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Oppeln/Opole to Chicago - Ziegert, Hoff, Winterstein

BRWasik — 2013-05-17 20:11:38Z

I've isolated relatives as being from Oppeln/Opole in the 1880s. Louis Ziegert and Carolina Winterstein emigrated to Chicago in 1884 with some of their daughters (Emma, Amelia, Ida, and Anna) while other daughters arrived earlier in the 1880s (Constance and Augusta). This trip was supposed paid for by some cousins - the Hoffs (Constance marries Joseph in Chicago). I can find most of them in Chicago, along with a passenger list, but nothing else from their time in Europe. Are there records available or transcribed for the region that might help?

Re: ZIMA

ceramicaalpalo — 2013-05-17 06:36:16Z

My husband family Irish and Poland moved to New York united states

Re: Bialek

laurenschwert — 2013-04-23 22:09:18Z

I am Stephen Bialek's grand daughter (one of Joseph and Mary's children). His son, my father, Mike, has a family tree up at myheritage.com. He has traced the Bialeks back to George and Anna Bialek (Kaznacha). Mary Kusik's parents were Jacob and Agnes (Jolach). We THINK they were from Galacia. Jacob's father was Walter Kusik. From there we do not know!

Re: Joseph BIALEK

weatherboard58 — 2013-04-20 08:27:05Z

Hello Gerhard, My father's family is Bialek, and he is from Upper Silesia. My Grandfather was Frank Bialek and his wife was Marta Goliasz. My Grandfather's mothers maiden name was Gluch. Do you have any of these names in your database?
With kind regards,
Margaret Bialek-Roberts

Re: BEDNORZ

dmastershouse — 2013-04-02 10:16:37Z

email me. dmastershouse at hotmail dot come

Re: BEDNORZ

michaelbednorz1 — 2013-03-25 22:37:33Z

Darlene, Its your half brother Michael Jr. call me at 505 975-8419

Re: Zima

HenrykWalczyk — 2013-03-18 20:25:16Z

Paul

Is it the Katha Zima who arrived at New York on 18 June 1902 on the Bluecher. She was 21 yrs. Going to Chicago, Illinois to join a friend Zajac. Also Traveling with her was a Murdzek.

My email is jtye110913@comcast.net

Antonia PIETRAS b. 9-1-1898 Koza, Poland

geniferp — 2013-02-26 23:19:50Z

I am searching for further information about my great grandfather Szymon Pietras and his spouse Antonia Pietras, maiden name unknown. Szymon was born on April 13, 1894 in Wojcin, Poland and Antonia was born on January 9, 1898 in Koza, Poland. They had four children; Antoni, Sylvester, Julianna, and Peter (my grandfather). Peter Pietras was born on May 22, 1925 in Koza and went on to marry Genevieve Dlubala, who was born in Rouvroy, France (although both of her parents were from Poland). I believe they came to the United States with their son, my dad, Henry Wladyslaw Pietras in 1965. I would like to know more about Szymon, Antonia, Peter, Genevieve, and any of their ancestors as well as where they came from. Any information regarding any of the above would be greatly appreciated.
Researching: PIETRAS, DLUBALA
Genifer Pietras
(University of Connecticut- Storrs)

Re: TARCHALA, DZIK

Sol_Gorrell — 2013-02-26 22:54:54Z

Christopher- I have been looking for you! lol. I got out of the Genealogy for a while, but am now back into it. you can reach me at sostechs@yahoo.com

Re: KRAUSE

teamcom — 2013-01-30 16:47:15Z

Dear Peter Smith: I have two Franz Krause paintings from the late 1800's that I would like to sell. If you are interested in them, email me at teamcom@optonline.net. Thank you.

Re: KRAUSE

teamcom — 2013-01-30 16:34:36Z

Dear Peter Smith: I have two Franz Krause paintings from the late 1800's that I would like to sell. If you are interested in them, email me at teamcom@optonline.net. Thank you.

Re: Woychik

stendahl001 — 2012-11-10 02:48:25Z

Hello...
Little new at the genealogy but in working through my family history I've run across my 4th great grandmother whose name was Suzanna Woychik. She was born in 1804 in Popielow, Poland. I have to guess she maybe of some relation.

She married Joseph Pieterick and they emmigrated to the United States and settled in Independence. Well I know he did but not sure about Suzanna. I do have the Pieterick line forward but nothing on Suzanna.

