Nienadowa Field Sketches – Map 11

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Steve

The eleventh Nienadowa, Galicia Field Sketch Map from the Ukrainian Archives shows a corner of Nienadowa that includes much land devoted to forests.

Nienadowa, Galicia - 1854 (Map 11)

Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 11)

SOURCE: Map of the Village of Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 11).” 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 12 and to the right of map 9.

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

  • Piotr Bal in house number 104 (Teresa Bal married my great uncle Marcin Dańko).
  • Kazimierz Bębenek in house number 199 (my first cousin, three times removed, Zofia Dańko, married Antoni Bębenek).
  • Jan Pilch in house number 86 (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).
  • Kazimiera Pilch in house number 86 (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).

Copyright © 2009 by Stephen J. Danko

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Nienadowa Field Sketches – Maps 13 & 14

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Steve

The thirteenth and fourteenth Nienadowa, Galicia Field Sketch Maps from the Ukrainian Archives show a corner of Nienadowa that includes only lands owned by Count Eustachy Dembiński who lived in house number 1.

Nienadowa, Galicia - 1854 (Maps 13 & 14)

Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Maps 13 & 14)

SOURCE: Map of the Village of Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Maps 13 and 14).” 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 to the left of maps 16 and 19.

These maps show that the lands of Count Dembiński nestled up against the shore of the San River.

Copyright © 2009 by Stephen J. Danko

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Nienadowa Field Sketches – Map 12

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Steve

The twelfth of the Nienadowa, Galicia Field Sketch Maps from the Ukrainian Archives shows more names from my family history, although this section of Nienadowa includes a significant area devoted to forests.

Nienadowa, Galicia - 1854 (Map 12)

Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 12)

SOURCE: Map of the Village of Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 12).” 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 17.

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

  • Jędrzej Gergont in house number 77 (members of the Gergont family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
  • Szymon Gergont in house number 77 (members of the Gergont family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
  • Jan Głowacz in house number 234 (my step great grandmother was Zofia Głowacz).
  • Pawel Głowacz in house number 63 (my step great grandmother was Zofia Głowacz).
  • Józef Pilch in house number 68 (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka
    Pilch).
  • Marcin Pilch in house number 69 (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).
  • Wawrzeniec Pilch in house number 59 (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).
  • Wojciech Pilch in an unknown house number (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).
  • Jan Sowa house number 77 (my third great grandfather was Wojciech Sowa).

Copyright © 2009 by Stephen J. Danko

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Nienadowa Field Sketches – Map 17

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Steve

As I continue to examine the Nienadowa, Galicia Field Sketch Maps from the Ukrainian Archives, I’m amazed at how surnames from my research keep appearing on all these maps.

Nienadowa, Galicia - 1854 (Map 17)

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

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Nienadowa Field Sketches – Map 18

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Steve

Even though I’m about halfway through the Nienadowa, Galicia Field Sketch Maps from the Ukrainian Archives, I’m still finding names familiar to me from my own family history research.

Nienadowa, Galicia - 1854 (Map 18)

Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 18)

SOURCE: Map of the Village of Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 18).” 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 to the right of Map 16.

