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Re: Mazur and Salaj families in Poland (long)

Izzie — Sun Nov 06, 2011 5:35 am

Author: Izzie

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 5:35 am

Ute,

Thank you so much for your help! One of the names that I found on familysearch.org looks promising.

Izzie

Re: Mazur and Salaj families in Poland (long)

Ute — Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:10 pm

Author: Ute

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:10 pm

Izzie wrote:

My maternal grandparents are Victor (Wiktor) Michael Mazur and Justyna Salaj. Through US census records, I have found that my grandfather came from the Austria-Poland area. He was born in 1880/1881 and came to the US in approximately 1904/1905 through the port of Baltimore MD and settled in Monessen, Westmoreland County Pennsylvania. He may have had a brother Michael who came with him on the same ship. They came on the ship Damstadt from Bremen Germany. They were to meet their brother-in-law Ludwig Miczak of whom I have no information. This could possibly mean that Victor and Michael had a sister. I have found bank receipts that indicate Victor sent money to a Kazimirz Mazur. Residence listed as Wydrznia, Post Dydnia, Pow. Brozozow, Gal.

Izzie,
It is most likely the village Wydrna in the administrate district of Dydnia, Brzozow County, that your grandfather came from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wydrna
You’ll find several Mazurs (sometimes slightly misspelled ) when you search www.FamilySearch.org by village/town (type in ‘Wydrna’ only):
https://www.familysearch.org/search/records#count=20&query=%2Bany_place%3AWydrna~
Ute

Mazur and Salaj families in Poland (long)

Izzie — Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:46 am

Author: Izzie

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:46 am

My maternal grandparents are Victor (Wiktor) Michael Mazur and Justyna Salaj. Through US census records, I have found that my grandfather came from the Austria-Poland area. He was born in 1880/1881 and came to the US in approximately 1904/1905 through the port of Baltimore MD and settled in Monessen, Westmoreland County Pennsylvania. He may have had a brother Michael who came with him on the same ship. They came on the ship Damstadt from Bremen Germany. They were to meet their brother-in-law Ludwig Miczak of whom I have no information. This could possibly mean that Victor and Michael had a sister. I have found bank receipts that indicate Victor sent money to a Kazimirz Mazur. Residence listed as Wydrznia, Post Dydnia, Pow. Brozozow, Gal.

Victor Mazur and Justyna Salaj were married in St. Mary's Church, Monessen PA by a Greek Catholic priest, in 1907. Victor and Justyna's marriage application stated that Victor's parents were Matthew (Macieju) and Mary Mazur.

I have not been able to find any information on my grandmother, Justyna Salaj other than the facts that she was born between 1885-1890 and that her parents' names were Charles and Mary Salaj. Justyna's death certificate listed her maiden name as being Shallay/Shalley which could be the English spelling of Salaj.

I did find a death certificate for an Eli Shalley who lived in Saskatchewan Canada. His birthdate is listed as 1890. His place of birth was listed as Ukraine.

I do not know if Eli Shalley was a brother or cousin to Justyna Salaj.

I have posted much of the US Mazur information under the McTigue family tree on Ancestry.com

Any information regarding these two families in Poland would be so gratefully appreciated.