Family Occupations
Direct Line Ancestors
(A work in progress)
| Name | Occupation | Location | Source |
| Stanislaw Orbik (1875-1945) | Tongsman in # 2 merchant mill, Wisconsin Steel | Chicago | Death Record 1945 |
| Jan Orbik (1852-1908) | Wloscianin-Robotnik/Gospodarz
Farm worker/later/ small farm owner |
Tajenko | Children's birth records 1870s-1890s |
| Jakob Orbik (1827-1908) | Lozniak- day laborer | Tajno | Children's birth records 1848-1868 |
| Wawrzyniec Orbik (1794-?) | Lozno/Lozniak-day laborer
Gospodarz/Small farm owner |
Tajno | Children's birth records (1815-1830) & Jakob Orbik's marriage record (1847) |
| Marcin Orbik (1858-?) | Honestus/Gospodarz- small farmer | Tajno | Martin's children's birth records (1780-1803) & Wawrzyniec Orbik's marriage record (1813) |
| Bartlomeij Orbik (About 1729-? | Honestus- small farmer | Tajno | 1776 church tax records-Tajno Children's birth records (1749-1764) |
| Michael Ulaszek (1863-1932) | Steel Worker-Illinois Steel | Chicago | Death Record & US Census |
| Wojciech Ulaszek (About 1820-1893) | agricola small farmer (peasant) | Osobnica | |
| Marcin Czarny (About 1851-1893) | agricola small farmer (peasant) | Osobnica | Daughter Marianna's birth record (1875) |
| Peter Czarny (About 1831-1904) | Osobnica | Children's birth records (1851-1862) | |
| Alexander Pyterek (1851-1909) | Tanner, then express man (deliveryman) for B&O Railroad | Chicago | Death Record |
| Valentine Pyterek 1808-1864 | Wirt Innkeeper
agricola small farmer (peasant) |
Gulcz | Alexander birth (1851)
Death record 1864 |
| Casmir Pyterek (1785-?) | Gulcz | ||
| Valentine Pyterek (1741-?) | Gulcz | ||
| Michal Pyterek (1711-?) | Gulcz | ||
| Jan Polfus | Ferri fabri (blacksmith) | Gulcz | Children's birth records (1812-1819) |
| Stanislaus Murkowski (1781-1857) | Provisor Ecclesae (parish manager) | Kcynia | Children's birth records (1805-1857) |
| Chrisostum Murkowski (About 1849-?) | Famatus Middleclass townsman | Kcynia | Stanislaus' birth record (1781) |
| Peter Nalepinski (1793-?) | Doliator/Famator Cooper-Barrel Maker/Middleclass townsman | Grocholin/Kcynia | Children's birth records (1818-1842) |
| Michal Nalepinski (1747-?) | Sometimes listed as Noblis (Nobleman-landowner) | Grocholin | Children Suzanna's birth record (1778) and Peter (1793) |
| Andrzej Nalepinski (About 1725-?) | Subditorum subject | Grocholin | Michal Nalepinski's birth record (1747) |
| Franciszek Rzasa (1885-1954) | Steel worker | Chicago | |
| Sebastian Rzasa (1850-1916) | agricola - small farmer (peasant) | Palikowka | |
| Sebastian Rzasa (About 1830-?) | Palikowka | ||
| Wojciech Nurkowicz (About 1851-?) | Laborisi - Laborer
inquilinus |
Strazow | Grandaughter Honorata's birth 1886
Daughter Marianna's birth 1864 |
| Antoni Nurkowicz (About 1831) | agricola | Strazow | Grandaughter Marianna Nurkowicz's birth 1864 |
| Mathias Misiewicz | Strazow | Grandaughter Marianna Nurkowicz's birth 1864 | |
| Marcin Gancarz (Halak) (About 1833-?) | Fugura Potter
Gancarz is Polish for potter as well. It was his nickname. Halak was his real name. |
Palikowka | Daughter Rosalia Gancarz's marriage in 1875 |
| Blasius Nawarol (About 1804-?) | Palikowka | ||
| Jozef Szocinski | Carpenter | Chicago | |
| Wojciech Dziedzic (About 1831) | Strazow | Grandaughter Marianna Nurkowicz's birth 1864 | |
| Kaspar Szocinski | Arbiter Worker | Rogowo, Swiatniki, Gniezno & Chicago | |
| Stanislaw Szocinski | Tabornator Innkeeper | Rogowo | |
| Jan Slomka | Tabornator Innkeeper | Dziekanowice | |
| Bartlomeij Broniarczyk | Auriga Wagon Driver in Poland
Day laborer in Chicago |
Chocziczka, Goniczki, Gutowo Male, Lipie, & Chicago | |
| Paul Nowak (About 1823) | |||
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Other Occupations of Related Family Members |
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| Franciszek Orbik [Jan Orbik's 1st cousin, once removed](1828-?) | Strzelec Lasow / Forest Guard | Children's marriage records (1848-1865). Passed this job down to his first son Thomas | |
| Franciszek Orbik [Jan Orbik's brother] (1848-?) | Soldier, then farmer | Born in Tajno, living in Tajenko | 1878 marriage record records him as soldier on leave |
Lozniak definition from Fred Hoffman to Jay Orbik via email - October 12 1995
Lozniak and Loznik (with accents over the z) are a variant of Luznik, (with accents over the z) :
1) a day-laborer possessing neither land nor cottage.
2) a Chalupnik, a peasant with very little land.