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The most distant Niedziałkowski relatives that I’ve discovered lived in Klonowo, a village belonging to the Pałuki parish in Poland.

In an effort to find other Niedziałkowski relatives, I searched the marriage index for the Pałuki parish from 1694-1808 and discovered quite a number of Niedziałkowskis listed.

• 02 Feb 1701 - Szymon Niedziałkowski & Agnieszka Kaumińska - #11
• 25 Feb 1710 - Mateusz Długołęki & Jadwiga Niedziałkowska - #21
• 18 Feb 1743 - Mikołaj Bartold & Franciszka Niedziałkowska - #87
• 20 Feb 1746 - Ignacy Niedziałkowski & Zofia Kamieńska - #90
• 22 Nov 1751 - Józef Obidzieński & Katarzyna Niedziałkowska - #12
• 24 Jan 1758 - Stefan Milewski & Teresa Niedziałkowska - #28
• 30 Jul 1759 - Stanisław Bartold & Agnieszka Niedziałkowska - #33
• 20 Feb 1764 - Jakób Niedziałkowski & Ewa Ostowska - #44
• 20 Jul 1766 - Jakób Niedziałkowski & Agnieszka Długołęcka - #51
• 02 Jan 1768 - Walenty Milewski & Maryanna Niedziałkowska - #58
• 14 Jan 1768 - Filip Małoszewski & Maryann Niedziałkowska - #58
• 12 Feb 1781 - Józef Niedziałkowski & Maryanna Kolakowska - #87
• 24 Jan 1785 - Wojciech Roman & Wiktorya Niedziałkowska - #10-11
• 19 Jan 1788 - Piotr Gozdzieński & Antonina Niedziałkowska - #14
• 30 Jun 1789 - Jan Niedziałkowski & Petronella Kuwacka - #17
• 05 Jul 1791 - Stanisław Gierwatowski & Mary Niedziałkowska - #20
• 09 Jul 1792 - Maciej Długołęki & Maryana Niedziałkowska - #22
• 11 Feb 1793 - Józef Morawski & Anna Niedziałkowska - #23
• 19 Jan 1800 - Wawrzeniec Kerzkowski & Julianna Niedziałkowska - #36

Over the course of 103 years, 19 Niedziałkowskis were married in Pałuki.

Of these, I know that Ignacy Niedziałkowski is my 5th great grandfather and Katarzyna Niedziałkowska is my 5th great grandaunt. As for the rest, I suspect they may all be related, but I don’t know how. Further research may help uncover these relationships.

These records were found in “Alfabetyczny Summaryusz Zaślubionych od roku 1694-1808 Parafii Pałukiej. [Alphabetical Summary of Marriages from the year 1694-1808 of the Pałuki Parish.]”, item 10; filmed as Księgi metrykalne, 1658-1836; FHL INTL microfilm 1,496,613.

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On 31 Jan 1899, Julianna Niedziałkowska, my great grandaunt, married Jan Bolesław Milewski in the parish of in Szwelice, Okręg makowski, Guberniya Lomzhinskaya, Vistulan Country, Russian Empire.

The Marriage Record of Jan Bolesław Milewski and Julianna Niedziałkowska - 1899

SOURCE: Parafia pw. św. Jana Chrzciciela (Szwelice, Okręg makowski, Guberniya Lomzhinskaya, Vistulan Country, Russian Empire, “Księga malźeństw parafii Szwelice od 1897 do 1899. [Book of marriages of the Szwelice parish from 1897 to 1899.],” item 2, entry 5, Jan Bolesław Milewski and Julianna Niedziałkowska, 12 February 1899; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1693-1904; FHL INTL microfilm 2,103,625.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record of Jan Bolesław Milewski and Julianna Niedziałkowska - 1899. Translated from the Russian the record reads:

