SAWELIEW/SAVELIEV - Anyone out there who know this surname-is it Ukranian/Polish/Czech? Tracing family.?

Question

We are researching this family surname - SAWELIEW/SAVELIEV & are looking for any information.

This family were supposed to be of Cossack origin. Grandparents immigrated to Western Australia in 1949 on the "Amarapoora" leaving Naples & arriving in Fremantle 19th April 1949. Anyone who knows this surname or knew this family, all information greatly appreciated.

We have done research in the National Archives, but only turn up the basics.

Suzanne.

Answer 1

There is only 1 entry on the IGI for SAWELIEW and 6 for SAVELIEV

U.S. Social Security Death Index

1. Helen SAWELIEW - U.S. Social Security Death Index

Birth: 24 Jul 1916  State Where Number was Issued: New York  Death: 3 Nov 1998



International Genealogical Index - Continental Europe

1. Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Saveliev - International Genealogical Index / CE

Gender: Male Birth: 01 DEC 1930 Ulyanovksaya,Ignatovka, , Russia, Ussr



Matches: International Genealogical Index/Continental Europe - 1

U.S. Social Security Death Index

2. Natalia SAVELIEV - U.S. Social Security Death Index

Birth: 21 Aug 1898  State Where Number was Issued: California  Death: May 1976



3. Peter SAVELIEV - U.S. Social Security Death Index

Birth: 18 Jan 1892  State Where Number was Issued: California  Death: Apr 1985



4. Klaudia SAVELIEV - U.S. Social Security Death Index

Birth: 21 Sep 1900  State Where Number was Issued: New Jersey  Death: Sep 1980



5. Anna SAVELIEV - U.S. Social Security Death Index

Birth: 2 Sep 1914  State Where Number was Issued: Pennsylvania  Death: 30 May 2005



6. Zachar SAVELIEV - U.S. Social Security Death Index

Birth: 20 Feb 1914  State Where Number was Issued: Pennsylvania  Death: 27 Dec 2005

Answer 2

I found several people with that name who left Europe at the same time. Most were from the town of Mstsislaw Belarus. My suggestion is that if these people were rushing out of Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the war, they may well have been "displaced persons" and could be registered with the International Red Cross. There is a unit in Baltimore MD that to this day is tracing people displaced by the war and answering questions. It is also a free service and you can contact them to see what they can find. Here's a link to the site: http://www.redcross.org/services/intl/ho...

Answer 3

This surname sound def. Russian/Ukrainian.

Everyone in Poland will tell you this.