Dalecki clan and the migration to the US

I've been able to trace our Polish ancestry back to Grzegorz Dalecki (abt. 1781-1856) and Teresa Kwiatkowska Kaźmierczak (abt 1782-1852).  We don't know where Grzegorz was born but it is likely in the Gostynin area. He married Teresa around 1810 as their first child, Marianna, was born in Chodecz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland in 1811.

 

Teresa was born in Gostynin in abt. 1786.  According to Marianna's birth record in 1823, Teresa and Grzegorz were living in the small village of Zalezie. Grzegorz was an innkeeper, age 30, and and Teresa was a farmer, age 25.  They lived in a semi-detached house. Teresa's death is recorded in Gostynin in 1852. The record states that she was 80 years old, her maiden name was Kwiatkowska, and her husband was Grzegorz Dalecki.There is some confusion as her name is inconsistent on the birth records of the children.

Grzegorz and Teresa had seven children. All were baptized in Chodecz.

• Marianna Dalecka (1811-1824) Baptized and died in Chodecz.
• Jakub Dalecki (1813-?)
• Józef Dalecki (7 May 1819-1867)
  
• Andrzej Dalecki (1820-?) married Małgorzata Dobrzyńska in 1847 in Gostynin. Their son Władysław Dalecki married Tekla Śmiałkowska. They had several children. Only Jan immigrated to the US.
• Marianna Dalecka (1823-1824) Baptized and died in Chodecz.
• Józefata Dalecka (1823-1824) Baptized and died in Chodecz.
• Jędrzej Dalecki (1826-?)  Grzegorz was 40 and Teresa 34 years of age, when Jędrzej was born.

Józef's baptismal record in 1819 states that he was baptized in the parish of Chodecz, but was born in Zalezie and his parents were Grzegoz Dulecki and Teresa (no family name given).  

Józef's baptismal record in 1819

Józef, a bachelor, married Antonina Jeziorski, unmarried, on 13 November 1849 at 2 PM in Kłotno, Gostynin, Mazowieckie.  The record states that Józef was 29 years old and born in Zalesie, which falls within the Chodecz parish.  He resided in Gostynin at the time of their marriage. The witnesses were Michał Kluzik  (Kluzikowski?) age 48, resident of Kłotno, and Michał Lewandowski age 72 (?), resident of Kłotno. Antonina Jeziorska, spinster, daughter of Wojciech Jeziorski and Franciszka Stańczak, was born and residing in Kłotno, age 21. The banns were read out 3 times on the 29th October, 5th and 12th November in both parishes of Kłotno and Gostynin. No pre-nuptial agreements had been entered into. 

Marriage record of Józef and Antonina on 13 November 1849

Józef died on 7 May 189, age 82. The record states that he was the son of Wojciech and Franciszka, left behind wife Antonina nee Jeziórska, born in Zalesie. However,  Antonina's parents were Wojciech and Franciszka and it is likely that the priest made a mistake.

Death record of Józef Dalecki (1897)

Józef and Antonina had seven children. I've only listed those that immigrated below to the US below.

• Marianna Dalecka (1850-?) married Marcin Widecki 
• Elzbieta (11 Nov. 1878 Gostynin, Poland - 3 Oct. 1933 Brooklyn, NY)
  
• Helena Widecka (1890 Gostynin, Poland - 1950 Brooklyn, NY)
  
• Jadwiga Dalecka (1851-?) married Dionizy Dominik Miękicki and later married Andrzej Dobrowolski
  
• Antonina Miękicki (father: Dionizy) (-Baltimore, MD)
  
• Jan Dobrowolski (father: Andrzej) (-Chicago, IL)
  
• Józefa Dalecka (1854-?) married Karol Kuliński
• Marianna (-Brooklyn, NY)
  
• Brygida (-Demarest, NJ via Brooklyn, NY)
  
• Franciszek Dalecki (1857-?) married Antonina Pryzmorska
• Adam F. Dalecki (1881-1959) (-Scranton, PA via Maspeth, NY)
  
• Józef Dalecki (1884-1969)
  
• Andrzej "Andrew" Dalecki (1885-)
• Mateusz Dalecki (1857-1857)
• Franciszeka Dalecka (1862-1862)
• Wojciech Dalecki (1865-?) 

