Jakub Żywicki and Julianna Wałdoch Family – Research Summary 1
Hello,
I would like to update my summary of the records that I’ve found so far, for Jakub Żywicki and Julianna Wałdoch. All the Poland sourced records are from the Kaszuby area of Poland. The present day locations are in Gmina Lipusz and Gmina Dziemiany, which are within Pomorskie Province. The information is derived from the listed records below.
Records:
- Marriage of Jakub Żywicki and Julianna Wałdoch (1828)
- Baptism of Marianna Żywicka (1829)
- Baptism of Katarzyna Żywicka (1831)
- Baptism of Jan Żywicki (1835)
- Baptism of Józefina Żywicka (1840)
- Death of Józefina Żywicka (1840)
- Baptism of Piotr Żywicki (1841)
- Baptism of Wiktoria Żywicka (1843)
- Marriage of Franciszek Bojan and Katarzyna Żywicka (1853)
- Death of Katarzyna Bojan nee Żywicka (1854)
- Marriage of Wincenty Wierzba and Wiktoria Żywicka (1864)
- Death of Jakub Żywicki (1869)
- Death of Julianna Żywicka nee Wałdoch (1882)
- Death of Jan Żywicki (1893)
- Victoria Wierzba nee Zywicki – Obituary 28-Sep-1928
Records Preface:
All of the Polish sourced records above came from the Lipusz Parish. 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.
The Polonia/Berlin, Wisconsin sourced records/information came from the Stevens Point Daily Journal archives, ancestry.com, LDS films, and/or the UW-Stevens Point archives.
Surname Variations:
Żywicki: Zywicki, Zywitzki, Ziwicki
Wałdoch: Waldoch, Waldock
Record Overview:
Jakub Żywicki and Julianna Wałdoch
| Year | Name | Parish | Village | Event Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1802 | Julianna Wałdoch | Lipusz | Baptism | Record is unavailable. Parents were Jan Wałdoch and Marianna Rolbiecka. | |
| 1805 | Jakub Żywicki | Lipusz | Krosewo | Baptism | Record is unavailable. Parents were Kazimierz and Marianna Żywicki, from Krosewo. |
| 1828 | Jakub Żywicki and Julianna Wałdoch | Lipusz | Konitop | Marriage | Jakub was listed as aged 24 and Julianna was aged 20. |
| 1829 | Marianna Żywicka | Lipusz | Krosewo | Baptism | The Godparents were: Łukasz Rolbiecki and Ewa Rolbiecka. |
| 1831 | Katarzyna Żywicka | Lipusz | Krosewo | Baptism | The Godparents were: Michał Knapik and Rozalia Kubiszewska. |
| 1835 | Jan Żywicki | Lipusz | Krosewo | Baptism | The Godparents were: Piotr Żywicki and Teresa Knapik. |
| 1840 | Józefina Żywicka | Lipusz | Krosewo | Baptism | The Godparents were: Antoni Machut and Teresa Knapik. |
| 1840 | Józefina Żywicka | Lipusz | Krosewo | Death | |
| 1841 | Piotr Żywicki | Lipusz | Krosewo | Baptism | The Godparents were: Mikołaj and Teresa Knapik. |
| 1843 | Wiktoria Żywicka | Lipusz | Krosewo | Baptism | The Godparents were: Antoni Machut and Rozalia Kubiszewska. |
| 1853 | Franciszek Bojan and Katarzyna Żywicka | Lipusz | Lipusz | Marriage | Katarzyna Żywicka was aged 21, single, Catholic, and from Krosewo. The witnesses were: Antoni Machut and Józef Rolbiecki. |
| 1854 | Katarzyna Bojan nee Żywicka | Lipusz | Nowe Słone | Death | She was aged 25. She leaves her husband Franciszek Bojan behind. |
| 1864 | Wincenty Wierzba and Wiktoria Żywicka | Lipusz | Lipusz | Marriage | Wiktoria Żywicka was aged 20, single, Catholic, and from Krosewo. The witnesses were: Piotr Żywicki and Franciszek Wera. |
| 1869 | Jakub Żywicki | Lipusz | Krosewo | Death | He was aged 64. He leaves behind his widow Julianna and 2 adult children. |
| 1882 | Julianna Żywicka nee Wałdoch | Lipusz | Krosewo | Death | She was aged 80. She leaves behind 2 adult children. |
| 1893 | Jan Żywicki | Lipusz | Krosewo | Death | He was aged 62. |
| 1925 | Victoria Wierzba nee Zywicki | Sharon, Wisconsin, USA | Death | She was aged 83. The members of her family are Mrs. Glodowski and Mike Wierzba of Sharon, Martin and Vincent Wierzba of Stockton and Mrs. Mary Woyak of Milwaukee. |
Children of Jakub Żywicki and Julianna Wałdoch:
- Marianna Żywicka, b. August 20, 1829, d. unknown
- Katarzyna Żywicka, b. September 22, 1831, d. April 14, 1854
- Jan Żywicki, b. January 29, 1835, d. March 14, 1893
- Józefina Żywicka, b. March 26, 1840, d. April 5, 1840
- Piotr Żywicki, b. April 14, 1841, d. unknown
- Wiktoria Żywicka, b. December 6, 1843, d. September 27, 1925
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 Jakub Żywicki and/or Julianna Wałdoch 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:
- Julianna Wałdoch was born @1800 in the Lipusz Parish to her parents Jan and Marianna Wałdoch nee Rolbiecka – most likely in the village of Krosewo.
- Jakub Żywicki was born @1805 in the Lipusz Parents to his parents Kazimierz and Marianna Żywicki – most likely in the village of Krosewo.
- The following children of Jakub and Julianna died while children: Marianna and Piotr – this occurred in a neighboring parish.
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 of the Lipusz Parish.
Best Regards,
Al
