Family in Poland - "Subik"

Hello,

I am going to Poland for the first time in May and trying to find family members there. All I have thus far are names. My Great Grandpa and Grandma were Anthony and Sophie Subik. They were born in Poland around 1875 and 1878. They have 1 son, Egnatius Subik who was born in Poland and 1 daughter Wladyslawa (Lottie) Subik (my Grandma) who was born in Detroit, MI. All are passed away.

I think Sophie came to USA around 1905 via boat and Ellis Island and Anthony 1906? I cant find anything at ellisisland.org or much at ancestry.com.

Sophie passed away in Detroit, MI in 1963 (January 14th)

I also have a letter that I found with my Grandmas belongings. Its in old Russian I think. I think it is a death certificate but do not know name, city, region or anything. I will attach so you can view as well and hopefully assist me.

Thanks so much,

Matthew
mjhobbs@aol.com

Hi Matthew,

Per 1930 Detroit, MI census, Anthony & Egnatius came to the US in 1907 & Sophie in 1905. Anthony & Sophie are aliens & Engatius has been naturalized. Anthony & Sophie were married abt. 1910 (Sophie is 2nd wife).

US records that should/may have Anthony's birth town: complete marriage record, birth/baptismal record for Lottie. Death record: Died 1943 & buried in St. Hedwig Cemetery, Dearborn Heights, Wayne Co., MI (should provide his parents' names too). SS-application (he may have filed)

Engatius: complete marriage record, birth/baptismal records for his children, naturalization record, death record (for birthplace & mother's maiden surname), SS-application

Sophie's marriage & death records should have her parents' names & her birth town. Lottie's birth records.

Hope this helps.

Thank you. I will research more :)

Matthew

You should check out moikrewni.pl - mapa nazwisk It says there are only 157 in Poland, mostly in the south east. You could see if any are on nasza-klasa.pl there are 77 Subiks on there. Maybe you could get some info that way.

Thanks. I'll check them out.

Ordered death certificate on Great Grandma. I recieved it today. It said maiden name unknown, birth city unknown....................Now back to square one.

The letter I found at my Grandmas was in Russian and is a death certificate for some named Jakub Wnupa son of Walenta and Franciska. City Pulawy. Could be maiden name for my Great Grandma?

Ideas?

Hi:

Your thread caught my attention, because I am somewhat in the same situation. I hope I am not intruding on your thread, but there seems to be very knowledgeable people here who may be able to help me on my search. I am adopted and found my birth mother, but at this point she only has a name and vague origin for the Polish maternal grandmother.

Maternal grandmother: Frances Kaputska, from somewhere near the Carpathian Mountains.

The maternal grandfather was Hungarian (Andraus Bartok), probably from near the same area.

I have no idea when they migrated to the U.S., but by calculating ages, it had to be somewhere right before or after WW1. They settled in East Chicago, Indiana. I am mostly interested in figuring out information about the origins of my maternal grandmother's name in Poland.

Thanks.