Franciszek Brożek and Zofia Hanuszewska Family – Research Summary Version 1

Hello,

I would like to summarize the records that I’ve found so far, for the Franciszek Brożek and Zofia Hanuszewska family. All the records are from the Kujawy area of Poland. The present day locations are in Gmina Dąbrówa Biskupia, Gmina Zakrzewo and Gmina Dobre, Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province. The information is derived from the listed records below.

Records:

1. Marriage of Franciszek Brożek and Zofia Hanuszewska (1777)
2. Baptism of Magdalena Brożek (1779)
3. Baptism of Franciszka Brożek (1782)
4. Baptism of Katarzyna Brożek (1784)
5. Baptism of Tomasz Brożek (1787)
6. Death of Tomasz Brożek (1788)
7. Baptism of Anna Brożek (1790)
8. Baptism of Józefa Brożek (1793)
9. Marriage of Mateusz Cieślewicz and Magdalena Brożek (1795)
10. Marriage of Franciszek Sławszczak and Franciszka Brożek (1801)
11. Death of Mikołaj Brożek (1802)
12. Baptism of Tomasz Brożek (1803)
13. Marriage of Franciszek Skonieczny and Katarzyna Brożek (1809)
14. Marriage of Józef Tomczak and Anna Brożek (1821)
15. Death of Anna Tomczak (1824)
16. Death of Zofia Brożek (1831)
17. Death of Magdalena Cieślakiewicz (1844)

Record Preface:

All of the records above came from the Chlewiska Parish, Straszewo Parish, and/or Gmina Inhabitant Registers. The records are taken from the LDS films, Meldunkowe section of the Genealodzy.pl website, Szukajwarchiwach.pl website, and/or the Genealogy in Archives website.

Surname Variations:

Brożek: Broszczak, Bruszak, Braszak, Bruszka, Brzuszak

Sobociak: Sobocińśki

Hanuszewski: Stanuszewski, Staniszewski

Record Overview:

Franciszek Brożek and Zofia Hanuszewska

Children of Franciszek Brożek and Zofia Hanuszewska:

1. Magdalena Brożek, b. July 22, 1779, d. April 8, 1844
2. Franciszka Brożek, b. May 9, 1782, d. unknown
3. Katarzyna Brożek, b. November 21, 1784, d. unknown
4. Tomasz Brożek, b. December 18, 1787, d. September 12, 1788
5. Anna Brożek, b. July 20, 1789, d. July 13, 1824
6. Jóżefa Brożek, b. February 25, 1793, d. unknown
7. Mikołaj Brożek, b. @1800, d. July 12, 1802
8. Tomasz Brożek, b. December 7, 1803, 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: Inowrocław, Ciechocinek, Lipno, Mogilno, Radziejów, Włocławek, Słupca, Sompolno, Kłodawa, Konin, Koło, and Łęczyca. 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.

Map Key:

• The villages with “stars” are the locations that Franciszek and Zofia lived.
• The villages with “solid diamonds” are the locations that the couple’s children lived.

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

Assumptions/Theories:

• Franciszek Brożek alias Sobociak was a brother of Jakub Brożek and the son of Bartłomiej Brożek.
• Franciszek died sometime between 1807-1831 in a neighboring parish of Chlewiska.
• According to Zofia death record, in 1831, she had 4 daughters and 2 sons still surviving. The 4 daughters should be: Magdalena, Franciszka, Katarzyna, and Józefa. Tomasz was on the two sons still living.
• Franciszek and Zofia had a son around 1796 in the Chlewiska Parish.

Research Leads/Plans:

• Search for the secondary parish that may contain B-D records of the family.
• Find the B-M-D records for the family of Franciszek Brożek and Zofia Hanuszewska.

Best Regards,
Al