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In search of Family " Szczepanek"

Diaka — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:27:10 +0100

Author: Diaka

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:27 pm

Looking for family. Last known address was in the village of Szkodna. My grandfather's sister Honorata married Antoni Szcepanek. They had 4 children, Julianna, Josefa, Joanna, and Karol.
I know there were relatives still in the village in the early 1980's.

Polish Catholic Church Records Ohio

Cenowski — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:15:57 +0100

Author: Cenowski

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:15 pm

To be honest now, i have found out already what is related to that address and i dont think it was the one anyone would be in in the time years im looking at, its just records that might reveal some more names or places of birth in Poland as i beleive Walenty and Zofia met and married there before moving to Poland. They had 13 kids in all, only 3 kids of the 13 went to America again in the 30's. No idea for why they did this, and information about them is sort or lost.

I would to somehow get hold of Walenty and Zofia's marriage records and two of the 2 of the missing three plus the Brother of Walenty who lived with them in the 1910 Census:

Walenty Zięba (Valentine Ziemba). Born 27/11/1885, Galicja, Poland and Zofia Mleczko (Sophie Mleczko). Born 12/05/1887 married in rougly 1907 in the US, very possibly the state of Ohio.

(The Brother of Walenty) Jan Zięba (John Ziemba). Born 1890 in Galicja, Poland. Lived in Lorain Ohio of 1910.

Stanisław Zięba. Born April 07 1912, Lorain, Ohio. (Known on US records as maybe Stanley Ziemba)
Anna Zięba. Born 1909 Lorain, Ohio. ( Either on records as Anna/Annie Ziemba)

Ive raided Goolge search and the Ancestry.com site for search under loads of variations but still i have hit a wall with what im after unless the cleveland Diocese finds what i was looking for from my request.

Birthplace: "Poniket Weelka"

Loufamtree — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:32:32 +0100

Author: Loufamtree

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:32 pm

Henryk

You're the best - thanks for the info. I will try all of it!!

Louise

Kwiatkowski Family

mississippian — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:15:05 +0100

Author: mississippian

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:15 am

It's very common for immigrants to the U.S. (from any country) to "Anglicize" their names, particularity before 1900. If I remember correctly, Kwiat means "Flower" in Polish, so "Rose" would be natural way for someone to make their name better understood in English....

I don't know his rank, only his unit: Captain Wydzga's company of the 4th Lancers Regiment

BTW, here is the church where he is buried: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Rosemond&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1906&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=44541795&df=all&

From what I can tell, John's father didn't fight in the uprising, he had been wounded badly in 1813 so he may have been unable to fight because of his old wounds.

education in the later 1800s

gerre — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:47:53 +0100

Author: gerre

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:47 am

Thanks for your thoughts. I know he was a horseman before going to the guard and he definitely was a parent who demanded respect and obedience from his sons.

STARSOLLA / STARYSOLLER / STARISSOLER / STAROSOLER-Tarnopol

roystar20@yahoo.co.uk — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:32:09 +0100

Author: roystar20@yahoo.co.uk

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:32 am

Subject: STARSOLLA / STARYSOLLER / STARISSOLER / STAROSOLER

Question:
The STARSOLLA'S (or any similar spellings) from TARNOPOL, Galicia =

Can anyone link-up SUSSIE STARISSOLER (1831-1876) or descendents with
SCHULIM HERSCH STAROSOLER (1814-1879) or his descendents?

I have two different trees. The one I can directly ascend to from myself is
to SUSSIE (Tarnopol) with only 6 people and some members of their families.

I have another tree with dozens of people and some members of their families
in the SCHULIM HERSCH tree (Zbaraz).

I am sure there are brothers and sons who link them up, but I can't find it!

Also, in the Zbaraz tree, we have two different SAMUEL'S : STARYSOLLER
(1874-?) who married twice. He took his 2nd wife (Alte CZYGLIK),his first
wife's sister, plus many children to New York (c1911). The other Samuel is
STAROSOLER (1876-?) with a different named wife (Anna) who also went to New
York.
Could they possibly be the same person, with Alte anglicising her name to
Anna?
They are both linked to CHAIM WOLF STARISSOLER (1858-1911) who was the son
of SCHULIM HIRSCH.

Cznary Dunajec

sasha0223 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:29:15 +0100

Author: sasha0223

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:29 pm

Thank you for the map. Is there a way to contact those towns to research family history?

