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Chimileski, Chmielewski

Posted: 6 Oct 2009 9:56PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Chimileski, Chmielewski
I am researching my husband's mother's family. They are listed in the 1920 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania census records with their last name spelled Chimileski which I think is a variation of Chmielewski. The census shows the father, John (age 48)(born in Poland) arrived in U.S. in 1903,naturalized in 1919. Mother: Anna, age 36,born in Poland, arrived in U.S. in 1900, naturalized in 1919.
3 sons: John,16, Alexander,14,and Anthony,12, all born in New York.
2 daughters: Anna, age 9 (my husband's mother) and Helen, age 6.(Both born in Pennsylvania)
Also the father's brother, Victor, age 34,(born in Poland) arrived in U.S. in 1913, not naturalized.

John was a coal miner in 1920. Apparently, the family moved several times and they eventually went to Washington County, Pennsylvania by 1930.

Two of the sons, Alexander, and Anthony are in the Social Security Death Records:
Alexander Chimileski (1905 - 1989) Marianna, Washington, Pennsylvania.
Anthony Chimilesky (1907 - 1976) Coal Center, Washington, Pennsylvania.

They also had another son named Joseph Chimileski (born after the 1920 census) who may have used the last name Chimes and lived in the San Francisco, Santa Rosa, San Jose, CA area in the late 1960's.

If anyone knows about this family or has any suggestions on how to find out more information about them, please let me know.

Re: Chimileski, Chmielewski

Posted: 7 Oct 2009 12:43PM GMT
Classification: Query
Margaret

You might want to request naturalization intent and petition since you say he was naturalized in 1919.
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/naturalization/
I take it you did not locate his arrival manifest?
CHIMILISKI is an Americanized version. Take a listen to the 2 spellings in http://say.expressivo.com
Distribution of a surname in Poland:
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/chmielewski.html
few sites for research:
http://maxpages.com/poland
www.pgsa.org
www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/index.html

Re: Chimileski, Chmielewski

Posted: 8 Oct 2009 5:24AM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks for the list of websites to try. Do you know how I could find out what happened to the parents and other siblings after 1930? Pennsylvania (unlike many other states) does not have many records available for free on ancestry.com.

Re: Chimileski, Chmielewski

Posted: 8 Oct 2009 1:02PM GMT
Classification: Query
You're welcome.
You might want to post on Pennsylvania state board. Did you go thru 1930 census; SSDI http://ssdi.rootsweb.com obituaries? I think all states require payments for every piece of paper.

Re: Chimileski, Chmielewski

Posted: 8 Oct 2009 1:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Chimileski, Chemelasky, Chmielewski
Well, I did try the 1930 census.

I found:

Chemelasky, John age 57 born Russia
Anna 43 born Poland
Alexander 24 born New York
John age 9 born in West Virginia

West Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania

I think this might be them because the ages match and the young son, John could be Joseph. (I know that the census records have lots of inaccuracies, so the mispelling of the last name would not be unusual.

The problems I have in researching my mother-in-law's family is that she passed away before I met my husband and her other children know less about her family than I have found.

John and Anna Chimileski probably passed away before Social Security. Anna, my mother in law, collected Social Security Survivor Benefits when her husband passed, but neither one of them is listed in SSDI. They were both under 60 when they passed.

I thought of trying to get death certificates for John and Anna. I wasn't able to find them in the New York Passenger lists. I think they met and married after they arrived from Poland.

Thanks,

Margaret

Re: Chimileski, Chmielewski

Posted: 8 Oct 2009 3:05PM GMT
Classification: Query
The 1930 census would say Na-naturalized, Al-alien or Pa-first paper. Which one did you note for your ancestor?
The death certificate might have a social security numbers and then you can request SS-5Form. If they married in US than the state marriage application and church marriage record should have a place of birth. Did you try childrens church baptismal? There too should be a place of birth of the parents.
Poland/Russia means the part of Poland that was under Russia's rule.
Few sites with pointers as where to look for records:
http://genrootsblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm

Re: Chimileski, Chmielewski

Posted: 27 May 2015 1:51AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Margaret,
I'm sorry that I didn't see this years ago. I hope you are well. I am John Jr's. son, Ken
My dad died in December of 2000. He was 79. I also have a copy of the photo of his parents. I haven't had a chance to do much research, but you seem to have found out a lot. His wife, my mom, Constance, died in December of 2006. My wife, Barbara and I live in Sandy Hook, CT, and have 4 children. Scott-30, Lindsay-28, Andrew-26 and Brock-19.That's all I have for now. If there is anything I can do to try and combine more information please let me know. Thanks, Ken

Re: Chimileski, Chmielewski

Posted: 28 May 2015 12:26PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Ken,

I am sending you an invite to my family tree ( Mazuc) (my maiden name) so you should be able to view the information that I have found since I posted these messages. All the information is what I have gathered from using Ancestry.com and the internet. My husband, David's half sister, Patricia, provided us with the picture of John and Anna Chimileski and a copy of Anna's death certificate. We live in Riverside, California. I am interested in trying to find more information about how John and Anna immigrated to the United States. I'm pretty sure they arrived in New York first because that's where their 3 oldest sons were born. I don't think they came together, but probably met after their arrival. Also do you know Anna's maiden name? I have it as Sarowa, but I'm not sure if that's correct. My father immigrated from Italy in 1907. His name was Pasquale Mazzocca, but it was changed to Pascal Mazuc when he was enrolled in school. I recently found out that most of the people with the name Mazuc on Facebook live in France. Thanks so much for contacting me. Margaret Cantwell

Re: Chimileski, Chmielewski

Posted: 28 May 2015 12:52PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 28 May 2015 1:10PM GMT
Hi Margaret
In your original post you have
The census shows the father, John (age 48)(born in Poland) arrived in U.S. in 1903,naturalized in 1919. Mother: Anna, age 36,born in Poland, arrived in U.S. in 1900, naturalized in 1919.
3 sons: John,16, Alexander,14,and Anthony,12, all born in New York.
2 daughters: Anna, age 9 (my husband's mother) and Helen, age 6.(Both born in Pennsylvania)
Also the father's brother, Victor, age 34,(born in Poland) arrived in U.S. in 1913, not naturalized.
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You have not found your ancestors arrival manifest?
Have you requested their Naturalization Intent & Petition? Since they naturalized after 1906 much more information required, especially a place of birth.
If a couple were married in old country than the man would come first, find a job and a place to live and then send for a wife and family.
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Any luck with Wiktor's paper trail to give you a place of birth?
If the ancestors married in US than the church marriage record should have a place of birth. A state marriage application should have parents names.
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SAROWA does not compute to be proper Polish. It is either Americanized or incorrectly transcribed. You probably have her surname in a female version but still something is missing there. .
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Sometimes a draft registration form has a place of birth. Have you located it for your ancestor and his brother?
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