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1783 Gzy Parish Census – Bonawentura (Bonifacy) Burski, Wojciech Burski, and Magdalena Burska

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Steve

My fifth great-grandparents, Bonawentura (Bonifacy) Burski and Helena Krzyczkowska, my fifth great-granduncle, Wojciech Burski, and my fifth great-grandaunt Magdalena Burski are listed in the 1783 Gzy Parish Census with their families.

As with the 1782 Gzy Parish Census, the 1783 census is arranged into columns, with listings for Children up to 7 years of age, Children from 8 to 17 years of age, Household members 18 years of age and older, Octogenarians, and three other groups that I couldn’t read.

1783 Gzy Parish Census for Bonawentura Burski

SOURCE: Parafia pw. św. Walentego (Gzy, ziemia ciechanowska, województwo mazowieckie, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). â€œKs. Metrykalne par. Gzy; K. Urodzonych oraz Sumariusz 1781-1804. [Metrical Books of the Parish of Gzy; Book of Births with Summary 1781-1804.],” Gzy Parish Census (1783); Archiwum Diecezjalne w Płocku.

The record shows the following information:

Household of Bonawentura Burski

Age 18 and older:
Bonawentura Burski
Helena, wife
Anna, daughter
Maryanna, daughter

Age 8-17:
Stefan, son
Baltazar, son

Household of Bartłomiej Bieńkowski

Age 18 and older:
Bartłomiej Bieńkowski
Teresa, wife
Magdalena Burska

Age 8-17:
Paweł, son
Antoni, son
Franciszek, son

In this record, the families of Bonawentura Burski and Bartłomiej Bieńkowski are enumerated right after one another, implying that they live close together. In the 1872 census, Magdalena Burska is listed as Bonawentura’s sister.

1783 Gzy Parish Census for Wojciech Burski

SOURCE: SOURCE: Parafia pw. św. Walentego (Gzy, ziemia ciechanowska, województwo mazowieckie, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). â€œKs. Metrykalne par. Gzy; K. Urodzonych oraz Sumariusz 1781-1804. [Metrical Books of the Parish of Gzy; Book of Births with Summary 1781-1804.],” Gzy Parish Census (1783); Archiwum Diecezjalne w Płocku.

The records show the following information:

Household of Wojciech Burski

Age 18 and older:
Wojciech Burski
Elzbieta, wife
Antoni, son
Piotr, son
Barbara, mother

In unidentified column:
Lowok Pzysachowicz [?]
Ewa, wife

In this census, the identity of Barbara Burski is established: she is Wojciech’s mother.

These census records provide information included no other records of the time period: family groups.

The census is located in the back of the Book of Births with Summary 1781-1804. The reader must turn the book upside down and read the censuses from the back of the book.

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1782 Gzy Parish Census – Bonawentura (Bonifacy) Burski, Wojciech Burski, and Magdalena Burska

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Steve

A rare and wonderful record from Poland is the parish census. I have only ever seen a parish census from one parish in Poland – Gzy, and I’ve only seen four years of that census – 1782, 1783, 1784, and 1785.

My fifth great-grandparents, Bonawentura (Bonifacy) Burski and Helena Krzyczkowska, and my fifth great-granduncle, Wojciech Burski, are listed in the 1782 Gzy Parish Census with their families.

The census is arranged into columns:

Column Headers of the Gzy Parish Census for 1782

SOURCE: Parafia pw. św . Walentego (Gzy, ziemia ciechanowska, województwo mazowieckie, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). “Ks. Metrykalne par. Gzy; K. Urodzonych oraz Sumariusz 1781-1804. [Metrical Books of the Parish of Gzy; Book of Births with Summary 1781-1804.],”Â Gzy Parish CensusÂ (1782); Archiwum Diecezjalne w Płocku.

I can’t read the column headers very well, but they refer to the following groups:

Children up to 7 years of age
Children fromÂ 8 to 17 years of age
Household members 18 years of age and older
Octogenarians
[?]
[?]
[?]

In the 1782 census, the families of Bonifacy Burski and Wojciech Burski were enumerated immediately after each other.

1782 Gzy Parish Census for Bonifacy Burski and Wojciech Burski

SOURCE: SOURCE: Parafia pw. św . Walentego (Gzy, ziemia ciechanowska, województwo mazowieckie, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). “Ks. Metrykalne par. Gzy; K. Urodzonych oraz Sumariusz 1781-1804. [Metrical Books of the Parish of Gzy; Book of Births with Summary 1781-1804.],”Â Gzy Parish CensusÂ (1782); Archiwum Diecezjalne w Płocku.