My family- Cencula

sasha0223 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:25:32 +0100

Author: sasha0223

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:25 pm

I do not reconize any of those Cencula names but I think those are the one I might be lated to. I will check out the 2 links that you provided and I will send a letter to both of the parishes you gave. Thanks again!

Surnames Ratacjzyk Orlowski Sarnowski

Heg — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:46:44 +0100

Author: Heg

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:46 pm

looking for families from Suwalki and Borek, Kowalewo areas

Deciphering a Marriage Record

MichelleAZ — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:40:32 +0100

Author: MichelleAZ

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:40 am

Hi Gilberto,
I am going to order the LDS films for Zadowice and see what turns up. I live in Phoenix Arizona and have access to a number of Family History Libraries. I am going to order those today because I can't wait to see what I find out or at least can rule something out.

Good news on the maternal side. I found the ship's manifest for my maternal grandfather. I was searching under his full surname which he used most often, never thinking he would have used the shortened version on his arrival. But there he was Jan Kloss (instead of Kloszewski), meeting his brother Antoni Kloss and going to Erie, PA. It is him and I am happy to finally be making progress on this side of the family also.

I need to get a copy of the ship's manifest the one online is too difficult to read the place of birth. My mother says he was from Lwow but I'm not sure.

Jendrzejewski 1840 -1850

Hussar — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:44:19 +0100

Author: Hussar

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:44 pm

Can you scan and attach the bio page? Myself or others on this forum could decipher what google can't. The time period of his leaving for the US had many more as well. Chicago's "Polish Downtown" started up about 1820 and was really booming in 1840 with part of the community becoming americanized and part working toward a free polish homeland where they could one day return. Many military and other professionals were within the community.

parishes of austro hungary

Henryk — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:50:13 +0100

Author: Henryk

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:50 pm

There are LDS records available for both places:
Kirchenbuch, 1835-1939 Evangelische Kirche Radautz (Bukowina)
Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1848-1915 Evangelische Kirche Radautz (Bukowina)
Metrical books, 1900 Orthodox Church. Radautz (Bukowina)
==
=Civil registration, 1930-1941 Czernowitz (Bukowina). Civil Registrar (Main Author)
Notes Microreproduction of original manuscripts at the Chernivtsi State Archive.
Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths for Czernowitz, Bukowina, Austria; later Cernăuţi, Cernăuţi, Romania; now Chernivt︠s︡i, Chernivt︠s︡i, Chernivt︠s︡i, Ukraine. Includes religion of person being registered. Text in Romanian.
Chernivtsi State Archive: Record group 1245, series 1, file 949 -- Record group 1245, series 3, files 158-166, 169-172.
=Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1797-1913 Evangelische Kirche Czernowitz (Bukowina)
=Metrical books : Hari︠a︡chs′ka Church, 1801-1925 Orthodox Church. Czernowitz (Bukowina)
=Metrical books : Hospital′s′ka Church, 1919-1924 Orthodox Church. Czernowitz (Bukowina)
=Metrical books : Mykolais'ka Church, 1801-1923 Orthodox Church. Czernowitz (Bukowina)
=Metrical books : Paraskevskai︠a︡ Church, 1802-1929 Orthodox Church. Czernowitz (Bukowina)
=Metrical books : Penitentiary Church, 1856-1926 Orthodox Church. Czernowitz (Bukowina)
=Metrical books : Roshs'ka Church, 1784-1933 Orthodox Church. Czernowitz (Bukowina)
=Metrical books, 1820-1898 Evangelical Lutheran Church. Chernivt︠s︡i (Bukowina)
=Metrical books, 1833-1893 Armenian Apostolic Church. Czernowitz (Bukowina)
=Metrical books, 1920-1931 Orthodox Church. Czernowitz (Bukowina)
Access to microfilm rolls with more recent information might be restricted due to privacy laws.

Zabudowice

Bill Rushin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:34:46 +0100

Author: Bill Rushin

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:34 am

Magroski49 wrote:

I do not see any attachment.[/quote]

Bill, The attachments Michelle referred to was posted by her on another topic " Deciphering a marriage record"[/quote]

Many Thanks Gilberto - I remember the post now. Thanks for the quick links too.

My Family- Ziemba(Cencula)

sasha0223 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:34:10 +0100

Author: sasha0223

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:34 pm

My Great great grand parent were Joseph and Catherine Ziemba(Hoist). spelling may differ Zeimba or Zemba. My Grandma Mart C. Cencula was born 11.03-09 in america but her sister Frances was born on Poland. There are 5 other siblings born in America, total of 7 children. Any help you can give would be appreciated.

Research resources in Kielce?

