{"id":1187,"date":"2007-03-21T23:30:43","date_gmt":"2007-03-22T06:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/21\/the-birth-and-baptism-of-wiktoria-bebenek\/"},"modified":"2016-05-25T14:58:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T21:58:31","slug":"the-birth-and-baptism-of-wiktoria-bebenek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/1187","title":{"rendered":"The Birth and Baptism of Wiktoria B\u0119benek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I received a message from Kasia Tropi\u0142o who provided me with quite a bit of information on her ancestors, including <a title=\"Katarzyna Danko\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/1676\" target=\"_self\">Katarzyna Da\u0144ko<\/a> .\u00a0 As it turns out, Kasia and I appear to be fourth cousins, twice removed!\u00c2\u00a0 While the final documents to prove the connection are still missing, the document I have that supports the connection is the Birth and Baptismal Record of Wiktoria B\u0119benek .\u00a0 Wiktoria&#8217;s record is at the bottom of the image of the parish record book shown below.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Birth and Baptismal Record for Wiktoria Bebenek\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/CRB-Bebenek-Wiktoria-1870.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1189\" style=\"width: 453px; height: 341px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/CRB-Bebenek-Wiktoria-1870.jpg\" alt=\"Birth and Baptismal Record for Wiktoria Bebenek\" width=\"453\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em><strong>The Birth and Baptismal Record for Wiktoria B\u0119benek<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>SOURCE: Roman Catholic Parish of the Immaculate Heart of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Dubiecko, Poland. Liber Natorum et Baptisatorum (Book of Birth and Baptism). 1870. Entry Number 90. Text in Latin, translated by Stephen J. Danko.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Click on the link for a <a id=\"p1188\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/CRB%20Bebenek%20Wiktoria%201870.pdf\">PDF<\/a> copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record for Wiktoria B\u0119benek .\u00a0 The record shows that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Wiktoria B\u0119benek\u00c2\u00a0was the 90th child born in 1838 in Nienadowa, Galicia (Austria Poland), and was born on\u00c2\u00a019 Dec 1870\u00c2\u00a0in house number\u00c2\u00a044<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>She was baptized in the church in Dubiecko on 20 Dec 1870<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>She was a legitimately born, Catholic girl<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Her father was Antoni B\u0119benek, a gardener, son of Franciszek B\u0119benek and [?]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Her mother was Zofia Da\u0144ko, daughter of Maciej Da\u0144ko and Franciszka [?]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Her Godparents were Wawrzyniec Chru\u015bcicki [?] and Zofia, the wife of [?]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Wiktoria died on 16 Dec 1871<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">The bottom part of this record was not included in the digital image I have .\u00a0 In fact, this record was not even the subject of my interest at first .\u00a0 The record immediately above the record for Wiktoria B\u0119benek was the Birth and Baptismal Record for my step-great grandmother, <a title=\"Zofia Glowacz\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/08\/the-birth-and-baptism-of-zofia-glowacz\/\">Zofia G\u0142owacz<\/a> .\u00a0 I only noticed\u00c2\u00a0Wiktoria&#8217;s record by chance, long after the image was obtained.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Because the bottom of the record was not included, I don&#8217;t know the name of Antoni B\u0119benek&#8217;s mother or the maiden surname of Zofia Da\u0144ko&#8217;s mother (although I can tell that Zofia&#8217;s mother&#8217;s maiden name begins with the letter &#8220;J&#8221;) .\u00a0 Other information is also missing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">This record shows that Wiktoria&#8217;s maternal grandfather was Maciej Da\u0144ko, and it is Maciej Da\u0144ko who is the critical link between Kasia&#8217;s family tree and my family tree .\u00a0 I believe Maciej Danko is Kasia&#8217;s gggg grandfather and the brother of my gg grandfather, Pawel Da\u0144ko.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">To confirm this link, I&#8217;ll have to obtain this complete record and Maciej&#8217;s marriage record .\u00a0 These two records will either complete the link or disprove the link.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">In addition to this evidence, the time and place are correct for the Maciej Da\u0144ko in my ancestry and in Kasia&#8217;s, and several surnames repeat in both our records.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The records from the Dubiecko parish have not been microfilmed, and so Kasia and I will have to obtain the records directly from the church in Dubiecko.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">One final observation: notice the cross (+) and the date on the record .\u00a0 This notation indicates Wiktoria B\u0119benek&#8217;s death .\u00a0 She died just a year after she was born.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Copyright \u00a9 2007 Stephen J. 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