The records show the following information:

Household of Bonifacy Burski

Age 18 and older:
GGDD Bonifacy Burski
Helena, wife
Stefan, son
Magdalena, sister, [farmer ?]
Maryanna Kaligowska

Age 8-17:
Baltazar, son
Paweł, grandson

Household of Wojciech Burski

Age 18 and older:
GGDD Wojciech Burski
Elzbieta, wife
Antoni, son
Piotr, son
Barbara Burska

These census records provide information included no other records of the time period: family groups.

Still, questions remain. Pawel is Bonifacy’s grandson, but whose son is he? Who is Maryanna Kaligowska and why is she living with Bonifacy? Who is Barbara Burska and why is she living with Wojciech? Are Bonifacy and Wojciech related, and how?

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The Burski Family in the Birth/Baptismal Records from Gzy, Poland 1781-1842

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Steve

I just finished searching the Birth/Baptismal Indexes for theÂ parish of Gzy in Poland from 1781-1842 for the Burski surname and found forty records. After examining each record, I was able to establish the following family groups:

Child of Jakub Burski and Malgorzata
– Hiacenty (Jacek) born 07 Aug 1782 in Borze Strumiany, baptized 18 Aug 1782 in Gzy

Child of Malgorzata, widow of Jakub Burski
– Jan, illegitimate child, born 09 Jun 1789 in Borze Strumiany, baptized 10 Jun 1789
(NOTE: JakubÂ died in about 1784-1785.)

Children of Jozef Burski and Marianna Dabkowska
– Jan born 17 Sep 1785 in Borze Stumiany, baptized 17 Sep 1785 in Gzy
– Petronella born in Borze Strumiany, baptized 07 Oct 1787 in Gzy
– Jan born in Borze Stumiany, baptized 18 Jul 1790 in Gzy
– Teodozja Jozefa born in Borze Stumiany, baptized 09 Jun 1793 in Gzy
– Maryanna born in Borze Strumiany, baptized 26 Feb 1797 in Gzy

Children of Stefan Burski and Maryanna Zawadzka
– Julianna born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 09 Jan 1790 in Gzy
– Antonina born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 08 Jun 1792 in Gzy
– Katarzyna born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 15 Aug 1795 in Gzy
– Martianna born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 04 Sep 1798 in Gzy
– Szymon born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 26 Jul 1801 in Gzy
– Barbara born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 06 Oct 1803 in Gzy
– Jozef born 26 Apr 1806 in Borze Marcisze, baptized 27 Apr 1806 in Gzy
– Walenty born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 25 Oct 1810 in Gzy

Children of Antoni Burski and Wiktoria Zbikowska
– Hilary born in Borze Strumiany, baptized 13 Jun 1790 in Gzy
– Feliks born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 16 Jul 1791 in Gzy
– Nikodem born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 21 Sep 1793 in Gzy
– Zofia born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 18 May 1800 in Gzy

Child of Antoni Burski and Antonina Mossakowska
– Aleksander born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 30 Mar 1817 in Gzy

Child of Piotr Burski and Barbara
– Wiktoria Anna Tekla born 22 Oct 1782 in Borze Stumiany, baptized 26 Oct 1782 in Gzy

Child of Piotr Burski and Joanna Burska
– Cecylia born in Borze Przechy, baptized 22 Nov 1791 in Gzy

Children of Piotr Burski and Antonina Grochowska
– Zusanna born in Borze Przechy, baptized 06 Jan 1822 in Gzy
– Tekla born in Borze Przechy, baptized 27 Sep 1824 in Gzy
– Joanna born 13Â Jan 1827Â in Borze Przechy, baptized 19 Jan 1827 in Gzy

Children of Piotr Burski and Rozalia Pokrzywnicka
– Leonora born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 24 Feb 1799 in Gzy
– Franciszek born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 14 Mar 1802 in Gzy
– Tekla born 09 Jun 1805 in Borze Marcisze, baptized 09 Jun 1805 in Gzy
– Jozefa born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 16 Oct 1807 in Gzy

Children of Maciej Burski and Domicella Grochowska
– Anastasia born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 09 Mar 1823 in Gzy
– Walenty born 22 Jan 1826 in Grochy Myszki, baptized 29 Jan 1826 in Gzy
– Leopold born 11 Nov 1834 in Grochy Myszki, baptized 30 Nov 1834 in Gzy