Hussar — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:36:03 +0100

Author: Hussar

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:36 pm

My father was a POW as a Belgian, Koln was where the British liberated him from. From the information I have Grossessen was near Leipzig, Sachsen being on the other side from Hesse. I am told that the Kaiser's forces had POW camps for Russian troops and they would have to work the Lignite mines. A WWI POW record or a Russian draft record from Konskie would fill a few blanks.

Marriage of Joseph Klimowski and Apalonia Pavlak in Chicago

gdeborski — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:26:44 +0100

Author: gdeborski

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:26 am

Ute,

I spent several hours searching through the 1900 census. They are available on the FamilySearch.org. I did not have much luck. A few years ago I tried to collect census records for most of the direct and near relatives in my lines, so I had probably already spent more than a few hours looking for Joseph Klimowski back then.

I appreciate all the work and thinking everyone on here has done with this problem. I did not expect it to be such a difficult question. I'll keep looking, but this is starting to look like another one that I'll have to put in my "brick wall" pile until I can find some other information to help with this search.

Gary D.

Correct spelling of Arcziska

MichelleAZ — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:17:44 +0100

Author: MichelleAZ

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:17 pm

Carole, my grandfather does have pa on the 1930 census I will definitely have to explore that option and yes I am suspect that she was from Warsaw, considering that none of the children could spell her name the same who knows what they were saying about the town she came from. My grandfather's name was John (Jan) Kloszewski much more commom so I have lots to choose from but no direct hits yet.

I have 4 polish grandparents, 3 of which were deceased by the time I was born. Most of my aunts and uncles are dead also and my mother is the only living child out of 9, I am pulling as much info from her as I can. I will definitely pursue the naturalization paperwork option, I haven't done any of that yet.

Chicago Gorals in "The Back of the Yards"

Hussar — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:13:58 +0100

Author: Hussar

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:13 pm

Ute, the majority of the addresses on your map indicate the neighborhood once known as West Town. Realtors had divvied up the area and refer to some of it as Wicker Park, Ukrainian Village, etc. The Fay st. address would be smack dab in the middle of the Kennedy Expressway, prior to November 29th, 1963 known as the Northwest Expressway. It would have been a short walk to St. John Cantius from there. If you notice a strange hook to the Expressway, that was by intervention from Congressmen Rostenkowski and Lechowicz to save St. Stanislaus Kostka from being razed to make way for the new road. To this day anyone travelling down the Kennedy (I90/94) southbound past North Ave. see the corner of the church almost jumping distance from the edge of the road.

Family relatives location question - How far away?

Henryk — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:10:55 +0100

Author: Henryk

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:10 pm

I could not find LDS records nor in the Polish State Archives. Your best bet is the Rzeszów Diocese Archives:
http://www.diecezja.rzeszow.pl/?q=node/2147
ARCHIWUM DIECEZJALNE ul. Zamkowa 4, 35-032 Rzeszów tel. 17 852 44 19
e-mail: archiwum@diecezja.rzeszow.pl
Archiwum czynne w poniedziałki w godz. 9.00-13.00 i od 14.00-16.00.
Udostępnianie zbiorów po wcześniejszej konsultacji telefonicznej tel. 17 852 44 19
Dyrektor: Ks. dr Andrzej Motyka, EC, e-mail: amotyka@rzeszow.opoka.org.pl

Going through the parish is hit and miss, as the priests are unlikely to have time to search old records. but it is worth a try.
parafia Osiek Jasielski p.w.: Przemienienia Pańskiego parafia erygowana: 1370 r.
Adres: Osiek Jasielski 108 38-223 Osiek Jasielski, tel. (13) 442 09 90
E-mail: osiekjasielski@rzeszow.opoka.org.pl
www: http://www.osiekjasielski.rzeszow.opoka.org.pl
gmina: Osiek Jasielski, powiat: jasielski, województwo: podkarpackie
proboszcz: Ks. mgr Jan Reczek

parafia Załęże k. Jasła p.w.: Św. Jana Chrzciciela parafia erygowana: 1326 r.
Adres: Załęże 4 38-223 Osiek Jasielski, tel. (13) 442 00 67
E-mail: zalezej@rzeszow.opoka.org.pl
www: http://zalezej.rzeszow.opoka.org.pl
gmina: Osiek Jasielski, powiat: jasielski, województwo: podkarpackie
proboszcz: Ks. mgr lic. Józef Pańczuk,
Terytorium: Załęże - 550; Markuszka, Wola Dębowiecka, 2 - 650