Stanislaus

Stanislav

Stanislaw

Answer 4

Stanislaw : Polish form of Slavic 'Stanislav'.

meaning "glorious government".

There is no German equivalent of Stanley (result of 69 records searched).

http://www.daddezio.com/genealogy/german...