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

  • Anna Bębenek in house number 43 (my first cousin, three times removed, Zofia Dańko, married Antoni Bębenek).
  • Jan Bębenek in house number 53 (my first cousin, three times removed, Zofia Dańko, married Antoni Bębenek).
  • Maciej Bębenek in house number 53 (my first cousin, three times removed, Zofia Dańko, married Antoni Bębenek).
  • Zofia Bębenek in house number 44 (my first cousin, three times removed, Zofia Dańko, married Antoni Bębenek).
  • Jędrzej Gergont in house number 50 (members of the Gergont family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
  • Marcin Janowski in house number 56 (members of the Janowski family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
  • Pawel Kazieńko in house number 49 (members of the Kazieńko family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
  • Anna Kijonka in house number 45 (members of the Kijonka family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
  • Pawel Klimczyk in house number 81 (members of the Klimczyk family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
  • Józef Pilch in house number 68 (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).
  • Michał Pilch in an unknown house number (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).
  • Wojciech Sowa house number 81 (my third great grandfather was Wojciech Sowa – in fact, this could be he).
  • Anna Szymańska in house number 48 (my second great grandmother was named Zofia Szymańska).
  • Jacób Szymański in house number 237 (my second great grandmother was named Zofia Szymańska).
  • Jacób Szymański in house number 48 (my second great grandmother was named Zofia Szymańska).
  • Katarzyna Szymańska in house number 48 (my second great grandmother was named Zofia Szymańska).
  • Kazimierz Szymański in house number 48 (my second great grandmother was named Zofia Szymańska).
  • Jan Wajda in house number 34 (Marcin Wajda travelled to America with my great aunt Marianna Dańko).
  • Jędrzej Wajda in house number 159 (members of the Wajda family were Godparents of the Dańkos).
  • Józef Wajda in house number 34 (members of the Wajda family were Godparents of the Dańkos).

Copyright © 2009 by Stephen J. Danko

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Nienadowa Field Sketches – Map 16

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Steve

I found more family surnames as I examined the Nienadowa, Galicia Field Sketch Map 16 from the Ukrainian Archives.

Nienadowa, Galicia - 1854 (Map 16)

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

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Nienadowa Field Sketches – Map 9

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Steve

As I continue to examine the Field Sketch Maps from the Ukrainian Archives, I find more and more familiar surnames . While I don’t know how all these people are related to my own relatives with the same surname, I expect that, with the same surname, these residents of Nienadowa are probably family.

Nienadowa, Galicia - 1854 (Map 9)

Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 9)

SOURCE: Map of the Village of Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 9).” 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 10.

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

  • Maciej Bal in house number 110 (Teresa Bal married my great uncle Marcin Dańko).
  • Piotr Bal in house number 104 (Several members of the Bal family were Godparents to the Dańkos).
  • Jan Dańko in house number 207 (I’m not sure how this Dańko is related to me).
  • Jakób Dańko in house number 226? (I’m not sure how this Dańko is related to me).
  • Szymon Dańko in house number 122 (I’m not sure how this Dańko is related to me).
  • Jędrzej Głowacz in house number 244 (my step-great grandmother was Zofia Głowacz).
  • Wojciech Pilch in house number 123 (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).
  • Jędrzej Pilch in house number 117a (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).
  • Jędrzej Sowa in house number 120 (my great grandmother was Agnieszka Sowa).
  • Kazimierz Sowa in house number 220 (my great grandmother was Agnieszka Sowa).
  • Maciej Sowa in house number 105 (my great grandmother was Agnieszka Sowa).
  • Tomasz Sowa in house number 220? (my great grandmother was Agnieszka Sowa).
  • Maciej Wajda in house number113 (Marcin Wajda travelled to America with my great aunt Marianna Dańko).

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Family Names on the Nienadowa Field Sketches

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Steve

In looking over the 1854 field sketches of Nienadowa, I found Wawrzyniec Trupiło, or rather I found two men named Wawrzyniec Trupiło, one named the elder and one named the younger.

Nienadowa, Galicia - 1854 (Map 19)

Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 19)

SOURCE: Map of the Village of Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 19).” 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.

I believe that Wawrzyniec Trupiło the elder is the father-in-law of Katarzyna Dańko, about whom I have written before. Wawrzyniec Trupiło’s land is very close to those of Count Eustachy Dembiński, a wealthy noble whose family owned Nienadowa. Eustachy Dembinski lived in house number 1. His lands occupy most of this map.

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

  • Wawrzyniec Trupiło in house number 16 (my probable second cousin twice removed, Katarzyna Dańko, married Wawrzyniec’s son Jan Trupiło).
  • Jan Bębenek in house number 24 (my first cousin, three times removed, Zofia Dańko, married Antoni Bębenek).
  • Wawrzyniec Bębenek in house number 28 (my first cousin, three times removed, Zofia Dańko, married Antoni Bębenek).
  • Jan Jach in house number 29 (my third great grandfather is Wojciech Jach).
  • Jan Pilch in house number 166 (the midwife who delivered my grandfather and several other relatives was Agnieszka Pilch).

