Repinski Family Tree History
Repinski-Dulak/Dulek Line
My Kashubian Ancestors
My First Polish Settlers of North America
"A Long Line of Kashubian Immigrant Ancestors"
About a month ago I received a message from my cousin Shelby Repinski Ellison who just happened to be traveling abroad for work and she messaged me from Poland...the "Mother Land" of my dad's family.
To say I was a little jealous of her at this moment is just a bit of an understatement....
She asked if I knew of any of the areas where some of our family ancestors may have come from.
I have quite the list and I am sure that after sending numerous 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and more Great Grandparents and the places that they came from in Poland....she was probably saying "Oh why did I ask??" (inject big grin).
Some day I hope to make it to Poland and visit all of the places I have discovered in my research. I haven't talked to her since her return but I do hope that she got the opportunity to explore a bit.
As I was going through some of the family tree branches on my Repinski/Dulek side to find these towns for her, I decided to do a little more in depth research into one of the areas that quite a few of my ancestors came from.
I already knew from previous research that most of my dad's ancestry from his mother's Osowski side of the family and her mother's Kiedrowski side of the family all came from an area of Northwest Poland called "Kashubian Pomerania".
A distant cousin, Arthur Newkirk, who lives in North Carolina has helped me with this line by finding and adding some of my ancestors to my family tree on Geni.com which is where I have a tree connected to the "World Tree". The more ones line is filled in on the World Tree, the better one is able to connect to other relations through out the world and throughout history.
The more I dug into my family lines, the more I realised just how intimately KASHUBIA and POMERANIA are connected to my dad's family lines from both his father, Clarence Repinski and his mother Evelyn Dulek Repinski starting in the late 1800s and establishing the bedrock of our family as we know it today.
As one write up in an article on the first settlers says very well:
The hopes and dreams of these immigrants began to be realized as they moved into the 1880’s.
Their simple log homes became part of larger and more comfortable white frame houses. Their children moved to their own farms or to the city for work or to set up a business.
Seven more Polish Catholic parishes were organized.
Even though the "chain migration” from the Kaszuby region had begun to subside by the mid-1880’s, immigrants from the Austrian and Russian partitions of Poland began to find their way to Portage County - usually after a short stay in Chicago or Milwaukee while deciding where to locate.
Perhaps they were drawn to this area by the large, successful Polish community with its Polish Catholic Churches which had its beginning almost 150 years ago.
Some of those immigrants to North America and in particular the ones that settled in Portage County Wisconsin that are my ancestors have the following surnames: Repinski, Dulek, Osowski, Riemer, Kowalski, Cyzewski, Kosobucki, Mrocki, Zblewski, Kiedrowski, Kynter, Polzcynski, Janta, Wosocki,
Come learn about Kashubia and Pomerania and those Kashubian Poles who emigrated away from their homeland to make new lives for themselves...a very large part of the ancestry of my Repinski/ Dulek family history...
Kashubia/Kaszuby
Kashubia or Cassubia (Kashubian: Kaszëbë, Polish: Kaszuby, German: Kaschubei, Kaschubien) is a language area in the historic Eastern Pomerania (Pomerelia) region of northwestern Poland. It is defined by the widespread use of the Kashubian language. The capital of Kashubia is Gdańsk.
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The area had been part of the German Empire since its unification in 1871.
Prior to that, it had been West Prussia, a state formed as a result of the first partition of Poland in 1772, by Austria, Russia and Prussia.
The Kashubian Migration Away From The Homeland
"The Kashubian Exodus"
Reasons for Leaving
Around 1850 many Kashub Poles left Poland in what is now called "The Great Kashubian Migration" with these people settling in various areas of the world.
These Kashub Poles migrated for various economic and religious reasons:- After the Franco-Prussian War and the unification of Germany under Bismarck, Kashubians were met with institutionalized hostility.
- Life was very harsh for the Kashubs.
- It was illegal to use Polish or Kashubian in public, especially in church.
- Many priests were imprisoned or exiled.
- Churches were left with no parish priests.
- As a result, many more Kashubs left their homeland and migrated to the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and other destinations
Poland and Kashubia-A Short History
The climate and geology of Kaszuby was very similar to that of central Wisconsin. Both regions show evidence of glaciation with many lakes and moraine hills amid forested land. Light, sandy soil interspersed with stones and rocks predominates in both areas.Small towns, villages, and clusters of farm buildings surrounded by fields dotted the countryside of Kaszuby in this largely agricultural area. The Baltic coast was lined with fishing villages.
Most Kashubians of the working class in the nineteenth century lived in thatched-roof cottages or log homes. The home was composed of planed logs dove-tailed at the corners with no basement. The interior walls were usually white-washed and might have been plastered. Often, a single room, heated by either a tiled or brick stove, comprised most of the building with accommodations for sleeping along the sides of the room or in the loft. There might be a small recessed area or alcove which would serve as sleeping quarters or as the living quarters for a married son, elderly parents, or for a farmhand and his family.
Poland is made up of many folkloric regions; each has distinctive arts and crafts. The Kaszuby region is particularly well known for its colorful haft (embroidery), weaving, woodcarving, and ceramic pottery.
Most men carried a tabakierka (snuff box) - a Kaszubian man was seldom without his.
(Funny thing is that I remember my grandfather talking about this and mentioned that word a few times.....)
A testimony to Poland’s Catholicism were the many wayside shrines found at crossroads in the rural areas or the small chapels found in the villages. Holy days were recognized with the addition of wreaths, multi-colored ribbons, or flowers.
There is one such chapel in the Plover area, the Konkol Corner’s chapel at a Portage County crossroad. The John Konkol family emigrated from this region in 1883.
Poland had been occupied by three foreign governments -Prussia, Russia, and Austria - since 1795. Even though Poles were citizens of these countries, they maintained their Polish identity in language, customs, and culture. Immigrants from all three partitions came to Portage County, however the majority came from the Prussian rural areas surrounding Gdansk (Danzig), Bydgoszcz (Bromberg), Poznan (Posen), and Gniezno (Gnesen). Notice the Polish and German names for each of these cities.
Poles are noted for their intense loyalty and tenacity. Despite this, families began to make plans to leave Poland for America. Overpopulation, poor harvests, estates no longer under Polish ownership, farms too small to support a family with no available land, had contributed to a large number of "landless" or migrant workers. Their occupation government had become more oppressive and aggressive which added to an already bleak future. The arrival of the railroad in the 1850’s, provided better access to the ports of Hamburg and Bremen. Opportunity beckoned.
400 Years of Family Connections
The Old Homeland of Prussia (Kashubia-Pomerania-Poland)
Little did I realize until looking at all the names of the places of my ancestors births, lives and deaths and pinning them together through the generations of the family tree... that for almost 400 years, from 1500 to almost 1900, almost all of the villages of my different polish family lines were not more than 5 to 10 miles away from one another and these people intermarried through so many generations that as one can see from the above lines, almost all of their descendants to this day in all areas of the world are all related to one another either through blood or marriage.
The landscape that makes up this area of Poland was historically called "Kaszuby" and the counties that my ancestral family lines and those of quite a few other Portage County "Polish" Wisconsin families come from are: Bytow, Lipnica,Studienice and Lipusz.
I have found that the town of Chojnice in the southern part of Pomerania & most of the rest of the villages are all strung together by many centuries of intermarriages.
These little towns that my family's bloodline comes from include; Male Chelmy, Glisno, Kiedrowice, Rolbik, Pradzona, Przewoz, Lipinca, Modzeil, Studzienice and Oslawa Dabrowa.
And as I looked at some of the names of the villages, I was astounded to see some of my family surnames such as Kiedrowice (Kiedrowski), Glisno (Glisnowski), Rolbik (Rolbicki) & Oslawa (Oslawaiski).
I noticed this in earlier research that I had done on my father's paternal Repinski side of the family also....
The village of Rzepin and the Rzepin National Forrest in the northwest part of the country just south of the Kashubian area.
The Passage to America
The promise of a better life in America had drawn immigrants from Pomerania since the late 1840’s. Apparently this news had reached the nearby Kaszuby region as well. It also appears as though the 1857 departure of the Michal von Koziczkowski family may have been among the earliest to leave this region.