Pomaski No. 5

This happened in the village of Szwelice on January thirty-first  /: February twelfth day, one-thousand eight-hundred ninety-nine at five o’clock in the afternoon.- It was announced that in the presence of the witnesses: Piotr Napierkowski fifty-five years of age and Andrzej Pomaski thirty-three years of age, both noble landowners, residing in Pomaski; contracted on this date a religious marital union between: Jan-Bolesław Milewski / Jan Bolesław Milewski :/ a bachelor twenty-three years of age, son of Jan and Antonina née Mossakowski, the spouses Milewski, born in [Kielce-Ulawy?] and residing in Strachocin, Szelków parish with his noble landowner parents, and Julianna Niedziałkowska /: Julianna Niedziałkowska :/ twenty-four year old unwed daughter of Wojciech and Julianna née Gutowska, the spouses Niedziałkowski, born in Pomaski and residing there with her noble landowner family. This marriage was preceded by three public announcements in the Szwelice parish church on the Sundays of: the seventeenth /: twenty-ninth, :/ the twenty-fourth of January /: fifth of February, :/ the thirty-first of January /: twelfth of February :/ of this year. The newlyweds declared that there was no marital agreement between them. The marital union was conducted by the priest Wladysław Sennicki, Vicar of this place. This record was read to the newlyweds and witnesses and signed by Us and the groom.  The witnesses are illiterate.

M.d. Administrator of the Szwelice parish, Vicar, keeper of the documents of the civil state.
                      [signature in Russian] Reverend Sennicki
[signature in Polish] Bolesław Milewski

Unfortunately, I could not adequately read or translate the name of the village where Jan Bolesław Milewski was born. Perhaps someone can help.

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In yesterday’s post, I showed the Marriage Record of Jan Niedziałkowski and Ludwika Pomaska who were married in the parish church in Szwelice, Okręg makowski, Guberniya Lomzhinskaya, Vistulan Country, Russian Empire on 13 Feb 1889.

I transcribed the Russian document yesterday, but didn’t have time to translate it before I posted the image of the record.

Before I could translate the document today, Matthew Bielawa of the Genealogy of Halychyna and Eastern Galicia website sent me an email and included a translation of the marriage record. Thank you very, very much, Matthew!

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record of Jan Niedziałkowski and Ludwika Pomaska - 1889. According to Matthew Bielawa, the document reads:

Sikuty, No. 7

Having occurred in the village of Szwelice on the 1st/13th of February 1889 at 5 o’clock in the afternoon it was announced that in the presence of the witnesses: Maciej Chrzanowski 36 years old from Sikuty and Ludwik Niedziałkowski 60 year old resident of Pomaski, both noble landowners, concluded on this date a religious marital union between Jan Niedziałkowski, 22 year old bachelor, son of Wojciech and Julianna née Gutowska, born in the village of Miłosna of the Nowominsk district, and residing in Pomaski with his noble landowner parents, and Ludwika Pomaska, 26 year old unwed daughter of the deceased Józef and Marianna Chodkowska, born in Pomaski and residing with her family in Sikuty. This marriage was preceded by 3 public announcements in the Szwelice parish church on the Sundays of 1st/13th, 8th/20th, 15th/27th of January of this year.  The newlyweds declared that there was no marital agreement between them.  The marital union was conducted by the priest Jan Zgliczyński, local administrator.  This record was read to the newlyweds and witness and signed by the first witness Maciej Chrzanowski, the newlyweds and second witness are illiterate. 

Administrator of the Szwelice parish and civil registrar: Father J. Zgliczyński

Maciej Chrzanowski

I had not previously known that my great-great grandparents, Wojciech Niedziałkowski and Julianna Gutowska, had a son named Jan. In fact, I’m missing quite a few records on my grandparents, great grandparents, and great-great grandparents.

I know that my great-great grandfather Wojciech Niedziałkowski was born 27 Aug 1836 in Godacze, Powiat ciechanowski, Wojewódstwo płockiej, Congress Kingdom of Poland and was baptized in the Krasne parish church. I know he married Julianna Gutowska, but I haven’t found a marriage record for the couple.

My great grandfather, Teofil Niedzialkowski, was born in about 1861, based on his age as recorded in Wojceich’s death and burial record. However, I still haven’t found a birth/baptismal record for Teofil.

I have found birth/baptismal records in the Szwelice parish for the following children of Wojciech Niedziałkowski and Julianna Gutowska:

• Karolina, born 25 Dec 1870 in Pomaski
• Julianna, born 02 May 1874 in Głodki
• Franciszek, born 08 Jul 1876 in Pomaski

With the Marriage Record of Jan Niedziałkowski and Ludwika Pomaska, I now know that Jan was born in about 1867 in Milosna of the Nowominsk district. This still leaves a significant gap of about six years between the births of Teofil and Jan. I suspect more children were born during that period.

