Jan Wszeborowski, son of Antoni Wszeborowski and Małgorzata née Podeszwa Skowrońska, was born on 07 July 1897 in Grądy, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland . He was baptized at the parish church in Nowogród, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland on 18 July 1897.
Birth and Baptismal Record for Jan Wseborowski – 1897
Roman Catholic Parish of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Nowogród, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), Civil Registrations of the Roman Catholic Parish of Nowogród for the Year 1897, folio 27 recto, entry 105, birth and baptismal record for Jan Wseborowski, recorded 18 July 1897; State Archives in Bialystok Branch in Łomża, digital images, Szukaj w Archiwach (https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl : accessed 18 January 2021).
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105. Grądy. This happened in village of Nowogród on the sixth [Julian calendar] / eighteenth [Gregorian calendar] / of July in the year one-thousand eight hundred ninety-seven at two o’clock in the afternoon. There appeared: Antoni Wszeborowski, thirty years old, a farmer residing in the village of Grądy, in the presence of: Józef Rachubki, fifty years old, and Konstanty Perlowski, thirty-three years old, both owners of this village, and he showed us a male child, stating: that the child was born in the village of Grądy on the twenty-fifth of June [Julian calendar] / seventh of July / of this year at ten o’clock in the evening of his lawful wife Małgorzata née Podeszfa, forty-four years old. To this child at Holy Baptism performed on this date by Father Aleksander Witkowski was given the name Jan and his godparents were: Antoni Rachubki and Władysława Szewczik. This document was read to the declarant and illiterate witnesses and was signed by us. [signature illegible]
Jan Wseborowski was the half-paternal granduncle of Helen Skowronski, the wife of my paternal uncle, Joseph Danko. In the United States, Jan Wseborowski used the name John Soborowski or John Siborowski.
Antoni Wseborowski, the son of Katarzyna Wseborowski and widower after the death of his first wife Ewa Pydzewska, was married to Małgorzata née Podeszwa Skowrońska, daughter of Jakub Podeszwa and Anna Dymerska and widow after the death of her husband Franciszek Skowronski, on 27 January 1892 in Nowogród, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland.
Marriage Record for Antoni Wseborowski and Małgorzata née Podeszwa Skowrońska – 1892
Roman Catholic Parish of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Nowogród, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), Civil Registrations of the Roman Catholic Parish of Nowogród for the Year 1892, folio 27 recto, entry 10, marriage record for Antoni Wseborowski and Małgorzata née Podeszwa Skowrońska, recorded 27 January 1892; State Archives in Bialystok Branch in Łomża, digital images, Szukaj w Archiwach (https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl : accessed 18 January 2021).
10. Grądy. This happened in the village of Novogród on the fifteenth [Julian Calendar]/ twenty-seventh [Gregorian Calendar]/ of January in the year one-thousand eight-hundred and ninety-two at three o’clock in the afternoon. We declare that in the presence of witnesses: Józef Jasionowski, twenty-six years old, and Józef Gołaś, twenty-eight years old, both day laborers and residents of the village of Nowogród, a religious marriage was contracted on this date between Antoni Wszeborowski, twenty-seven years old, widowed after the death of Eva née Pydzewska, the son of the deceased Katarzyna Wszeborowska, born in the village of Guty and now working as a day-laborer, residing in the village of Grądy, and Malgorzata Skowrońska, thirty-six years old, the widow of the deceased Franciszek Skowroński who died in the village of Grądy on the twenty-fifth of February [Gregorian Calendar]/ the ninth of March [Julian Calendar]/ in the year one-thousand eight-hundred and ninety-one, the daughter of the late Jakub and the still-living Anna née Dymerska Podeszfa, born in the village of Grądy and now residing on a farm in the village of Grądy. This marriage was preceded by three announcements of the banns in the Novogród Parish Church on: the twenty-second and twenty-ninth of December of the previous year and the tenth of January of the current year [Julian Calendar] / third, fifth, and seventeenth of January of the current year [Gregorian Calendar]. The newlyweds announce that they have not concluded any prenuptial agreement. The religious rite was performed in the Novogród Parish Church by the priest who signed below. This record was read to the newlyweds and to the witnesses who are illiterate, and signed by us. Reverend [Wincenty] Sienkiewicz, Nowogród Parish
Małgorzata née Podeszwa Skowrońska was the paternal grandmother of Helen Skowronski, the wife of my paternal uncle, Joseph Danko.