The mass emigration from Kaszuby which soon followed was the earliest and largest in all of Poland. It was also unique in that it was an immigration of families--at times, three generations appear on passenger lists. They did not plan to return.
Canadian ships, empty of their cargo of lumber, were early choices of the Kaszuby immigrants during the early 1860’s, as affordable and sometimes free transportation to Quebec from Hamburg. Their open holds held few comforts for the long voyage--some lasting 6-8 weeks. Later, agents from the Hamburg line offered passage in trade for land. Accommodations were slightly improved with bunks and cooking facilities in the cramped steerage area.
By 1870, stricter regulations provided travelers with better conditions and the steam powered ships required less time for the passage. Bremen to New York became the preferred route.
Most of Portage County’s Polish immigrants entered the United States through Castle Garden; a converted opera house established in 1855, and replaced by Ellis Island in 1892. Neither were they greeted by the Statue of Liberty which was erected in the harbor in 1896. However, as mentioned previously, the earliest immigrants from Kaszuby arrived in Quebec.
Most had a destination in mind-areas where their countrymen had already settled; typical of a chain migration. Most had been farmers and had come to find land. Those who did not stay in Renfrew County, in Canada’s Ontario province, traveled to the Great Lakes and on to the ports of Detroit, Chicago, and Milwaukee. Some stayed in these cities. Others stayed only temporarily until farmland was found, and some of these set out for Portage County where a Polish community was developing at Poiska Krzyzowka (Poland Corners).
The Challenges of the Early Years in Portage County
In the mid-1800’s, the Midwest was appealing to immigrants because most of the Northwest Territory was divided into states with stable governments and little or no threat of conflict. Land agents were actively touting this area as the best place in which to settle.
Rail service was available as far as Berlin, Wisconsin. Stagecoaches provided service to central Wisconsin. One family’s tradition relates that in 1869, their ancestors walked from Berlin to Polonia.
Many of the newcomers worked as hired hands or in logging camps to earn the money needed to buy land. Their small, humble homes were shared with those who followed them--providing food, shelter, and guidance as they adjusted to their new circumstances.
The best land in Portage County had been chosen by the earlier Yankee, German, Irish, and Norwegian settlers. The Poles found the rock and stump-filled land in northeastern Portage County affordable and undaunting. Husband, wife, and children bent to the task of clearing and farming the land, usually aided by a team of oxen. The crops they planted and the farm buildings they built closely resembled those they had left in Poland. The similarity in the landscape and weather of Portage County may have moderated the longing for their homeland.
The Civil War broke out in 1861. In August of 1862, males between the ages of 18 and 45 years were required to register for military duty. Three young Polish men from central Wisconsin reported for duty and served in the Grand Army of the Republic.
By 1863, the rapidly growing Polish community, now about 40 families, decided to petition for their own church. They attended Mass at St. Martin’s church with their German and Irish neighbors, but wanted the comfort and warmth of their own language and culture. St. Joseph’s was chosen as the name of the first Polish rural church in Wisconsin and one of the earliest Polish Catholic parishes in the United States.
Few Poles had immigrated to Portage County during the Civil War. At its end, more families arrived from the Kaszuby region along with others from the more southern regions of the Prussian partition; namely the Bydgoszcz, Poznan, and Gniezno districts. It was at this time, that the families from Gulcz, Stevens Point’s Polish Sister City, began to arrive. Some of them had lived temporarily in Dunkirk, NY.
Birth of the Stevens Point Square & the Building of the 1st Churches
About 1870, in the tradition of their homeland, Polish farmers began to use the public square in Stevens Point to bring their produce and animals to market. Their wives also participated in the sales by bringing eggs and garden produce. Market day was not only for business but also for socializing with friends and relatives.
The early 1870’s also brought a historic climax and resolution of a problem which had confronted the St. Joseph’s congregation for some time. Noise created by the rowdy and brawling customers of the four neighboring saloons was a distraction during Sunday Mass. Several priests had attempted to negotiate the problem, but to no avail.
In 1871, a young Polish immigrant priest, Rev. Jozef Dabrowski, accepted an appointment to serve the parish - his first. After failing to convince the saloonkeepers to cooperate, he made the decision to move the church 1 1/2 miles to the east. The building was dismantled and moved by wagon to the new site which was named Polonia. This move was not without controversy. The saloonkeepers complained about the loss of business and some unhappy parishioners resented what they considered the high-handed decision of the young priest.
In protest, they constructed a schismatic Polish church at Poland Corners, the first in the United States. Unexplained fires hit the relocated Polonia church and also the convent of the newly arrived Felician nuns. In 1876, a new church, rededicated to the Sacred Heart, and a new school-convent were built. Within a short time, the dissident parishioners began to return and the Polonia parish prospered under the direction of Rev. Dabrowski and the Felician nuns.
The need for a church to serve the growing Polish population in the Hull area soon became apparent. Rev. Dabrowski responded by building a mission chapel dedicated to St. Casirmir. A resident priest was not appointed until 1875.
By 1876, the 4th ward of Stevens Point had a significant Polish population. Some of the more recent immigrants had chosen to live in the city and not all of the sons of the Polish farmers chose to remain on the land. 53 people founded the city’s first Polish parish of St. Peters.
Many of my relatives belonged to that church.
The hopes and dreams of these immigrants began to be realized as they moved into the 1880’s.
Their simple log homes became part of larger and more comfortable white frame houses. Their children moved to their own farms or to the city for work or to set up a business.
Seven more Polish Catholic parishes were organized.
A Family Church
Saint Mary Mount Carmel Catholic Church
One of these seven was a church that was to be built in Fancher.
The land on which St. Mary of Mount Carmel Catholic Church was built was donated by my 2nd great grandparents, August and Antoni Dulek.
They and numerous other of my ancestral relatives are buried in the church yard cemetery. I have visited the church and it is, like the author below says.... is pretty magnificent.
The history of this church from a website:
The first church was built in 1885 and measured 30' x 20' in size, 14' high.
This original church was used as a school when a larger one was needed. The second church was built in 1893 and was 104' x 40' and 27' high.
However, the second St. Mary's was only in existence for a few years when it was destroyed by a fire.
The picture you are viewing of the high altar is the one still in existence today. The statues are life-size, so I am guessing the main altar is somewhere around 45 feet tall. There are matching smaller side altars.
It was re-built in the year 1904 in the Neo-Gothic design which you see in the photograph. The present church seated 900 people. Although I do not have the interior measurements now, the Bell Tower is 157' tall. (The interior painting as you see it in the picture was done in 1960.) Quite a tremendous feat all things considered, and the fact that the location was a farming community, which it remains to this day.
The Polish settlers did much of the work themselves, and I'm sure sacrificed greatly to build such a dignified, inspirational church for the "Greater glory and honor of God, His Angels and His Saints!"
Visitors continue to come from many parts of the United States, and as far away as Europe just to see the church after hearing about it.
As one lady from Poland commented, "In Poland this would be considered a Basilica."
What a wonderful tribute to our Holy Catholic Faith, all the love, dedication and devotion that was put into this church.
If you are ever in Central Wisconsin please stop in and visit the church. It is located about 10 miles southeast of Stevens Point. A truly inspirational sight to behold.
My Kashubian Relatives in America
Even though the "chain migration” from the Kaszuby region had begun to subside by the mid-1880’s, immigrants from the Austrian and Russian partitions of Poland began to find their way to Portage County - usually after a short stay in Chicago or Milwaukee while deciding where to locate.
Perhaps they were drawn to this area by the large, successful Polish community with its Polish Catholic Churches which had its beginning over 150 years ago.
To say that my family was instrumental in the growing of Portage County would be an understatement. As I was growing up I never realized how deep our roots in this area really were.
I am so very proud of my polish heritage and of my ancestors. I wish I could have met them all.
This site below tries to connect the dots of that migration to the various areas where these people settled. Most settled in either in Ontario Canada, Winona MN, Portage County WI and Milwaukee and Chicago. There were also large settlements in Duluth MN and in North and South Dakota as well as Nebraska and Montana and Missouri.