Re: Winkler

winklerorama — 2012-10-18 14:41:45Z

The one I was looking for was known as lindeweise before Wwi and Wwii.
So does that make it the one in nysa or neisse

I can be reached at winklerorama @gmail.com

Re: Bogdol from Opole

your_roots_in_poland — 2012-09-04 13:01:05Z

Hello,

What are the particular information you would like to obtain?
Do you have any date ( birth, marriage ) which may help in the research? I'm sure I could help you, I just need some more details.

Please free to write me on: borowiec@yourrootsinpoland.com
Good luck in your research anyway,

Kinga

Bogdol from Opole

1_fkaye — 2012-08-04 12:47:13Z

Looking for info on Bogdol (Bagdol) family.

Thannheiser/Wagner/Kunze in Patschkau kries Neisse, Ober Schlesien

llewisnotary — 2012-08-03 13:47:18Z

Looking for information on Thannheiser/Wagner/Kunze families in area of Patschkau kries Neisse in Ober Schlesien.

I am particularly interested in early 1800's to 1948 (pre-expulsion) on the Thannheiser side, especially WWI records that I can link to a known relative.

Some relatives are from the part of Schlesien that is now in Austria and a part now in the Czech Republic.

Any help you can provide is appreciated. Collaboration is welcome on these families.

Re: Thannheiser/Wagner/Kunze in Patschkau kries Neisse, Ober Schlesien

FamFo — 2012-08-02 22:28:57Z

http://www.christoph-www.de/kbsilesia2.html
oversight - where and when

i think, that i answer you on an other board, too.

there are several homepages online.

Re: Thannheiser/Wagner/Kunze in Patschkau kries Neisse, Ober Schlesien

ZlaticaBeca — 2012-07-01 22:43:14Z

You're welcome.

map of Austria-Hungary
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm
http://www.brainworker.ch/Oesterreich/Austria-hungary.png

Throw a wider net. Post on all the boards that apply to your surnames and location.

Re: Thannheiser/Wagner/Kunze in Patschkau kries Neisse, Ober Schlesien

llewisnotary — 2012-07-01 17:32:18Z

I think the confusion may come in because that part of Schlesien (and maybe more) was in the Austro-Hungarian Empire before WWI and the people there considered themselves to be Austrian. I know my g-grandfather always said he was Austrian but he also said he was from Schlesien so who knows? It's a pain that these names and boundaries keep changing.

Almost all of my relatives lived within a few kilometer radius of their village. The occasional outsider would come in but there was a lot of intermarrying. They referred to people by their last name and house number when there were too many people with the same last name. Few of them emigrated until after the war and it was a small place so it's making it difficult to track them down.

Thank you for all of your help.

Re: Thannheiser/Wagner/Kunze in Patschkau kries Neisse, Ober Schlesien

ZlaticaBeca — 2012-07-01 14:59:45Z

You're welcome llewisnotary.
Not Polish or German so not much help beyond what I posted.

http://www.jewishgen.org/communities/LocTown.asp
Vlaice, Vlčice, Wildschütz populated place 50°21' N 17°03' E E M U G Czech Republic 115.9 miles E of Praha 50°5' N 14°28' E

Freiwaldau, Frývaldov, Jeseník populated place 50°14' N 17°12' E E M U G Czech Republic 121.5 miles E of Praha 50°5' N 14°28' E

http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv.topo/3felmeres.htm
www.mapy.cz
http://igrek.amzp.pl/mapindex.php?cat=WIG100

Österreich is Austria in German
Schlesien is Silesia in German

Re: Thannheiser/Wagner/Kunze in Patschkau kries Neisse, Ober Schlesien

llewisnotary — 2012-07-01 14:25:53Z

Thank you for the information. I have relatives born in Austrian Schlesien, one of them being born in Wildschutz, Freiwaldau, Osterreichisch Schlesien, Austria. In the first part of the 20th century they referred to this place either as being in Austria or as being in Schlesien. It seemed to be equivalent to them.

I am obtaining the LDS films (there are quite a few). When the Poles entered this area after the war they burned and destroyed anything German unless it was Catholic. Many villages have no records left. It's my understanding that Patschkau's Catholic records may still be intact and were moved but I've not been able to verify this. If anyone knows where/if the records were moved please let me know.

All of the headstones were destroyed, I have only a couple of pictures of headstones. When they were expelled the Germans were only able to take what they could carry and most of them had little children to carry so we have only a small amount of paperwork from their homes that hadn't been burned or destroyed. I visited the area last year but there is nothing left for genealogy purposes.

I was hoping that someone had family members from the area that were connected to my family and we could piece together some part of the family tree.

Thank you again for the information!

