I've tried the parish records but apparently they were destroyed during the war. If there's anyone out these with the last name of Dawid or Deptuła, I'm looking for my ancestors. My great-grandfather was Walenty Dawid and came over from Jaglijowiec in 1907. His parents were Jozef Dawid and Rosalia Deptuła. He also had a cousin named Stanislaw who came over in 1912, whose wife was named Antonina.
Is there anyone out there to whom these names sound familiar? I'd love to meet our distant relatives when I'm there next month!
That's Jeglijowiec (with E, not A) - a village, Gmina (municipality) Kadzidło, within Ostrołęka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeglijowiec
You might have 3788 Deptuła cousins in Poland, concentrated mostly in NE Poland. A significant number of Deptułas live in Ostrołęka County - 458, so here is significant correlation with Jeglijowiec (also in Ostrołęka County).
There are 4293 people with the name Dawid living in Poland; 111 of them live in Ostrołęka County - another good correlation.
Thanks for catching that mistake! I've run into a dead end, and I'm hoping that one of those 8081 Dawid/Deptuła relatives might check this site and give me another angle to try.
You may wish to check this page, rootsweb.ancestry.com/~polwgw/archives/baranmar6.html.
It contains a list of marriages in Baranowo Parish between 1855 - 1902. Baranowo lies only 10 km away from Jeglijowiec. A quick scan reveals Deptuła surname appearing in 71 records, and representing one of a bride, a groom or a mother's maiden surname. Similarly, the surname Dawid appears there 44 times.
And here are more marriage records from Baranowo Parish:
Hello Currian - I am related to the Dawids of Jeglijowiec, Poland. My late grandmother was Eleanor Berk and her cousin was a ??? Dawid (can learn later), who I actually have a photograph of, ca. 1929. This while this Dawid emigrated to Brazil, my grandmother moved to the US in 1929. Dawid's many descendants still live in San Paulo, Brazil. I live in Saint Paul, MN but in 1975 I visited Jeglijowiec with my grandmother. I have to dig up the information about that side of the family, but it is too late in the evening right now. I just wanted to touch base with you to see if you are still looking - take care... Chris
What luck! I was looking for something else in my junk mailbox or I would have missed the notice of your message entirely!
I'm interested in whatever you have...we should compare notes about available research databases. I've written to the parish and been told the records were destroyed; I wonder if you have any resources I don't know about? I haven't yet tried the LDS other than using familysearch.org.
Tell me about Jeglijowiec! What is it like? It looks like not much more than a crossroads according to google maps.
From what I can piece together, my great grandfather Walenty had siblings named Antonina, Mary and Josef, but I don't have any birthdates or further information about them.
Hello Currain - ...or should I say - *Cousin*... :)
I'm so glad you responded back so quickly... I believe we are cousins a only a few times removed. As I said before, my grandmother's name was Eleanor Berk (1907-1999) and her mother's name was Eleanor Dawid (c.1885-? - same first name). ED's sisters' and brothers' names were Kasha Dawid (c.1885-?), Franciszek (c.1922-c.1940), Jozef Dawid (c.1900-c.1940) and Stanislaw (c.1900-c.1940). Their mother and father's name was Peter Dawid (?-?) and Kasha ? (c.1860-?).
I do not know of any "Walenty" or "Deptuła", but the siblings named: Antonina, Mary and Josef (plus: Stelia, "Churcha", and Stanley) were my grandmother's sisters/brothers, from Jeglijowiec (I met Antonina, Mary and Josef in 75' - they were old then and all deceased by now, but Antonia might still be alive in France. Her daughter is doing well there). Their mother was Eleanor Dawid (my great-grandmother). If this information does not quite fit with your understanding, it's because some of it was from my grand mother's oral tradition, which may be 'off' from her memory. However, some of it was supported by fragmented document sources that I have, but which ones, I can't say yet until I dig up the documents and reconstruct where I got them. But as you know, much of the primary documents has been destroyed during the war. I have a family tree chart of the Dawid/Berk family that I created years ago, but I have to get it into PDF form.
When I was in Jeglijowiec in August, 1975, there was only a walking/horse/wagon trail to get to this village - a two hour walk on a dirt road from Kadzidło. I might have been the first American to visit the area - and they loved me.... Electricity was first introduced to Jeglijowiec the year before, and in 75', the coop tractor finally came to town - with a collective "wow"... (the whole town of 200 was off the map for three days as everyone was drunk from all the partying. I remember waking up in some cornfield with some cousins/friends...). You can still see the tank tracks across my family's farm field and shell holes from the war. I found a partially buried, fragmented skeleton while looking for mushrooms for dinner with my family - a common discovery in that area - but from which war, or on who's side, are always unknown (the Battle of Tannenburg was fought over the entire area during WWI). Water was from a well from a bucket, as was bathing; water always had to be boiled (i.e. lots of tea...); oats and wheat were brought in by sickle and hand; thatched roofs on our farmhouse; everything was by horsepower - and outhouses. I had cousins up and down that village. My family lived on the south-side of the village, in the middle of the turn on the west side of the road, across from the narrow open field, before it leaves the village heading east.
Now that road is a paved road, in-door plumbing (no outhouses), and car accidents (did you see the photos of the car wreak? Do a Google-Image under "Jeglijowiec" and find out what's new...). I'm waiting weekly for Google Earth to travel up that road so can see my family's house from the road. They still haven't yet... :(
I know a lot of the oral history of the Berk and Dawid family from Jeglijowiec, but I don't feel comfortable in describing it in detail on a public forum. Please email me and I can tell you more. Take care...
Have you ever run accross Tereza or Teresa Deptulas that married a Stanislaw Eizak? They would have been married about 1908-1909 then emigrated to the USA.
I hope you get this. My grand father came to the US around 1905. His brother Jozef vouched for him to come in. He also had a brother John here who worked in a shoe factory near Binghampton, NY. He states that he was from Ostrołęka, Poland and his father was Walenty and mother, Franscis. He also stated thathis father had at least 3 wives and a total of a lot, over a dozen children. Maybe a connection. I tooo am having much difficulty in finding my roots in Poland.
