Great-Great’s – 13 out 16 isn’t bad

Hello,

I am rather late with this post, but I wanted to take a crack at this challenge. On Saturday night, Randy Seaver, from Gena-Musings, posted this challenge:

1) List your 16 great-great-grandparents in pedigree chart order. List their birth and death years and places.

2) Figure out the dominant ethnicity or nationality of each of them.

3) Calculate your ancestral ethnicity or nationality by adding them up for the 16 – 6.25% for each (obviously, this is approximate).

4) If you don’t know all 16 of your great-great-grandparents, then do it for the last full generation you have.

5) Write your own blog post, or make a comment on Facebook or in this post.

Even though I only know 13 of my 16 Great-Great Grandparents, I will still list what I do know:

1) Wincenty Wierzba – b. 28 Jan 1838 Tuszkowy, Lipusz, Koscierzyna, Pomorskie, Poland (Prussian Poland). d. 27 Jun 1909 Sharon, Portage, Wisconsin, U.S.A. [Kaszubian]2) Wiktorya Zywicka – b. 16 Aug 1843 Kroszewo, Lipusz, Koscierzyna, Pomorskie, Poland (Prussian Poland). d. 01 Oct 1925 Alban, Portage, Wisconsin, U.S.A. [Kaszubian]
3) Jan Eichendorf – b. 05 Apr 1853 Suleczyno, Kartuzy, Pomorskie, Poland (Prussian Poland). d. 16 Apr 1934 Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, U.S.A. [Kaszubian]
4) Jozefina Jach – b. 15 Feb 1857 Dombrowo, Stezyca, Kartuzy, Pomorskie, Poland (Prussian Poland). d. 10 May 1907 Polonia, Portage, Wisconsin, U.S.A. [Kaszubian]

5) Unkown Andrzejczak – b. Poland (Russian Poland). d. Poland (Russian Poland) [Polish]6) Unkown – b. Poland (Russian Poland). d. Poland (Russian Poland)[Polish]
7) Pawel Pluskota – b. Poland (Russian Poland). d. Poland (Russian Poland) [Polish]
8) Unkown – b. Poland (Russian Poland). d. Poland (Russian Poland) [Polish]

9) Michal Tobiasz – b. abt. 1863 Koneck, Aleksandrow Kujawski, Kujawsko-Pomosrkie, Poland. d. unkown (Russian Poland).[Polish]
10) Rozalia Nowak – b. abt. 1863 Zakrzewo, Aleksandrow Kujawski, Kujawsko-Pomosrkie, Poland. d. unkown (Russian Poland).[Polish]11) Stanislaw Murach – b. Poland (Russian Poland). d. Poland (Russian Poland) [Polish]12) Anna Augustyniak – b. Poland (Russian Poland). d. Poland (Russian Poland) [Polish]

13) Franciszek Kobs – b. 28 Apr. 1878 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. d. 12 Apr. 1966 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. [Polish]14) Veronika Machajewska – b. Dec 1876 Starogard Gdansk, Starogard Gdansk, Pomosrkie, Poland (Prussian Poland). d. 18 Oct 1942 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. [Polish]15) Franciszek Krzymianowki – b. 13 Mar 1874 Poland (Russian Poland). d. 13 Mar 1944 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. [Polish]16) Jozefina Derengowska – b. about 1880 Poland (Russian Poland). d. 23 Apr 1951 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. [Polish]

After tallying up my ethnicity, it looks as though I am 75% Polish and 25% Kaszubian. This is a rough estimate of course, I may have some German, Russian, or other ethnicity that I have not found yet.

It does look like that I still have lots of work to do, especially for my ancestors from Russian Poland. More Russian language documents to decipher, woohoo!!!

Best Regards,
Al