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kyushukev

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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2025 6:34 pm Post subject: Kakawa to Kalisz

First post here. I finally found my Winkler and Boroswki ancestors after some 20 years.
My 3-g-gm Anna Borowski was born in Kakawa in 1845 and had my 2-g-gm Maryanna in 1867 there. There's no father mentioned, and I don't think that went over well, as she and baby are in Kalisz by 1870, where she married Adam Głownia in 1870 in the Orthodox Church. Maryanna married Mateusz Winkler in 1886 in St. Joseph's, and the Borowskis lived in the Kalisz Department of Finance, which I think is building X on this 1878 map, up by the churches.
https://polska-org.pl/7791773,foto.html (Izba Skarbowa).
I've been searching for period pictures of Kalisz, and haven't been able to find any, which seems odd.
The Winklers were from around Mogilno in Poznan.
I believe I have the father's family figured out, but I don't have a positive ID on him, if anyone wants to play detective sometime.
Take care,
Kevin

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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 9:08 am Post subject:

Hi,
Welcome to the forum!

Maybe these two links can help:
https://gloswielkopolski.pl/zobacz-jak-wygladal-kalisz-wczoraj-i-dzis-aktywne-zdjecia/ar/3732832
https://www.kalisz.info/retrospekcja_1914.html

Can you tell us what specific documents you are looking for?

Regards,
-Barb

kyushukev

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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 11:59 am Post subject: Kalisz photos

Thanks for the links, Barb. I had not seen those. Interesting how there are no photos from the 1800's, unless I read some of those wrong.
I've found most of the documents I was looking for. I don't know what exists from the era Anna lived in Kalisz. Last record of her I found in an 1889 marriage to Wojciech Tanas. I see an Olga Glownia married in 1896, and I would think she was a daughter. I don't know of any other children born to Adam and Anna. I haven't found a death record. That's searching at BaSIA.
Take care,
Kevin

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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 12:58 pm Post subject:

Hi Kevin,
I'll look into it. I think the original surname sounded Gołownia or Holownia. G/H are often used interchangeably.

Picture from 1875:
https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/27015904
and from 1880-90
https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/33244999

I will contact you if I find anything.

-Barb

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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 5:32 pm Post subject:

Hi again,
I found the death record of Adam Gołownia. Do you have this?

-Barb

kyushukev

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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 5:54 pm Post subject: Kakawa to Kalisz

Hi Barb;
That I don't have. I have the date from Anna's wedding to Wojciech Tanas. I have the documents for this, Adam and Ann's wedding, and Olga's wedding to Piotr iwanaw.
I didn't have a chance to thank you for the pictures. Using the map, they helped to get a little bit of a sense of the city.
Thanks for taking the time to help me. I've come to like Anna in the last few months since I found her.

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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:35 pm Post subject: Re: Kakawa to Kalisz

kyushukev wrote:

Hi,
Here is the death record of Adam Gołownia. He died on April 16th, 1887 in Kalisz, aged 54. Son of the late Demian Gołownia. Adam was born in Minsk Governorate. He left behind his wife Anna nee Borowska.

I also found the birth record of daughter Anastasia and son Piotr.

-Barb

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kyushukev

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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 11:51 am Post subject: Kakawa to Kalisz

Wow! You certainly are better at searching than I am. So that means at least 3 children for Adam and Anna. If you could share them, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.

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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 12:00 pm Post subject:

Maybe something new?
Anna and her second husband Wojciech also had a child together. Their son Bolesław was born about 1891 in parish Zbiersk. Unfortunately I was unable to find his birth record. But here is his marriage record from 1933. This says that mother (Anna) was not alive in 1933. Wojciech was alive.
https://metryki.genbaza.pl/genbaza,detail,363397,46

-Barb

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kyushukev

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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 12:35 pm Post subject: Kakawa to Kalisz

This just gets more and more interesting. She was about 45 when she married Wojciech, so I didn't think to look for children. "Wojciech Tanas, bachelor, 27 years old, born in the village of Kaczki Mostowe of the parish and district of Turek"
Thanks once again.
Kevin