I also know from Julianna Gutowska’s death and burial record that she was born in about 1833 in Holy Cross parish in Warsaw.

The fact that Jan Niedziałkowski was born in Milosna (near Warsaw and Minsk-Mazowiecki) seems to pull Julianna Gutowska’s birth place close to that of her son, Jan. I am now working on the hypothesis that Wojciech Niedziałkowski and Julianna Gutowska may have been married in the parish to which Milosna belongs, and that their first few children were also born in Milosna. If this is correct, I may now be able to find my great-great grandparents’ marriage record and the birth/baptismal records of their first few children, including that of my great grandfather, Teofil Niedziałkowski.

The village of Miłosna belongs to the parish of Wiązowna. The Family History Library has microfilmed the parish records from 1810-1879 which covers the years of interest for the marriage of Wojciech Nieziałkowski and Julianna Gutowska and the births of their first children.

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While at the Family History Center in San Bruno on Wednesday, I discovered the 1889 marriage record for Jan Niedziałkowski and Ludwika Pomaska.

The Marriage Record of Jan Niedziałkowski and Ludwika Pomaska - 1889

SOURCE: Parafia pw. św. Jana Chrzciciela (Szwelice, Okręg makowski, Guberniya Lomzhinskaya, Vistulan Country, Russian Empire, “Księga zaślubionych parafii Szwelice od 1882 do 1889. [Book of marriages of the Szwelice parish from 1882 to 1889.],” item 2, entry 7, Jan Niedziałkowski & Ludwika Pomaska, 13 Feb 1889; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1693-1904; FHL INTL microfilm 1,958,807.

Because this record is in Russian and because it is so long, transcription and translation of this record has required more time than I usually need to transcribe and translate a record written in a foreign language.

For now, I know that Jan Niedziałkowski is the son of my great-great grandparents, Wojciech Niedziałkowski and Julianna Gutowska, that Julianna Pomoska is the daughter of Józef Pomaski and Marianna Chodkowska, and that the marriage took place in the parish in Szwelice on 13 February 1889.

Completion of the full transcription and translation will have to wait until tomorrow, but I think this record may supply some critical information to help me break down a brickwall concerning my great grandfather, Teofil Niedziałkowski.

UPDATE 28 Sep 2008: The transcription and translation of this record are reported in Part 2 of this article.

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On 24 Aug 1874, André Poirier and Philomène Bourgeois were married in the parish of St. Joseph in Shédiac, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada.

The Marriage Record of André Poirier and Philomène Bourgeois - 1874

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Shédiac, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada, 1874. Marriage Record of André Poirier and Philomène Bourgeois, page 30.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record of André Poirier and Philomène Bourgeois - 1874. Translated from the French the record reads:

M[arriage]. 10
André Poirier and Philomène Bourgeois

          On the twenty-eighth of August one-thousand eight-hundred seventy-four, considering the dispensation of four with the fourth degree of consanguinity as thus the dispensation of two banns of publication accorded by us under the terms of the capacities granted to us by his eminence T- Sweeney, Bishop of St. Jean, N[ew] B[runswick]. Considering also the publication of one bann of marriage made at the homily of our parish mass between André Poirier, son of legal age of Simon Poirier and Henriette Arsenault of this parish of the first part and Philomène Bourgeois, daughter under legal age of Armand Bourgeois and Modeste Foster of the parish of Grande Digue (Visitation) of the second part. Not finding any other impediment to marriage and having the consent of the parents of the daughter, We the undersigned parish priest, having received their mutual consent for marriage and having given them the nuptial benediction in the presence of Napoleon Bourgue, Obeline Poirier and others.
                                                        P.Beaudet, priest/c.s.c.

This marriage record is more complicated than most because, from what I can tell from my limited knowledge of French, it includes a discussion of the fact that André Poirier and Philomène Bourgeois are related to each other and had to receive a dispensation in order to marry. 

This record can be found as image 37/260 in the Acadia French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946 on Ancestry.com as part of the records for Shédiac 1863-1899. The record appears on page 30.

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On 15 May 1895, William H. McGinn and Léa Poirier were married in the parish of St. Joseph, Shédiac, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada.