As I click on a few of the names to bring up their trees, I am amazed that I find a family connection either by blood or by marriages with almost every single name on all of the lists.
To say that we are all connected is proved by what I have discovered through this research as well.
The idea for this neat project explained on the site is thus:
In the mid-1800s Kashubians migrated for economic reasons. After the Franco-Prussian War and the unification of Germany under Bismarck, Kashubians were met with institutionalized hostility. Life was very harsh for the Kashubs. It was illegal to use Polish or Kashubian in public, especially in church. Many priests were imprisoned or exiled. Churches were left with no parish priests. As a result, many more Kashubs left their homeland and migrated to the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and other destinations. Further information is available on Wikipedia and at Bambenek.org.
The purpose of this project is to aid genealogists with their research by linking families (profiles) to areas of settlement.
Due to the sheer volume, this project will focus only on the original settlers (husband and wife) and not their immigrating minor children or descendants. In the event that a spouse is not listed, it should be assumed that the spouse (if any) was not an immigrating Kashubian and/or has a Kashubian parent already listed.
For all of the names connected to the project:
The Great Kashubian Migration
An example of this connection are the names that I found on the lists:
Three different lines who immigrated to Ontario Canada and lived their entire lives there;
1.Magdalena Bembenek:
Birth: March 27, 1837
Trzebuń, Kościerzyna
Death: 1919 (81)
Ontario, Canada
is your first cousin thrice removed's husband's uncle's wife's brother's wife.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Joseph T. Repinski
his father → Anna Rzepinski
his mother → Józef "Joseph" Cisewski
her brother → Veronica Waldoch
his daughter → John Waldoch
her husband → Antoni "Anton" Johann Waldoch
his father → Jakub Wałdoch
his father → Jakub Wałdoch
his son → Katarzyna Wałdoch
his wife → Antoni Jan Bembenek
her brother → Magdalena Bembenek
his wife
2.Brygida Biernacka Lilla:
Birth: circa 1834
Parchowo, Bytów
Death: March 20, 1920 (82-90)
Ontario, Canada
is your third great uncle's niece's husband's mother.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Elizabeth Repinski
his mother → Jan Strojk
her father → Magdalena Flees
his sister → August Flees
her husband → Katarzyna Recoskie
his sister → Marianna Biernacki
her daughter → Paul Biernacki
her husband → Brygida Biernacka
his mother
3.Adam Kosobucki:
Birth: March 12, 1829
Żabno, Chojnice
Death: January 27, 1898 (68)
Hagarty, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
is your fourth great uncle.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Joseph T. Repinski
his father → Anna Rzepinski
his mother → Wiktoria Cysewska
her mother → Adam Kosobucki
her brother
And then four different lines that immigrated to Winona Minnesota:
1.Jan Adamczyk:
Birth: December 28, 1874
Kłonecznica, Chojnice, Polska
Death: 1898 (23)
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, United States
is your fifth cousin thrice removed.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Baltazar Paweł Ossowski
her father → Katarzyna Oasowska
his mother → Wojciech Pluto Prądziński
her father → Jan Pluto Prądziński
his father → Grzegorz Pluto Prądziński
his brother → Baltazar Pluto Prądziński, Sr.
his son → Magdalena Hapka
his daughter → Magdalena Joanna Stoltman
her daughter → Rozalia Felska
her daughter → Jan Adamczyk
her son
2.Franciszek "Frank" Cyert:
Birth: 1843
Poland
Death: April 05, 1915 (72)
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, United States
is your first cousin thrice removed's husband's mother's husband's mother's husband's granddaughter's husband.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Elizabeth Repinski
his mother → Jan Strojk
her father → Dorota Wróbel
his sister → Paulina Jereczek
her daughter → Mikołaj Ambroży Jereczek
her husband → Józefina Jereczek
his mother → Marcin Lilla
her husband → Brygida Lilla
his mother → Andrzej Błaszkowski
her husband → Tomasz Błaszkowski
his son → Marianna Teresa Cyert
his daughter → Franciszek "Frank" Cyert
her husband
3.Michał Osowski:
Birth: September 28, 1859
Mł. Chełmy, Chojnice, Polska
Death: August 28, 1907 (47)
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, United States
is your second cousin four times removed.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Baltazar Paweł Ossowski
her father → Jakub Szymon Ossowski
his father → Paweł Otto Ossowski
his brother → Maciej Ossowski
his son → Michał Osowski
his son
4.Jan Repinski:
Birth: October 24, 1861
Przytarnia, Kościerzyna
Death: 1930 (68)
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, United States
is your 7th great grandmother's husband's third great niece's husband.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Magdalena Marianna Ossowska
her mother → Jan Antoni Kiedrowski
her father → Marianna Kiedrowska
his mother → Jan Buchan Gliszczyński vel Przytarski
her father → Judyta Wysocka
his mother → Samuel Wysocki
her husband → Agnieszka Wysocka
his mother → Szymon Orlikowski
her son → Łukasz Orlikowski
his son → Józef Orlikowski
his son → Adam Józef Orlikowski
his son → Rozalia Repińska
his daughter → Jan Repinski
her husband
And then three different lines that immigrated to various areas of Wisconsin:
1.Brown County-Jozef Laskowski:
Birth: December 08, 1831
Dzierżążno, Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: September 21, 1913 (81)
Pittsfield, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States
is your third cousin four times removed's wife's grandfather.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Magdalena Marianna Ossowska
her mother → Jan Antoni Kiedrowski
her father → Marianna Kiedrowska
his mother → Franciszek Gliszczyński vel Przytarski
her brother → Jakub Przytarski
his son → Anna Magdalena Mecikalski
his daughter → Leonard E. Mecikalski
her son → Helen Mecikalski
his wife → Teofil Laskowski
her father → Jozef Laskowski
his father
2.Chippawa Falls-Jakub "Jacob" Klismet:
Birth: circa 1845
Poland
Death: July 15, 1922 (73-81)
Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States
is your second cousin four times removed's wife's father.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Joseph T. Repinski
his father → Anna Rzepinski
his mother → Józef Cysewski
her father → Michał von Cysewski
his father → Anna Cysewska vel Labun
his sister → Józef Cysewski
her son → Bernard Cysewski
his son → Victoria Cysewski
his wife → Jakub "Jacob" Klismet
her father
3. Marathon County-Michał Hintz:
Birth: September 13, 1862
Sylczno Wyb., Bytów
Death: July 29, 1938 (75)
Bevent, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States
is your fifth great uncle's second great nephew.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Baltazar Paweł Ossowski
her father → Katarzyna Ossowska
his mother → Marianna Bielawa
her sister → Ignacy Stoltman
her husband → Ewa Myszka
his sister → Apolonia Hinz
her daughter → Jan Wojciech Hinz
her son → Michał Hintz
his son
And then a few lines that settled in Milwaukee Wisconsin.....
Some of my Kashubian relatives settled an area that many Milwaukeans know of:
Jones Island, a peninsula located underneath the Hoan Bridge, began as a fishing village populated by Polish settlers from the Kaszubes region in 1870.
The Kashubians created a commercial fishing village, working Lake Michigan for decades. They were squatters, but nobody wanted the land at the time.
The Kashubians were evicted from the island by the city of Milwaukee in the 1940s and many moved to nearby South Side Milwaukee neighborhoods.
In 1974, a tiny "Kaszube's Park" on the northwest side of Jones Island was dedicated in recognition of the unique multi-ethnic fishing village that flourished on this peninsula during the late 19th and 20th centuries and played a significant role in the city's history. Other early Kashubian families can be found in the near South Side (“Polonia” - St. Stanislaus parish), Lincoln Village (Basilic of St. Josaphat parish) and the Upper & Lower East Side (St. Hedwig parish) neighborhoods of Milwaukee.
