Relative of Grandpa?

Memorial (in French) for Binem Pinkhos Mokobodzki
3/29/1901 (Warsaw) - 8/30/1942 (Auschwitz)

From Tristan Mokobodzki:

Hello,

The name of my grand-father was Binem Pinkhos Mokobodzki.
He was born the 29 March 1901, in Warsaw (Varsovie, in French)
He died the 30 August 1942 in Auschwitz.

See:

http://www.memorial-genweb.org/~memorial2/html/deportes/complement.php?id=47665


He came from Poland to France (Paris region) in the 1920's,
with his wife Szyfra Bialogrod
But I unfortunately don't know the details of his family (father, mother, brothers ans sisters).

For information, there is a list of (exact name) MOKOBODZKI at
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/
and I am not surprised your grandfather was born in Kaluszyn, because most of the (exact name) MOKOBODZKI seem to be born in
Kaluszyn, Siedlce, Sokolow Podlaski, Wegrow, in the Siedlce district.


The name MOKOBODZKI could have the following meaning :
inhabitant of Mokobody (which is a polish village), or in
extended meaning : something relative to the village of Mokobody

In the old times (1446), the owner of the Mokobody village was a knight : Jan Mąkobodzki (or Mokobodzki)....
So maybe, the village took the name of the knight, or the inverse :
the knight took the name of the village...

Extract of a polish web page (traduced by google):
http://www.mokobody.pl/index.php?id=6

"It is difficult to determine which types of names should be included Mokobody? The fact is that since time immemorial in the area were turning grain mills in the flour using the power of water, moving water wheel. name of the village could be linked to the expression "meal with water." Remember, however, that underwent a strong influence of Podlasie, Ruthenian, especially when it was in the possession of Lithuania (1323-1596). Since the historical sources meets names: Mukobody, Mukowody, Mąkowody can be derived from the name starorosyjkiego expression (Muku vod'it '). Keyword (vod'it ') means to produce, produce, derive. Taking into account the phenomenon of language, it creates a logical whole: Mokobody - a place where the flour is produced.

There is also a second version of the origin of the name of the village. Here drohicki landowner and John Castellan Livonian Mokobodzki (recorded in the register of the nobility) leased in 1446, the village, which was then owned by the king.
The question arises whether this village took its name from the owner - a tenant, or the first owner took the nickname from the existing village and began using it as a name? By contrast, the village adopted the name in the plural, like most abundant in this area designations genealogies.
In any event, the town bears the original name.. "



In fact, if you look Mokobody, Poland in Google Maps, you see that Mokobody is at the center of a Perimeter of (10-20 km ) done by the cities where the Mokobodzki were born:
Kaluszyn : West
Siedlce : South-East
Sokolow Podlaski : North East
Wegrow : : North / North -West


See: google map

You can have some informations (after traducing from polish...), in searching in Google, with the keywords:
MOKOBODZKI MOKOBODY

Note you have also polish names very near from MOKOBODZKI, including of course female name (MOKOBODZKA), but other funny names :

MOKOBICKI
MOKOBOCKA
MOKOBOCKI
MOKOBODCKA
MOKOBODSKA
MOKOBODSKI
MOKOBODZKA
MOKOBODZKI
MOKOBUCKA
MOKOBUDZKA
MOKOBUDZKI
MOKOBUDZKIJ
MOKOWODZKA
MOKOWODZKI
MONKOBOCKA
MONKOBOCKI
MONKOBODZKA
MONKOBODZKI
MONKOBUCKI


Nowadays, I know there exist MOKOBODZKI in Poland, in France, in Argentina, but I think there is no direct relation between them.
Of course, if it could be possible to find all the genealogy from the 1800's and before, we'll certainly find we are cousins !!

Sincerely Yours.