MIGRATION OF DESCENDANTS OF  JóZEF AND ANTONINA

Marianna Dalecka and Marcin Widecki's daughters Elzbieta Widecka and Helena Widecka immigrated to the US. Both settled in Brooklyn, where they raised their families and later died.

 

Elzbieta married Jakub Ptaszyński in 1900 in Gostynin and immigrated to the US sometime between 1902 (when her first child, Anna, was born in Gostynin) and 1907 (when her second child, Julius, was born in Brooklyn). Helena immigrated in 1910 and in the following year married Felix Filipiak. The connection to Helena has been confirmed all three of Helena and Felix's children (Irene, Edward, and Henry) through ten DNA matches. 

 

Jadwiga Dalecka and Dionizy Dominik Miękicki were married in 1868 in Gostynin and had four children: 

• Zuzanna Miękicka (1873-1875)
• Jakub Miękicki (1876-1877)
• Franciszek Miękicki (1878-1899)
• Antoinette (Antonina) Miękicka (1880-1975). 

All four children were baptized in Trębki, Stanisławów, Mazowieckie, which is where Jadwiga and Dionizy were living when Dionizy died in 1882. 

Two years later (1868), Jadwiga Dalecka married Andrzej Dobrowolski, moved to Gostynin Sochora and had three more children: 

• Jan Dobrowolski (1886-1969) married Antonina Żurowska in 1906 in Gostynin
  
• Józefa Dobrowolska (1889-?) married Marcin Szałkiewiczin 1906 in Gostynin
  
• Józef Dobrowolski (1892-?). 

Both Antonina Miękicka and Jan Dobrowolski immigrated to the US. 

Antonina Miękicka married Antoni Supryka in 1900. They had one child, Władysław, b. 1902 in Gostynin, Czarty. Antonina married Marek Stańczyk in 1906 and as noted in their marriage record, Antonina was widowed.  Also of note, is that Marek's mother was Antonina Supryka. I have not researched the relationship between Antoni and Antonina Supryka.  Antonina and Marek immigrated to the US and settled in Baltimore, Maryland. 

There they raised seven children:

• Helen (b. 1906 in Poland)
• Jenny (b. 1912 in Baltimore)
• Jimmy (b. 1912 in Baltimore)
• Josephine (b. 1915 in Baltimore)
• Edwood (b. 1917 in Baltimore)
• Frances (b. 1921 in Baltimore)
• Henry (b. 1923 in Baltimore)

The connection to Antonina is confirmed through a DNA match to Henry and Helen Stańczyk's descendants (KL and MAP, respectively). 

The situation with Jan is more complicated.  As mentioned above, he married Antonina Żurowska in 1906 in Gostynin.

 Between 1907 and 1912, they had three children:

• Lucjan Dobrowolski (1907-?) Baptized in Gostynin, Czarty.
• Tadeusz Dobrowolski (1910-?) Baptized in Gostynin, Czarty.
• Stanisława Dobrowolski (1912-?) Baptized in Gostynin, Czarty.

Antonina Żurowska appears to have died in 1912, but this is unconfirmed as there are no parents listed on the death record and the location is Wyszogród, about 20 miles from Gostynin. 

By 1913, Jan Dobrowolski had immigrated to the US and was living in Chicago where his son Joseph was born to Jan and Zofia Wilińska.  

 

Jan's declaration to become a US citizen, dated 12 May 1919, states that he was born on 15 May 1885 in Sochora, Poland. (Note: Sochora is a hamlet in Gostynin, Mazowieckie. Sochora is situated nearby to the hamlets Czarty and Wyrobki). It also states that his wife's name is Zofie and she was born in Russia and resides at Chicago, Ill.  According to the 1920 census (Chicago Ward 16), Jan (John) immigrated in 1905 and Sophia immigrated in 1909.