1. John Bielicki:
Birth: June 20, 1850
Poland
Death: April 05, 1933 (82)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
is your fourth cousin four times removed's husband.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Magdalena Marianna Ossowska
her mother → Marianna Kiedrowska
her mother → Katarzyna Agata Knyter
her mother → Jakub Filip Janta Połczyński, Sr.
her father → Marianna Łącka
his sister → Antoni Jakub Łącki
her son → Marianna Kobierowska
his daughter → Agnieszka Westphal
her daughter → Mary Bielicki
her daughter → John Bielicki
her husband
2.Józef "Joseph" Erdmann:
Birth: circa 1832
Poland
Death: January 11, 1907 (71-79)
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
is your first cousin thrice removed's husband's third cousin once removed's husband.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → August Dulek
his father → Marianna Elżbieta Jażdżejewska
his sister → Agnieszka Drzewicka
her daughter → Bronisław Drzewicki
her husband → Wojciech Grzegorz Drzewicki
his father → Józef Franciszek Drzewicki
his father → Maciej Drzewicki
his father → Marianna Drzewicka
his mother → Tomasz Gierszewski
her brother → Krzysztof Gierszewski
his son → Eleonora Małgorzata Wyrowinska
his daughter → Lucia Erdman
her daughter → Józef "Joseph" Erdmann
her husband
3.Jan "John" Jazdzewski:
Birth: May 18, 1873
Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: August 06, 1918 (45)
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
is your second cousin four times removed's wife's brother's wife's son.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Joseph T. Repinski
his father → Anna Rzepinski
his mother → Wiktoria Cysewska
her mother → Antoni Kosobucki
her father → Józef Kosobucki
his brother → Wiktoria Domach
his daughter → Andrzej Domach
her son → Wiktoria Domach
his wife → Jan Molski
her brother → Marianna Jażdżewski
his wife → Jan "John" Jazdzewski
her son
4.Robert Maciej Stanislawski:
Birth: February 22, 1868
Kłączno, Bytów, Polska
Death: September 29, 1908 (40)
Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
is your third great aunt's first cousin's husband's brother.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Elizabeth Repinski
his mother → Jan Strojk
her father → Józef "Joseph" A. Stroik
his brother → Marianna "Mary" Stroik
his wife → Andrew Kiedrowski
her father → Paul Kiedrowski
his brother → Marianna "Mary" Stanislawski
his daughter → Franciszek "Frank" Friedrich Stanislawski
her husband → Robert Maciej Stanislawski
his brother
The Central Wisconsin Kashubian Poles
(Closer to Home)
And finally we have the Kashubs that settled in Portage & Wood County.
The Kashubian settlement in Portage County, Wisconsin (not to be confused with the city of Portage, Wisconsin) is the United States’s oldest.
The first Kashubian to settle there was Michael Koziczkowski, formerly of Gdansk, who arrived in Stevens Point late in 1857.
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| Michal von Koziczkowski |
Michał Bogumil Koziczkowski is your second cousin twice removed's husband's great grandfather.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Elizabeth Repinski
his mother → Jan Strojk
her father → Marianna Gillmeister
his sister → Franciszka /Frances/ Magdalena Meronk
her daughter → Esther Gertrude Meronk
her daughter → Harry Joseph Kluck
her husband → Franciszka Kluck (Kluczykowski)
his mother → Teofil Edmund Koziczkowski
her father → Michał Bogumil Koziczkowski (1st Polish settler of Portage County)
his father
Michael's story is an interesting one and to surmise it in a few sentences:
The story of Michal and Franciszka (Zielewska) von Koziczkowski, Portage County’s first Polish family, is told through maps and documents.
Their coming resulted in the development of the oldest Polish rural settlement in Wisconsin. This family originated from the Kaszuby region. The couple was married in the Suleczyno parish in 1838, and lived in the nearby small village of Podjazy.
In 1857, at Sunday Mass, the priest announced to the parish that the family planned to leave for America. Their departure generated a great deal of interest with a large group of people gathering to wish them well on their journey.
A young boy, Antoni Hinz, watched this unusual event with his parents. Little did he realize that in 1880, he and his wife, Jozefina nee Cybulska, and Marianna and Maria, would make the same journey. On the first day of his arrival in Stevens Point - who did he meet on the street but Koziczkowski! He often told this story with a sense of wonder.
***I wonder if this Antoni Hinz is related to my uncle Danny Hintz...I am almost positive there has to be a connection....further research on that one.
Other families, most of them from the Kaszuby region, who arrived in the county shortly after the Koziczkowski's, are identified since their contributions were instrumental in the development of this community. http://www.pchswi.org/archives/townships/earlypolishhist.html
A son, Michael Junior, was born to Koziczkowski and his wife Franciszka on September 6, 1858 in Portage County.
Within five years, more than two dozen Kashubian families joined the Koziczkowskis including five of my Great Great grandfathers.
***One of them was My 2nd Great Grandfather, Jan Stroik immigrated in 1865 from Lipuska Huta, Kościerzyna, Kashubia, Pomerania, Poland.
Since the Portage County Kashubian community was largely agricultural, it was spread out over Sharon, Stockton, and Hull townships.
After the end of the Civil War, many more immigrants from throughout occupied Poland settled in Portage County, this time including the city of Stevens Point.
A detailed history of the Polish community of Portage County, published in 1959 by the late Malcolm Rosholt, is available online at the link below and includes much of my family's history as well:
History of Portage County by Malcom Rosholt
My Ancestral Great Grandparents
My next step at researching the Great Migration site was to see if I could find some of my direct ancestors who settled in Portage County during the "Exodus"......
Quite a few of them are recorded and noted on the site:
A very neat thing I noticed while researching the names below was that the Dulek and Repinski names intersect many times and the families marry into one another through the generations. Most of them were probably not even aware that they were related as some of the connections were many generations back..some as far as 1700 Poland.......
Following are some of my ancestral great grandparents:
**1.August Dulek and Antonia Osowski: are your second great grandparents
August:
Polish: Augustyn Michał Dulek
Gender: Male
Birth: September 04, 1837
Krojanty, Chojnice
Death: 1925 (87)
United States
Place of Burial: Saint Mary of Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Fancher, Portage County, Wisconsin, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Franciszek Dulek and Anna Dulek
Husband of Antoinette Dulek and Barbara Dulek
Father of Magdalena Dulek; Anna Dulek; Joseph Dulek; Francis Dulek; Marianna Gaskey; and John Sr. S. Dulek
Brother of Marianna Elżbieta Jażdżejewska; Wilhelmina Dulek; Teresa Matylda Drewek; Karol Wojciech Dulek and Józef Ambroży Dulek
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Antoinette Dulek (Ossowski)
Polish: Antonia Dulek (Ossowska)
Gender: Female
Birth: January 12, 1840
Małe Chełmy, Brusy / Chojnice, Pomorskie, Poland
Death: 1928 (87)
United States
Place of Burial:Saint Mary of Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Fancher, Portage County, Wisconsin, United States
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Baltazar Paweł Ossowski and Magdalena Marianna Ossowska
Wife of August Dulek
Mother of Magdalena Dulek; Anna Dulek; Joseph Dulek; Francis Dulek; Marianna Gaskey; and John Sr. S. Dulek
Sister of Marianna Ossowska; Maciej Ossowski; Jan Ossowski; Marcin Ossowski; Wojciech Ossowski; Piotr Ossowski; Kazimierz Ignacy Ossowski; Józef Ossowski and Jakub Ossowsk
Relationship:
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → August Dulek & Antonia Osowski
his father & mother
**Augustyn Michael Dulek and Antonia Osowska immigrated about 1861 and entered North America through Quebec Canada. I have not found their immigration papers as of yet but am trying to get information from the government archives in Quebec.
