Johann Eckmann - Awesome!

I believe that they went to Independence because Johann Eckmann's wife - Barbara Brygida Tempska had a brother Leo Tempski who had lived/farmed in the Independence area since about 1870. He must have written to her in a positive way about life in the area. Barbara Brygida is my great-great grandmother.

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I have a particular interest in the relationship between "Kashubian" and "Silesian" Poles. They don't seem to have had any problems with each other - Father Breza says he doesn't know of any. But it seems to me like there was an invisible Mason-Dixon Line running through southern Arcadia Township, so I am always trying to get more information on "blended" Kashubian-Silesian families. For instance my godfather and uncle, Gene Wieczorek, was the son of a Winona Kashubian and a Silesian from Arcadia. I'm still working on my cousins to tell me how Henry Wieczorek and Alice Wiersgalla met and married!

I have another example in my family. My great grandfather, Robert Wantoch-Rekowski is a "Kashubian" and the family originates (in 1800's) from the Zapcen area. Robert married Anne Christine Pampuch and her family emigrated from the Popielow area. From my family there appears to be a strong mix of both "Kashubian" and "Silesian" in the Independence, WI area because we have the Tempskis from Klaczno and the Pampuch & Sonsalla groups from Popielow & Norok.

I've been nosing around some more up around Independence (funny how I fixate on various towns and families when I should actually be writing something) and I believe I have found Jan Mikołaj Tempski as "Jno. Tempski" in the 1880 US Census, living in Dover Township of Buffalo County. I've also been trying to follow Augustyna Tempska Pelowska's family as best I can. She married a Pelowski from Bytow (my Mom's branch of the Pellowskis came from Koscierzyna), and wound up farming in Rollingstone. But she and her husband were both buried not in Winona, but in Pine Creek. There has to be a story there somewhere... any clues?

Thanks for the tip on Jan Mikolaj Tempski. That is a new one for me to explore. I just found Augustyna Tempska Pellowska's obituary and was surprised as well to find she was buried in Pine Creek. No solid leads as to why yet - but I'll be sure to pass along anything I find.

Augustyna Tempska Pellowska is my great great grandmother. In June I met with a couple of the members of the cemetery committee and a secretary at Sacred Heart Church in Pine Creek. The cemetery committee had no record of Augustyna and Lawrence Pellowski being buried at Pine Creek. Although the secretary had the handwritten church record book. I provided there dates of death and she verified that they were buried at Pine Creek. (I have copies of those records). There is no headstone for them. Their son Jan does have a headstone and they are mostly likely buried along side him. Jan who was born in 1891/1992 in Dodge, WI and died on 18 Jun 1904. The cemetery committee had believed that only Jan was buried in the 8 person plot. There is no record of who purchased the plots. Since the committee did not know that Augustyna and Lawrence were buried there, there could be additional family members buried there.

Hello Linda,

Thank you very much for your message. It was especially helpful to hear about the twins birth (Ludowika and Marianna). I had not found the death record of Marianna so I did not realize that the 1815 birth was for twins.

You are correct that the spelling should be Stanislawski. I rechecked the original (Ugoczsz parish) records and can see that this spelling is correct.

Joannes and Magdalena were married on January 16, 1792. If you send me your e-mail address - I can send you the photo of the original record. It is in this entry that Magdalena's last name is spelled Cyrzan. Later records show her last name spelled as Wrycza. Her death record in 1848 has what appears to be a phonetic spelling of Cyrzan - something like "Cerzann." Both Joannes and Magdalena are listed as 26 years old in their marriage record which would have them both born in 1766. Magdalena's death record has her as 78 years old in 1848 so a birth date of 1770. Ugoszcz parish records begin in 1768 so I will recheck to see if I can find Magdalena's birth again.

If you happen to have any pictures of your great grandmother Augustyna - I would appreciate a copy. If yes -- I will send you my e-mail address.

Thanks again,

Don

Linda - you may have this already but below is the obituary for your great grandmother Augustyna:
Obituary:

Funeral services for Mrs. Augustyna Pellowski, 562 E. Broadway, were conducted at 9AM today at St. Stanislaus Church, The Rev. Thaddeus Derezinski officiating. Preliminary services were conducted at the Watkowski Funeral Home at 8:30AM. Burial was in the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Pine Creek, Wisconsin. Father Derezinski was assisted in the celebration of the solemn requiem high mass by the Rev. P. S. Fafinski as deacon and the Rev. Bernel Deslauriers as subdeacon. The Rev. Francis Brostowicz officiated at the grave. Pallbearers were Isadore Jumbeck, Sr., Isadore Jumbeck, Jr., Robert Wantock, Larry Sulla, Stanley Drazkowski and Leonard Drazkowski.