Re: VMs: Re: nationality [was: Hieronymus Bosch...]

["DANA SCOTT" <dscott520@xxxxxxx>]

Hello Dennis,

I am not familiar with the family crest for Habdank-Woynicz, though I 
imagine that it can be researched. Rafal has done a great job compiling 
biographical information on Wilfrid and Ethel Voynich.

http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~rafalp/HERM/VMS/biografie-old.html

Regards,
Dana Scott


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis" <tsalagi@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: VMs: Re: nationality [was: Hieronymus Bosch...]


> Thanks to Rafal and Dana.  Do either of you, or
> anyone, know which family crest was Wilfrid's?  Was
> "Wojnicz" spelled thus in Lithuania, under whatever
> regime?  I know Lithuanian orthography is not the same
> as Polish, which is so distinctive.
>
> Dennis
>
> DANA SCOTT wrote:
> >
> > Rafal,
> >
> > Thank you for the history lesson. Very interesting. It would be nice to 
> > know
> > more about Wilfrid's family and backround.
>
> > From: "Rafal T. Prinke" <rafalp@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > > > may have had family living in Poland as well. The extent of his
> > > > "nobility"
> > > > is questionable. His father was apparently at one point a petty 
> > > > officer.
> > >
> > > We know that Wojnicz himself stated that he was Polish
> > > on entering the USA. But it does not contradict the fact
> > > that he came from Lithuania. He later lived in central
> > > Poland and was imprisoned in Warsaw.
> > >
> > > Concerning his nobility - it is not questionable at all.
> > > Polish nobility was quite unlike British or Western
> > > European. The class was much more numerous - estimated
> > > at 10% of the population (and more in some areas).
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