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Dr Eugenia Lewicka update

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 8:12 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 8:12 am

The Marshals last love.

Dr Eugenia Lewicka update

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 8:09 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 8:09 am

Eugenia's remaining two brothers Mikolaj and Konstantin remain a bit of a mystery.

Some sources say Mikolaj was executed in 1944/5 by the UNA.

Konstantin may have died quite early in life.

Dr Eugenia Lewicka update

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 8:05 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 8:05 am

Eugenia's little brother Dr Wiktor killed in the Katyn Massacre.

Dr Eugenia Lewicka update

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 8:02 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 8:02 am

Walerian

Dr Eugenia Lewicka update

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 8:01 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 8:01 am

Eugenia's brother Walerian.

Dr Eugenia Lewicka update

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 7:59 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:59 am

Michael Lewicki jnr - my father.

Dr Eugenia Lewicka update

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 7:57 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:57 am

Michael SNR with Australian wife Lesda.

Dr Eugenia Lewicka update

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 7:54 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:54 am

Michael Lewicki SNR with Michael Lewicki jnr

Dr Eugenia Lewicka update

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 7:52 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:52 am

Eugenia's brother Michal

Dr Eugenia Lewicka update

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 7:49 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:49 am

Wilhelm Lewicki

Dr Eugenia Lewicka update

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 7:45 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:45 am

Eugenia's Brother Colonel Wilhelm Lewicki

Dr Eugenia Lewicka update

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 7:39 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:39 am

Dr Eugenia Lewicka with Marshal Pilsudski

Dr Eugenia Lewicka

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 7:37 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:37 am

Dr Eugenia Lewicka

Dr Eugenia Lewicka

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 7:35 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:35 am

Dr Eugenia Lewicka

Re: Dr Eugenia Lewicki

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 7:32 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:32 am

Dr Eugenia Lewicka's parents

Dr Eugenia Lewicka update

HCW — Sun May 23, 2021 4:17 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 4:17 am

Hi folks, great news we have received a box of bits and pieces from my great Uncles Estate.

I'll start with Cyril & Elzbieta Lewicki.

Re: Dr Eugenia Lewicki

HCW — Wed May 05, 2021 7:37 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 7:37 am

We've discovered that Elizbeta and Cyryl, Dr Eugenia's parents moved to Warsaw pre WWII.

Eugenia had a very close personal relationship with Grand Marshall Jozef Pilsudski until 1931 when she was poisoned / murdered.

I can only assume that Marshall Pilsudski would have met Cyryl & Elizbeta at some stage during Dr Eugenia's relationship if not in Cherkasy then at some time in Warsaw.

We have found a death certificate for Elizbeta in 1948 in of all places Australia, which we were unaware of until recently.

We knew Elzibeta came to Australia and stayed with her son, my Grand father for seven months and died from complications during surgery.

We can then only assume that Cyryl Longin Rogala Lewicki died between 1930 something and 1945.

Any assistance in finding any further information about Cyryl would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance. HCW.

Re: Dr Eugenia Lewicki

mcdonald0517 — Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:13 pm

Author: mcdonald0517

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:13 pm

Hi HCW,

One final bit of information- here is the contact information for the Central State Archives in Kyiv Ukraine. They include an email address, so you might want to try making a request that way - sometimes it works.
They most likely have the birth, marriage, and death information you need for 1876 - 1930. I don’t know what their privacy laws are, or if you must prove relationship in order to get the records.

I suggest you begin by requesting the birth record for Michal via email. It is worth a try. If that is successful, you can then request the others. If not, then hiring a researcher would be the way to go.

Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine
03110, Ukraine, Kyiv city, Solom'ianska St., 24

Phone
(044) 275 27 77
Fax
(044) 275 36 55
Hotline
(044) 275 27 77
E-mail
info@arch.gov.ua

Glad I can help in some way. Good luck, and let us know how it goes!

Best,
Cynthia

Re: Dr Eugenia Lewicki

HCW — Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:02 am

Author: HCW

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:02 am

Thank you so much Cynthia for all of your help, you've been awesome.

Thank you also to tedmac and Sofia.

Regards,

HCW

Re: Dr Eugenia Lewicki

mcdonald0517 — Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:02 pm

Author: mcdonald0517

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:02 pm

Hi HCW,

A couple of things:

First, you mentioned in an earlier post that Michal's documents show his place of birth as Cherkasy, Kiev. I did some research on the history of the area, and found that Cherkasy (district and city) used to be part of the Kiev oblast. It was not until after 1925 that it became the Cherkasy Oblast. So that lines up with the documents you have for Michal. At the time of his birth (1900), Cherkasy was still part of the Kiev oblast. Here is a link to some history of that area:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev_Governorate#Administrative_division

We still don't know if the Lewicki family originated in the city of Cherkasy or a village within the district of Cherkasy. One possible place to start is to research the online records for Cherkasy, Kiev at Family Search. They have church records for the district of Cherkasy (which may include villages surrounding Cherkasy), civil records, and census records available. BUT, all documents are written in Russian, and they are not easily organized with indices. Also, the church records only seem to cover years 1874 and earlier, so Cyryl, Michal, et al., would not be in those records, but they may be in some of the other census records. Also, if you have someone who reads Russian look through the online church books for 1874 and a bit earlier, you may be able to see if the surname Lewicki is recorded at all in the books. If so, then that is good indication that the family was from the district and you are on the right track. Also, any Lewicki reference in the parish books may provide the place of residence as part of the birth, marriage, death record. That would also give you a clue as to where Cyryl et. al., lived as well.

Here is the link to the Family Search records:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=888074&query=%2Bplace%3A%22Russia%2C%20Kiev%2C%20Cherkassy%22

Finally, you may be at the point of needing to hire a researcher who can understand Russian and is able to search for the records on your behalf. Polish Origins has people able to do that for you, if you want. Just contact them via email.

That is all for now,
Wishing you the very best in your research,
Cynthia