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jtoml3   
7 May 2015
History / How far did Kashubia extend? [8]

Hi all!,

There is a book that was published in 1994 about one side of my Polish family, the Brzoska's, which states that they were part of the Kashubian "tribe" for many generations. There is a whole chapter on Kashubians because of this. Family research can only go back on the Brzoska side to third great grandfather, who was born in Rywałd in 1812. From the maps I've seen on Google, Rywałd isn't within the Kashubian "region" however in the 1800s and earlier, did Rywałd and the Starogard County in general have Kashubian influence? I assume it was researched before being published, and the authors didn't just assume the whole of Pomerania was also Kashubian.

Any help would be great! :)
jtoml3   
7 May 2015
History / How far did Kashubia extend? [8]

Thanks for your reply. That is correct. The records state it used to be Riewalde which I assume is the same place. The book is called "The Descendants of Johann Jacob Brzoska and Marianna Barbara Klinowska in Poland New Zealand and the United States".

It can be viewed online here, dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE4053641

From the book - "For many generations the Brzoska family has been part of the Cassubian tribe, therefore a chapter concerning the Cassubians will be included."

This side of my Polish is all from around Tczew, Starogard Gdański and Rywałd (as far as we can go back to the 1700s), so I don't know if word of mouth is how Kashubian was confirmed. It doesn't appear to have extended that far though geography wise.

After doing some research, the Kociewiacy people seems more appropriate due to them inhabiting Tczew, Rywałd and Kokoszkowy. This is not mentioned at all in the book though.

A paragraph from the book:

"The Brzoska family and ancestors in Poland lived in Pomerania (East) and the Polish language dialect spoken in that area was Kaszubi or Cassubian. Cassubian is the dialect that was spoken by the mass of the people in Pomerania, in the time during which the Brzoskas and ancestors lived in Pomerania"

Was Kashubian more wide spread to the east during that period of time?