Ratajczyk/Guzniczak Surnames

Hello,

I am looking for any information on the surnames listed above. My grandfather is Stefan Joseph Ratajczyk born in 1886. He married first wife, Jozefa (Josephine) and had children, Stanley, Cecelia, Frank, Steve, Alex. When she passed away, he went back to Poland and brought her sister, Helen (or Helena) back and they married. She had 2 children, Chester and Theresa. Jozefa and Helen's maiden name is Guzniczak. The the papers from the passenger lists, it states that Helen is from Mokre, Russia. I think it may be now known as Bacze Mokre, Poland. If anyone has any information regarding these families, please contact me.

nancbear1230
RATAJCZYK: patronymic from rataj (freeholder, farmer not in the service of the squire); or topo-patronmyic for son of the chap from Rataje

GU-NICZAK: from guz (lump, tumour), perhaps guźnik was the nick of someone covered with lumps and bumps and his son got dubbed Guźniczak; alternatively, the son of someone from Guźnia.

Stefan Ratajczyk
Home in 1930: Evanston, Cook, Illinois
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Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887
Birthplace: Poland
Relation to Head of House: Head
Race: White

Name: Stefan Ratajczyk
Arrival Date: 27 Mar 1933
Birth Year: abt 1887
Birth Location: Poland
Birth Location Other: warelesyn
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Polish
Port of Departure: Gdynia, Poland
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Pulaski


on the passenger list which I can copy to you its states Grodsiec ? Konin Poland.

Stephen Ratajczyk
Marriage Date: 3 Oct 1955
Spouse: Stella Swendrowski

Cecelia- are you sure this is female, on the immigration for 1933 when he is bringing helen
its showing a boy 5 years of age traveling with them.

ok I think I am spent tonight.. I hope this helps some.

best of luck in all your searches. :)

Frank Ratajczyk
Birth Date: 09 Sep 1918
Birthplace: Evanston
Gender: Male
Race:
Father's Name: Stefan Ratajczyk
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age: 33
Mother's Name: Josephine Guzniczak
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age: 25
Christening Date:

you can get this record online at the familysearch.org

Thank you so much for the information on this. Stefan was my grandfather and unfortuntely we cannot trace anything back to Poland. Josephine was his first wife and one of children was Frank, my uncle. My mother is from his second wife, Helena, Joesphine's sister. I am looking for birth and marriage certificates and to find out more about the Ratajczyk/Guzniczak linage. Do you happen to know more on the linage of this family line or where I could find out more information? I am on Ancestry.com and cannot find any records whatsoever. Thank you for your input.

Stefan was married 4 times, Josephine was the first wife, Helena second wife, Jozefa Chordik third and Stella Swendrowski the 4th. :-)

stefan was busy ;)

I will email you, I have records saved for you from last week.


warelesyn

this is where he lived in poland from the ellis island records.


Their fathers name was Andrzej according to the ellis island, I couldnt copy from the family
search so I will try to from ancestry.