***August and Toni donated a large portion of their land in Fancher to one of the first Catholic Churches in this area in the late 1800s. (Story of the church further down in the post)
**2.Jan Strojk is your second great grandfather.
Birth: January 03, 1849
Lipuska Huta, Kościerzyna
Death: January 05, 1920 (71)
Portage County, Wisconsin, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Andrzej Andreas Stroik and Marianna Strojk
Husband of Mary Stroik
Father of Elizabeth Repinski
Brother of Wiktoria "Victoria" Omernik; Dorota Wróbel; Andrzej Strojk; Marianna Gillmeister; Franciszek Strojk; Rozalia Stroik; Magdalena Flees; Albrecht Stroik; Józefina Strojk; Józef "Joseph" A. Stroik; Krzysztof Stroik; Michał Strojk and Elżbieta Strojk
Relationship:
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Elizabeth Repinski
his mother → Jan Strojk
her father
**Jan immigrated in 1861
**3.Anna Rzepinski is your second great grandmother.
Birth: July 23, 1847
Leśno, Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: April 23, 1915 (67)
Buena Vista, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Józef Cysewski and Wiktoria Cysewska
Wife of Szymon "Simon" Rzepinski and Albert Krutza
Mother of Joseph T. Repinski and Felix Rzepinski
Sister of Józef "Joseph" Cisewski; Franciszek Cysewski; Paweł "Paul" Cysewski; Szczepan Cysewski; Martin Cisewski; Marianna Cysewska and Marianna "Mary" Pawlowski « less
Relationship
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Joseph T. Repinski
his father → Anna Rzepinski
his mother
**Anna Immigrated in 1865
**4.Józef Cysewski is your first cousin five times removed.
Birth: March 12, 1832
Skoszewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: April 09, 1902 (70)
Wisconsin, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of NN and Anna Cysewska vel Labun
Husband of Józefina Cysewska
Father of Marianna Cysewska; Franciszka Marianna Cera (Cysewska); Bernard Cysewski and Celia Glodowski
Brother of Józefina Soldatk
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Joseph T. Repinski
his father → Anna Rzepinski
his mother → Józef Cysewski
her father → Michał von Cysewski
his father → Anna Cysewska vel Labun
his sister → Józef Cysewski
her son
** Josef immigrated in 1875
**4.Paul Cysewski is your third great uncle.
Birth: January 12, 1828
Czarnowo, Chojnice, Polska
Death: February 07, 1906 (78)
Sharon, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States
Place of Burial: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Polonia, Portage, Wisconsin, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Michał Cysewski and Justyna Cysewska
Husband of Elizabeth Cysewski and Marianna Gillmeister
Father of Magdalena Cysewska; Apolonia Cysewska; Marianna Wróblewski; John Cysewski; Joseph Cysewski; and Franciszka /Frances/ Magdalena Meronk « less
Brother of Anna Marianna Cysewska; Mikołaj Józef Cysewski; Agnieszka Marianna Cysewska; Antoni Cysewski; Franciszek "Frank" Cisewski; Józef Cysewski and Catharina Lepak
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Elizabeth Repinski
his mother → Jan Strojk
her father → Marianna Gillmeister
his sister → Paul Cysewski
her husband
**Paul immigrated in 1861
My 3rd Great uncle's story is a very interesting one to say the least and his history has been fairly well documented:
The Cisewski Family
Paul Cisewski and his wife, Elisabeth Cherek, were born at Brusy parish, Bydgoszcz, Poland. They had two daughters born in Poland. The oldest had died before they immigrated. On May 2, 1861, the family consisting of Paul, Elisabeth and their daughter, Apolonia, left from Hamburg, Germany, on the ship “Oden,” which set sail for Quebec. There is no further record of this daughter.
Also sailing on the same ship were Paul’s sister and brother and their families. Catharina Cisewska and her husband, Anton Lepak, also settled in Portage County. The brother, Franz Cisewski, and his wife and daughter apparently never came to Portage County.
The family arrived in Milwaukee in June 1861. They settled on a farm in the town of Sharon. Their children born in America were Mary (Joseph Wroblewski), John (Julia Glodowski) and Joseph who never married. Elisabeth died between 1870 and 1872, and Paul then married a widow, Mary Stroik Gilmeister, who was born in Lippuschutte, Poland. She had a son, Michael Gilmeister, who was born in Poland. Paul and Mary had a daughter, Frances (Frank Meronek). Mary died in 1898. Paul lived until 1906 when he died of heart disease.
Paul Cisewski must have cultivated friendship with the Indians. In the Polonia church baptismal records, Paul Cisewski is the god-father for Red Horn Dekori - Christian name, Joseph. He was an adult Indian, age 55, who was baptized on Nov. 1, 1876.
Paul Cisewski was a good role model. His son, John, was a successful farmer and also was a blacksmith. Paul and his wife sent their children to school as they could read and write.
Paul Cisewski had 44 grandchildren. Many of his descendants still live in Portage County.
**5.Wiktoria "Victoria" Omernik is your third great aunt.
Birth: December 12, 1825
Lipuska Huta, Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: September 16, 1917 (91)
Sharon, Portage, Wisconsin, USA
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Andrzej Andreas Stroik and Marianna Strojk
Wife of Albert Joseph Omernik
Mother of Katarzyna Homernik; Anna Homernik; Elżbieta Woyak; Jan Paweł Homernik; Antoni Omernik; Marianna Omernik; Michael Omernik; Marcjanna Kurszewski; Francis Lawrence Omernick; Nicholas Peter Omernik; Eleanor (Sister Aloisia) Josephine Omernik; Ewa Omernik; Joseph J. Omernik and Zuzanna Omernik
Sister of Dorota Wróbel; Andrzej Strojk; Marianna Gillmeister; Franciszek Strojk; Rozalia Stroik; Magdalena Flees; Albrecht Stroik; Józefina Strojk; Józef "Joseph" A. Stroik; Krzysztof Stroik; Michał Strojk; Jan Strojk and Elżbieta Strojk
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Elizabeth Repinski
his mother → Jan Strojk
her father → Wiktoria "Victoria" Omernik
his sister
**Unsure of immigration year
**6.Casimir Ostrowski is your first cousin five times removed.
Birth: January 04, 1828
Windorp, Chojnice, Polska
Death: February 28, 1898 (70)
Sharon, Portage, Wisconsin, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Jan Kop Ostrowski and Magdalena Kop Ostrowska
Husband of Rosalia Ostrowski
Father of Marianna Koziczkowski; Franciszek Ostrowski; Alexander Maciej Ostrowski; Franciszka (Frances) Kruzitski (Kruzicki); Maximillian Ostrowski; Leon Lewis Ostrowski; Theodore Ostrowski; Theophilia Ostrowski and Anton Ostrowski
Brother of Marianna Peplińska; Anna Wiktoria Kurkowska; Katarzyna Perszyk; Magdalena Koska; Michał Szymon Kop Ostrowski; and Józefina Lilwica
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Baltazar Paweł Ossowski
her father → Katarzyna Ossowska
his mother → Konstancja Depka Prądzińska
her mother → Magdalena Kop Ostrowska
her daughter → Casimir Ostrowski
her son
**Unsure of immigration year
**7.Szymon "Simon" Rzepinski is your second great grandfather.
Birth: circa 1827
Rzepin, Poland
Death: June 26, 1889 (58-66)
Portage County, Wisconsin, United States
Place of Burial: St. Casimir Cemetery, Hull, Portage County, Wisconsin, United States
Immediate Family:
Husband of Anna Rzepinski
Father of Joseph T. Repinski and Felix Rzepinski
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Joseph T. Repinski
his father → Szymon "Simon" Rzepinski
his father
**Unsure of immigration year
**8.Andrzej Andreas Stroik is your third great grandfather.
Birth: 1802
Lipusz, Poland
Death: January 26, 1868 (66)
Portage County, Wisconsin, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Stroik
Husband of Marianna Strojk
Father of Wiktoria "Victoria" Omernik; Dorota Wróbel; Andrzej Strojk; Marianna Gillmeister; Franciszek Strojk; Rozalia Stroik; Magdalena Flees; Albrecht Stroik; Józefina Strojk; Józef "Joseph" A. Stroik; Krzysztof Stroik; Michał Strojk; Jan Strojk and Elżbieta Strojk
Brother of Wojciech Stroik
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Elizabeth Repinski
his mother → Jan Strojk
her father → Andrzej Andreas Stroik
his father
**Unsure of immigration year
I still have quite a few ancestral great grandparents to find on this side of my Family Tree. My ultimate goal is to get as far back on my fathers line as I have with my mother's line.
So....lets go a little south and there are the Chicago Kashubians that helped make this midwestern city the metropolis it is today and see what relations of my family settled in the Windy City:
1.Józef "Joseph" Gillmeister is your third cousin four times removed.