Jan's petition for naturalization (dated 3 June 1925) states that he is a widower with three children. 

• Joseph (b. 16 Feb 1913 in Chicago)
• Rose (b. 30 Aug. 1914 in Chicago)
• Sophie (b. 16 Nov. 1916 in Chicago). 

The connection to Jan is confirmed through a DNA match to Jan's daughter, Rose Dobrowolska's descendant (KL).  

 

Józef's son Franciszek Dalecki (1857-?) was born in Gostynin in 1857.  He was one of a set of twins (sadly, his brother Mateusz did not live). In 1879, Franciszek married Antonina Pryzmorska in Gostynin at the age of 22. He lived out his life in Gostynin. 

  

 

 Franciszek and Antonina had nine children:

• Ewa Dalecka
• Adam F. Dalecki (1881-1959)
  
• Józef Dalecki (1884-1969)
  
• Andrzej "Andrew" Dalecki (1885-)
  
• Marianna Dalecka
• Leon Dalecki
  
• Elzbieta Dalecka
• Józefa Dalecka
  

Adam Dalecki  -  Adam married Marianna Włodarczyk in Poland in 1904 in the village of Legarda, Gostynin.  They had four children between 1905 and 1911:

Adam first immigrated in 1911.  The manifest states that his wife's name is Marianna (living in Poland) and that his brother Józef  is living at 142 Clinton Ave., Maspeth, NY. 

 

 

The 1913 manifest for Adam states that he is 31 years old, married to Marianna, and from Gostynin. It states that he was living in the US from 1911-1913 in Brooklyn and destined for 5 Meadow Dr., Bayonne, NJ. Adam's WWI draft record (1918) states that his wife is Mary and he is living in Bayonne, NJ at the time. 

 

 

There is an Adam Dalecki that eventually settled in Scranton, PA. Adam's WW2 draft card states that his birth place is Warsaw, Gustenen (Gostynin?), Russia and he is living at 123 Moran Ct, Scranton, PA. His next of kin is John H. Kapuscinski (better known as John Smith according to his WW2 draft card). However, Adam's death record, issued in PA on 19 Jan 1959, states that he was never married. Perhaps Marianna never immigrated (she is listed as living in Poland on both the 1911 and 1913 manifests) (Note: There is also an Adam Dalecki in Wilmington, DE, but he was married to Władsława and is listed on the 1910 census as living in Delaware, so this cannot be "our" Adam. Adam (from Delaware) died in 1938. Unfortunately, there is a significant amount of misinformation and confusion on Ancestry).

 

Franciszek Dalecki's  (1857-?) son Józef Dalecki (1884-1969) was born 15 Mar 1884 in Gostynin. Józef left for the New World on 13 March 1909 from Hamburg, arriving on Mar 28 1909 in Ellis Island. The manifest states that he is from Gostynin and his father is Frank Dalecki. It also states that the person in the US is his brother in law: and the text looks very much like Jan Nadworny, Brooklyn - Could he have been going to visit my great-grandmother Brygida?

 

Józef Dalecki (1884-1969) Manifest from 1909

In 1915, according to the NY State census Józef was living as a boarder in the home of Felix and Helen Philipyak (born in Russia) at 142 Clinton Ave, Queens.  Helen is likely Helena Widecka, cousin of Józef and Andrzej, married to Felix Filipiak and daughter of Marianna Dalecka, Józef was 30 at the time and working as a laborer in the chemical industry.  The address is the same address Andryzj provided for the ship manifest in 1912 (at the time "Jan" was living there).  

