Family Roots - Please Help.
 

Hello Everybody!


I am from Poland and I am trying to validate some information which I have about grantfather of my mother. He was turkish man and he was born in the 1895 near Sivas (the fonetic name of the village is Kurshyurdy, which I recognize as Küçükyüreğil, but maybe I am wrong).


I am trying to find out, if it was possible that his name was Musa Mustafa Olu Issebe - is it possible to have such kind of name?


His mother name was Isseba and his father name was Sultan (a little bit stranege I think). This are information from his documents issued for him by Russians when he was captured by them during the 1st World War - he was turkish soldier.


Could you be so kind - if you can, and confirm the possibility of such kind of name and village name?


I would be very grateful.

Peter from Poland

Family Roots - Please Help.
 

Peter,


If that's the sound of the name of the village, it's unlikely to be Kucukyuregil. It sounds like "Kusyurdu" (kus=bird, yurd=land) "Kurusyurdu" (kurus=an Ottoman cent) or something along those lines. I found a list of villages in Sivas here: www.sivastr.net - Bilgi Bankası There are a few candidates in that list, but it's hard to tell.


As for the name; you're right, it is rather confusing. Musa ("Moses") is a regular name; it was probably his first name. "Mustafa Olu" is probably "Mustafaoglu" (means son of Mustafa), and would be a sort of surname. I'm not sure which name "Issebe" might correspond to (Isseba sounds like a Maltese name to me), and it doesn't sound familiar. Sultan is a common women's name, but I have never heard it for a man. If you have more detail/information, I might be able to help further.


Good luck in your research.