Birth: January 08, 1846
Raduń, Chojnice, Chojnice
Death: July 11, 1924 (78)
Chicago, Cook County, IL, United States
Place of Burial: St. Adalbert Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, IL, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Franciszek Gillmeister and Elżbieta Tereza Gillmeister
Husband of Mary Gillmeister
Father of Pauline Gillmeister; Edward Theophil Gillmeister; Roman Peter Gillmeister; Gregor Gillmeister; William Gillmeister; George Andrew Gillmeister; Joseph Francis Gillmeister; John Gillmeister and Wasborn "Benjamin" John Gillmeister
Brother of Anna Marianna Gillmeister; Barbara Franciszka Gillmeister; Karol (Carl) Mikołaj Gillmeister; Jan (John) Jakub Gilmeister; Antoni Błażej Gillmeister; Elżbieta Gillmeister and Wiktoria Nowak vel Darga
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Baltazar Paweł Ossowski
her father → Jakub Szymon Ossowski
his father → Marianna Ossowska
his mother → Elżbieta Trzebiatowska
her sister → Marianna Kop Ostrowska
her daughter → Elżbieta Tereza Gillmeister
her daughter → Józef "Joseph" Gillmeister
her son
Emigrated to US 1868 per 1910 US Census.
2.Wojciech "Albert" Golinski is your second cousin thrice removed's wife's father.
Birth: circa 1834
Koscierzyna, Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: August 21, 1895 (57-65)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Wojciech Gołuński and Katarzyna Gołuńska
Husband of Anna Marianna Golonski
Father of August Golinski; Paweł "Paul" Golonski; Marcin "Martin" Golinski; Augustyna "Augusta" Pallasch; Julia Pescinski and 1 other
Brother of Marianna Magdalena Gołuńska; Józef "Joseph" Guliński; Jan Gołuński and Ignacy Gołuński
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Magdalena Marianna Ossowska
her mother → Elżbieta Katarzyna Janta
her sister → Cecylia Katarzyna Gliszczyńska
her daughter → Feliks "Felix" Nicodem Gliszczynski
her son → Mary Gliszczynski
his wife → Wojciech "Albert" Golinski
her father
unsure of Immigration year
3.Marcin "Martin" Hintz (Hinca) is your first cousin thrice removed's wife's sister's husband.
Birth: 1859
Stara Kiszewa, Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
lived in Cook County Ill most of his life
Death: January 28, 1931 (72)
Portage County, Wisconsin, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Tomasz (Hintz) Hinca and Józefina Hintz
Husband of Weronika "Veronica" Hintz
Father of Valeria (Laura) Magulski; Joseph Hintz; Bernard Hintz and Mary Hintz
Brother of Katarzyna "Katherine" Somers; Anna Hintz; Jan Hintz; Marianna Hintz; Paulina Hintz; Franciszka "Frances" Gollon and Frank P Hintz
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Elizabeth Repinski
his mother → Jan Strojk
her father → Wiktoria "Victoria" Omernik
his sister → Francis Lawrence Omernick
her son → Pauline Omernick
his wife → Weronika "Veronica" Hintz
her sister → Marcin "Martin" Hintz
her husband
unsure of immigration year
And then there is good old Montana...who would have thought!!
1.Frank Czapiewski is your first cousin 8 times removed's wife's second great grandson's wife's father.
Birth: September 30, 1853
Poland
Death: January 22, 1927 (73)
Montana, United States
Place of Burial: Saint Philips Cemetery, Wibaux County, Montana, United States
Immediate Family:
Husband of NN Czapiewski and Franciszka "Frances" Czapiewski
Father of Edward Czapiewski; Mary Rataezyk; Waleria Czapiewski; Allis Czapiewski; Anna Czapiewski; and Ludwika "Lucy" Zinda
Birth: September 30, 1853
Poland
Death: January 22, 1927 (73)
Montana, United States
Place of Burial: Saint Philips Cemetery, Wibaux County, Montana, United States
Immediate Family:
Husband of NN Czapiewski and Franciszka "Frances" Czapiewski
Father of Edward Czapiewski; Mary Rataezyk; Waleria Czapiewski; Allis Czapiewski; Anna Czapiewski; and Ludwika "Lucy" Zinda
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Magdalena Marianna Ossowska
her mother → Jan Antoni Kiedrowski
her father → Marianna Kiedrowska
his mother → Jan Buchan Gliszczyński vel Przytarski
her father → Judyta Wysocka
his mother → Maciej Wrycz Rekowski
her brother → Stanisław Wrycz Rekowski
his son → Marianna Cieszyńska
his wife → Andrzej Cieszyński
her son → Katarzyna Zmuda Trzebiatowska
his daughter → Augustina (Justina) Ewa Zinda
her daughter → Martin Zinda
her son → Ludwika "Lucy" Zinda
his wife → Frank Czapiewski
her father
2.John Joseph Zabrocki is your third great uncle's niece's husband.
Birth: June 24, 1850
Death: April 03, 1930 (79)
Place of Burial: St. Philips Cemetery, Wibaux County, Montana, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Wojciech Zabrocki and Julianna Dorota Daszkowska
Husband of Frances Zabrocki
Father of Frank T. Zabrocki; Gracian Harry Zabrocki; Julia G Kukowski; Julius Harry Zabrocki; Felix Lawrence Zabrocki; Steven (Stephen) P Zabrocki; Mary Losinski and Isabel Kierzek
Brother of Paulina Zabrocka; Katarzyna Zabrocka; Teofil Zabrocki; Roman Maksymilian Zabrocki; Anastazja Zabrocka; Bernard Zabrocki; Teodor Wincenty Zabrocki; Marianna Anna Zabrocka; Julianna Elżbieta Zabrocka; Teodozja Zabrocka and Julianna Salomea Zabrocki
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Elizabeth Repinski
his mother → Jan Strojk
her father → Marianna Gillmeister
his sister → Paul Cysewski
her husband → Józef Cysewski
his brother → Frances Zabrocki
his daughter → John Joseph Zabrocki
her husband
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| John Joseph Zabrocki-Couldn't resist adding his photo....looks like a grumpy old man!! |
And then we have the North Dakota Kashubs
1.Jan "John" Cysewski is your third cousin five times removed.
Birth: December 06, 1852
Czarna Dąbrowa, Studzienice / Bytów, Pomorskie, Poland
Death: November 12, 1927 (74)
Stutsman County, North Dakota, United States
Place of Burial: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Fried, Stutsman County, North Dakota, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Anton Cysewski and Anna Katarzyna Cysewska
Husband of Frances Cysewski
Father of Joseph H. Cysewski; John Frank Cysewski; George P Cysewski; Sarah Mutz; Lewis Peter Cysewski; Frank Simon Cysewski; Henry Patrick Cysewski; Roman Julius Cysewski; Paul Cysewski; Edward M. Cysewski and Andrew Ben Cysewski
Brother of Marianna "Mary" Józefina Kamrowski; Joseph Cysewski, Sr.; Franciszek Cysewski and Anna Wiktoria Cysewska
You
You
And a little farther down we have our South Dakota Kashubs
2.Jakub "Jacob" Józef Pionk is your first cousin 7 times removed's husband's second great grandson's wife's father.
Birth: July 25, 1860
Swarzewo, Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: January 24, 1948 (87)
Grenville, Day, South Dakota, United States
Place of Burial: Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Grenville, Day County, South Dakota, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Michał Pionk and Krystyna "Kristine" Pionk
Husband of Katarzyna "Katherina" Pionk
Father of Johanna Dolney; Jacob Pionk; Martin Pionk; Pelagia Mary Dolney; Clara Frances Breske; Tekla (Tecla-Thecla) Boik; Joseph Pionk; Xavier Frances Pionk; Ignatz Pionk; <private> Pionk; <private> (Pionk) and <private> (Pionk)
Brother of Anna Marianna Schultz; Michał Marcin Pionk; Krystyna " Christine" Julianna Elwart; Józef "Joseph" Jan Pionk; Jan Pionk; and Franciszka Pionk
Half brother of Rozalia Franciszka Pionk
You
Some Nebraska Kashubs
1.Franciszek "Frank" Dorszynski is your first cousin five times removed's husband's third cousin.
