Broniarczyk Families in the Parish of  Wrzesnia

The area where my Broniarczyk branch was located in the mid 1800s was the parish of Wrzesnia.

Bartlomeij Broniarczyk and Marianna Nowak:

  1. Katarzyna Broniarczyk, born 1863 in the village of Chociczka, in the parish of Wrzesnia.. She married Mateusz Sochacki on 2 Oct 1880 in Lipie, in the parish of Miloslaw. Mateusz Sochacki was from Biechowo. They immigrated to Chicago and raised a family there.

  2. Andreas Broniarczyk, born and died in 1865 in Chociczka.

  3. Marcin Broniarczyk, born in 1866 and died in 1867 in Chociczka.

  4. Agniezka Broniarczyk, born 20 Dec 1867 in Goniczka, in the parish of Staw. Married Antoni Skrzypinski on 7 Feb 1886 in Lipie, in the parish of Miloslaw. They immigrated to Chicago and raised a family there.

  5. Hedwig Broniarczyk, born 3 Oct 1870 in Staw.

  6. Stanislawa Broniarczyk (my great grandmother) born 1873 in Gutowo Male, in the parish of Wrzesnia. She immigrated to Chicago in 1887 with her parents and sister Marianna. She married Walenty Konieczny in the parish of St. Stanislaw Kostka in Chicago on 4 Aug 1891. After Walenty's death in 1894, she married Joseph Szocinski (my great grandfather) on 5 Nov 1895 in St. Michael's parish in South Chicago.

  7. Joseph Broniarczyk, born  27 Feb 1876 in the parish of Biechowo. This child apparently did not survive because there is no record of him after this one. He did not immigrate with his family in 1887. His Godparents were Laurentis Skrzypinski de Saleczwo and Agata Broniarczyk de Chwalk (Staw).

  8. Marianna Broniarczyk, born about 1880. She immigrated to Chicago in 1887 with her parents and sister Stanislawa. She married Dominik Lorkowski on 22 Nov 1898 in the parish of St. John Cantius in Chicago.

Bartlomiej Broniarczyk was born illegitimately around 1840 to Anastasia Broniarczyk. When he married Mary Nowak in the parish of Tagowa Gorka in 1863, he listed his place of origin as Chocziczka. His occupation was listed as ruralis mercenarius (farm worker). He also used the name Broniarski. Mary Nowak was born around 1844 in Czeszewze to Paul and Josepha Nowak. 

The family lived in Chocziczka and Bartlomeij worked as an Auriga (driver). Sometime between 1866 and 1873, the family moved to Gutowo Male. Sometime between 1874 and 1880, the family moved further south to the village of Lipie in the parish of Miloslaw.

Bartlomiej Broniarczyk and Marianna Nowak immigrated with two of their children, Stanislawa and Marianna on April 19th, 1887 aboard the SS Donau . Bartlomiej Broniarczyk died in Chicago as a member of St. Stanislaw Koska parish on 16 July 1887 and died with about 100 hundred people from heatstroke that same weekend. Mary Broniarczyk remarried Jan Swierszcz on 6 May 1889 at St. Stanislaw Koska.

Michal Broniarczyk (b.1838) and Agata Nowak (b.1843) married on 5 Nov 1865 in Chociczka. They migrated to Chicago in 1893.

  1. Adalbert Broniarczyk, born 28 Mar 1866 in Chociczka. Married Rozalia Gork in 20 Oct 1888 in Nekla Parish, just east of Wrzesnia. Had one child, Franciszka born in 1889 in the town of Libertowo in the parish of Gostrzyn. Adalbert and Rozalia migrated to Chicago in 1891.

  2. Valentine Broniarczyk, born 1869 in Chociczka. Kristof Broniarczyk was the Godfather.

  3. Ludovicus Broniarczyk, born on 14 Aug 1872 in Zawodzie..

  4. Joseph Broniarczyk, born in 1874 in Zawodzie. Marianna Broniarska from Gutowo was the Godmother.

Franciszek Broniarczyk (b.1836) and Hedwig Gasiorek (1835), married 7 Oct 1860 in Chociczka:

  1. Marianna, born 1864 in Chociczka.

  2. Antonina, born 28 May 1868 in Bialezyce.

Franciszek Broniarczyk and Marianna Kazimierzak:

  1. Nepomucena, born 11 may 1843 in Gutowo Wielki.

Valentine Broniarczyk and Agneta de Bialezyce:

  1. Agneta, born 1817.

  2. Lucia, born in 1820.

Blasius Broniarski and Constantia Maciejaly:

  1. Marianna Broniarska, born 3 Dec 1845 in Chociczka.