Janet,
So great to hear from you, and so quickly too. We are
definitely related. so.........HI cousin ! welcome to the family.
I have a literal ton of info on a large portion of the Kujawa line. My weekest lines are yours and the Adamskis.
A bit on the family.....
Frank Kujawa's parents were Jacob Kujawa and Catherine Kaminski. Jacob had one full sister and a half sister. The full sister was Catherine Kujawa whom married Jacob Skibski (AKA Skibinski / Skiba). Jacob Skiba had a sister; Frances (Mrs Adam) Suszek and from all indications all three families left Poland shortly after Catherine Kujawa's marriage in 1870. All families arrived in the US and spent between 3 and 5 years in Syracuse,NY. It is believed that is where Frank Kujawa was born. In spring 1876 both families came to Posen MI. By 1880 / 1883 Jacob Skiba's siblings consisting of a brother and two addition sisters as well as Jacob Kujawa's young half sister arrived in the US and some went to Posen while a couple families went to Alpena. The younger half sister was named Magdalen Jaracz and she married an Idalski in Alpena in May 1883.
Tillie, Otelia I know her as Phylliis --- anyway Phyllis Wojt married Frank Kujawa in Detroit in May 1898. I also have significant info on the Wojt family as Tillie / Phyllis had several siblings - including John, Anthony, and Rose whom all have descendants that married some of my other family lines and John and Rose have descendants that I am in semi-consistant contact as they are also doing family research.
Phyllis / Tillie brother John Wojt married Bronislau Szypolewski. Bronislau was a half sister to Frank Kujawa. Frank's father Jacob died in Posen, MI in 1883 and his widow remarried and had one child (daughter Bronislau).
Tony Adamski was actually your mothers Uncle Antony Adamski (married to Frances Kujawa - one of Frank's sisters). I have only a list of children for them (courtesy of a combination of the 1900, 1910 & 1920 census's).
Cousin Harriet Suszek was actually married into the family (her husband was Florian Suszek. Florian was a son of JoAnne Boczek and Albert Suszek. JoAnne Boczek was a younger sister to John Boczek. I have info on this family as it is related to me through the Suszek family (Albert's mother). Additionally John and JoAnne Boczek had another brother Frank whom was married twice. Frank's first wife was Mary Skibinski. Mary was a first cousin to Albert Suszek.... But that is a whole different email. As is the email with my Kufel connections......
As you can surmise - I have so much info that it would be much easier to correspond offlist -- my email is
blackknight9492@yahoo.comLooking forward to hearing from you as I have much to share.
All the best
Brad Tadajewski