Posts by jtoml3

jtoml3

13 Aug 2015

Genealogy / Requesting images of marriage records - Redman surname [2]

Hi all,

I have a set of 4th great grandparents who wed in Godziszewo in 1829. Their record is listed here
geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?rid=S&from_date=&to_date=&search_lastname=redman&search_lastname2=&rpp1=200&bdm=S&w=11pm&op=gt&lang=eng

I was wondering who could I email with regards to requesting a digital image copy of this record? I'm hoping it has some info about Catharina, as Redman does not appear to be a common Polish surname.

jtoml3

20 Jun 2015

Genealogy / Surname origins of Kantynowna [3]

I can't find anything about it on Google, however I came across this website with Huguenot surnames, which has Kantyn listed as a surname variant- phoenixhollo.com/fr/Comt%C3%A9_de_Jerauld_0.html

My ancestors full name is Catherine Kantynowna, she married in 1778 in Klonówka, Poland. I know some Huguenot people escaped to Germany, but what are the chances of them ending up in Pomerania? If this even indeed the right way to look at it. If its a rare Polish surname it must have come from somewhere else.

I should note on the PTG Pomorskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne records, they have it spelled at Kantynowna, however in a family tree book I have, its Kuntynowna. This is a link to a copy of the birth record from the family tree book,

It looks like Kuntynowna. I can't understand any of the other text. I don't know if her parents names are listed or place of birth.

jtoml3

19 Jun 2015

Genealogy / Surname origins of Kantynowna [3]

Hi all,

I have a 6th great grandmother who's maiden name was Kantynowna. Apparently she was born in Poland however I can't find anything on this surname. I know some females had their surnames altered but is Kantynowna a Polish surname? I don't know her parents names so I can't work out what the male equivalent is. 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?

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! :)