Birth: October 03, 1842
Dąbrowa, Kościerzyna
Death: June 22, 1899 (56)
Howard County, NE, United States
Place of Burial: Saint Anthony Catholic Cemetery, Farwell, Howard County, NE, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Andrzej Dorszyński and Katarzyna Dorszyńska
Husband of Apolonia Dorszynski
Father of Andrew A. Dorszynski; Anastasia Dorszynski; Mary Janaszak; Simon "Samuel" Frank Dorszynski; John Francis Dorszynski; and Martha Dorszynski
Brother of Marcjanna Kuklińska; Jakub Dorszyński; Antoni Dorszyński; Marianna Dorszyńska; Józefina Dorszyńska; Jan Dorszyński; Mikołaj "Nicholas" Dorsch and Marianna Dorszyńska
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Magdalena Marianna Ossowska
her mother → Jan Antoni Kiedrowski
her father → Anna Rymon Lipińska
his sister → Katarzyna Dorszyńska
her daughter → Wincenty Dorszyński
her husband → Kazimierz Jan Dorszyński
his father → Bartłomiej Dorszyński
his father → Katarzyna Dorszyńska
his mother → Anna Dorszyńska
her sister → Stanisław Florian Dorszyński
her son → Andrzej Dorszyński
his son → Franciszek "Frank" Dorszynski
his son
2.Walenty "Valentin" Andrzej Wesierski
Birth: February 1818
Poland
Death: June 08, 1900 (82)
Ashton, Sherman County, Nebraska, United States
Place of Burial: Saint Francis Cemetery, Ashton, Sherman County, Nebraska, United States
Immediate Family:
Husband of Elżbieta "Elizabeth" Wesierski
Father of Anastasja Tekla Kisicki; Katarzyna Barbara Węsierska; Marianna Stobba; Adam August Wesierski; Franciszka "Frances" Skonetzni; Józefina Węsierska; Rozalia "Rose" Barbara Maschka; Juliana "Julia" Paulina Duda; Elżbieta "Elizabeth" Barbara Grabowski; Paul Jan Wesierski and Teckla Jehorek
is your third great aunt's mother's husband's great niece's husband's brother's wife's grandfather.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Maciej Ossowski
her brother → Marianna Ossowska
his wife → Katarzyna Marianna Jeżewska
her mother → Krystian Wardyn
her husband → Kazimierz Wardyn
his brother → Franciszek "Frank" Wardyn
his son → Bridget Jezewski
his daughter → John J. Jezewski
her husband → Peter Edward Jezewski
his brother → Veronica "Vernie" Jezewski
his wife → Rozalia "Rose" Barbara Maschka
her mother → Walenty "Valentin" Andrzej Wesierski
her father
Birth: December 06, 1852
Czarna Dąbrowa, Studzienice / Bytów, Pomorskie, Poland
Death: November 12, 1927 (74)
Stutsman County, North Dakota, United States
Place of Burial: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Fried, Stutsman County, North Dakota, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Anton Cysewski and Anna Katarzyna Cysewska
Husband of Frances Cysewski
Father of Joseph H. Cysewski; John Frank Cysewski; George P Cysewski; Sarah Mutz; Lewis Peter Cysewski; Frank Simon Cysewski; Henry Patrick Cysewski; Roman Julius Cysewski; Paul Cysewski; Edward M. Cysewski and Andrew Ben Cysewski
Brother of Marianna "Mary" Józefina Kamrowski; Joseph Cysewski, Sr.; Franciszek Cysewski and Anna Wiktoria Cysewska
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Magdalena Marianna Ossowska
her mother → Marianna Kiedrowska
her mother → Katarzyna Agata Knyter
her mother → Jakub Filip Janta Połczyński, Sr.
her father → Elżbieta Baron Pałubicka
his sister → Jakub Baron Pałubicki
her son → Anna Katarzyna Cysewska
his daughter → Jan "John" Cysewski
her son
2.Joseph Jacob Wysocki is your first cousin five times removed's husband's son.
Birth: July 02, 1858
Czapiewice, Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: March 29, 1947 (88)
Minto, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States
Place of Burial: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Minto, ND, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Paweł Wysocki and Konstancja Zuzanna Krystyna Wysocka
Husband of Augusta Wysocki
Father of Frank Wysocki; Leo N Wysocki; Rozalia Dominica Mary Kiedrowski; Max Wysocki; Teofil Wysocki; Laura Wysocki; John Wysocki; Adam Felix Wysocki; Helen Wysocki; Harry Wysocki and Joe Burns
Brother of Michalina Piechowska; Maksymilian Julian Wysocki and Julianna Zmuda Trzebiatowska
Half brother of Kazimierz Lizakowski; Jan Lizakowski; Marianna Borzyszkowska; Anna Lizakowska; Franciszka Ringwelska; and Antoni Wysocki
Birth: July 02, 1858
Czapiewice, Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: March 29, 1947 (88)
Minto, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States
Place of Burial: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Minto, ND, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Paweł Wysocki and Konstancja Zuzanna Krystyna Wysocka
Husband of Augusta Wysocki
Father of Frank Wysocki; Leo N Wysocki; Rozalia Dominica Mary Kiedrowski; Max Wysocki; Teofil Wysocki; Laura Wysocki; John Wysocki; Adam Felix Wysocki; Helen Wysocki; Harry Wysocki and Joe Burns
Brother of Michalina Piechowska; Maksymilian Julian Wysocki and Julianna Zmuda Trzebiatowska
Half brother of Kazimierz Lizakowski; Jan Lizakowski; Marianna Borzyszkowska; Anna Lizakowska; Franciszka Ringwelska; and Antoni Wysocki
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Baltazar Paweł Ossowski
her father → Katarzyna Ossowska
his mother → Maciej Pluto Prądziński, Sr.
her brother → Wiktoria Marianna Wysocka
his daughter → Paweł Wysocki
her husband → Joseph Jacob Wysocki
his son
And a little farther down we have our South Dakota Kashubs
1.Franciszek "Frank" Gaikowski is your 6th cousin twice removed's husband's grandfather.
Birth: circa 1853
Poland
Death: 1945 (88-96)
United States
Place of Burial: Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Grenville, Day County, South Dakota, United States
Immediate Family:
Husband of Ewa Gaikowski
Father of Łucja Joanna Sichmeller; Anastasia Ewalt; Joseph Gaikowski; John P Gaikowski; Adam Gaikowski; and Ignatz Gaikowsk
You
Poland
Death: 1945 (88-96)
United States
Place of Burial: Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Grenville, Day County, South Dakota, United States
Immediate Family:
Husband of Ewa Gaikowski
Father of Łucja Joanna Sichmeller; Anastasia Ewalt; Joseph Gaikowski; John P Gaikowski; Adam Gaikowski; and Ignatz Gaikowsk
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Magdalena Marianna Ossowska
her mother → Marianna Kiedrowska
her mother → Katarzyna Agata Knyter
her mother → Jakub Filip Janta Połczyński, Sr.
her father → Marianna Łącka
his sister → Antoni Jakub Łącki
her son → Marianna Kobierowska
his daughter → Antonina Wysińska
her daughter → Frances Cisewski
her daughter → Martha Block
her daughter → Lucille Theresa Gaikowski
her daughter → Julian James Gaikowski
her husband → Ignatz Gaikowski
his father → Franciszek "Frank" Gaikowski
his father
2.Jakub "Jacob" Józef Pionk is your first cousin 7 times removed's husband's second great grandson's wife's father.
