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archangel

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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:46 pm Post subject: Family name - Obrochta

God bless you all. I've recently begun looking into my family history. It's been quite interesting. Here's what I have so far on my father's side.

Family name - Obrochta

Great grandfather - Carl Obrochta - Born / Stare Bystre

Great grandmother - Catharine Zaryka - Born / Rogoznik

Grandfather - Tomasz Obrochta - Born 1887 / Emigrated to America in 1905 from Czarny Dunajec

Grandmother - Martha Zajac - Born 1893/4 - Birthplace Pieniazkowice

Children - Lillian(Seropian), Caroline(Drogos), John, Frank, Bruno, Thomas, Walter - Born in Chicago, Illinois

If this information is relevant to anyone please get in touch with me, or if anyone can offer guidance on how to reach deeper it will be

deeply appreciated. One love.

Archangel

Ute
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 5:20 am Post subject: Re: Family name - Obrochta

archangel wrote:

Hello Archangel,
Welcome to PolishOrigins! Do you know if there is a connection between your Grandfather Tomasz Obrochta, born 1887, and Jozef Obrochta, born 07 Mar 1889 in Stare Bystre, baptized in Czarny Dunajec 19 Mar 1889 (son of Bonawentura Obrochta and Karolina Baniak [?] ? I'm not related but came across Jozef Obrochta's church marriage record when looking for another church marriage record some months ago. Jozef Obrochta married Maryanna Mazur from Wroblowka, baptized in Czarny Dunajec 15 Aug 1888 (daughter of Jakub Mazur and Rozalia Stolarczyk) on Feb 15, 1915 in Chicago. Sponsors were Ferdinand Mazur and Franciszek Krozel. Jozef Obrochta died on 07 May 1927 in Chicago at age 38 years and was buried in St. Adalbert Cemetery in Niles, IL.
Source:
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N34Q-JGK : accessed 1 April 2016), Bonawentura Obrochta in entry for Joseph Obrochta, 07 May 1927; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,877,969.

I assume he is the Joseph Obrochta who lived as boarder with Joseph Kowalkowski and his wife when the 1910 Chicago Census was taken. Other boarders were Joseph Jakubiec, Rosie Jakubiec, and Joseph Fudala, all familiar names occurring in the region around Nowy Targ.
Source:
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKCJ-9D4 : accessed 1 April 2016), Joseph Obrochta in household of Joseph Kowalkowski, Chicago Ward 11, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 556, sheet 16B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,265.

I wish you good luck with your research.
Ute

stankieta

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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 2:51 pm Post subject:

Obrochta is a pretty common name for Stare Bystre. I have a Carl (Carolus) Obrochta in my family tree who was born 7 Aug 1862 in house 125 in Stare Bystre. He would be the right age to be your g-grandfather. Unfortunaely, I don't have any information on his wife or children. Carolus had a brother Andreas and a sister Marianna. His parents were Martinus Obrochta and Agnes Takuski.

mturnage11

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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: Family name - Obrochta

archangel wrote:

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