Re: Thannheiser/Wagner/Kunze in Patschkau kries Neisse, Ober Schlesien

ZlaticaBeca — 2012-07-01 01:38:50Z

None of Schlesien is in Austria only Czech Republic and Poland.
http://feefhs.org/maplibrary/german/ge-siles.html

http://feefhs.org/links/poland.html
www.genealogienetz.de/reg

www.kartenmeister.com

German Name Patschkau
Polish/Russian Name Paczkow
Kreis/County Neisse
Residents of Jewish Faith 31
German Province Schlesien
Today's Province Opolskie
Location East 17°00' North 50°27'
Google Map Google Maps (Patschkau)
Map Number 116
Location Description This village/town is located 19.2 km and 135 degrees from Neisse, which is known today as Nysa
Lutheran Parish Patschkau 1905
Catholic Parish Patschkau 1905
Standesamt/Civil Registry Patschkau 1905
Gemeindelexikon/Town Index VI-43-2
Population By Year/Einwohner 1905: 6069

Remarks Taufen/Christining for years 1618-1727 LDS Film # 2102517
Church Yes

http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en&miejs...

http://genforum.genealogy.com/poland/

Paczków
8081 osób - inhabitants
woj. opolskie - wojewodztwo
pow. nyski - powiat
gmina Paczków

map of Poland's wojewodztwos:
http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl/

Re: PYKA, MAZUREK

jimmypyka — 2012-06-25 16:30:07Z

Hi, from your post regarding john and frances pyka, they are definitely of my family origin. i would appreciate any information that you may have or directions on where i could go to find it myself. Thank you, Jimmy Pyka

MUSIOL,Johann Josef & TRUNCK,Vincentina

SueJeanCatherine — 2012-06-05 13:35:59Z

Seeking info on Johann Josef Musiol b 1 January 1855. A 1920 census is leading me to believe that his people came from here. Vincentina Trunck b 5 April 1855. I have no marriage date. Children born prior to emmigrating to America: Richard A born 30 January 1880; John Joseph b 26 Jan 1886; William Vance b 10 May 1890; Mary born about 1892. The ship shows arrival 11 May 1893 to Port of Buffalo via Quebec.

Searching for a pastor of the Ewangelicko-Augsburska in Pokój

1_cknudsen1 — 2012-05-30 01:22:51Z

From 1945 until his death in 1976, Hugo (or Hugon) Oswald Pudell was a pastor at this church. He and his wife Erna (nee Bartke) are buried in the church cemetery. They had 3 children, whose names and ages I don't know. Hugo Pudell was born in Belchatow, Lodzkie, in 1905. His wife lived from 1918-2008 and may have remarried.

Can anyone tell me how I might find out the particulars of his life (he is mentioned in a book about Lutheran pastors in Poland but it's very brief) and perhaps what became of his children? Would I need to contact his former church in Pokój?

Thank you.

Re: John Plutz

markkonzen — 2012-05-03 23:11:29Z

That's great information. I know they lived in Michigan, then Iron, Mountain, then Wisconsin, before moving finally to Chicago. I'll follow up on that. Thanks! Mark

Re: Looking for Buhl family connections

bmattingly3838 — 2012-04-25 06:45:41Z

Your post is so old now that you may no longer be interested in what is perhaps just a strange coincidence.

I was born and grew up in Minneapolis the daughter of Charles Reichel born in Delano, Minnesota in 1884. His father Thomas was from Germany/Poland having immigrated in about 1870. Thomas Reichel was married to Julia Langosh (Longash?) also of German/Polish extraction. My information about them is very sketchy. They had nine children of whom one was named Julia. I, born in 1938, did not know my grandparents and so never asked them about their origins.

If you are interested in communicating, please be sure that I would be very pleased to hear from you.

Re: John Moy

barbarajschaefer — 2012-03-29 00:42:33Z

Thank you so much for posting this. I had just come to the conclusion that Lukas wasn't John's father but was at a dead end. This helps so much. Plus how odd that your last name is Schaefer too. I'd love to compare notes to see if we are related on both sides of the family!

Re: John Moy

barbarajschaefer — 2012-03-29 00:42:31Z

Re: Stodolka

dearborn246 — 2012-03-26 01:03:11Z

I know this is an old post, but I figure it's worth a try. You mentioned having information on the Karasch family in the St. Stanislaus church. I'm looking for information on Gottlieb Karsch and his wife Rosina (Sandmann) and son Michael and half sister Anna Heilig. Gottlieb would be my gr-gr-grandfather. Would love to know what you have.
Billie
Washington state

Re: Himanek, Hymanek, Hemenek

jsagen_1 — 2012-03-23 16:01:40Z

I too am interested in Ellguth. My grandfather, Franz Heda was born there in 1870. His father was Johann Heda and his mother was Marianna Pohler. If you have any information on these families I would be very grateful to receive it.

