The Death Record of Katarzyna (Chruścicka) Dańko – 1979

SOURCE:  England, death certificate for Katarzyna Danko, 1979; citing Qtr M, Vol 23, Page 2627, Swindon registration district and subdistrict; General Register Office, Southport.

Click on the image above to enlarge it.  Click on the link for a PDF copy of the death record of Katarzyna (Chruścicka) Dańko.  The record states:

• The death of Katarzyna (Chruścicka) Dańko was recorded as entry no. 7 in the Swindon registration district and sub-district in the County of Wiltshire;
• She died on 07 February 1979 in Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon;
• Her name is listed as Katarzyna DANKO, of the female sex;
• She was born on 20 March 1905 in Poland;
• Her occupation was wife of Piotr Danko, farmer retired and her usual address was 48 Dacre Road, Walcot, Swindon, Wilts[hire];
• The informant was Maria MALINOWSKA, daughter of the deceased, whose usual address was 18 Cumberland Road, Swindon, Wilts[hire];
• The cause of death was carcinomatosis along with carcinoma of stomach;
• The death was certified by R [Callingbara?] MB;
• M Malinowska signed the death certificate; E. Pressey, deputy Registrar registered the death on 08 February 1979.

Katarzyna Dańko was the wife of my half great uncle (wife of the half brother of my grandfather).

Copyright © 2011 by Stephen J. Danko

Nienadowa, Galicia - 1854 (Map 17)

SOURCE: “Map of the Village of Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 17).” Published 1854. Feldskizzen (Field Sketches), Fond 186, Opys 9, Sprava 611. State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine.

Click on the map above to view an enlarged image. This map fits in just above Map 18.

The surnames on this map which are also in my family tree include:

• Kazimierz Chruścicki in an unknown house number (my step third great grandmother was Katarzyna Chruścicka).
• Wojciech Dańko in house number 140 (Wojciech Dańko was my third great grandfather).
• Maciej Gergont in house number 62 (members of the Gergont family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
• Jan Głowacz in house number 234 (my step great grandmother was Zofia Głowacz).
• Jędrzej Głowacz in house number 63 (my step great grandmother was Zofia Głowacz).
• Maciej Głowacz in house number 62 (my step great grandmother was Zofia Głowacz).
• Pawel Głowacz in house number 63 (my step great grandmother was Zofia Głowacz).
• Szymon Głowacz in house number 63 (my step great grandmother was Zofia Głowacz).
• Maciej Kazieńko in an unknown house number (members of the Kazieńko family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
• Jan Kijonka in house number 134 (members of the Kijonka family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
• Jędrzej Kijonka in an unknown house number (members of the Kijonka family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
• Tomasz Kijonka in house number 134 (members of the Kijonka family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
• Jan Pilch in an unknown house number (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).
• Józef Pilch in house number 68 (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).
• Marcin Pilch in an unknown house number (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).
• Pawel Pilch in house number 59 (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).
• Anna Sowa house number 201 (my third great grandfather was Wojciech Sowa).
• Jakób Sowa house number 233 (my third great grandfather was Wojciech Sowa).
• Jan Sowa house number 60 (my third great grandfather was Wojciech Sowa).
• Piotr Sowa house number 23 (my third great grandfather was Wojciech Sowa).
• Franciszek? Szymański in an unknown house number (my second great grandmother was Zofia Szymańska).
• Maciej Szymański in house number 65 (my second great grandmother was named Szymańska).

Copyright © 2009 by Stephen J. Danko

Nienadowa, Galicia - 1854 (Map 16)

SOURCE: “Map of the Village of Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 16).” Published 1854. Feldskizzen (Field Sketches), Fond 186, Opys 9, Sprava 611. State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine.

Click on the map above to view an enlarged image. This map fits in just above Map 19.

The surnames on this map which are also in my family tree include:

• Wawrzyniec Bębenek in house number 177 (my first cousin, three times removed, Zofia Dańko, married Antoni Bębenek).
• Antoni Chruścicki in house number 154 (Rozalia Chruścicka was my step third great grandmother).
• Maryanna Chruścicki in house number 154 (Katarzyna Chruścicka was the wife of my great grandfather).
• Jan Gergont in house number 36 (members of the Gergont family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
• Jędrzej Głowacz in house number 180 (my step-great grandmother was Zofia Głowacz).
• Szymon Głowacz in an unknown house number (my step-great grandmother was Zofia Głowacz).
• Anna Jach in an unknown house number (Katarzyna Jachowa was my second great grandmother).
• Pawel Jach in house number 29 (Katarzyna Jachowa was my second great grandmother).
• Jan Kijanka in house number 160 (members of the Kijonka family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
• Wojciech Kijanka in house number 32 (members of the Kijonka family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
• Jan Pilch in house number 125 (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).
• Józef Sowa in an unknown house number (my great grandmother was Agnieszka Sowa).
• Zofia Szymańska in an unknown house number (my second great grandmother was named Zofia Szymańska – in fact, this could be she).
• Michał Wajda in an unknown house number (Marcin Wajda travelled to America with my great aunt Marianna Dańko).
• Szymon Wajda in an unknown house number (members of the Wajda family were Godparents of the Dańkos).

Copyright © 2009 by Stephen J. Danko

        Piotr Dańko                                 Katarzyna Chruścicka

Thanks to my cousin, Piotr Dańko, for the photographs of his grandparents.  The Marriage Record for Piotr and Katarzyna is Number 7, the second from the top of this page in the Duciecko Parish records.

The Marriage Record of Piotr Dańko and Katarzyna Chruścicka

SOURCE:  Roman Catholic Parish of the Immaculate Heart of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Dubiecko, Poland. Liber Copulatorum (Book of Marriages). 1933, Entry Number 7. Text in Latin, translated by Stephen J. Danko. 

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record for Piotr Dańko and Katarzyna Chruścicka.  The record, translated from the Latin, states:

Number: 7
Date: June 1, 1933
House Number: Not provided
Groom: Piotr Dańko, son of Jakub Dańko and Zofia Głowacz, born June 28, 1898
Religion: Catholic
Age: 35
Marital Status: Unmarried
Name of Bride: Katarzyna Chruścicka, daughter of Marcin Chruścicki and Anna Klimak, born March 20, 1905
Religion: Catholic
Age: 28
Marital Status: Unmarried
Witnesses: Antoni Chruścicki and Tomasz Gerek
Banns Read: May 14, May 21, and May 25, 1933
Priest: [Ceued Młynarski]

After examining the Birth and Baptismal Record and the Marriage Record for Piotr Dańko, some interesting facts are apparent

1.  Piotr was born one year before his father died
2.  My grandfather, Michał, married my grandmother just a few months after Piotr was born
3.  Piotr was only about seven years old when my grandfather left for America
4.  World War I was waged all around Poland in the years when Piotr was growing up
5.  Piotr and Katarzyna were married in the Second Polish Republic, a country formed after over a hundred years of the Polish Partitions
6.  Six years after Piotr married Katarzyna, Poland was invaded by both Nazi Germany and Russia

My cousin told me that Piotr and Katarzyna died in England.  The emigration to England is a story about which I’ll have to ask more questions.

Copyright © 2006 by Stephen J. Danko