The BEST Guide to POLAND
Unanswered  |  Archives 
 
 
User: Guest

Home / Genealogy  % width posts: 5

Wieczorek family from the Kropiwki area


gjene 14 | 204
19 Nov 2017 #1
I was wondering if anyone has run across the Wieczorek surname from the Kropiwki area. My grandmothers' parents' names are Nikon Wieczorek born in Kropiwki in 1864. His wife Magdalena was born in the same year in Ugnin Kr. Wlodawa. The other information I have mentions them living together in 1884 and my grandmother was born in Feb. 1904 in Kropiwki. Then sometime between 1904 and 1920 I suspect they may have moved to Zaliszcze (Siedliszcze)
Nathans
25 Jan 2018 #2
Don't you mean "Kropówki" area?
OP gjene 14 | 204
25 Jan 2018 #3
No. On all the documents I have for my grandmother, the spelling of the village is Kropiwki. It is SW of Podedworze and Rusily. I checked through google maps and it is still there. Also, my grandmother got married to someone from Rusily and the marriage certificate also confirms where she was born and lived prior to her marriage. Thanks for asking and double checking.
delphiandomine 88 | 18,131
25 Jan 2018 #4
I heard something about them. They were a family of peasants, who were known for their uncivilised behaviour at local hostelries. Nikon was known for drunken brawls, and his language was said to be very primitive and on the level of a 7 year old. He apparently would do a day's labouring, then would go out and get drunk. They moved around a lot, probably as a result of his penchant for violence.
kaprys 3 | 2,245
26 Jan 2018 #5
@gjene
Wieczorek is a very popular surname. And the villages you mention seem pretty small. It's hard to say if any Wieczoreks still live there. There might be some in neigbouring villages but it's hard to say if you're related. It was over a century ago with two world wars in the meantime.

You can try googling the surname + the name of one of the places you mention. It's Uhnin, I think. And Zaliszcze and Siedliszcze seem to be two separate places. All of the places you mention are in Lublin Voivodeship.


Home / Genealogy / Wieczorek family from the Kropiwki area