Maryanna Skowrońska, daughter of Bartłomiej Skowroński and Agnieszka Ciak, was born on 24 March 1835 in Trzaski, Ostrołęka Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland. She was baptized at the parish church in Kleczkowo, Ostrołęka Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland on 25 March 1835.
Birth and Baptismal Record for Maryanna Skowrońska – 1835
Roman Catholic Parish of Saint Lawrence (Kleczkowo, Ostrołęka Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), Civil Registrations of the Roman Catholic Parish of Kleczkowo for the Year 1835, Akt 21, birth and baptismal record for Maryanna Skowrońska, recorded 25 Mar 1835; State Archives in Bialystok Branch in Łomża.
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No. 21. Trzaski. This happened in village of Kleczkowo on the thirteenth [Julian calendar]/ twenty-fifth [Gregorian calendar] of March in the year one-thousand eight hundred thirty-five at eleven o’clock before noon. There appeared the peasant Bartłomiej Skowroński, a farmhand at the manor, residing in Trzaski, thirty-three years of age, in the presence of Wojciech Walerzak, a farmer [on land cleared from the forest], twenty-six years old, and also Jan Truszkowski, a farmhand at the manor, twenty-three years old, both residing in Traszki, and he showed us a female child born in Trzaski on the twelfth [Julian Calendar] / twenty-fourth [Gregorian Calendar] day of this month, at the hour of eleven at night of his wife Agnieszka née Ciak, twenty-seven years old. At Holy Baptism performed on this day, the child was given the name Maryanna Skowrońska, and her godparents were the afore-mentioned Jan Truszkowski and Franciszka Walerzak. This document was read aloud to the declarant and witnesses which, since they could not write, was signed by Us. Reverend Jan Uszyński, pastor of the parish of Kleczkowo
Maryanna Skowrońska was the paternal grandaunt of Helen Skowronski, the wife of my paternal uncle, Joseph Danko.
Anna Skowrońska, daughter of Bartłomiej Skowroński and Agnieszka Ciak, was born on 20 June 1837 in Trzaski, Ostrołęka Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland. She was baptized at the parish church in Kleczkowo, Ostrołęka Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland on 21 June 1837.
Birth and Baptismal Record for Anna Skowrońska – 1837
Roman Catholic Parish of Saint Lawrence (Kleczkowo, Ostrołęka Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), Civil Registrations of the Roman Catholic Parish of Kleczkowo for the Year 1837, Akt 31, birth and baptismal record for Anna Skowrońska, recorded 21 Jun 1837; State Archives in Bialystok Branch in Łomża.
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No. 31. Trzaski. This happened in village of Kleczkowo on the ninth [Julian calendar]/ twenty-first [Gregorian calendar] of June in the year one-thousand eight hundred thirty-seven at seven o’clock in the morning. There appeared Bartłomiej Skowroński, a servant at the manor, residing in Trzaski, thirty years of age, in the presence of the peasant Paweł‚ Michalak, fifty-nine years old, and also Kacper Cerkies, forty-six years old, both farmers residing in Traszki, and he showed us a female child born in Trzaski yesterday, at the hour of eleven before noon of his wife Agnieszka née Ciak, twenty-eight years old. At Holy Baptism performed on this day, the child was given the name Anna Skowrońska, and her godparents were the afore-mentioned Kacper Cerkies and Barbara Ślaska. This document was read aloud to the declarant and witnesses which, since they could not write, was signed by Us. Reverend Jan Uszyński, pastor of Kleczkowo, Canon of Płock
Anna Skowrońska was the paternal grandaunt of Helen Skowronski, the wife of my paternal uncle, Joseph Danko.
Franciszek Skowroński, son of Bartłomiej Skowroński and Agnieszka Ciak, was born on 02 June 1844 in Kleczkowo, Ostrołęka Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland. He was baptized at the parish church in Kleczkowo, Ostrołęka Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland on 06 June 1844.
Birth and Baptismal Record for Franciszek Skowroński – 1844
Roman Catholic Parish of Saint Lawrence (Kleczkowo, Ostrołeka Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), Civil Registrations of the Roman Catholic Parish of Kleczkowo for the Year 1844, Akt 36, birth and baptismal record for Franciszek Skowroński, recorded 06 Jun 1844; State Archives in Bialystok Branch in Łomża.
