Any Information on these last names?

I'm Polish but not of Jewish origin and I started by googling the name Addnorach as it sounds foreign to me.

The results I got were actually your previous questions so I managed to find something more about your great grandparents. What I'm going to write may not be extrememly helpful, but hopefully will help you start somehow. I will also talk about some information I read in your previous posts.

If they were born before 1918, the confusion about the place of birth might be because of the partitions of Poland which had started in late 1700s and lasted till Poland regained independence in 1918 - some Polish lands were taken by Prussia (Germany), some were taken by Russia. That's why a given place might somehow have been in Poland and Russia or Poland and Germany at the same time. It would be great, if you could actually find the name of the town or village where they were born as it may give some more information about their actual place of origin.

As for confusion about their names, it may come from transliterations (either from the cyrillic or the Hebrew/Yiddish) as you said but also because they wanted to assimilate. So Abraham or Avraham decided to change his name to Henry or Harry. The same may happen to Rachel.

And although Abraham Spitz sounds quite common, your great grandmother's names are quite confusing - were the names written in cursive - is it possible that they were actually spelled differently?

I have never come across the name Fonowicz (as it would be spelled in Polish) and it doesn't turn up in google search, either. Foniowicz or Fonkowicz come from Eastern Orthodox 'agathon', which means 'good'

As for Addnorach - as I said before - all I can see are your posts but there's a chance that's a transliteration of Hebrew or Yiddish name so perhaps, you could contact someone who knows the languages and ask if it's similar to a name/meaning they know.

To sum up, Spitz sounds familiar while either Fonowicz or Addnorach sounds strange.

I would also try to check each of the documents you have one by one. So check the place of birth of Sarah and Rachel etc - perhaps what you have are souvenirs after their friends?

And if they really decided to change their names, there might be many reasons - trying to assimilate, running away from the past, being spies (;)) etc.

You start ANYWHERE but with wild trying to guess where any surname comes up. You start with factual information about the person. You start with her marriage document where it says one name. Next, find her in the census with the parents. You ALSO find her death record which normally is going to name her parents.

If you notice the birth name on the death cert (parents names don't match what she used at marriage, it is most likely that mr Spitz is 2nd husband. Other possible.. her birth name is Jones, mother married twice and she used the stepfather's name.

ALL OF THIS will be clear, when you find the documentation. Among the records for her or parents, the place of origin will be named. If they were naturalized, that often includes a specific town.

Last names get you no where, they are no better than throwing darts and maybe one will stick. Research finds records and facts. No guesswork needed.

You will still be chasing names in ten years time, what you need to do is research the PERSON who just happened to use that name and the records that person generated during their lifetime will ensure you find who you are looking for regardless of their name.......... a name is just a word, nothing more and you never surname search especially as you seem to be also making guesses without basing anything on records , you always person search, each and every record and cross reference to make sure it is the same person regardless of the name they used, a name is ONLY one identifier of a person................

Addnorach sounds Gaelic to me. Check Scottish and Irish place names.

first off, where in Germany did it originate; Bavaria?, Prussia?