I'm trying to trace the roots of my paternal grandfather, who was known as Lewis BOWMAN when he moved to London, probably in the first decade of the 20th century (he married my grandmother, Rebecca WEINSTEIN in London in 1910 so he must have arrived in England before then). The only document I have for him with any information about his family is his UK naturalisation certificate. It gives his date of birth as 10 March 1877, his birthplace as "Kutno, Warsaw, Poland, Russia" and his parents' names as Joseph and Eva. According to my father, the family name was BAUMAN. The only other written evidence I have in my possession of this being the family name are some photos of four young people, probably taken around 1930 with the names Jozef, Sabrina, Bela and Henryk BAUMAN written on the back and apparently taken in Warsaw. I don't know who these people are in relation to my grandfather.
The family is Jewish and I have searched extensively in JewishGen and JRI-Poland with local name alternatives for Lewis, Joseph and Eva and found nothing, even expanding the search to the whole of Poland. I've also searched for the four in the photo and again, nothing. I have a few documents (census, marriage, death index etc) from the UK for my grandfather once he was settled in England but I can find no documentation for the above names or the Polish equivalents in Polish archives.
If any of this sounds familiar to anyone I would be most grateful if you could let me know.
Many thanks.
Lesley (née Bowman in London)
