Tag: Mary Marczynski

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Marczynski Family Tree

The Marczynski Ten

by Jamie Gates2 Comments on The Marczynski Ten
The Marczynski Ten

Thomas Walter Marczynski was born on December 26, 1878 in Poland to Jozef Ludwig and Theresa Katherine (Bonczak) Marczynski. He and his older siblings--Gertrude (b. 1858), Mary (b. 1865), Franciszka (b. 1868) and Casimir (b. 1871)--left for the United States at the turn-of-the-century, and they all worked for the railroad in Dunkirk, New York. Three [...]

Ancestor Spotlight, Marczynski Family Tree, Witkowski Family Tree

From Poland to New York

by Jamie Gates5 Comments on From Poland to New York
From Poland to New York

On July 20, 1907, Maryanna Witkowska departed from Hamburg, Germany on the SS Lutterworth, listing her destination as "Dunkirk, NY." She was making the journey from Czarnowo, Poland to marry a man she had never met and to become a stepmother to his seven children. Casimir Marczynski's wife, Mary, had contracted typhoid fever and died at [...]