Birth: July 25, 1860
Swarzewo, Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: January 24, 1948 (87)
Grenville, Day, South Dakota, United States
Place of Burial: Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Grenville, Day County, South Dakota, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Michał Pionk and Krystyna "Kristine" Pionk
Husband of Katarzyna "Katherina" Pionk
Father of Johanna Dolney; Jacob Pionk; Martin Pionk; Pelagia Mary Dolney; Clara Frances Breske; Tekla (Tecla-Thecla) Boik; Joseph Pionk; Xavier Frances Pionk; Ignatz Pionk; <private> Pionk; <private> (Pionk) and <private> (Pionk)
Brother of Anna Marianna Schultz; Michał Marcin Pionk; Krystyna " Christine" Julianna Elwart; Józef "Joseph" Jan Pionk; Jan Pionk; and Franciszka Pionk
Half brother of Rozalia Franciszka Pionk
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Baltazar Paweł Ossowski
her father → Katarzyna Ossowska
his mother → Wojciech Pluto Prądziński
her father → Jan Pluto Prądziński
his father → Wojciech Pluto Prądziński, Sr.
his brother → Anna Peplińska
his daughter → Maciej Pepliński
her husband → Agnieszka Dolna
his daughter → Antoni Dolny
her son → Lary Dolney
his son → Peter Dolney
his son → Johanna Dolney
his wife → Jakub "Jacob" Józef Pionk
her father
And then we have some Missouri Kashubs
1. This one is a doozy of a connection!!
Józef "Joseph" Kaszubowski is your first cousin thrice removed's wife's first cousin's husband's niece's ex-husband's third cousin's partner's second great aunt's husband's father.
Birth: February 15, 1862
Poland
Death: November 30, 1937 (75)
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Place of Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Immediate Family:
Husband of Marianna "Mary" Kazsubowski
Father of Franciszek "Frank" Kaszubowski; Józef "Joseph" Antoni Kaszubowski and Agnes Kaszubowski
You
Poland
Death: November 30, 1937 (75)
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Place of Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Immediate Family:
Husband of Marianna "Mary" Kazsubowski
Father of Franciszek "Frank" Kaszubowski; Józef "Joseph" Antoni Kaszubowski and Agnes Kaszubowski
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Elizabeth Repinski
his mother → Jan Strojk
her father → Józef "Joseph" A. Stroik
his brother → Michael Robert Stroik
his son → Maryanna Agatha Stroik
his wife → Eva Goszkowicz
her mother → Bernard F. Fredach
her brother → <private> Sieber (Fredach)
his daughter → Robert C. Sieber
her husband → <private> Sieber
his brother → <private> Sieber
his daughter → <private> McDonald
her ex-husband → Virginia M McDonald
his mother → Ernest Vincent Styer
her father → James William Styer
his father → Francis Ernest Styer
his brother → William B Styer
his son → Joan Styer
his daughter → Jessica Sue Johnson
her daughter → Ron Neil Baldwin, Jr.
her partner → Dolores Ann Baldwin
his mother → Frances Katherine Kozik
her mother → Francis Frank Joseph Borowski
her father → Katharine Kaszubowski
his sister → Franciszek "Frank" Kaszubowski
her husband → Józef "Joseph" Kaszubowski
his father
2.another long connection but it is there none the less:
Józef "Joseph" Lipski is your first cousin thrice removed's wife's first cousin's husband's niece's ex-husband's third cousin's partner's third great uncle.
Birth: circa 1856
Tczew, Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: 1935 (75-83)
United States
Place of Burial: Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Wojciech Adalbert Lipski and Anna Lipska
Husband of Franciszka "Frances" Lipski
Father of Rozalia Lipska; Franciszka "Frances" Lipski; Gertrud "Gertie" Lipski; Katarzyna "Katie" Lipski; Franciszek "Frank" Lipski; Annie Lipski and John Lipski
Brother of Józef Lipski; Dora Anna Borowski; Anna Lipska; Julianna "Julia" Kalinowski and Franciszek "Frank" Lipski
Birth: circa 1856
Tczew, Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: 1935 (75-83)
United States
Place of Burial: Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Wojciech Adalbert Lipski and Anna Lipska
Husband of Franciszka "Frances" Lipski
Father of Rozalia Lipska; Franciszka "Frances" Lipski; Gertrud "Gertie" Lipski; Katarzyna "Katie" Lipski; Franciszek "Frank" Lipski; Annie Lipski and John Lipski
Brother of Józef Lipski; Dora Anna Borowski; Anna Lipska; Julianna "Julia" Kalinowski and Franciszek "Frank" Lipski
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Clarence Repinski
his father → Elizabeth Repinski
his mother → Jan Strojk
her father → Józef "Joseph" A. Stroik
his brother → Michael Robert Stroik
his son → Maryanna Agatha Stroik
his wife → Eva Goszkowicz
her mother → Bernard F. Fredach
her brother → <private> Sieber (Fredach)
his daughter → Robert C. Sieber
her husband → <private> Sieber
his brother → <private> Sieber
his daughter → <private> McDonald
her ex-husband → Virginia M McDonald
his mother → Ernest Vincent Styer
her father → James William Styer
his father → Francis Ernest Styer
his brother → William B Styer
his son → Joan Styer
his daughter → Jessica Sue Johnson
her daughter → Ron Neil Baldwin, Jr.
her partner → Dolores Ann Baldwin
his mother → Frances Katherine Kozik
her mother → Francis Frank Joseph Borowski
her father → Dora Anna Borowski
his mother → Józef "Joseph" Lipski
her brother
Some Nebraska Kashubs
1.Franciszek "Frank" Dorszynski is your first cousin five times removed's husband's third cousin.
Birth: October 03, 1842
Dąbrowa, Kościerzyna
Death: June 22, 1899 (56)
Howard County, NE, United States
Place of Burial: Saint Anthony Catholic Cemetery, Farwell, Howard County, NE, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Andrzej Dorszyński and Katarzyna Dorszyńska
Husband of Apolonia Dorszynski
Father of Andrew A. Dorszynski; Anastasia Dorszynski; Mary Janaszak; Simon "Samuel" Frank Dorszynski; John Francis Dorszynski; and Martha Dorszynski
Brother of Marcjanna Kuklińska; Jakub Dorszyński; Antoni Dorszyński; Marianna Dorszyńska; Józefina Dorszyńska; Jan Dorszyński; Mikołaj "Nicholas" Dorsch and Marianna Dorszyńska
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Magdalena Marianna Ossowska
her mother → Jan Antoni Kiedrowski
her father → Anna Rymon Lipińska
his sister → Katarzyna Dorszyńska
her daughter → Wincenty Dorszyński
her husband → Kazimierz Jan Dorszyński
his father → Bartłomiej Dorszyński
his father → Katarzyna Dorszyńska
his mother → Anna Dorszyńska
her sister → Stanisław Florian Dorszyński
her son → Andrzej Dorszyński
his son → Franciszek "Frank" Dorszynski
his son
2.Walenty "Valentin" Andrzej Wesierski
Birth: February 1818
Poland
Death: June 08, 1900 (82)
Ashton, Sherman County, Nebraska, United States
Place of Burial: Saint Francis Cemetery, Ashton, Sherman County, Nebraska, United States
Immediate Family:
Husband of Elżbieta "Elizabeth" Wesierski
Father of Anastasja Tekla Kisicki; Katarzyna Barbara Węsierska; Marianna Stobba; Adam August Wesierski; Franciszka "Frances" Skonetzni; Józefina Węsierska; Rozalia "Rose" Barbara Maschka; Juliana "Julia" Paulina Duda; Elżbieta "Elizabeth" Barbara Grabowski; Paul Jan Wesierski and Teckla Jehorek
is your third great aunt's mother's husband's great niece's husband's brother's wife's grandfather.
You
→ Maurice Joseph Repinski
your father → Evelyn M. Repinski
his mother → John Sr. S. Dulek
her father → Antoinette Dulek
his mother → Maciej Ossowski
her brother → Marianna Ossowska
his wife → Katarzyna Marianna Jeżewska
her mother → Krystian Wardyn
her husband → Kazimierz Wardyn
his brother → Franciszek "Frank" Wardyn
his son → Bridget Jezewski
his daughter → John J. Jezewski
her husband → Peter Edward Jezewski
his brother → Veronica "Vernie" Jezewski
his wife → Rozalia "Rose" Barbara Maschka
her mother → Walenty "Valentin" Andrzej Wesierski
her father
End Notes
So there you have it.
It seems that the old saying "We are all related somehow" truly prevails in this instance.
I could spend years researching these people and the progeny they left but suffice to say that a large part of the polish heritage and nationality of North America has come down to the present day from quite a few of these Kashubian Polish immigrants.
We truly are a melting pot of races......
Sources:
Geni.com
Malcom Rosholt Portage County Archives
Wikipedia
UWSP Archives
Stevens Point Journal
Personal Family Research and Collections
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