The Early History of the Andrew Kryzska Family
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` VOLUME 16 SPRING 2008 NUMBER 1 there is no known source for this data or The Early History of the Andrew Kryzska anything to back it up. No other Family information about Joseph Andrew’s By James F. Kulas <[email protected]> siblings is known. Approval of Editing by Camilla Kryzsko <[email protected]> In Poland in 1868 Andrew, third child of Joseph Krysko and Agnes Mastek, Preface: Jim Kulas researched and wrote a long history married Katherine Mazur, who was of his family from the early 1800s to the present. It was born on 19 November 1849. Andrew necessary to abbreviate the article to fit it into the and Katherine had eight children and newsletter guidelines and do some minor editing for the about 33 grandchildren. sake of privacy. It is interesting to note the hundreds of Kryzska … continued on page 14 ancestors of a single branch of the family, first settling in a somewhat remote region of northern Minnesota, In this Issue . migrated to about 15 states and provinces of Canada. The Early History of the The nuances of name changes and spellings are also Andrew Kryzska Family….p.1 interesting. It is hoped these family histories also spark President’s Letter ……………...2 some connections somewhere in the future. Jim and Bulletin Board …………………3 Camilla are great-grandchildren of the Andrew Kryzska Correspondence………………..4 Family. -JWK Recent PGS-MN Meetings ……5 Polish Church Microfilm Andrew (also known as Joseph in records) Krzyska was born in Indexes Available. ……...6 Poznań, Poland (Posen was in western Prussia at the time). His LDS Microfilming in Poland…..7 parents were Joseph Krysko/Krzysko (name spelled both ways in Annual Financial Report ……..10 records) born about 1820 and Agnes Mastek, also born about 1820. Annual-Meeting Quiz ……..…11 Joseph and Agnes had at least six children (possibly more) with birth years as follows: Polish Gazetteers ………..…...12 Joames – 1839 Kryzska Family, continued ......14 Marianna - 1841 UPGS Conference ……………23 Joseph Andrew – 1843 Surname Indexing Project Rosalian – 1845 Volume 10 …………….24 Jacobum – 1850 My Polish Connections to Silver Constantiam – 1853 There was a story that two of the sisters were nuns in Chicago but Lake, Minnesota ……...….29 Missing Branches …………....32 Page 2 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Spring 2008 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota A Branch of the Minnesota Genealogical Society 1185 No. Concord St. So. St. Paul MN 55075-1187 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnpolgs/pgs-mn.html Officers/Board of Directors: President……….…..…..Terry Kita (612-927-0719) < [email protected]> Vice President…..…..John Kowles (612-721-7227) < [email protected]> Secretary…...............Dana Halberg (952-393-3516) <[email protected]> Treasurer …….…Michael Eckman (952-944-4008) President’s Letter <[email protected]> Past President………………………….Greg Kishel PGS-MN was approached by Sorenson Molecular <[email protected]> Genealogy Foundation (SMGF ) to participate in a DNA Director…………….……Jan Bias (651-766-0147) collection project. We agreed to do this, and will explain <[email protected]> more below. SMGF intends to construct a DNA database Director…….…Mary Ellen Bruski (763-588-3801) which will include an individual’s DNA + their pedigree <[email protected]> Director………..….Jerome Biedny (952-944-5905) chart for four (4) generations. SMGF will perform the <[email protected]> DNA analysis for each sample, include the DNA Director….…….….Dori Marszalek(763-535-2296) information + the pedigree information in their database, <[email protected]> and make it available as follows: To view the results, an Committee Chairs/Co-Chairs: individual must have his/her DNA analyzed by another Library…………………………………….Jan Bias commercial laboratory and these results inputted into the Membership……..…………..…….Dori Marszalek SMGF website. The primary purpose of this project is to Newsletter……………………………John Kowles collect DNA samples accompanied by pedigree charts. Program/Publicity….………Terry Kita, Jay Biedny Although an individual’s use is limited, we see no risk to an Research……………...……Greg Kishel, John Rys Website…………………………Mary Ellen Bruski individual. SMGF approached PGS-MN because our members have Polish ancestry (we believe), which they Polish Genealogical Society will compare with the DNA + pedigrees to be obtained of Minnesota Newsletter from Polish citizens. We have asked numerous questions, Editor……………….John Kowles (612-721-7227) Associate Editors…………Paul Kulas, Greg Kishel all of which have been answered, and we invite you to Mailing labels……………………...Dori Marszalek review their website at <http://www.smgf.org>. DNA Surname indexing….