Paweł Grochowski and Magdalena Straszyńska Family – Research Summary 1

Hello,

I would like to update my summary of the records that I’ve found so far, for Paweł Grochowski and Magdalena Straszyńska. All the records are from the Krajna area of Poland. The present day locations are in Gmina Złotów, Gmina Zakrzewo, Gmina Krajenka, Gmina Więcbork, and/or Gmina Jastrowie, which are within Wielkopolskie and Kujawsko-Pomorskie Provinces. The information is derived from the listed records below.

Records:

1. Baptism of Paweł Grochowski (1804)
2. Marriage of Paweł Grochowski and Agneta Kucharska (1835)
3. Baptism of Anna Grochowska (1835)
4. Death of Anna Grochowska (1836)
5. Baptism of Marianna Grochowska (1836)
6. Baptism of Anna Grochowska (1838)
7. Baptism of Katarzyna Grochowska (1841)
8. Death of Agnieszka Grochowska (1841)
9. Death of Katarzyna Grochowska (1842)
10. Marriage of Paweł Grochowski and Magdalena Straszyńska (1844)
11. Baptism of Jan Grochowski (1845)
12. Death of Jan Grochowski (1845)
13. Baptism of Gertruda Grochowska (1846)
14. Baptism of Rozalia Grochowska (1849)
15. Death of Paweł Grochowski (1849)
16. Marriage of Marcin Wojciechowski and Magdalena Grochowska nee Straszyńska (1853)
17. Baptism of Elżbieta Wojciechowska (1855)
18. Baptism of Tomasz Wojciechowski (1857)
19. Marriage of Paweł Kobs and Rozalia Grochowska (1873)
20. Kobs Family Residences – 1880 Milwaukee
21. Kobs Family Residences – 1885/86 Milwaukee
22. Pawel Kobs and Rozalia Kobs nee Grochowska’s Headstone

Records Preface:

All of the Polish sourced records above came from the Sypniewo Parish. The records are taken from the LDS films, Meldunkowe section of the Genealodzy.pl website, Szukajwarchiwach.pl website, GenBaza, and/or the Genealogy in Archives website. The 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.

Surname Variations:

Grochowski: Grochoski, Growski

Straszyński:

Record Overview:

Paweł Grochowski and Magdalena Straszyńska

Children of Paweł Grochowski and Agnieszka Kucharska:

1. Anna Grochowska, b. December 27, 1835, d. December 31, 1835
2. Marianna Grochowska, b. December 6, 1836, d. unknown
3. Anna Grochowska, b. July 29, 1838, d. unknown
4. Katarzyna Grochowska, b. November 22, 1841, d. April 12, 1842

Children of Paweł Grochowski and Magdalena Straszyńska:

1. Jan Grochowski, b. February 8, 1845, d. February 8, 1845
2. Gertruda Grochowska, b. February 26, 1846, d. unknown
3. Rozalia Grochowska, b. May 26, 1849, d. January 25, 1932

Children of Marcin Wojciechowski and Magdalena Grochowska new Straszyńska:

1. Elżbieta Wojciechowska, b. October 31, 1855, d. unknown
2. Tomasz Wojciechowski, b. December 18, 1857, 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: Szczecinek, Debrzno, Chojnice, Wałcz, Fłatów, Więbork, Piła, Wyrzyk, and Nakło. 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 Paweł Grochowski and/or Magdalena Straszyńska 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:

• Magdalena Straszyńska was born in Sypniewo @1815 – The Sypniewo Parish is missing baptismal records between 1802-1822.
• Marcin and Magdalena moved to a neighboring parish – possibly Złotów.

Research Leads/Plans:

• Search for B-M-D records for the remaining family members.

Best Regards,

Al