Orbiks in Krasnopol

29 April-2008- Late in 2007, my research colleague, Iwona Dakiniewicz, found a book called Materialy Do Dziejow Ziemi Sejnenskiej, (Materials of the History of Sejny) Bialystok, 1963, by Jerzy Antoniewicz. In this book he mentions the founding of the new town of Krasnopol, north of Augustow, in the year 1770.

One early settler mention was Jan Orbik (p.144). There were then 3 inventories of the citizens of Krasnopol, one in 1770, the second in 1771, and the third in 1772. In the 24 June 1772 inventory, it lists Marcin Orbik as living on Jegliczanski street and Symon Orbik living on Rudominski Street (p. 146) [1]. The author makes a note that Orbik families had ancestors in Augustow (p.147). He also made a claim that the Orbik name, as well as Sakowicz, Popowicz, Makarewicz, Pawlukiewicz, Daniliwocz, etc, were names of Russian origin. I have never found any evidence of this as I have checked many books on Russian surnames and have never found anything close to Orbik in any of them.

I checked church records for Krasnopol and found there were no microfilmed records prior to 1808. I did find a few Orbik records in later records:

1. On 8 Novemeber 1812, in Krasnopol, Franciszek Gadkowski, 36, son of Wawrzyniec Gadkowski and Maryanna Kalokowska from Jeziorki, married Marcella Orbik, 20, daughter of Jan Orbik and Agata Nawalska, gospodarz (farm owner) in Krasnopol.There were no children listed in Krasnopol from this marriage until 1818, nor was there a death of her husband, before her apparent second marriage listed below in 1817.

2. On 25 November 1815, Jozef Janulewicz and Jan Pawlukowski announced the death of Maryanna , 48 years old, maiden name Czerepachowska and married name Orbik at 7 in the morning at house number 190 on ulica Kawalaryski.

1. On 18 January 1817, in Krasnopol, Jan Chilinski, 30, son of Kazimierz and Anna Chilinski, gospdarz farm owner), married Marcella Orbik 24 daughter of Jan Orbik and Ewa Nowalska, katniks in Krasnopol. Note: There were no children listed in Krasnopol from this marriage until 1818. Their children:

• Kazimirz, 2 years old, died on 21 May, 1822, son of Jan Chilinski, 36, gospodarz  in Krasnopol Koscielny and Marcella Orbik, 28 , living at 159 Ulica Kalwaryski.

• Andrzej, born 24 November, 1822, son of Jan Chilinski, 30, gospodarz  in Krasnopol Koscielny and Marcella Orbik, 28 , living on Ulica Kalwaryski,.

• Magdalena, born 16 April 1825, daughter of Jan Chilinski, 40, gospodarz and Marcella Orbik, 37.

• Jozefata Eleanora, born 15 March 1829, daughter of Jan Chilinski 35, gospodarz and Marcella Orbik, 24.

1. On 26 February 1821, in Jaglowek,  Mikolaj Zuchwalko, 23, son of  Kazimierz Zuchwalko and Marianna Houbowicz, wyrobotnikow from Jeglowek in the parish of Krasnopol, married Franciszka Orbik, 23. Franciszka was the daughter of Szymon Orbik and Anna Orzechowska.wyrobotnikow (farm laborers) in the village of Orlinki, which is in the nearby parish of Kaletnik [2].  Their children:

• Ignacy Zuchwałko, born 29 July 1821, son of Mikolaj Zuchwalko,21, and Franciszka Orbik, 30,  in house number 9 in Jagłowek.

• Rozalia Zuchwałko, born 3 July 1831, daughter of Mikolaj Zuchwalko,30, ogrodnik, and Franciszka Orbik, 30,  in Jagłowek.

• Szymon, born 26 October 1834, daughter of Franciszka Zuchwałka, 32, widow of Mikolaj Zuchwalko, dead three years, in Gremdel. (oops).

1. On 26 Nov 1823 at 2 pm, Wawryniec Cuirkowski 44, gospodarz (farm owner), and Jakob Chodkiewicz, 40, wyrobotnik (farm worker), announced the death of Anna Orbik, widow, aged 53, at 8 a.m. that day at his house  at 173 Kawalaryski street in Krasnopol [3].

2. On 13 September 1820, Mateusz Undziło announced the birth of Dominik Wawryzniec, son of the widow Marianna Orbik, 39, at house number 252 on Jegliczanski street in Krasnopol.

3. On 29 November 1823, Antoni Nowalski, wyrobotnik, 58, and Antoni Nowozadko, wyrobotnik, 50, announced the death of Wawrzyniec , son of Mateusz Undzely wyrobotnik, 40, and Maryanna Orbik, 39 living in Chalupnikow number 95 on Jegliczanski street in Krasnopol [4].