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No. 36 Kleczkowo. This happened in village of Kleczkowo on the / twenty-fifth of May [Julian calendar]/ sixth of June [Gregorian calendar] in the year one-thousand eight hundred forty-four at ten o’clock before noon. There appeared Bartłomiej Skowroński, a farmer [on land cleared from the forest] residing here in Klezkowo, thirty-eight years of age, in the presence of Kacper Kupidłoski, thirty-two years old, and also Jan Tkacz, twenty-three years old, both farmers [on land cleared from the forest] residing here in Kleczkowo, and he showed us a male child born here in Kleczkowo on the / twenty-first of May [Julian Calendar] / second of June [Gregorian Calendar] of this year, at two in the afternnon of his wife Agnieszka née Ciak, thirty-nine years old. At Holy Baptism performed on this day, the child was given the name Franciszek Skowroński, and his godparents were Mikołaj Podgórski and Ewa Kupidłoska. This document was read aloud to the declarant and witnesses which, when they declared they could not write, was signed by Us. Reverend Jan Uszyński, Canon of Płock, pastor of Kleczkowo.
Franciszek Skowroński was the paternal grandfather of Helen Skowronski, the wife of my paternal uncle, Joseph Danko.
Franciszek Skowroński, son of Bartłomiej Skowroński and Agnieszka Ciak, died on 09 March 1891 in Grądy, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland. He was buried at the parish cemetery in Nowogród, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland on 10 March 1891.
Death and Burial Record for Franciszek Skowroński – 1891
SOURCE: Roman Catholic Parish of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Nowogród, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), Civil Registrations of the Roman Catholic Parish of Nowogród for the Year 1891, folio 202 verso, entry 100, death and burial record for Franciszek Skowroński, recorded 10 March 1891; State Archives in Bialystok Branch in Łomża, digital images, Szukaj w Archiwach (https://szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl : accessed 17 January 2021).
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100. Grądy. This happened in village of Nowogród on the twenty-sixth of February [Julian calendar]/ tenth of March [Gregorian calendar]/ in the year one-thousand eight hundred ninety-one at ten o’clock in the morning. There appeared: Feliks Macko, fifty-six years old, and Józef Rachudna forty-eight years old, both farmers residing in the village of Grądy, and they stated: that yesterday at two o’clock in the morning, in the village of Grądy, Franciszek Skowroński, a day-laborer, died, forty-eight years old, the son of the married couple Bartłomiej and Agnieszka Skowroński, leaving behind his wife Małgorzata née Podeszfa residing in the village of Grądy. After eyewitness testamony on the death of Franciszek Skowroński, this document was read aloud to the illiterate and was signed by us. Reverend [Wincenty] Sienkiewicz, Nowogród Parish
Franciszek Skowroński was the paternal grandfather of Helen Skowronski, the wife of my paternal uncle, Joseph Danko.
Płock Powiat in the Płock Gubernia – 1907 Józef Michał Bazewicz, Atlas geograficzny ilustrowany Królestwa Polskiego (Litografia B. A. Bukaty, Warsaw, 1907); digital images, Mapywig (http://igrek.amzp.pl/details.php?id=11767107 : accessed 25 March 2019).
The administrative structure of the parishes of Biała (Stara Biała), Bielsk, Blichowo, Brwilno, Chylino (Stary Chylin), Ciachcin, Daniszewo, Drobin, Góra (Nowa Góra), Imielnica, Kobylniki, Łęg (Łęg Kościelny), Łętowo, Łubki (Stare Łubki), Miszewko Gawarckie (Miszewko), Miszewko Strzałkowskie, Miszewo Murowane, Orszymowo, Pilichowo, Płock, Radzanowo, Rębowo, Rogotwórsk, Sikórz, Słupno, Staroźreby, Swięcieniec, Woźniki, Wyszogród, Zagroba, and Zakrzewo can be described as follows:
01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795:Village, Dobrzyń Ziemia, Masovian Voivodeship, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
04 Oct 1795-08 Jul 1807:Village, Kreis Płock, Kammerdepartement Płock, Province of New East Prussia Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
09 Jul 1807-08 Jun 1815:Village, Wyszogród Powiat, Płock Department, Duchy of Warsaw
09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816:Village, Wyszogród Powiat, Płock Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
16 Jan 1816-06 Mar 1837:Village, Płock Obwód, Płock Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
07 Mar 1837-10 Nov 1842:Village, Płock Obwód, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
11 Nov 1842-07 Sep 1915:Village, Płock Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
08 Sep 1915-10 Nov 1918:Village, Płock Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
11 Nov 1918-07 Oct 1939:Village, Płock Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
08 Oct 1939-27 Jun 1945:Village, Kreis Schröttersburg, Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder, Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia, German Reich
28 Jun 1945-21 Jul 1952:Village, Płock Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Republic of Poland
Łomża Powiat in the Łomża Gubernia – 1907 Józef Michał Bazewicz, Atlas geograficzny ilustrowany Królestwa Polskiego (Litografia B. A. Bukaty, Warsaw, 1907); digital images, Mapywig (http://igrek.amzp.pl/details.php?id=11767092 : accessed 14 Nov 2021).
