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Would like to talk to others with Dmuchowski or Dmuchowska in their list of ancestors

Would like to talk to others with Dmuchowski or Dmuchowska in their list of ancestors

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 8:08PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 28 Apr 2014 7:45PM GMT
Surnames: Dmuchowska, Dmuchowski, Wiśniewski, Wisniewski, Moszyńska, Moszynska, Moszczyńska, Moszczynska
My grandmother, Tekla Dmuchowska, came to the United States in 1913 from either Płaska (pronounced Pwaska) or Olszanka Poland. She was born in Płaska in September 1896 to Kazimiera Dmuchowska, a single woman whose parents were Michał and Franciszka (Wisniewska) Dmuchowski. Franciszka's parents were Paweł Wiśniewski and Marianna Moszyńska. Interestingly enough, the baptism record for my grandmother says she was brought to the church to be baptised by "Marianna Moszczynska (the midwife from Plaska, 70 years old)." I often wonder it this Marianna is my g-g-g grandmother, the mother Franciszka.

Franciszka was the second wife of Michał (his first being Rosalia Turkowska). Franciszka and Michał had at least four known children: Jan (b. 1875), Kazimiera (b. 1876), Marianna (b. 1879) and Anna (b. 1884). There are likely others, but these are the four we know about. Jan and Anna are known to have traveled to the U.S. and Jan (known as John and Joseph in the U.S.) was killed in Sept. 1911 when a dam burst in Austin, Pennsylvania.

Jan's widow then began translating the spelling of the name to Dumuhosky.

Plaska was a small farming community at that time. My grandmother may have lived there or perhaps with her mother or other family in Olszanka before she immigrated, meeting her aunt, Anna Dmuchowska Lewandowski in Austin, Pennsylvania. By 1914 she was living in Detroit, Michigan, where she changed her name to Jennie Thomas and eventually to Jennie Carpenter when she married my grandfather.

Any Dmuchowski's out there who know their family came from the far northeast of Poland? When my grandmother immigrated the area was part of Russia.

Would love to know what happened to my g-grandmother, Kazimiera Dmuchowska.

Re: Would like to talk to others with Dmuchowski or Dmuchowska in their list of ancestors

Posted: 2 Aug 2014 8:22PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello MixedStock

I was just looking at old posts and read yours. my great great grandfather Stephanus Dmuchowski came over to Canada around 1900. His wife was Alexandra Lischuk. They had 5 children that I know of Martha, Alexander, Anistasia, Stanley and Robert. All but Robert were born overseas.

looking at the names in your profile and message, I find Levandowski's, Wallaces.

My grandfather Stanley was said to be Ukrainian born in Austria but his sister Anistasia was born in Poland.

I wonder if there is some connection.

Tanis

Re: Would like to talk to others with Dmuchowski or Dmuchowska in their list of ancestors

Posted: 7 Aug 2014 2:58AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Tanis,

Do you know what parts of Poland Stephanus or Alexandra were born? It is possible that Stanley was born in what at the time was Galicia, Austria but is now part of the Ukraine. That was the case for my paternal great-grandfather (not Dmuchowski). The Lewandowski's in my tree are from the marriage of Anna Dmuchowski to Alexander Lewandowski. The Wallaces are my mother's family, the Irish side of my genealogy, but my grandfather was really a Bennett who was adopted by the Wallace family. Thanks for getting in touch about your Dmuchowski connections. As far as I am aware, though, any direct family of my grandmother's were in Austin, Pennsylvania and then Detroit, Michigan.

Re: Would like to talk to others with Dmuchowski or Dmuchowska in their list of ancestors

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 1:21PM GMT
Classification: Query
I honestly don't know much about my grandparents. My dad's birth registration said my Grandfather Stanley was Ukrainian and his birthplace was Austria.
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