Thank you,
Judith

Archives in Opole

bgainer1980 — 2012-03-22 15:13:42Z

Does anyone know anything about the archives here? Can you request copies of records from the there to be sent to the U.S.? Does anyone have a genealogist they have work with over there that they like?

Re: Thomala

ryry17 — 2012-03-20 02:56:06Z

Hey Greg,

This is Ryan Bailey. I am doing a family history project for US history. I only have up to John Gazda. I see here you have a few generations after that and I am missing the ones in between. Can you help me out? Thank You

Ryan

Re: John Plutz

vanoudenhoven — 2012-03-04 20:49:16Z

I know its been years, but i was going over my plutz family line that my grandmother had put together and found that the names Peter Plutz and Elizabeth Fritchell Plutz appear on the marriage certificate of Joseph Plutz and Barbara Siedel, which their descendants had in thier possession.
The book German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1868-1871, with Places of Origin (Vol 4 Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1993, by Marion Wolfert) lists Johann Plutz, age 32, Barbara Plutz, Age 32, Margaretha Plutz, age 21, Elisabeth Plutz, age 3 and Johann Plutz age 1 in the passenger list for the sailing ship Hansa which arrived in New York on 6 July 1868. Joseph arrived in wisconsin in 1892.

Dont know if any of this helps.

Re: Maciej

fossenl — 2012-02-29 14:02:39Z

Hi! I am doing some research for the Maciej / Matchey families coming out of Poppelau (Popielow), Oppeln (Opole), German Prussian ruled Poland. I am seeing they came out of several villages in Opole Province such as Falkowice (Pol. sp.), Dammratsch (Ger. sp), and Poppelau (Popielow). This is very complicated area to research. Do you have a Phillip Maciej born about 1831? He farmed in Poppelau (Popielow), but was not born there. Thank you.

Re: Kupp/Kup, Kreis Oppeln/Opole

jroewer1 — 2012-02-24 23:33:04Z

No, I didn't. My Kupp search was based on faulty info -- my ancestor actually came from Gross Wartenberg (Sycow).

Re: Kupp/Kup, Kreis Oppeln/Opole

normsuker — 2012-02-24 22:03:12Z

did you ever find the Protestant Church Records for the church in Kupp? I am also looking for those records since the LDS did not copy those records only the Catholic records

Re: Stodolka

carimcwilliams1 — 2012-02-12 22:13:15Z

I am looking for my great grandfather Walter stodolka who came from either Chez or Poland. I was wondering if he had any other brothers or sister who came to the US

Re: Gorczynski - new information

susannefulton — 2012-01-20 16:21:21Z

My grandfather was Peter Golenia, born 1908 in Kerf (county of Oppeln). His father was Karl Golenia (Golynia?)born 1885 and his mother was Maria Giza born 1887.
My grandfather married Elisabeth Herok who was born in 1910 in Rossberg. My grandfather died 1943 in Russia.
He had one daughter, Ingeborg Golenia. They fled the area in 1945.
That's everything I know about him and his side of the family. I realize that your posts are years old, but with some luck maybe you can help. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Susanne

Re: JELEN

swjanik — 2011-12-27 07:04:20Z

My p. g-grandmother, Marianna Jelen was born (I believe) in Janiszowa, Poland ~1868. I've found two Janiszowa's relatively close, one just due west of Opole Lubelskie. The second is also close by (just south of there). Marianna's father was Josephi Jelen (b. ~1843, if you count 25 years as a generation); her mother was Marianna Szkaradek.

Marianna was married to Adalbertus Janik (who was born in Gierowa, Malopolskie, Poland) and they lived in Roznów, Malopolskie, Poland. After the death of my g-grandfather, Marianna married Joannes Hajduk, likely around 1901.

...just as a sidelight...the family tree my brother started ~1991 listed Marianna's birthplace as 'Germany' (although he can't tell me why at this point). The area you're looking at was in the German-administered area of Poland (or Germany, itself) prior to 1945. Remember that I'm guessing which Janiszowa she was born it...there are likely many of them.

That's all I have on Marianna Jelen. The Jelen branch is pretty much a brick wall for the time being, although some progress has been made recently.

Let me know if this fits in in any way. My family tree should be viewable ['Janik - Moose (Apr 2011)']. That tree will be deleted shortly, however, and I'll be replacing it with an updated version (just waiting for my FTM 2012 software to arrive).