Children of Baltazar Burski and Katarzyna Napierkowska
– Jacinta born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 07 Apr 1793 in Gzy
– Anna born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 27 Jul 1796 in Gzy
– Rozalia born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 17 Apr 1798 in Gzy
– Maciej born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 01 Mar 1801 in Gzy
– Tomasz born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 30 Sep 1803 in Gzy
– Michal born 26 Aug 1806Â in Borze Marcisze, baptized 27 Aug 1806 in Gzy

Child of Tomasz Burski and Antonina Moscicka
– Teofil born in Borze Marcisze, baptized 10 Oct 1824 in Gzy

Child of Franciszek Burski and Maryanna
– Tekla born 29 Sep 1836Â in Borze Marcisze, baptized 03 Oct 1836 in Gzy

There is also a Maryanna Burska listed in the birth indexes as being born in 1829, but I could not find this record in order to discover who her parents were.

Now, I’m faced with the task of figuring out how all these family groupsÂ are related to each other.

Anna Burska was my fourth great-grandmother . She was the daughter of my fifth great-grandparents, Bonawentura Burski and Helena Krzyczkowska. However, none of these threeÂ people appear in the Gzy birth/baptismal records from 1781-1842, since Anna Burska and all her siblings were born before 1781.

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Are You My Mother?

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Steve

I would suppose that allÂ of us have discovered photographs of unknown people among our family photographs. Who are the people in these pictures, and why has this photograph been kept with those of our ancestors and loved ones?

The prompt for this month’s edition of Smile for the Camera is “Who Are You -Â I Really Want To know!”

Two Girls

SOURCE: Unknown subjects (location unknown). Photographed in 1931 by an unknown photographer.

On the back of the photograph is written:

1937Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 14
1931Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 6
0006 yrs . Â Â Â Â 8 yrs oldÂ Â Â Â 1931

In the summer
of the year of 1931

Obviously, someone had calculated the age of one or both the girls in the photograph, and was kind enough to leave the message that the photo was taken in 1931. Unfortunately, the person who left this message neglected to tell us who the two girls are.

My mother would have been 8 years old in the summer of 1931, and so IÂ wonder ifÂ the girl on the rightÂ is my mother . Still, who is the girl on the left? Where was the photo taken and why was it taken?

Originating inÂ a time period when the expense of photographs was reserved only for special occasions, this photo made me wonder what event this photo commemorates.

And, then, I took a close look at the bottom of the photo. Is that snow on the ground? Does the notation on the back of the photo mention the word “summer” to emphasize that this was a snowfall in the summer?

I’ll have to take this photo with me the next time I visit Worcester, Massachusetts and see if the photo rings any bells with my relatives.

Written for the 9th Edition of Smile for the Camera – Who Are You – I Really Want To Know.

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Reconstructing the Stanisław Izbicki Family of Norwich, Connecticut – the 1930 Census

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Steve

Stanisław Izbicki does not appear in the 1920 Census, but his wife and three children do.

1930 US Federal Census Record for the Stanisław Izbicki Family

SOURCE: â€œ1930 United States Census,” database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 09 January 2009), entry for Mary Izbicki, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.

Mary Izbicki is listed as residing at 56 Bushnell Rd, Norwich, North London Co., Connecticut, the same address at which the family lived in 1920.
She was 47 years old, born in abt 1883 in Poland. Norwich marriage records show her name as Mary Krzesiewska, daughter of Thomas Krzesiewska and Anna Zukowska and, at the time of the 1930 census, she was a widow. She immigrated in 1904 and was a naturalized citizen. She was not employed.
She had a son named Napoleon, age 22, born in abt 1908 in Connecticut. He was single and was employed as a Mill Hand in a Cotton Mill.
She had a daughter named Regina, age 21, born in abt 1909 in Connecticut. Norwich birth records show that Regina was born 25 Oct 1908 at 10 Golden St, Norwich, Connecticut. She was single and was employed as a Sales Lady in a Department Store.
She had a son named Edward, age 18, born in abt 1912 in Connecticut. Norwich birth records show that Edward was born 27 Nov 1911 at 158 Central Ave, Norwich, Connecticut. He was single and was employed as a Laborer on a Truck Farm.

Stanley Izbicki must have died between the census in 1920 and that in 1930.

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Reconstructing the Stanisław Izbicki Family of Norwich, Connecticut – the 1920 Census

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Steve

Stanisław Izbicki appears in the 1920 Census as a married man with three children.

1920 US Federal Census Record for the Stanisław Izbicki Family

SOURCE: â€œ1920 United States Census,” database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 08 January 2009), entry for Stanley Izbicki, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.

