My ggg grandmother's maiden name was Marjanna (called Mary Ann)KAWA or KAVA. I don't have birth or death dates, but her first husband (in Poland) was named Carl BUCHOLTZ and her 3 children were born in 1857, 1860 and 1864. She was widowed before coming to the US (Manistee, MI) around 1880. She was a widow at the time she came and married a man by the last name of ZIOLKOWSKI. Presumably, she died in MI, but I haven't found a death record. I'm not sure if there's any connection, but ...