Re: Chrzaszcz Josef (Marianna)

skywalker1002003 — 2011-12-20 10:33:08Z

Are you related to Joseph Chrzaszcz and Johanna Mosal, who lived in Hinterdorf (Oracze), Kreis Neustadt (Prudnik), Oberschlesien? These parents are my great-great-great-grandparents. Their son was Josef Chrzaszcz, my great-great-grandfather, born in Troppau 19-2-1842. He went to a Catholic seminar in Oberglogau (Glogowek) for to become a teacher for elementary school. Hinterdorf is a part of Oberglogau now.

Re: nieurzyla, nieuzyla

r_kubietz — 2011-11-23 18:58:40Z

znam caly powiat kozle i wszystkie koscioly jestem synem Hermann Kubietz syn Klara Nieurzyla pozdrawiam

Re: MIGURA, GWOSDZ

faithmaceira — 2011-11-15 19:55:07Z

Hey I found this researching a family out of Hedwig, Texas who came from Zebowice... if there are any good sources out of that area I'd love to know :)

Re: Woychik

dearborn246 — 2011-11-09 01:52:48Z

Hi! I've just come across an Agnes Woychik married to Simon Kuczera in my family tree. Their daughter Catharine (1849-1945) was married to Joseph Pogrzeba (1849-1921), also from Poland. Joseph and Catherine immigrated to Independence, Trempealeau Co, Wisconsin in 1883 with 4 or 5 children and then had 5 more. Also, I think Joseph was married once before. That's all I know.

Re: Fal~kowice

dearborn246 — 2011-11-08 23:32:09Z

Thank you for the help. I finally have the time to do some research and see what I can find.

Re: PYKA, MAZUREK

CarolynAlley — 2011-09-30 18:59:03Z

Mary Pyka m. John Moran on June 19, 1907. What I have on Frances Albins b. 9/18/1872 of course in Bandera, Tx she married Joseph Knapick (I have a k on the end of Knapick, but it could be a typo or later added or it maybe shouldn't be there.)You might write ElaineMStephens@aol.com ... She has done a more extensive search.

Re: ADAMIETZ

CarolynAlley — 2011-09-30 18:41:36Z

I am sure we are cousins...I see that John Pyka Sr. b. 1818 m. Frances Jasckowitz b. 1821 had 6 children. One being Constantina Pyka m. John Adamietz m. 5/10/1866 had 7 boys and 4 girls. Your branch of the tree went one way and ours went another. John Pyka m. Josephine Knapick were my g-grandparents...John Valentine Pyka and Monica Mazurek were my grandparents and my mom was Lucille Monica Pyka who married Richard Rollen Turner. I had a great Aunt on the Turner side but my dad was an only child. So there wouldn't be a connection there. But what a coincidence on the Turner name. Good Luck.

Re: PYKA, MAZUREK

CarolynAlley — 2011-09-30 18:20:30Z

ElaineMStephens@aol.com has done an extensive amount of information gathering. Elaine has been to Poland a couple of times plus has hosted some of the families over here. If you have not already contacted her, I would do so....she has ton of things she might share with you.

Re: PYKA, MAZUREK

LKindlaSmith — 2011-09-30 15:59:59Z

Carolyn, I just discovered Ida Brown and Stella Robinson buried at St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Bandera, and both of them and their husbands in the local 1930 census. I just found a posting for Mary Pyka Moran and her husband and wrote to that site, and hoping for a reply soon. Besides Lucy, I'm really stuck on Frances, later in 1953 referred to as Frances Knapic. Contact me LSmith050804 at AOL and I'll share with you when I get info on Mary Moran. Also see the famiy on FindAGrave.com for St. Stanislaus.

Re: PYKA, MAZUREK

LKindlaSmith — 2011-09-30 14:52:29Z

Hi Carolyn: I'm trying to find more info on Lucy Pyka b. 20 Jul 1886 Bandera who may have married Gollihar or Gallihar.

This Lucy Pyka is the daughter of John Pyka and Josepha KNAPPICK married 06 Jun 1871. That John Pyka b. abt 1848 is son of Johann Pyka abt 1821 and Frances Jaskowitz. John's brother brother Anton b. 1824 came to Bandera Texas also.

Lucy is in the picture of the Pyka Family when they celebrated her father's birthday in 1927--it's often published in Bandera history books.

Her bros/Sis: Albina (?Franklin?), Miss Annie, Frances/Fannie (Knapic), Mary Josephine (Moran) Alex, John Valentine, Pete, Ida (Brown)and Stella ( Robinson)

Appreciate any help you can furnish.

PS: Hundreds of 1850's Polish immigrant families are profiled in Silesian Profiles, Vol I and II.