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Updated Dated
May 28, 2007
Our Paternal
Heritage is Lithuanian:
Places our ancestors lived:Lithuania,
then Prussia, Poland, Germany and finally Canada.
Maternal is British
Our
parents are Kevin Blair Beleskey and Cathrine "Cat"
Beleskey.
196 Rouge Hills Dr. Scarbourgh ON 416- 286
6330 their email is Kevin@Beleskey.com.
We have a brother James Durin Beleskey, born November 25th 2003.
Link to James website
James Beleskey,
Nov. 25th 2003
Our
Grand
Father (paternal) "Grampa" is Bernard "Bernie" Edwin Anthony Beleskey.
Our Grand Mother
"Gram" is Jane Elizabeth Beleskey (Thompson).
Our Great Grand Mother is Betty (Allen) Thompson, who lives in Paris
Ontario.
Our Great Grand Father was "Bill" William D Thompson, died in Paris
who was from Tyron, Ireland
We have a
maternal Grand Mother, Beth Topps, (Leeder) & Grand Father Harold
Lloyd Topps, now deceased.
Our Great Grand
Father was "Ed" Edwin Joseph Beleskey, who died
October 21,
1984.
He lived in Barrie Ontario, resting Union Cemetery, Barrie.
"Ed" was married
to Phyllis May Beleskey [nee Palmer] now living in Barrie Ontario.
Our Great
Great Grand Father was
John "Jack" Joesph Beliski, died at 78 [ 1888 - 1966
] who mirgrated to Canada from Poland to Guelph Ontarion then to
Barrie Ontario.
"Jack" was married to *Mary Amelia Ruth [ Burton ] who died at 70 [ 1894 - 1964 ]
[ Wedding
photo here ]
Our Great
Great Great Grand Father was
Valentine Joseph Beliski,
who died at 58 [ 1858 - 1916 ]
He was
born in Odanski Poland, died in Germany 1916.
Lastly, our last known Great Great, Great,
Great Grand Father
was *John Anton Biliski Sr. 1837 - 1889?
The Family Tree of our ancestors now
dates back to 1408 in Lithuania, then Prussia, Poland, Germany and
finally Canada
The Lituanian surname Beleskey/Beliski is of hoponymic origin,
deriving from the place name where the initial bearer lived or held
land. in this instance the surname is considered to be a variant of
the Polish Beliski, both finding their roots in a place names "Beles",
with the addition of the suffix"-skey" which is a phonic variant of
"-ski", a standard slavic ending.
Thus the first bearer of the surname Beleskey/Beliski was someone
who was identified by the members of his community as "one who
hailed from Beles". in some cases, this name may also have
originated from the of the eatate of the family, in which instance,
it can be interpreted "the lord of Beles".The surname is also record
as Belewicz and Bielewski. Etymologically the loponym devires from
the Slavic term "biel" meaning "white". After the union of Horodla
in 1413, when Litunania and Poland united, many members of the
Luthuanian aristocracy adopted the polish form of their surnames and
indeed Lituanian society was to become completely Polonized. Indeed,
the variant form of Beliski was borne by a noble Lituanian family
which was a sept of the great clan Mogila. The ancestral seal of
this house was located in the city of Zmudz, where their existance
was documented in 1840. Zmudz, a Russian diocese, also called Telshi
(Telshe), including the part of Lithuania lying on the Baltic; this
Lithuanian district, also named Schmudien (Polish, Zmudz) or
Schamaiten (Lithuanian, Zemaitis), was conquered about 1380 by the
Teutonic Knights, and ceded to Poland in 1411 by the first Treaty of
Thorn after the defeat of Tannenberg. The surname of Beliski was of
the family which was a sept of the clan Sreniawa.
The Family Crest
Blazon: **** Gules, a blend wavy coupled argent ensigned by a small
cross or, in the cheif dexter canlon.
Crest: **** On a crowned hemelt and between two buffalo horns with
four bells on each lion's head affronte, all proper.
Origin: **** Lithunanian
Certification by "The Historical Research Center" February 6th. 2000
Number 4784
More Details at:
http://www.Beleskey.com
Link to all
members of their family goto:
http://www.beleskey.com/
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