Jan Machajewski and Marianna Szarmach Family – Research Summary 1

Hello,

I would like to update my summary of the records that I’ve found so far, for Jan Machajewski and Marianna Szarmach. 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, and Gmina Stara Kiszewa, which are within Pomorskie Province. The information is derived from the listed records below.

Records:

1. Baptism of Jan Machajewski (1739)
2. Baptism of Marianna Szarmach (1750)
3. Marriage of Jan Machajewski and Marianna Szarmach (1769)
4. Baptism of Marianna Machajewska (1771)
5. Baptism of Marcin Machajewski (1772)
6. Jan Machajewski – Iwiczno – 1772/1773 West Prussian Land Register Interpretation
7. Baptism of Katarzyna Machajewska (1774)
8. Baptism of Wojciech Machajewski (1776)
9. Baptism of Bartłomiej Machajewski (1778)
10. Baptism of Konkordia Machajewska (1780)
11. Baptism of Anna Machajewska (1783)
12. Baptism of Teresa Machajewska (1786)
13. Baptism of Jan Machajewski (1789)
14. Baptism of Zuzanna Machajewska (1792)
15. Baptism of Mikołaj Machajewski (1795)
16. Marriage of Michał Derda and Katarzyna Machajewska (1800)
17. Marriage of Bartłomiej Machajewski and Konstancja Meder (1801)
18. Marriage of Antoni Derda and Konkordia Machajewska (1804)
19. Marriage of Marcin Machajewski and Marianna Deja (1809)
20. Marriage of Wojciech Machajewski and Magdalena Pokrzywińska (1810)
21. Death of Jan Machajewski (1813)
22. Death of Jan Machajewski (1815)
23. Death of Marcin Machajewski (1815)
24. Death of Konkordia Derda nee Machajewska (1816)
25. Death of Marianna Machajewska nee Szarmach (1816)
26. Marriage of Andrzej Cieciora and Teresa Machajewska (1816)
27. Marriage of Mikołaj Noga and Zuzanna Machajewska (1820)
28. Marriage of Jakub Depka and Teresa Cieciora nee Machajewska (1831)
29. Death of Teresa Depka nee Machajewska (1833)
30. Death of Zuzanna Noga nee Machajewska (1834)
31. Marriage of Wojciech Machajewski and Elżbieta Nakielska nee Lange (1834)
32. Death of Wojciech Machajewski (1835)

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:

Machajewski: Machaiewski, Machaj

Szarmach: Scharmach, Szarmak

Record Overview:

Jan Machajewski and Marianna Szarmach

Children of Jan Machajewski and Marianna Szarmach:

1. Marianna Machajewska, b. September 7, 1771, d. unknown
2. Marcin Machajewski, b. November 7, 1772, d. June 22, 1815
3. Katarzyna Machajewska, b. September 7, 1774, d. @1809
4. Wojciech Machajewski, b. April 1, 1776, d. May 3, 1835
5. Bartłomiej Machajewski, b. August 20, 1778, d. @1809
6. Konkordia Machajewska, b. October 20, 1780, d. February 2, 1816
7. Anna Machajewska, b. June 19, 1783, d. unknown
8. Teresa Machajewska, b. October 15, 1786, d. May 19, 1833
9. Jan Machajewski, b. May 23, 1789, d. January 20, 1815
10. Zuzanna Machajewska, b. May 27, 1792, d. January 11, 1834
11. Mikołaj Machajewski, b. December 3, 1795, 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 Jan Machajewski and/or Marianna Szarmach 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 villages surrounding Lubichowo can have records listed in both the Zblewo and Lubichowo Parishes.
• The Lubichowo Parish baptismal records start after 1801.
• The Lubichowo Parish marriage records start after 1824.
• The Lubichowo Parish death records start after 1837. Records are missing between 1890-1938.
• The Zblewo Parish death records start after 1810.

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