Józef Zaborowski and Barbara Wierzba Family – Research Summary 1
Hello,
I would like to update my summary of the records that I’ve found so far, for Józef Zaborowski and Barbara Wierzba. All the Poland sourced records are from the Kaszuby area of Poland. The present day locations are in Gmina Lipusz, Gmina Leśno, Gmina Parchowo, Gmina Kościerzyna, and/or Gmina Dziemiany, which are within Pomorskie Province. The information is derived from the listed records below.
Records:
- Baptism of Józef Zaborowski (1816)
- Baptism of Brygida Zaborowska (1818)
- Baptism of Andrzej Zaborowski (1820)
- Baptism of Jan Zaborowski (1823)
- Baptism of Tomasz Zaborowski (1825)
- Baptism of Wawrzyniec Zaborowski (1828)
- Death of Tomasz Zaborowski (1830)
- Death of Józef Zaborowski (1830)
- Marriage of Jan Cybula and Barbara Zaborowska nee Wierzba (1831)
- Baptism of Franciszek Cybula (1831)
- Baptism of Józefina Cybula (1834)
- Baptism of Julianna Cybula (1837)
- Baptism of Kazimierz Cybula (1840)
- Death of Kazimierz Cybula (1840)
- Marriage of Paweł Jeszk and Brygida Zaborowska (1843)
- Marriage of Andrzej Kiedrowski and Józefina Cybula (1851)
- Death of Julianna Cybula (1853)
- Marriage of Jan Zaborowski and Anna Rekowska (1854)
- Marriage of Andrzej Zaborowski and Marianna Turzyńska (1857)
- Death of Józef Zaborowski (1857)
- Marriage of Franciszek Cybula and Katarzyna Rolbiecka (1862)
- Marriage of Wawrzyniec Zaborowski and Brygida Kulas (1862)
- Death of Jan Zaborowski (1880)
- Marriage of Franciszek Cybulski and Julianna Turzyńska (1880)
- Death of Barbara Cybulska nee Wierzba (1884)
- Civil Death Record of Brygida Jeszk nee Zaborowska (1885)
- Death of Andrzej Zaborowski (1892)
- Death of Franciszek Cybula (1904)
- Death of Wawrzyniec Zaborowski (1912)
Records Preface:
All of the Polish sourced records above came from the Lipusz Parish or surrounding parishes. The records are taken 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.
Any Portage County and La Crosse County Wisconsin sourced records/information came from the Stevens Point Daily Journal archives, ancestry.com, LDS films, and/or the UW-Stevens Point archives.
Any Milwaukee, Wisconsin sourced records/information came from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel online archives, ancestry.com, LDS films, and/or the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries website.
Any Canadian sourced records/information came from ancestry.com or LDS films.
Surname Variations:
Zaborowski: Zaborowski, Saborowski
Wierzba: Wierzba
Cybula: Cybula, Cybulla, Cybulski, Cibulski, Cibula
Record Overview:
Józef Zaborowski and Barbara Wierzba
| Year | Name | Parish | Village | Event Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1792 | Józef Zaborowski | Lipusz | Baptism | No record available. | |
| 1797 | Barbara Wierzba | Lipusz | Baptism | No record available. Her parents were most likely Jakub and Konstancja Wierzba. | |
| 1815 | Józef Zaborowski and Barbara Wierzba | Lipusz | Marriage | No record available. | |
| 1816 | Józef Zaborowski | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Baptism | The Godparents were: Maciej Wojciechowski and Barbara Carowska??. |
| 1818 | Brygida Zaborowska | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Baptism | The Godparents were: Krzysztof Kroenke and Katarzyna Wojciechowska. |
| 1820 | Andrzej Zaborowski | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Baptism | The Godparents were: Andrzej Stroik and Rozalia Wierzba. |
| 1823 | Jan Zaborowski | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Baptism | The Godparents were: Jan Weiss and Katarzyna Wojciechowska. |
| 1825 | Tomasz Zaborowski | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Baptism | The Godparents were: Michał Warzyński and Katarzyna Majkowska. |
| 1828 | Wawrzyniec Zaborowski | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Baptism | The Godparents were: Roch Maszk and Anna Maszk. |
| 1830 | Józef Zaborowski | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Death | He was aged 38. |
| 1830 | Tomasz Zaborowski | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Death | He was aged 4 1/2. |
| 1831 | Jan Cybula and Barbara Zaborowska nee Wierzba | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Marriage | Barbara was a widow. The witnesses were: Maciej Gilmiester and Łukasz Lorbiecki. |
| 1831 | Franciszek Cybula | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Baptism | The Godparents were: Maciej and Zuzanna Rolbiecki. |
| 1834 | Józefina Cybula | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Baptism | The Godparents were: Andrzej Cybula and Zuzanna Lorbiecka. |
