Maciej Moczyński and Marianna Wenta Family – Research Summary 1

Hello,

I would like to update my summary of the records that I’ve found so far, for Maciej Moczyński and Marianna Wenta. 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 Bobowo, Gmina Pelplin, Gmina Skórcz, and/or Gmina Stara Kiszewa, which are within Pomorskie Province. The information is derived from the listed records below.

Records:

1. Baptism of Marianna Wenta (1757)
2. Baptism of Maciej Moczyński (1760)
3. Marriage of Maciej Moczyński and Marianna Wenta (1781)
4. Baptism of Anna Moczyńska (1782)
5. Baptism of Barbara Moczyńska (1783)
6. Baptism of Franciszek Moczyński (1785)
7. Baptism of Marianna Moczyńska (1788)
8. Baptism of Jan Moczyński (1790)
9. Baptism of Magdalena Moczyńska (1793)
10. Baptism of Stanisław Moczyński (1796)
11. Baptism of Maciej Moczyński (1798)
12. Marriage of Adam Necel and Magdalena Moczyńska (1810)
13. Marriage of Franciszek Moczyński and Franciszka Stubińska nee Kitowska (1810)
14. Marriage of Jan Moczyński and Katarzyna Lubieńska (1816)
15. Death of Stanisław Moczyński (1819)
16. Marriage of Maciej Moczyński and Klara Berent (1822)
17. Death of Maciej Moczyński (1832)
18. Death of Franciszek Moczyński (1855)
19. Death of Jan Moczyński (1863)

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:

Moczyński: Moczeński, Mościński, Maczyński, Męczynski, Macieński, Smoczyński, Smoczeński, Mayczyński

Wenta: Wanta, Węta, Węckowski

Record Overview:

Maciej Moczyński and Marianna Wenta

Children of Maciej Moczyński and Marianna Wenta:

1. Marianna Anna Moczyńska, b. March 2, 1782, d. unknown
2. Barbara Moczyńska, b. September 24, 1783, d. unknown
3. Szymon Franciszek Moczyński, b. October 2, 1785, d. August 20, 1855
4. Marianna Magdalena Moczyńska, b. February 21, 1788, d. unknown
5. Jan Moczyński, b. May 22, 1790, d. July 11, 1863
6. Magdalena Anna Moczyńska, b. May 16, 1793, d. unknown
7. Stanisław Moczyński, b. May 3, 1796, d. August 1, 1819
8. Maciej Moczyński, b. September 26, 1798, 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 Maciej Moczyński and/or Marianna Wenta 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 Zblewo Parish death records start after 1810.
• The Starogard Gdański Parish death records start after 1811.
• Pączewo Marriage and Death records start after 1770.
• Rajkowy Parish death records begin in 1850.
• Magdalena Necel nee Moczyńska died in the Rajkowy Parish.

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