My Family History Research

Stanisława Skrok was born 24 September 1894 in Kaliszany, Wojciechowice, Radom

My mother, Stanisława Skrok, was named after her Aunt, Stanisława Skrok, who married Adam Kiec in Buffalo, New York, on 31 August 1914. Stanisława was the younger sister of my grandfather Jan Skrok, Their parents were Wincenty Skrok and Marianna Kasprzyk.

Stanisława was born 24 September 1894 in Kaliszany, Wojciechowice, Opatów, in the Radom Province of the Russian occupied part of Poland. As required by authorities, her birth/baptism record was recorded in Russian, but her name and her parents’ names are also written in Polish in the text.

Took place in the village Mikułowice < Gmina Wojciechowice> on September 12th/24th, 1894 at 11 o’clock in the morning. Appeared Wincenty Skrok, farmer, 34 years old, living in the village Kaliszany <Gmina Wojciechowice>, and in the presence of witnesses Tomasz Kwiatkowski 26 years old, and Michał Młodożeniec, 35 years old, both farmers living in the village Kaliszany, he presented to Us a child of female sex, stated that this child was born in the village Kaliszany on September 11th/23rd of current year at 1 o’clock in the night to his lawful wife Marianna nee Kasprzyk, 24 years old. At the Holy baptism performed on this day by priest Lyczewski this child was given the name Stanisława, and her godparents were 1st witness and Antonina Karczewska. This document was read aloud to the illiterate present and signed only by Us.

1894 birth, Stanisława Skrok, Kaliszany, Wojciechowice

Tomasz Kwiatkowski, born about 1868, was a witness and godfather to Stanisława Skrok. He was a neighbor; other connections to this family are not yet clear.

Michał Młodożeniec, son of Franciszek Młodożeniec and Anna Janik, born about 1859, became a widower after the death of his spouse Apolonia Wołek. In 1893, he married Łucja Kasprzycka, daughter of Wincenty Kasprzyk and Agnieszka Kot, in Wojciechowice. After Michał‘s death, his widow Łucja married Jan Kowalski, son of Jakub Kowalski and Marcjanna Błasiak and widower of Elżbieta Cieśla, in 1900 in Wojciechowice. Michał Młodożeniec was a witness for Stanisława Skrok‘s birth.

In 1885, Antonina Bądźwól, daughter of Tomasz Bądźwól and Magdalena Bartkiewicz, married Kajetan Karczewski, son of Walenty Karczewski and Katarzyna Religa? in Wojciechowice. Her married name was Antonina Karczewska in 1894 when she was godmother for Stanisława Skrok.

Stanisława‘s parents Wincenty Skrok and Marianna Kasprzyk were married in 1887. Wincenty was the son of the late Łukasz and Katarzyna Kołek, while Marianna was the daughter of the late Jan Kasprzyk and Małgorzata Bartkiewicz.

Magdalena Bartkiewicz‘s daughter Antonina was godmother to Małgorzata‘s granddaughter Stanisława, What was the relationship between Magdalena and Małgorzata? Were they sisters and their daughters Antonina Karczewska and Marianna Skrok first cousins? More research is needed!

Sources

• Polskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne, “Geneteka, Metryki,” database, Polish Genealogical Society, Genealodzy (genealodzy.pl: accessed 27 February 2021), 1900 10 Jan Kowalski Jakub, Marcjanna Błasiak Łucja Młodorzeniec; citing church records or Urząd Stanu Cywilnego (Civil Registry Office).Polskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne, “Geneteka, Metryki,” database, Polish Genealogical Society, Genealodzy (genealodzy.pl: accessed 22 February 2020), 1894 121 Stanisława Skrok Wincenty Marianna Kasprzyk Wojciechowice; citing church records or Urząd Stanu Cywilnego (Civil Registry Office); http://metryki.genealodzy.pl/metryka.php?ar=7&zs=0848d&sy=152&kt=1&skan=118-123.jpg
• “Genealogical Translations,” database, private Facebook group, Facebook (facebook.com: accessed 10 February 2021), Stanislawa Skrok.
• Polskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne, “Geneteka, Metryki,” database, Polish Genealogical Society, Genealodzy (genealodzy.pl: accessed 27 February 2021), 1893 38 Michał Młodożeniec Franciszek, Anna Janik Łucja Kasprzycka Wincenty, Agnieszka Kot Wojciechowice; citing church records or Urząd Stanu Cywilnego (Civil Registry Office); https://metryki.genealodzy.pl/metryka.php?ar=7&zs=0848d&sy=351&kt=4&skan=13-16.jpg.
• Polskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne, “Geneteka, Metryki,” database, Polish Genealogical Society, Genealodzy (genealodzy.pl: accessed 27 February 2021), 1900 10 Jan Kowalski Jakub, Marcjanna Błasiak Łucja Młodorzeniec; citing church records or Urząd Stanu Cywilnego (Civil Registry Office).
• Polskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne, “Geneteka, Metryki,” database, Polish Genealogical Society, Genealodzy (genealodzy.pl: accessed 10 February 2021), 1885 13 Kajetan Korczewski Walenty, Katarzyna Religa? Antonina Bądźwól Tomasz, Magdalena Bartkiewicz Wojciechowice [Uwagi: Kaliszany 1885.06.19; citing church records or Urząd Stanu Cywilnego (Civil Registry Office).