| 1837 | Julianna Cybula | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Baptism | The Godparents were: Andrzej Cybula and Elżbieta Stoltmann. |
| 1840 | Kazimierz Cybula | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Baptism | The Godparents were: Józef Zaborowski and Brygida Zaborowska. |
| 1840 | Kazimierz Cybula | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Death | He was aged 9 months. |
| 1843 | Paweł Jeszk and Brygida Zaborowska | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Marriage | Brygida was aged 21. The witnesses were: Józef Pellowski and Bartłomiej Zaborowski. |
| 1851 | Andrzej Kiedrowski and Józefina Cybula | Lipusz | Lipusz | Marriage | Józefina was aged 18, from Krugliniec. The witnesses were: Jakub Rolbiecki and Jan Żywicki. |
| 1853 | Julianna Cybula | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Death | She was aged 17. |
| 1854 | Jan Zaborowski and Anna Rekowska | Lipusz | Lipusz | Marriage | Jan was aged 30, from Krugliniec. The witnesses were: Hieronim Rolbiecki and Józef Kleismit. |
| 1857 | Andrzej Zaborowski and Marianna Turzyńska | Lipusz | Lipusz | Marriage | Andrzej was aged 30, from Krugliniec. The witnesses were: Wojciech Hamernik and Maciej Pellowski. |
| 1857 | Józef Zaborowski | Lipusz | Tuszkowy | Death | He was aged 48. He leaves behind his wife Anna nee Kropidłowska and 4 young children. |
| 1862 | Franciszek Cybula and Katarzyna Rolbiecka | Lipusz | Lipusz | Marriage | Franciszek was aged 32, from Krugliniec. The witnesses were: Józef Jesierski and Jan Piepiorka. |
| 1862 | Wawrzyniec Zaborowski and Brygida Kulas | Lipusz | Lipusz | Marriage | Wawrzyniec was aged 33, from Krugliniec. The witnesses were: Józef Jesierski and Jan Żywicki. |
| 1868 | Józefina Kiedrowska nee Cybula | USA | Wisconsin or Minnesota | Death | Cannot find record. |
| 1880 | Jan Zaborowski | Lipusz | Płocice | Death | He was aged 56. He leaves behind his wife Anna nee Rekowska, 3 adult children, and 4 minor children. |
| 1880 | Franciszek Cybulski and Julianna Turzyńska | Lipusz | Dziemiany | Marriage | He was aged 48, a widow from Krugliniec. The witnesses were: Jakub Skwierawski and Anastazy Schulz, both from Kalisz. |
| 1884 | Barbara Cybula nee Wierzba | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Death | She was aged 85, a widow. She leaves behind 1 adult child: Franciszek Cybulski and 3 adult children from her 1st marriage to Józef Zaborowski. |
| 1885 | Brygida Jeszk nee Zaborowska | Parchowo | Grabowo | Death | She was aged 66. |
| 1892 | Andrzej Zaborowski | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Death | He was aged 72. He leaves behind his wife Marianna. |
| 1904 | Franciszek Cybula | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Death | He was aged 65. He leaves behind his wife Julianna Cybulska. |
| 1912 | Wawrzyniec Zaborowski | Lipusz | Krugliniec | Death | He was aged 86. His death was reported by his son Jan Zaborowski. |
Children of Józef Zaborowski and Barbara Wierzba:
- Józef Zaborowski, b. September 15, 1816, d. March 1, 1857
- Brygida Zaborowska, b. September 26, 1818, d. March 2, 1885
- Andrzej Zaborowski, b. December 1, 1820, d. October 18, 1892
- Jan Zaborowski, b. March 19, 1823, d. February 28, 1880
- Tomasz Zaborowski, b. December 14, 1825, d. May 21, 1830
- Wawrzyniec Zaborowski, b. August 11, 1828, d. November 14, 1912
Children of Jan Cybula and Barbara Wierzba:
- Franciszek Cybula, b. November 16, 1831, d. May 27, 1904
- Józefina Cybula, b. March 1, 1834, d. @1868
- Julianna Cybula, b. May 24, 1837, d. June 29, 1853
- Kazimierz Cybula, b. March 5, 1840, d. November 29, 1840
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: Lipusz, Kościerzyna, Wielki Klińcz, Dziemiany, Wąglikowice, Nowe Polaszki, Lubna, Wiele, Konarzyny, Brusy, Karsin, and Czarna Woda. 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 Józef Zaborowski and/or Barbara Wierzba lived.
- The villages with “diamonds” are the locations that the couple’s children lived in Prussian Poland.
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:
- Barbara was born @1897 in a village of the Lipusz Parish to her parents Jakub and Konstancja Wierzba.
- Józef Zaborowski and Barbara Wierzba married before 1816 in the Lipusz Parish or Leśno Parish.
- Jan Zaborowski and Anna Kropidłowska married @1845 – Cannot find record.
- Józefina Kiedrowska nee Cybula died in Wisconsin or Minnesota @1867-1870.
- Bartłomiej Zaborowski was a witness to many baptisms and marriages of this family. He may have been the son of Józef Zaborowski from a previous marriage. Bartłomiej died in Sharon, Wisconsin, USA.
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