…………………Kay Freund, samples will be put in vials, using liquid mouthwash, which Mary Kowles, Dori Marszalek, Connie Waldherr SMGF will provide. Each person who wishes to contribute The Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota a sample must include his/her pedigree to four (4) Newsletter is published quarterly in Spring, Summer, generations at the time of collection. Samples will be Autumn and Winter. Subscription to the Newsletter is returned to SMGF for DNA analysis, and posted on their included with membership. Dues are $15.00 per year for 2008 and $20.00 for 2009. database. Read carefully the results which will be available Please use application form on advertising insert. on their website, as well as their consent form. We will Items submitted for publication are welcomed and collect samples and pedigrees at our May 3, September 6, encouraged. We require that feature-length articles be submitted exclusively to PGS-MN. Articles, letters, October 4 and November 1 program meetings, as well as book reviews, news items, queries, ad copy, etc. should the MGS meeting on June 14. Please review the SMGF be sent to: John Kowles, editor, PGS-MN Newsletter, website and e-mail questions to me at: 3429-45th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406-2924 or to e-mail: <[email protected]> <[email protected]>. If you wish to participate please send your name, via e-mail, to our website (at top of Address changes or membership questions? Contact: Dori Marszalek, Membership Chair box on left). Note that this collection will also be 3901 61st Ave. No. conducted at our out-of-state meeting in Stevens Point, Brooklyn Center MN 55429-2403 Wisconsin on September 6. or e-mail: <[email protected]> Terry Kita © 2008 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Spring 2008 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Page 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ will be provided by the City of Łomianki. Our local Sister Cities’ committee has scheduled the last week in July and first week in August, 2008 for this initial venture. For questions and to offer to host a Polish student in 2009, contact Dolores Strand 763/571- 1709 or Gilbert Mros 763/571-1166 for more information. Note: The history of the Columbia Heights- PGS-MN Meetings Łomianki sister-city connection is explained in the PGS-MN Newsletter, Volume 14, Nos. 1-2 May 3 – Grave Inventory The final meeting (Spring/Summer, 2006): 10 -JWK before the summer break will be held in the Board Room (fourth floor of the library). The main topic May 1-4 Festival of Nations will be an interesting project started by Terri At the 2008 Festival of Nations, 97 different ethnic DiCarlo who will present her work of ancestral groups from around the world will share their foods, tombstone documentation followed by additional crafts and traditions that form the mosaic of our discussion of cemetery records. American culture. Enjoy one of the nation’s largest Immigration History Research Center and longest-running multi-cultural events and discover that there is so much more to who we are. The IHRC has acquired the archival records of the The International Institute of Minnesota presents the Polish American Immigration and Relief 75th Festival of Nations to celebrate the richness of Committee. The Committee was established in these diverse cultures at River Centre, 175 West 1947 to assist Polish displaced persons after WWII. Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul. PLEASE CALL Of particular genealogical note is that the records Marta at 763-546-5686 if you can work serving contain case files of individual refugees from 1946 food or Renata at 651-428-9645 if you are to 2001. Contact: <[email protected]> interested in the culture booth. Transcription of Church of St. Nicholas May 2-4 Trip to Polish Chicago Catholic Cemetery, New Market, Minnesota The Polish American Cultural Institute of The cemetery records date to 1863 with burials of Minnesota is sponsoring a motor coach bus trip to immigrants coming from Luxembourg or Prussia. It Chicago for Polish Constitution Day, May 3. was reviewed in the Minnesota Genealogist, • March (or ride) in the Constitution Day Parade Summer, 2007 edition which is available at the in downtown Chicago library. The 102-page indexed paperback was • Dine in traditional Polish restaurants published by Cornerstone Copy Center, Burnsville, • Shop in the Polish district for gifts and food to Minnesota. bring back; includes stops at Alexandra's pierogi factory and the Amber Gallery April 20 Fundraiser Dinner • Attend Polish mass at St. Hyacinth Basilica A dinner sponsored by Columbia Heights/ Leaves: Friday 8 a.m. Return: approx. 8 p.m. on Łomianki, Poland - Sister Cities, International Sunday - $255.00 per person is planned for 4-7 p.m. in Murzyn Hall on Mill Further details: Phyllis Husted at 763-566-8812, Street, Columbia Heights. Łomianki's Burmistrz or e-mail <[email protected]> or John Bieniek at Wiesław Pszczolkowski has invited students from 320-746-2578 or <[email protected]>. Columbia Heights (ages 16-18) to be guests of the City of Łomianki during the summer of 2008. May 4 – Chopin Society Students from Łomianki will visit us during the Mihaela Ursuleasa will be featured in performance summer of 2009. Students will provide their own at 3 p.m. at the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center at airfare and insurance.