The Marriage Record of William H. McGinn and Léa Poirier - 1895

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Shédiac, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada, 1895. Marriage Record of William H. McGinn & Léa A. Poirier, page 129.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record of William H. McGinn and Léa A. Poirier - 1895. Translated from the French the record reads:

M[arriage]. 4
William H. McGinn + Léa A. Poirier

 On the fifteenth of May 1895, with the dispensation of two bans, the other having been announced at mass the parish, not having found any impediment to the marriage between William H. McGinn, son of legal age of Patrick McGinn and Mary Jane Ellison of Fredericton of the first part, and Léa A. Poirier, daughter under legal age of André S. Poirier and Philomène Bourgeois of this parish of the second part. We have secured their mutual consent in the presence of Charles M. McGinn and Emma A. Poirier.
                                                        Ant. Ouellet, priest

This record can be found as image 229/260 in the Acadia French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946 on Ancestry.com as part of the records for Shédiac 1863-1899. The record appears on page 129.

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Among the records I found in the microfilms at my local Family History Center on Saturday was the marriage record of Julian Milewski and Małgorzata Niedziałkowska. Małgorzata Niedziałkowska was the daughter of my third great grandparents, Antoni Niedziałkowski and Karolina Milewska. The marriage took place in the Roman Catholic parish in Krasne on 18 Feb 1862.

The Marriage Record of Julian Milewski and Małgorzata Niedziałkowska - 1862

REFERENCE: Parafia pw. św. Jana Chrzciciela (Krasne, Powiat Ciechanowski, Gubernia Płockiej, Congress Kingdom of Poland), “Akta stanu cywilnego parafii rzym-kat w Krasnem pow. ciechanowski. Akta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów. 1862. [Civil registrations of the Roman Catholic parish in Krasne, Powiat Ciechanów. Records of births, marriages, and deaths. 1862.],” front of folio 29, entry 3, Julian Milewski & Małgorzata Niedziałkowska, 18 Feb 1862; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1808-1892; FHL INTL microfilm 0,702,796, item 3.

SOURCE: Parafia pw. św. Jana Chrzciciela (Krasne, Powiat Ciechanowski, Gubernia Płockiej, Congress Kingdom of Poland). Akta urodzin małż zgonów. Vol. 36, 1862, Rzym-Kat Krasne, Pow. ciechanowski. Powiatowe Archiwum Państwowe w Mława. FHL INTL microfilm 0,702,796, item 3. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record of Julian Milewski and Małgorzata Niedziałkowska. The record reads:

No 3. Mosaki Stara Wieś and Godacze

It happened in the church-owned village of Krasne on the eighteenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred sixty-two, at the hour of three in the afternoon. We make it known that in the presence of witnesses Wojciech Niedziałkowski, thirty-five years of age, and Ferdynand Ruszczyński, thirty-eight years of age, owners of a part [of the village], the first residing in Mosaki Rukle, the second residing in Godacze, on this day a religious marriage was contracted between Julian Milewski, the bridegroom, residing with his family in Mosaki Stara Wieś,  having been born there of the deceased Jakób Milewski and his surviving wife Eleonora née Mosawska residing in Mosaki as a day laborer, twenty years of age; and Małgorzata Niedziałkowska, an unmarried woman, living in Godacze with her family, having been born there of Antoni Niedziałkowski and Karolina née Milewska his wife, owners of a part [of the village], settled in Godacze, twenty-one years of age. This wedding was preceded by three readings of the banns, on the twenty-sixth of January, the second and the ninth of February of the present year mainly in the parish of Krasne, as well as by the oral consent of the mother of the groom and the family of the newly married young woman. No impediment arose. The newlyweds stated that they had made no prenuptial agreement between them. This [marriage?] ceremony was performed by the Reverend Ludwik Zawalski, Vicar of the parish of Krasne. This document, after having been read to the declarants and witnesses who stated that they do not know how to write, was signed below by Us.
     Reverend Jan Godlewski, pastor of the parish of Krasne
     Maintaining the public register

Marriage records of the siblings of my ancestors, such as this one, provide me with the opportunity to trace these families forward in time and, possibly, connect with living relatives.

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Between 12 Nov 1669 and 18 Nov 1669, Pierre Gagnon and Barbe Fortin were married in the parish of La Visitation de Notre Dame du Château Richer, Château Richer, Canada, New France.