The complete names listed as early settlers in Krasnopol:

Antoni Sobotkowski, Adam Kwiatkowski, Krzysztof Wysocki, Stefan Wyszomierski, Szymon Wegrommowicz, Wojciech Wysocki, Jozef Borkowski, Jedrzej Buczynski, Wojciech Hanc, Jan Orbik, Maciej Niewiadomski, Kazimierz Karczewski, Daniel Korkowski, Jedrzej Sakowicz, Piotr Popowicz, the widow Wysocki, Jan Rogowski, Mateusz Chmarze, Bartlomiej Zurowicki, Stefan Preczkajle, Jan Chrapowicki, Marcin Pozniak, Maciej Pozniak, Michal Grzedzinski, Stefan Janowicz, Jan Zmoydzin, Kaspar Jelenski, and Jozef Holonski [5].

1786 and 1792 tax tables from Krasnopol showing Jan Orbik's family in Krasnopol. Records from CAHP-Wilno, courtesy of Grzegorz Krupinski.

Names and street locations of the three lists of the inhabitants of Krasnopol:

# 1 - 24 June 1770: on the rynek (town square) Antoni Suborniski (?), on ulica (street) Rudominski - Daniel Czurkowski, Jerzy Sakowicz, Piotr Popowicz, Jan Rogowski, Bartlomiej Makarewicz and Stefan Preczkaylo. On ulica Sejny - Michal Grzedzinski and Maciej Pozniak.

# 2 - 24 June 1771: on the rynek - Jan Chrapowicki, Maciej Krotoszynski, Maciej Januszkiewicz. on ulica Rudominski - Maciej Pawlukiewicz. On ulica Sejny - Jerzy Kierszewicz, Stefan Rupinski, Jozef Dyciewski, Wojciech Dyciewski, Marcin Pozniak. On ulica Wigierski - Kaspar Mozejkanis.

# 3 24 June, 1772. on the rynek - Symon Wegzynowicz (!), Tomasz Szymanski, Wojciech Wysocki, Jan...ski, Krzystof Wysocki. On ulica  Jeglinczanski - Marcin Orbik, Wojciech Hanc, Bartlomiej Hanc, Andzrej Buczynski, Wawrzyniec Sokolowski, Jan Cikowski. On ulica Rudomski - Symon Orbik, Tomasz Danielowicz, Antoni Leymianski. On  ulica Sejnenski -  Antoni Bochowski. [6]

Today ulica Jeglinczanski is ulica 1 Maj or ulica Polna, ulica Rudominski is ulica Sienkiewicz and ulica 22 July, ulica Sejnenskiej is ulica Wojska Polskiego, and ulica Wigierski is ulica Wojska Polskiego. This according to Volume II of Materizly do Dziejow Ziemi Sejnenskiej, Warszawa, 1975, by Jan Jaskanisa.

Surname origins as quoted by the author J. Antoniewicz:

Surnames with family origins in Augustowa - Dyciewski, Orbik, Krzywicki. Surnames with family origins of dobra szlachta (noblity-landowner)  in Mazowia and Podlasia - Toczylowski, Buczynski, Rogowski, Rupinski, Szymanski, Wysocki, Sokolowski, Jankowski.  Surnames with Russian origins - Sakowicz, Popowicz, Makarewicz, Pawlukiewicz, Orbik, Danielewicz. Surnames with possible Lithuanian origins - Preczkajlo, Mozejkanis, Kierszewicz, Lejmelski, Nowalski. [7]

Map from 18th century Krasnopol area. From Volume II of Materizly do Dziejow Ziemi Sejnenskiej, Warszawa, 1975, by Jan Jaskanisa, page 35.

Notes:

[1] From the text of a document by Franciszek Tomkiewicz from the Grodzkie book dated 23 October 1782. A copy was made by Andzrej Grzedzinski in 1819 and this document is in AGAD, KRSW 4762 a, k. 63-66. Also mentioned was Streszczenie u A. Polujanskiego, Wedrowki.., o.c. str. 255-257. Niektory nazwiska w widymacie sa poprzekreccane, troche roznia sie od nazwisk podanych w spisach mieszkancow Krasnopol w inwentarzach gubernia szczeberskiej. Materialy Do Dziejow Ziemi Sejnenskiej, (Bialystok), 1963, by Jerzy Antoniewicz.

[2] LDS film 0746646 marriages in Krasnopol, record 9-page 179.

[3] LDS film 0746646 deaths in Krasnopol, record 79-page 33.

[4] LDS film 0746646 deaths in Krasnopol, record 81-page 37.

After these church records, I found no more Orbiks in either Krasnopol or Kaletnik parishes. Perhaps these families moved away, died out, or married into other families. I will continue to search other nearby parishes as well as civil documents in Polish archives.

[5] Antoniewicz,1963 (pp144-145).

[6] footnote 720 Tj. Lejmelski. Antoniewicz,1963 (pp146).

[7] Antoniewicz,1963 (p.146).