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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: Kakawa to Kalisz

kyushukev wrote:

Hi Kevin and Barb,

Kevin, I don't want to duplicate your work, but I found 2 children for Mateusz Winkler and Marianna Borowska.

https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=pol&bdm=B&w=15wp&rid=B&search_lastname=winkler&search_name=mat*&search_lastname2=&search_name2=mar*&from_date=&to_date=

Marianna Winkler Birth Record
Born: 25 March 1887
Record #73 - Scan #29 - Page #13
Father was 26 years old. Mother was 19 years old.
https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/fb6f08436390feb4788710c52d764429f00a11ced452893e73f423b0e640d3ad

Jan Winkler Birth Record
Born: 1 May 1889
Record #4 - Scan #4 - Page #2
Father was 28 years old. Mother was 20 years old.
https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/ccac1b9151af7f931be083f69e9cf22dcffbf69af1d92fa3d105118c90dbb072

I did see on the Poznan Project the marriage information for Mateusz Winkler and Marianna Borowska.
Catholic parish Kalisz - par. św. Józefa [Kalisch-St.Joseph]
entry 20 / 1886
Mateusz Winkler (36 years old) 100%
father: Wojciech , mother: Rozalia
Marianna Borowska (19 years old)
mother: Anna

I'm sure Barb or Marcel can read translate the birth records for you, and give you clues from the record.

I believe you have the birth record for Mateusz Winkler from family search.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSX8-W915-1?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6FCZ-69BP&action=view&cc=4116415&lang=en&groupId=M9FK-Q5J

Here is the marriage index from the Poznan Project for Mateusz's parents - Wojciech and Rozalia.
Catholic parish Kamieniec (Mogilno) [Kaminiec]
entry 17 / 1855
Adalbertus Winkler (34 years old, widower) 100%
Rosalia Lebiedzińska (19 years old)

Here is the record from family search.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSX8-W9R5-J?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6FCX-4SR5&action=view&lang=en&groupId=M9FK-Q51

Regards,
Trish

kyushukev

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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 4:02 pm Post subject: Kakawa to Kalisz

Thanks for your help, Tish. I do have all that. Marianna Winkler was my g-gm, who lived long enough for me to meet her. If any one here has ancestry, I have it all posted there in my tree, The Theory of Riley-tivity.
I'm still digesting all of Barb's contributions. This forum has been a big help.
Take care,
Kevin

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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2025 9:15 am Post subject:

Hi again,
Here is the birth record of Boleslaw Tanas. No. 12.

https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/11962191?_Jednostka_delta=20&_Jednostka_resetCur=false&_Jednostka_cur=2&_Jednostka_id_jednostki=11962191

He was born in Zbiersk, February 20th, 1891.

-Barb

kyushukev

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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2025 10:48 am Post subject: Kakawa to Kalisz

Thanks again Barb. This is the 1st time in several days I could access the Archives (something about a secure connection). I found Wojciech's birth at BaSIA, and also saw he was a witness for a number of baptisms in the early 1900's. Boleslaw witnessed 2. Now I can verify if it's them by checking his age, although I imagine it is. I also saw they are Orthodox, which surprised me as it looks like the wedding was registered in the Catholic Church.
Zbiersk was part of his original area, as he was born in Turek Parish. His witnessing occurred in several towns, and I wonder if that was part of his job. I use this and think it's great if you haven't: https://mapcarta.com/
I haven't seen any signs of a 2nd marriage for Wojciech. Or marriages for the Glownia children besides Olga in 1896 in Kalisz.
Hopefully, the Archives will stay open for me.
Take care,
Kevin

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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2025 11:53 am Post subject:

Access to Szukaj w archiwach for those of us who do not live in Poland was gone for almost a week.
Yes, Wojciech was born on April 12th, 1862 in Kaczkach Mostowych parish of Turek.
Weddings between Catholics and Orthodox have happened often. If I remember correctly, Adam G/Holownia was Orthodox, but Anna was Catholic.

-Barb

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