The Marriage Record of Pierre Gagnon and Barbe Fortin - 1669

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada : Institut Généalogique Drouin. Notre Dame de la Visitation, Château Richer, Canada, New France, 1669. Marriage Record of Pierre Gagnon and Barbe Fortin, page 32.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record of Pierre Gagnon and Barbe Fortin. The record reads:

M[arriage] 62
Pierre Gagnon and Barbe Fortin

In the year of O[ur] L[ord] J[esus] Ch[rist] one thousand six hundred sixty-nine, Mister deCaumont, missionary priest, published the bans and not finding any impediment married Pierre Gagnon and Barbe Fortin, living in Cap Tourmente, and in the presence of Jean Gagnon and Étienne Racine, Joseph Gravelle, and Jacques Gamache.
                        F. Fillon, Missionary Priest

This record can be found as image 477/727 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Château Richer (1661-1702). The record which seems to be a transcription made many years after the event, appears on page 32.

The number and letter that precede the names indicate that the event was a marriage, and that marriage was the 62nd in Château Richer for the year 1699.

This record does not state the exact date of the marriage but, based on the dates of the preceding marriage and the subsequent marriage, one can deduce that this marriage occurred between 12 Nov 1669 and 19 Nov 1669.

Two priests are named in this record. Father DeCaumont performed the marriage and Father Fillon recorded the event in the register.

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On 07 Nov 1857, William Symms and Loretta Fidelia Olds were married in the Wesleyan Methodist Congregation of the Circuit of St. Armands, Missisquoi County, Canada East, Province of Canada.

The Marriage Record of William Symms and Loretta Fidelia Olds - 1857

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, 1880. Birth and Baptismal Record of Lillian Bertha Symms, recto folio 11.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record of William Symms and Loretta Fidelia Olds - 1857. The record reads:

                           folio twelve

            Marriage
William Symms Junr. of Philipsburg in the
Seignory of St. Armand County of Mississquoi
and District of Montreal Bachelor Wheelright
and Loretta Phidelia Olds, of the same place
Were Married by license on the Seventh
day of November in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight Hundred and fifty seven
in presence of the Subscribing Witnesses
           by me [signed] Francis Hurt
                                       Minister

Witnesses { [signed] William Symms
                     [signed] Loretta F Olds

Witnesses { [signed] R W Morgan
                     [signed] Mary Ann Symm

This record can be found as image 12/18 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for St-Armand (Methodist Church) 1857. The record appears on recto folio 12 (the front of folio 12.

This record can also be found as image 9/12 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Clarenceville (Methodist Church) 1858. The record appears on recto folio 12 (the front of folio 12). The record does not appear to belong in the Clarenceville records. It seems that Ancestry.com duplicated part of the St-Armand (Methodist Church) records at the beginning of the Clarenceville records in error.

The text of this document lists the bride’s name as Loretta Phidelia Olds, but she signs it as Loreta F Olds. Her birth and baptismal record provided her name as Loretta Fidelia Olds, and that is the spelling I have used in my database.

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On 08 Mar 1875, Willard Olds Gibson and Hannah Eliza Blanchard were married in the Wesleyan Methodist Church of the Village of Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Canada East, Province of Canada.

The Marriage Record of Willard Olds Gibson and Hannah Eliza Blanchard - 1875

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin., Wesleyan Methodist Church of the Village of Philipsburg, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, 1875. Marriage Record of Willard Olds Gibson and Hannah Eliza Blanchard, verso folio 5.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record of Willard Olds Gibson and Hannah Eliza Blanchard. The record reads:

Marriage

Willard Olds Gibson, Laborer, of
St. Armand West, in the county of
Missisquoi, bachelor, and Hannah
Eliza Blanchard, Spinster, of the same
place, were married after due publica-
tion of banns on the eighth of March
eighteen hundred and seventy-five.
                By me,
                        [signed] John Davies
Parties:-      [signed] Willard O Gibson
                     [signed] Hannah E Blanchard
Witnesses:- [signed] Addie M Gibson
                      [signed] Mary L Davies

This record can be found as image 6/20 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Philipsburg (Methodist Church) 1875. The record appears on verso folio 5 (the back of folio 5).

Willard Olds Gibson was the son of Clark Gibson and Maryette Olds.

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