Jakub Gełdon and Barbara Gajewska Family – Research Summary 1

Hello,

I would like to update my summary of the records that I’ve found so far, for Jakub Gełdon and Barbara Gajewska. All the Poland sourced records are from the Kociewie area of Poland. The present day locations are in Gmina Lubichowo, Gmina Starogard Gdański, Gmina Kaliska, Gmina Zblewo, Gmina Skarszewy, and/or Gmina Stara Kiszewa, which are within Pomorskie Province. The information is derived from the listed records below.

Records:

1. Baptism of Jakub Gełdon (1760)
2. Baptism of Barbara Gajewska (1764)
3. Marriage of Jakub Gełdon and Barbara Gajewska (1785)
4. Baptism of Elżbieta Gełdon (1786)
5. Marriage of Jakub and Marianna Gełdon (1787)
6. Baptism of Anna Gełdon (1789)
7. Baptism of Franciszek Gełdon (1791)
8. Baptism of Antoni Gełdon (1794)
9. Baptism of Jan Gełdon (1797)
10. Marriage of Maciej Żabiński and Marianna Gełdon (1799)
11. Marriage of Jan Sztrugowski and Anna Gełdon (1815)
12. Marriage of Antoni Gełdon and Marianna Pokrzywińska (1816)
13. Marriage of Franciszek Gełdon and Barbara Lange (1819)
14. Death of Franciszek Gełdon (1827)
15. Death of Antoni Gełdon (1831)
16. Death of Elżbieta Machajewska nee Gełdon (1833)
17. Marriage of Jakub Westphal and Anna Sztrugowska nee Gełdon (1837)
18. Death of Anna Westphal nee Gełdon (1856)

Records Preface:

All of the Polish sourced records above came from the LDS films, Pelplin Diocese Archives, Meldunkowe section of the Genealodzy.pl website, Szukajwarchiwach.pl website, GenBaza, and/or the Genealogy in Archives website.

Surname Variations:

Gełdon: Geldon, Giełdon, Gedon

Gajewski: Gaiewski, Gajeski

Record Overview:

Jakub Gełdon and Barbara Gajewska

Children of Jakub Gełdon and Barbara Gajewska:

1. Elżbieta Gełdon, b. November 15, 1786, d. April 20, 1833

Children of Jakub Gełdon and Marianna:

1. Anna Gełdon, b. August 7, 1789, d. February 3, 1856
2. Franciszek Gełdon, b. October 9, 1791, d. April 20, 1827
3. Antoni Gełdon, b. March 27, 1794, d. February 27, 1831
4. Jan Gełdon, b. June 9, 1797, d. unknown

Maps:

The map below is a combination of maps found on the website for Map Archive of Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny: http://english.mapywig.org/news.php. The map below is derived from the following areas: Kościerzyna, Tczew, Małbork, Czersk, Starogard Gdański, Sztum, Tuchola, Nowe, Łasin-Kwidzyn. I used Image Composite Editor to merge the maps into a panorama of the area where my ancestors were located. The map is not 100% aligned, but it does give a general idea of where villages were located.

Prussian Poland

Map Key:

• The villages with “stars” are the locations that Jakub Gełdon and/or Barbara Gajewska lived.
• The villages with “diamonds” are the locations that the couple’s children lived.

More information for the villages within this article can be found on the Słownik Geograficzny Translations page on this website: http://www.apagr.com/slownik-geograficzny-translations/

Assumptions/Theories/Roadblocks:

• The villages surrounding Lubichowo can have records listed in both the Zblewo and Lubichowo Parishes.
• The Lubichowo Parish baptismal records start after 1801.
• The Lubichowo Parish marriage records start after 1824.
• The Lubichowo Parish death records start after 1837. Records are missing between 1890-1938.
• The Zblewo Parish death records start after 1810.

Research Leads/Plans:

• Search for B-M-D records for the remaining family members.
• Piece together most likely family scenarios based on available B-M-D records.

Best Regards,

Al