Stanisław Izbicki is listed as Stanley Izbicki residing at 56 Bushnell Rd, Norwich, North London Co., Connecticut.

He was 47 years old, born in abt 1873 in Suwalki, Poland. Norwich marriage records show his name as Stanislaus Izbicki, son of Andrew Izbicki and Viktoria Bierdziewska. He immigrated in 1899, had filed his declaration of intention to become a citizen, and was working as an operator in a fire arms company.
He was married to Mary. Norwich marriage records show her name was Mary Krzesiewska, daughter of Thomas Krzesiewska and Anna Zukowska, and the marriage took place on 20 Feb 1906. She was 30 years old, born in abt 1890 in Grodno, Poland. She immigrated in 1904.
The couple had a son named Napoleon, age 12, born in abt 1908 in Connecticut.
The couple had a daughter named Regina, age 11, born in abt 1909 in Connecticut. Norwich birth records show that Regina was born 25 Oct 1908 at 10 Golden St, Norwich, Connecticut.
The couple had a son named Edward, age 8, born in abt 1912 in Connecticut. Norwich birth records show that Edward was born 27 Nov 1911 at 158 Central Ave, Norwich, Connecticut.

Stanley Izbicki’s year of birth and year of immigration seem to vary considerably from census to census . I’ll have to assemble all the information on Stanley at some point and look at it all at once in order to make sense of it all.

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Wordless Wednesday – Camperdown Elm

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Steve

Winter-Dormant Camperdown Elm

SOURCE: Winter-Dormant Camperdown Elm (Woodside, San Mateo County, California). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 Feb 2008.

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The Proximidade Award

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Steve

I received the â€œProximidade Award” from my friends, classmates, and fellow bloggers Msteri of Heritage Happens and Dru Pear of Find Your Folks . I’m so lucky to have friends like the two of you, and you know I really, really mean that!

The details of the award are as follows:

“These blogs invest and believe in PROXIMITY – nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers, who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”

I have placed links to the persons who gave me this award in this posting. Additionally, as a recipient of this award, I am supposed to nominate eight other blogs. Below, is a list of my nominations for the â€œProximidade Award.”

1. The Nomadic Researcher

2. Paula’s Genealogical Eclectica

3. Jake Fletcher’s Genealogy Project

4. How to Survive Suburban Life

5. Brenda Dougall Merriman

6. Eboracensus

7. Rootsmithing

8. Al’s Polish-American Genealogy Research

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Reconstructing the Stanisław Izbicki Family of Norwich, Connecticut – the 1910 Census

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Steve

Stanisław Izbicki appears in the 1910 Census as a married man with two children.

1910 US Federal Census Record for the Stanisław Izbicki Family

SOURCE: â€œ1910 United States Census,” database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 04 January 2009), entry for Stanley Biskie, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.

Stanisław Izbicki is listed as Stanley Biskie residing at 166 Central Ave, Norwich, North London Co., Connecticut.

He was 27 years old, born in abt 1883 in Russian Poland. Norwich marriage records show his name as Stanislaus Izbicki, son of Andrew Izbicki and Viktoria Bierdziewska. He immigrated in 1890, was naturalized, and was working as an operative in a cotton mill.
He was married to Mary four years earlier. Norwich marriage records show her name was Mary Krzesiewska, daughter of Thomas Krzesiewska and Anna Zukowska, and the marriage took place on 20 Feb 1906. She was 23 years old, born in abt 1887 in Russian Poland. She immigrated in 1904.
The couple had a son named Napoleon, age 3, born in abt 1907 in Connecticut.
The couple had a daughter named Regina, age 6/12, born abt Oct 1909 in Connecticut. Norwich birth records show that Regina was born 25 Oct 1908.

Based on the information in this record, this doesn’t seem to be the same Stanley Izbicki who was enumerated in Norwich in 1900.

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Reconstructing the Stanisław Izbicki Family of Norwich, Connecticut – the 1900 Census

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Steve

Stanisław Izbicki appears in the 1900 Census living as a boarder in the household of another family in Norwich, Connecticut.

1900 US Federal Census Record for theÂ Stanisław Izbicki Family

SOURCE: â€œ1900 United States Census,” database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 03 January 2009), entry forÂ Stanley Izbicki, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.

Stanisław Izbicki is listed as Stanley Izbicki residing as a boarder at 16 Erin St, Norwich, North London Co., Connecticut.

He was 28 years old, born in Oct 1871 in Poland Russ (Russian Poland). He had only recently immigrated in 1899 and was working as a laborer in a finishing company.

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