The administrative structure of the parishes of Łomża, Miastkowo, Nowogród, Puchały, Śniadowo, Szczepankowo can be described as follows:
01 Jul 1569-03 Oct 1795:Village, Łomża Ziemia, Masovia Voivodeship, Province of Greater Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
04 Oct 1795-08 Jul 1807:Village, Kammerdepartement Białystok, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
09 Jul 1807-08 Jun 1815:Village, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Department, Duchy of Warsaw
09 Jun 1815-15 Jan 1816:Village, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Department, Congress Kingdom of Poland
16 Jan 1816-06 Mar 1837:Village, Łomża Obwód, Augustów Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland
07 Mar 1837 – 10 Oct 1842:Village, Łomża Obwód, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
11 Oct 1842-30 Dec 1866:Village, Łomża Powiat, Augustów Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
31 Dec 1866-07 Sep 1915:Village, Łomża Powiat, Łomża Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland
08 Sep 1915-10 Nov 1918:Village, Łomża Powiat, General Government of Warsaw, German Empire
11 Nov 1918-31 Mar 1938:Village, Łomża Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
01 Apr 1938-03 Dec 1939:Village, Łomża Powiat, Warsaw Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
04 Dec 1939-21 Jul 1941:Village, Bialystok Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
22 Jul 1941-19 Sep 1944:Village, Landkreis Lomscha, Bezirk Bialystok, German Reich
20 Sep 1944-15 Aug 1945:Village, Grodno Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
16 Aug 1945-18 Feb 1947:Village, Łomża Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Provisional Government of National Unity
19 Feb 1947-21 Jul 1952:Village, Łomża Powiat, Białystok Voivodeship, Republic of Poland
Miho no Matsubara is a 7 km long seashore lined with pine trees in the Shizuoka Prefecture of Shizuoka on the island of Honshu in Japan. Miho no Matsubara is the site of the Legend of Hagoromo (The Feathered Robe) which tells of a celestial being who left her feathered robe on a pine tree so she could bathe in the water there. A fisherman named Hakuryo took the feathered robe and refused to return it until she danced for him. A statue of Hakuryo watching the dance is at the entrance to the park.
Legend of the Pine Tree SOURCE: Legend of the Pine Tree (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
Legend of the Pine Tree – Detail SOURCE: Legend of the Pine Tree – Detail (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
Hakuryo Holding the Robe SOURCE: Hakuryo Holding the Robe (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
Miho no Matsubara – 1 SOURCE: Miho no Matsubara – 1 (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
Miho no Matsubara – 2 SOURCE: Miho no Matsubara – 2 (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
Miho no Matsubara – 3 SOURCE: Miho no Matsubara – 3 (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
Miho no Matsubara – 4 SOURCE: Miho no Matsubara – 4 (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
Miho no Matsubara – 5 SOURCE: Miho no Matsubara – 4 (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
The Hōjūjidono in the Higashiyama district of Kyōto, Japan was the home of the Cloistered Emperor Shirakawa II, and Sanjūsangen-d is a Buddhist temple on the site, originally built in 1164 for Emperor Shirakawa.
Sanjūsangen-dō is famous for its long hondō (main hall) containing 1001 sculptures of standing Thousand-armed Kannon. Sculptures also include 28 standing attendants, a statue of Fūjin (Japanese god of the wind), a statue of Raijin (Japanese god of thunder), and a huge seated statue of Thousand-armed Kannon. Visitors were asked not to take photographs inside the temple, and so I have no pictures of these incredible sculptures.
Hōjūji Palace Sign SOURCE: Hōjūji Palace Sign (Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.
Hōjūji Palace Gardens – 1 SOURCE: Hōjūji Palace Gardens – 1 (Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.
Hōjūji Palace Gardens – 2 SOURCE: Hōjūji Palace Gardens – 2 (Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.
Sanjūsangen-dō Temple SOURCE: Sanjūsangen-dō Temple (Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.