In addition to learning where everyone in Nienadowa resided, these maps may actually be able to help me reconstruct some family lines. I really have to study these maps in detail.

Copyright © 2009 by Stephen J. Danko

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Field Sketches of Nienadowa, Galicia

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Steve

I am a participant in the Gesher Galicia Cadastral Map and Landowner Records Project. This project was initiated in the Spring of 2007 to obtain cadastral maps and landowner records from the Lviv Historical Archives.

In the Fall of 2008, Brian Lenius obtained ten maps for Nienadowa, the village in Galicia where my Danko ancestors lived. These maps were prepared in 1854 and are at a scale of 1:2880. Even though Nienadowa is located within the present borders of Poland, these maps were found in the Ukraine archives.

Last weekend, while I was at the Summer Seminar of the Polish Genealogical Society of California, Pamela Weisberger gave me the maps of Nienadowa that Brian Lenius obtained in Lviv.

Nienadowa, Galicia - 1854 (Map 10)

Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 10)

SOURCE: “Map of the Village of Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 (Map 10).” 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 enlarge it. This map includes parcels of land (which I have shaded in grey) that belonged to my third great grandfather, Wojciech Dańko. The number 140 indicates the house number to which the parcels belong. Unfortunately, the house itself is not on this map or any of the other maps that Brian Lenius brought back from Lviv. Nine other maps exist for this collection of maps for Nienadowa, and I expect that house number 140 appears on one of the maps that Brian has not yet copied.

From parish records, I know that seven children of my third great grandfather Wojciech Dańko were born in house number 140 in the years 1816, 1819, 1822, 1824, 1827, 1830, and 1833. Since Wojciech was living in the same house to which the parcels on this map belonged in 1854, I can conclude that Wojciech Dańko resided in house number 140 from at least 1816-1854.

Furthermore, the first child of my second great grandfather, Pawel Dańko, was born in this same house in 1826.

In addition to my third great grandfather, I have seen many other ancestral names on these maps. I will have to look at these maps in more detail and try to find other ancestors.

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Tax Photographs of New York City Buildings

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Steve

Matthew Bielawa told me about this when we were in New York City on 09 August 2009.

On that day, after visiting Castle Garden and Ellis Island, our group retired to an Irish Pub on Second Avenue in Manhattan. As I mentioned in a previous post, I realized that we were probably very close to the building where my grandfather, Michael Danko, first stayed after he arrived in America in 1905.

I checked the address on my iPhone by accessing the 1910 US Federal Census on Ancestry.com, where I looked up the address of Isaac Flichtenfeld, the Jewish umbrella maker with whom my grandfather stayed when he first arrived from the old country. Yes, indeed, Isaac Flichtenfeld’s 1910 address was listed as 35 First Avenue, just a short distance from where we were.

Upon arriving at the address, it became apparant that the building at that address was not the original structure. The buildings on either side towered above the 35 First Avenue address, and marks on the sides of the two adjacent buildings suggested that 35 First Avenue was once the same height as its neighbors.

I was disappointed that the original building no longer existed. Nonetheless, Matthew took a photo of me in front of the address.

However, Matthew told me about the NYC Municipal Archives website at which one can purchase old photographs of any building in the five boroughs of New York City.

Indeed, it appears that the city photographed every building in New York City for appraising real property for taxation purposes. Every building was photographed between 1939 and 1941 and again between 1983 and 1988. These photographs are available for purchase on the NYC Department of Records website.

I ordered an 8 × 10 black and white photograph of 35 First Avenue from the 1939-1941 period. The photograph cost me $35 plus $5 for a search of the block and lot number (I don’t know the correct block and lot number for the 1939-1940 time period), plus $4 shipping. The photograph is a bit pricey, but it’s worth it to me to document my family history.

I’ll receive the photograph in 4 to 6 weeks. I can’t wait!

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