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Re: Wilinski from Wloclawek

marcelproust — Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:59 am

Author: marcelproust

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:59 am

VWRank61 wrote:

marcelproust wrote:

VWRank61 wrote:

I am looking for information on my Grandfather Walter Wilinski. I know that he was from Wloclawek and born in 1889.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thank you!

I have checked 1889 Włocławek romancatholic and evangelic parish church records and there was no Wiliński Walter there. Are You sure it was 1889?

Re: Wilinski from Wloclawek

VWRank61 — Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:50 am

Author: VWRank61

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:50 am

marcelproust wrote:

VWRank61 wrote:

I am looking for information on my Grandfather Walter Wilinski. I know that he was from Wloclawek and born in 1889.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thank you!

I have checked 1889 Włocławek romancatholic and evangelic parish church records and there was no Wiliński Walter there. Are You sure it was 1889?

Re: Wilinski from Wloclawek

dnowicki — Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:32 am

Author: dnowicki

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:32 am

VWRank61 wrote:

I am looking for information on my Grandfather Walter Wilinski. I know that he was from Wloclawek and born in 1889.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thank you!

Hi VWRANK,

Polish immigrants who used the name Walter in the USA almost always had the given name Władysław. The English version of Władysław is Ladislaus but many immigrants decided to call themselves Walter, which fit better into the English speaking world. Also, birth years can be off. Finally, when a man said he was from Włocławek he could have meant he was from the town or he may have meant that he was from the powiat (like our county) of Włocławek, which more often than not was what he meant. It was sort of like someone saying that he is from NY— it could be either the city or the state.

There is a Władysław Wilinski indexed as being born in Chodecz (which was in the powiat of Włocławek) in 1888. Here is a link to Geneteka, which has an index of individuals born in Kujawsko-Pomorskie, where the town and the powiat of Włocławek are located: http://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=pol&bdm=B&w=02kp&rid=B&search_lastname=wilinski&search_name=wladyslaw&search_lastname2=&search_name2=&from_date=&to_date=

Attached is a map of the powiat of Włocławek from 1907.

To do fruitful research in Poland it would be necessary to have additional info from this side of the pond.

Wishing you success,

Dave

Re: Wilinski from Wloclawek

marcelproust — Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:47 am

Author: marcelproust

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:47 am

VWRank61 wrote:

I am looking for information on my Grandfather Walter Wilinski. I know that he was from Wloclawek and born in 1889.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thank you!

I have checked 1889 Włocławek romancatholic and evangelic parish church records and there was no Wiliński Walter there. Are You sure it was 1889?

Wilinski from Wloclawek

VWRank61 — Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:19 am

Author: VWRank61

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:19 am

I am looking for information on my Grandfather Walter Wilinski. I know that he was from Wloclawek and born in 1889.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thank you!