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tkjr24

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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:00 am Post subject: Searching for relatives

I'm searching for relatives of Anthony Konieczka from Humniska, he was a mailman there and came to the US around 1917.
I'm also searching for relatives on my Babscia's side, her name was Antonina Bazak from Konsk, she also came to the US around 1917.
Neither of them passed down any information on families left behind and we only have bits and pieces of info. If there are any relatives out there I would really like to connect.
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Tony K.

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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:35 am Post subject:

Hi Tony,
Could this Antoni be your relative?

https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=eng&bdm=B&w=09pk&rid=9049&search_lastname=konieczka&search_name=Antoni&search_lastname2=&search_name2=&from_date=&to_date=1890

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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:45 am Post subject: Re: Searching for relatives

Sophia and Trish, are you able to find Manifest for both? We do not have enough information.

-Barb

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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:51 am Post subject:

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No, it's not him. I see that this Antoni died in 1963.
- Barb

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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: Searching for relatives

BarbOslo wrote:

Sophia and Trish, are you able to find Manifest for both? We do not have enough information.

-Barb

Hi Barb,
I agree with you, we don't have enough information yet. Geneteka has only indexed the birth records for Humniska for the years 1890-1905, as I am sure you noticed, and we do not know if Antoni Konieczka was born in that interval or not. Tony, if you could give us a birth year for your relatives, that would make the search easier. Once you provide that, I can try to look for ship manifests. The same for whatever details you have on Antonina Bazak.
Best regards,
Sophia

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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: Searching for relatives

Hi!
This probably is not who you're looking for, but I found this record on Ancestry. I'm not sure how confident you are in 1917 being when Antonina immigrated and you didn't mention birthdate or if she was already married. But this could possibly be her? Her husband Gustav Baszak is travelling to her in either 1911 or 1914, I can't read the date at the top or some of what is written in the notes column for line 25. Last place of residence is listed as Krakan maybe meaning Krakow? I haven't heard of Konsk but Konskie is about 150km away. Gustav's row also has a stamp saying "deported" at the start to the left.
Maybe this is helpful, sorry if this isn't the Antonina you're looking for
~jerry

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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: Searching for relatives

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tkjr24 wrote:

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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 8:45 am Post subject: Re: Searching for relatives

Sophia wrote:

jangle1 wrote:

tkjr24 wrote:

Hi Jerry,
That is an interesting manifest that you found for Gustav Baszak. The year is 1914. Yes, it shows his last residence as "Krakau" which means Krakow. The image that you posted is the first page of a two-page manifest. Here is a link to the second page:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T6-LQFF-L?view=index&action=view
Gustav was not going to Antonina, in this manifest, rather he is listing her as his closest relative in the country from which he came. He was intending to go to a friend (I read it as Jozef Hess) in Philadelphia. I read Gustav's place of birth (last column of page 2) as Sambor. You are correct, he was deported.
Best regards,
Sophia

Hi Sophia,
I hope you are well!
That was such a silly mistake on my part, thank you for correcting me. I figured it might not be the same Antonina, but that it might be worth sharing just in case.
~jerry

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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:11 am Post subject:

Hi Everyone,
Sorry I'm late to the party. Embarassed

Could this be Antoni's manifest? He is on line #22.

Regards,
Trish

Name Antoni Koniczka
Gender Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality Polish
Marital Status Single
Age 19
Birth Date abt 1893
Birth Place Austria
Other Birth Place Huminska
Last Known Residence Hunninska, Austria
Departure Port Hamburg
Arrival Date 23 Oct 1912
Arrival Port New York, New York, USA
Residence Place Austria
Final Destination Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height 5 Feet, 9 Inches
Hair Color Brown
Eye Color Blue
Complexion Fair
Money in Possession 7
Person in Old Country Wajciech Koniczka
Person in Old Country Relationship Father
Person in Old Country Residence Hunniska
Person in US Michal Kendra
Father
Wajciech Koniczka
Ship Name Kaiserin Augusta Victoria

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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:34 am Post subject:

Hi Everyone,
I believe I found Antoni's social security death index. I am trying to figure out where Antoni was living.

Regards,
Trish

Name Anthony George Konieczka
Gender Male
Race White
Birth Date 12 Oct 1892
Birth Place Hunnisko, Poland
Father Wojciek Konicka
Mother Dovota Gutak
SSN 171096925
Notes Dec 1936: Name listed as ANTHONY GEORGE KONIECZKA

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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 10:28 am Post subject:

Trish wrote:

Hi Everyone,
Going by the ship's manifest which stated Antoni was from Humniska and his father was Wojciech. Plus using the Social Security Death index which shows the names of Antoni's parents. I was able to find this record for a Marianna Konieczka with the same parents' names.

Regards,
Trish
PS: I hope the links below works!

https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=pol&bdm=B&w=09pk&rid=B&search_lastname=Konieczka&search_name=wo*&search_lastname2=&search_name2=&from_date=&to_date=&rpp1=&ordertable=

https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/82784ea62389694ad09475c47834bad27e7ada76ff8bdfe754473aa2feb82130

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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 10:30 am Post subject:

Hello,
Looks like it is him. Place, father's name and year of birth match. Super!
And Marianna must be Antoni's sister.
-Barb

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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 6:36 pm Post subject:

Trish wrote:

Hi Everyone,
Sorry I'm late to the party. Embarassed

Could this be Antoni's manifest? He is on line #22.

Regards,
Trish

Hi everyone,

Trish, it isn't a party until you arrive!
I agree that this is Antoni's manifest. Look also two lines above him and see another fellow coming from Humniska. They are certainly connected. You also posted a link to the scan for Marianna's baptism, and when you look at that page, that Kedra surname shows up quite a few times.

Jerry, don't worry, we all have days like that!

Just to say it, "George" and "Wojciech" are not two forms of the same name, yet it was almost a given that someone whose Polish name was Wojciech would become George in the U.S. so Antoni's middle name in the SSDI makes a lot of sense.

Sophia

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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 6:40 pm Post subject:

Antoni's baptism is on szukajwarchiwach

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Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 7:10 am Post subject:

Geneteka shows several siblings of Antoni. Dorota's surname is represented several different ways.

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