ASTACHNOWICZ née NARANOWICZ, Katarzyna (Maria)
house wife / pani domu
b: 08/10/1897 Wiskacze, Stołpce nr. Minsk, BELARUS
d: 19/09/1979 Bradford, UK
Katarzyna was the only sibling that hasn't moved to Poland, she stayed in Belarus with her husband. Her second name possibly was Maria. In 1941 they would escape being sent to Syberia and find their way to displaced persons camp in Teheran and then in Koja, Uganda. From there Katarzyna and Stanisław would make their way to England with their oldest son Boleslaw. Their son Kazimierz with his wife Genowefa and children Maria and Weronica would board General W. G. Haan ship and arrive to Melbourne Australia on the 21/2/1951. They would later settle in Adelaide, Australia.
Katarzyna and Stanisław were on the list of passangers on the Carnarvon Castle (Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company ) sailing from Durban and Mombasa and arriving on the 28th of June 1948 in Southhampton with over 1000 Polish Displaced women, children and the elderly. After arrival they were assigned to Daglingworth Camp in Gloucestershire. Their son Bolesław was not on pasenger list.
Alternative surname spelling: Neronowicz, Neranowicz, Narenowicz, Naramowicz, Ostachnowicz.
Source: (1) Family notes (2) Polska Walcząca - weekly for the Polish forces / kpbc.umk.pl (3) Passenger list / polishresettlementcampsintheuk.co.uk (4) Dziennik Polski - nekrolog / polishlibrarylondon.co.uk
photo: (1) Naranowicz family taken probably still in nowadays Belarus or in Perm, Russia - pictured possibly Maria Katarzyna Naranowicz with her children
oo ASTACHNOWICZ, Stanisław
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