MKopczyk
25 May 2017 / #1
I have had little luck in finding information on my husband's great-grandparents family lineage. The direct origin of his family is sketchy as U.S. records have them listed as coming from Austria, Poland-Austria, Russia-Austria, Hungary-Austria and Czech-Austria. Ultimately all records after 1920 simply list Poland thereafter for all family members records.
His grandfathers name was Anthony Kopczyk, he was born April 15, 1880 according to War Records and passed c.1947 in Trenton, New Jersey and his grandmothers name was Laura Kopczyk born c.1888 and passed c.1941. According to a 1910 Census Record, they are denoted as having filed papers, but considered Aliens. The records further state that they were already married over a year in 1910 and other Census Records denote them as being naturalized in 1906.
I was told by his father (last remaining elder) that his mothers maiden name was Uliasz and that her first name may have originally been Walerjia or Valeria, prior to becoming naturalized and taking the name Laura and his fathers name may have originally been Antonius or Antoni, prior to becoming naturalized and taking the name Anthony.
I obtained a 1906 Ellis Island Record of his grandfathers visit here in 1906 (denoting his status as a single alien at that time), traveling with the following cousins whom were all siblings, Ludwig Szul, Wojciech Szul, Josef Szul and Josefa Sawzek. The records further denotes them as saying they currently lived in Niewistka, Rzeszow, Austria. According to future Census Records they remained living near each other, on the same street in Trenton, New Jersey from 1910 until there deaths.
Strangely enough, I have not been able to find a valid marriage record, naturalization records, or death records on either of his great-grandparents, even though they supposedly married and died in the U.S. However, their names are listed as indicated above, on the U.S. Social Security Records of all 9 of their children. My husbands father was a young child when they died, thus does not know anything about them at all. All aunts, uncles and great-aunts and uncles have passed. I am trying to find out who exactly his great-grandparents parents were and who their siblings were.
(An interesting note) Twins highly run in the Kopczyk gene! Throughout my research I have found 2 other Kopczyk's in Pennsylvania, and have completely traced their family lines to find that they have twins in both their families as well, but I have not been able to tie them to my husbands family. Their 2 obituaries have provided their parents names from Domaradz, Austria (Jan Kopczyk and Antoinette Wojcik), but I have no proof that my husbands great-grandfather may be the brother of Frank (Franciszek) Kopczyk 1890-1958 and John (Jan) Kopczyk 1881-1960, as the obits only denote living relatives.
My father-in-law said his grandfather was estranged from his family (his father was estranged from him siblings), which may explain why his name may have been omitted from the obits. Unfortunately, I have absolutely no info on his great-grandmother, only the name and birth/death range I provided ... I am at a complete standstill ... I have searched both Polish websites and Genealogy Sites, but it has been to no avail ... Please help :-)
His grandfathers name was Anthony Kopczyk, he was born April 15, 1880 according to War Records and passed c.1947 in Trenton, New Jersey and his grandmothers name was Laura Kopczyk born c.1888 and passed c.1941. According to a 1910 Census Record, they are denoted as having filed papers, but considered Aliens. The records further state that they were already married over a year in 1910 and other Census Records denote them as being naturalized in 1906.
I was told by his father (last remaining elder) that his mothers maiden name was Uliasz and that her first name may have originally been Walerjia or Valeria, prior to becoming naturalized and taking the name Laura and his fathers name may have originally been Antonius or Antoni, prior to becoming naturalized and taking the name Anthony.
I obtained a 1906 Ellis Island Record of his grandfathers visit here in 1906 (denoting his status as a single alien at that time), traveling with the following cousins whom were all siblings, Ludwig Szul, Wojciech Szul, Josef Szul and Josefa Sawzek. The records further denotes them as saying they currently lived in Niewistka, Rzeszow, Austria. According to future Census Records they remained living near each other, on the same street in Trenton, New Jersey from 1910 until there deaths.
Strangely enough, I have not been able to find a valid marriage record, naturalization records, or death records on either of his great-grandparents, even though they supposedly married and died in the U.S. However, their names are listed as indicated above, on the U.S. Social Security Records of all 9 of their children. My husbands father was a young child when they died, thus does not know anything about them at all. All aunts, uncles and great-aunts and uncles have passed. I am trying to find out who exactly his great-grandparents parents were and who their siblings were.
(An interesting note) Twins highly run in the Kopczyk gene! Throughout my research I have found 2 other Kopczyk's in Pennsylvania, and have completely traced their family lines to find that they have twins in both their families as well, but I have not been able to tie them to my husbands family. Their 2 obituaries have provided their parents names from Domaradz, Austria (Jan Kopczyk and Antoinette Wojcik), but I have no proof that my husbands great-grandfather may be the brother of Frank (Franciszek) Kopczyk 1890-1958 and John (Jan) Kopczyk 1881-1960, as the obits only denote living relatives.
My father-in-law said his grandfather was estranged from his family (his father was estranged from him siblings), which may explain why his name may have been omitted from the obits. Unfortunately, I have absolutely no info on his great-grandmother, only the name and birth/death range I provided ... I am at a complete standstill ... I have searched both Polish websites and Genealogy Sites, but it has been to no avail ... Please help :-)