My Family History Research

Other Kiec Siblings in Buffalo, New York

Stanisław, Adam, and Paweł Kiec immigrated to Buffalo, Erie, New York, in the early 1900s. They were the sons of Wojciech Kiec and Marianna Gierczak from Dobrocice near Sandomierz in the former Russian occupied province of Radom.

Siblings Waleria Kiec Barańska, Marianna Kiec Lipka, Józefa Kiec Kołacz, and Stanisław Kiec also immigrated to Buffalo, Erie, New York, in the early 20th century. They were the children of Józef Kiec and Teofila Dudek.

They were born in Gierczyce and Brzezie, Opatów, about 10 kilometers from Dobrocice! The church in Ptkanów is located near the village of Podole in the map below.

Waleria Kiec Barańska Jaworska

Waleria Kiec, daughter of Józef Kiec and Teofila Dudek, was born on 7 Dec 1885 in Gierczyce, Wojciechowice, Opatów. She married Antoni Barański on 22 Oct 1902 at Kościół św. Idziego in Ptkanów, Opatów. Antoni Barański, son of Wojciech Barański and Marianna Barycka, was born on 27 May 1876 in Leszczków, Lipnik, Opatów, in the Russian occupied province of Radom.

Waleria Barańska and two children immigrated on 7 Sep 1908 to New York, New York, United States on the ship Finland from Antwerp, Belgium, with a final destination of Buffalo, New York, where they were joining husband and father Antoni Barański.

• Marian Barański, born 10 Jun 1904 and baptized in Ptkanów, Opatów, Radom, Russian Poland; married Agnieszka Kolasa, 28 Oct 1925, Buffalo, Erie, New York .
• Feliks Barański, born 2 Dec 1906 and baptized in Ptkanów, Opatów, Radom, Russian Poland; married Marya Zandrowicz, 28 Nov 1928, Buffalo, Erie, New York .

Antoni and Walerya had more children in Buffalo, New York, including:

• Genowefa Barańska (1909 -1997)
• Leon Barański (1911-1957)
• Janina Barańska (1914- )
• Teodor Barański (1921-1976)
• Józef Antoni Barański (1922-1995)

Antoni Barański died on 8 Sep 1933 at the age of 57 at 497 Howard Street in Buffalo, Erie, New York. He was buried on 12 Sep 1933 at St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Cemetery in Cheektowaga, Erie, New York.

In Buffalo, Walerya called herself Viola. After the death of her first husband, she married Bolesław (William) Jaworski. Viola B. Jaworska died 24 June 1946 in Buffalo, Erie, New York.

Maryanna Kiec Lipka

Maryanna KIEC was born about 1888 near Opatów, Radom, Russian Poland. She married Józef Lipka on 17 Sep 1912 in Buffalo, Erie, New York. Józef Lipka was born on 19 Mar 1889 in Russian Poland.

Józef Jan Lipka and Maryanna Kiec had the following children:

• Henryk Lipka (1915-1993)
• Teofila Lipka (1917- 1943)
• Feliks Lipka (1918-1996)
• Alfreda Lipka (1920- 2005)
• Leon Lipka (1923 -1998)

Maryanna Lipka died on 18 Dec 1936 in Buffalo, Erie, New York.

Her death notice was printed in in Dziennik dla Wszystkich [Everybody’s Daily], the Polish newspaper in Buffalo, New York, on 19 December 1936.

Rodzina is the Polish word for family.

Józef Lipka died on 1 Oct 1948 at the age of 59 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States.

Józef and Marya Lipka were buried at St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Cemetery in Cheektowaga, Erie, New York.

Józefa Kiec Kołacz

Józefa Kiec was the longest lived of her siblings. The daughter of Józef Kiec and Teofila Dudek, she was born on 19 Aug 1890 in Brzezie, Opatów, and baptized in Ptkanów, Opatów.

Józefa Kiec married Adam Kołacz, who was born on 30 Jul 1886 in Słabuszewice, Wojciechowice, Opatów, in Russian occupied Poland. Joining his brother-in-law Antoni Barański, Adam immigrated in 1909, and his wife and child followed him to Buffalo, New York.

Adam Kołacz and Józefa Kiec had the following children:

• Władysława Kołacz (1908- 1997)
• Stanisław Antoni Kołacz (1911-1990)
• Henryk Jan Kołacz (1913 -2006)
• Mieczysław Kołacz (1914 -before 1920)
• Regina Kołacz (1916-2013)
• Helena Kołacz (1918-1938)
• Zofia Kołacz (1919-2014)

Adam Kołacz died on 13 Jan 1965 at the age of 78 in New York, and was buried at St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Cemetery in Cheektowaga, Erie, New York.

Józefa Kołacz died on 31 May 1991 at the age of 100. She was buried at St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Cemetery in Cheektowaga, Erie, New York.

Stanisław Kiec

Stanisław Kiec, son of Józef Kiec and Teofila Dudek, was born on 27 Apr 1893 in Brzezie, Opatów, and baptized in Ptkanów, Opatów, in the Radom province of Russian occupied Poland.

Stanisław Kiec and Aniela Dziąbak were married on 19 Oct 1915 in Buffalo, Erie, New York. Aniela was also known as Angeline Kiec.

Stanisław Kiec and Aniela Dziąbak had the following children:

• Józef Stanisław KIEC (1917-1989)
• Irena KIEC (1918-1991)
• Marian Edward KIEC (1920-2006)
• Stanisław Edward KIEC Jr. (1923-2005)
• Marya G. KIEC (1926-2010)

Stanislaus Kiec died 1 Jun 1975 and Angeline Kiec died 1 Aug 1989. They were both buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York.

Family Connections

I began looking at the Kiec family in Buffalo because both my grandfather’s sister Stanisława Skrok and my grandmother married Adam Kiec, and my mother had many Kiec cousins. I continued to research this Kiec family when I learned I was a distant DNA match to a granddaughter of Marian Barański and Agnieszka Kolasa. We know the Kiec family comes from Radom, the Russian occupied area of Poland that my mother’s Polish ancestors were from. Agnieszka Kolasa‘s parents Józef Kolasa and Joanna Jernatowska had come from West Prussia, the German occupied area of Poland where my father’s grandparents had originated. Their descendants had met and married in Buffalo, Erie, New York.

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