Samther13
13 Jan 2016 / #1
My grandfather Michael Joseph Socha, according to my father, came over on the Mayflower(not the 1620 one but the one that was in service in the year 1903) from Poland and he was the first of his family to come. He married my grandmother Genowefa Marya Kilian in Rockville, CT USA in 1933 at St. Josephs Roman Catholic Church. It states on the civil marriage license that he was a widow at the time of their marriage. According to his death certificate he was born June 15 1901.
The closest "Michael Socha" I have found in records is one that originated from Boleslaw, Austria/Galicia/Poland and was not the first to come over. Yet his father (Jozef Socha) and brother (Władyslaw Socha) did, to Massachusetts. I found a Joseph Socha from Boleslaw leaving a wife Maryanna and going to MA.
According to death certificate, his parents names are Anna Socha and Joseph Socha. And according to the town clerk, this is the maiden name of Anna......however the informant was my Uncle Mike, born Joseph Michael in 1934, (who was only 6 when his mother died and father, Michael Socha), gave up all the children), so I am not sure if death certificate info is accurate.
My grandfather died in 1956 at the young age of 55/56 due to cancer of the larynx, lungs and throat.
My grandmother, Genowefa Marya Kilian, was born Sept 29 1909 in Holyoke Ma USA to Antoni Kilian and Katarzyna Kida (Married in Holyoke, Ma in 1908 at the Mater Dolorosa Church in Holyoke). Antoni was born in Ruda, Rzeszow, Poland in 1879(according to baptismal record online) to Agata Hajdor and Stanislaus Kilian.
Katarzyna Kida was born in approx. 1881 in Gorno, Podkarpackie, Poland to Karol Kida and Julyanna Kosak. She had at least 1 sibling (Walenty Kida-who also emigrated to Holyoke MA and was married intn the same church to Aneila Sigda)
Karol Kida was born to Andrzej Kida and Zofia Tabaka. Karol had at least 2-3 siblings: Agneszka, Apolonia and maybe another.
Julyanna Kosak was born to Sebastian Kosak (1825) and Anna Kielb. Anna was Sebastians second marriage. They had at least 2-4 children: Marianna-married into Dec family, Juylanna(my gr gr grandma) and possibly 2 others
His first wife was Maria Olka/Olko???
I know they had at least 5-7 children of which include Tomaz Kosak, Antoni Kosak and Magdelena Kosak, plus others that I do not have names for yet.
Antoni Kosak(my gr gr grandmas 1/2 brother) married Agneszka Kida(my gr gr grandfather's sister)....and there are many more descendants within the US...some I have discovered some I have not. I am the 2nd cousin of Peter Kosak (he had hired a genealogist to find these records on the Kida/Kosak Families in Poland). However I am interested in finding living relatives on both sides in Poland if possible. PLEASE if you know anything, anything at all, please contact me at jade766@att.net I do not know much about my Polish ancestors/descendants or heritage and would love nothing more than to be reconnected into my heritage and family.
Samantha. I am on ancestry.com(free account only) as well as Familysearch.com and facebook.
The closest "Michael Socha" I have found in records is one that originated from Boleslaw, Austria/Galicia/Poland and was not the first to come over. Yet his father (Jozef Socha) and brother (Władyslaw Socha) did, to Massachusetts. I found a Joseph Socha from Boleslaw leaving a wife Maryanna and going to MA.
According to death certificate, his parents names are Anna Socha and Joseph Socha. And according to the town clerk, this is the maiden name of Anna......however the informant was my Uncle Mike, born Joseph Michael in 1934, (who was only 6 when his mother died and father, Michael Socha), gave up all the children), so I am not sure if death certificate info is accurate.
My grandfather died in 1956 at the young age of 55/56 due to cancer of the larynx, lungs and throat.
My grandmother, Genowefa Marya Kilian, was born Sept 29 1909 in Holyoke Ma USA to Antoni Kilian and Katarzyna Kida (Married in Holyoke, Ma in 1908 at the Mater Dolorosa Church in Holyoke). Antoni was born in Ruda, Rzeszow, Poland in 1879(according to baptismal record online) to Agata Hajdor and Stanislaus Kilian.
Katarzyna Kida was born in approx. 1881 in Gorno, Podkarpackie, Poland to Karol Kida and Julyanna Kosak. She had at least 1 sibling (Walenty Kida-who also emigrated to Holyoke MA and was married intn the same church to Aneila Sigda)
Karol Kida was born to Andrzej Kida and Zofia Tabaka. Karol had at least 2-3 siblings: Agneszka, Apolonia and maybe another.
Julyanna Kosak was born to Sebastian Kosak (1825) and Anna Kielb. Anna was Sebastians second marriage. They had at least 2-4 children: Marianna-married into Dec family, Juylanna(my gr gr grandma) and possibly 2 others
His first wife was Maria Olka/Olko???
I know they had at least 5-7 children of which include Tomaz Kosak, Antoni Kosak and Magdelena Kosak, plus others that I do not have names for yet.
Antoni Kosak(my gr gr grandmas 1/2 brother) married Agneszka Kida(my gr gr grandfather's sister)....and there are many more descendants within the US...some I have discovered some I have not. I am the 2nd cousin of Peter Kosak (he had hired a genealogist to find these records on the Kida/Kosak Families in Poland). However I am interested in finding living relatives on both sides in Poland if possible. PLEASE if you know anything, anything at all, please contact me at jade766@att.net I do not know much about my Polish ancestors/descendants or heritage and would love nothing more than to be reconnected into my heritage and family.
Samantha. I am on ancestry.com(free account only) as well as Familysearch.com and facebook.