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| looking for clues wrote: |
| This may be the church index to your great grandparent’s marriage record. On https://polishfamily.info/ marriage index, searching for John Kendzierski, there is a January 1915 marriage in Boston at Our Lady of Czestochowa church that would fit for the timing of their first child. The link to the record is a paid site but you may also be able to get a copy of the record from the church or through FamilySearch.
The index gives John’s parent’s names – Florian Kendzierski and Frances Sobotka. It also gives the bride’s info. I was a bit thrown by the location for John of Rzekoń, Ostrołęka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzeku%C5%84 when I saw that it was in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship instead of the Podlaskie Voivodeship where Łomża is. I found records on Geneteka https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/ for Florian and Frances (Franciszka). I found them located in Borawe which seems pretty close in spelling to Borowy / Borawy. A variation of the spelling of the Kendzierski name shows as Kędzierski. Florian died in 1900 and Franciszka Kędzierska died in 1901. Note, their parents names are listed. Their deaths could fit with John listing his brother as nearest relative. Per https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borawe In the years 1921–1939 the village was located in the Białystok Voivodeship, in the Łomża County, in the Rzekuń commune. (At the time of your great grandfather’s petition for naturalization.) I am not sure what the border were at the time of his immigration. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostro%C5%82%C4%99ka calls Ostrołęka the 8th most populated city in the voivodeship and the 2nd most populated city in the former Łomża Land of historic Masovia I did not find John Kendzierski’s birth record in either Ostrołęka or Rzekuń (where Borawe is). I see that Rzekuń does not have a lot of the records around his time of birth indexed, but they are online in Russian. Barb and Sophia and bluevervain – do you think this could be the right track? Diane |
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2025 2:18 am
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| looking for clues wrote: |
| Dave, yes church records can be a very helpful, especially in Polish parishes - and Polish names are actually spelled correctly:)
And thank you for the 1907 map. It is a great visual I can use to explain to my family members why some of our ancestors were correct in saying they were from Warsaw, but that didn't mean the city of Warsaw, just the province. I had a question on the actual church marriage record bluevervain posted. On the line that reads baptizatum in Rzekuń does the dis stand for diocese? |
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