 

Józef married Francesca Jozwiak on 5 Aug 1915 and their first child Honorata (Henrietta) was born the next year on 12 Nov 1916.  Accoring to Józef's (Joe's) WW1 draft card he was living at 138 Clinton Ave., Maspeth, Queens on Sept. 17, 1918.  He was a lead burner for General Chemical Co., NY. His son, John, was born 31 May 1918. Józef was still living at the same address in 1920 (census).  However, he must have returned to Poland in 1921 or 1922 as he is listed on a manifest as having arrived in NYC on Feb 20, 1923 on the ship Frederik VII. The manifest states that he was 38 old and married to Franciszka, brother: Andrzej. The manifest states that he was in the US from 1912-1921. 

Józef Dalecki (1884-1969) Manifest from 1923 (ship Frederik VII)

Józef  must have returned to Poland yet again, returning to New York on Oct 7 1925.  He sailed from Copenhagen on the SS. Hellig Olav, leaving port on 25 Sept 1925. The manifest states that he is a farmer and able to read and write in both Polish and English.  He states that his wife is Franciszka and both she and he are from Gostynin, Poland.  He is destined for Maspeth, Queens.  His brother, Andrzej, is living at 142 Planton, Ave., Maspeth, NJ. This is the first manifest where an immigration visa number (60461) is noted.

 

Józef and Franciszka had two children Honorata (1916-?) and John (1918-2001).  John married Jane Czizelaska.  The connection has been verifed through DNA matches to John's grandchildren JC and BD. 

 

According to Diane Dalecki, granddaughter of Andrzej, Józef passed away on 11 Aug 1969 and is buried in Gostynin.

Courtesy of Diane Dalecki

Andrezej "Andrew" Dalecki  was born 15 March 1885 in Gostynin. According to a 1912 ship manifest for Andryz, brother "Jan" was living at 142 Clinton Ave. Maspeth, Queens. However, brother "Jan" was likely his cousin. 

 

 

 

 

On 26 Jun 1915, in Queens, NYC, Andrew married Honorata Gorska. 

 

Andrew was naturalized in 1945.

Andrew and Honorata had five children: Chester (1917-1990), Frank (1919-2000), Jean (1920-2009), Joseph (1922-1989), and Henry Stanislaus (1924-2013). I have traced the connection to Andrew through Henri and Mary Joan Olszanski's three children: PD, DD, and RD, and their grandchild AD. I have also traced the connection to Andrew to AB and DB. 

 

Józefa Dalecka had two children who immigrated to the US.  Marianna (father: Karol Kuliński) and Brygida (father unknown). Adam remained in Poland.

 

Marianna (1882-1972) was born in Gostynin to Karol and Józefa. She married Józef Palczewski (1880-1944) in 1900. Józef and Marianna had three children between 1901 and 1905: Franciszka (1901-1903), Adam, and Wanda. Marianna immigrated to the US in 1914, leaving behind Adam and Wanda, and joining her husband, Józef, in Brooklyn. Józef had immigrated to the US, arriving in Ellis Island on 5 Dec 1912. Whether Marianna and Józef planned to send for them later, we shall never know. Walter Joseph (1915-1991) was born in Brooklyn. In 1920, Józef worked as a helper in an iron foundry and Marianna was working as a cleaner in a piano factory. Edward Andrew was born in 1924. In 1930, Marianna was baking biscuits, Józef was working in a metal shop, and Walter was working as an errand boy for a grocery. Marianna lived ar 170 Diamond St., Brooklyn until her death in 1972.  The connection has been verified through DNA matches to Marianna's great-grandchildren PP and KS and to several other descendants of Edward.

Wanda Palczewska (b. 1902) and Adam Palczewski (b. 1904) with Józefa Dalecka and Karol Kuliński (Abt. 1912)

 

My great grandmother immigrated sometime before 1906, when she married Jan Nadwodny in Brooklyn.  I've documented her passage from Gostynin to Brooklyn in another post. The connection has been verified through numerous DNA matche to my mom, me, and to my son.

 

MIGRATION OF DESCENDANTS OF ANDREZJ AND MALGORZATA

The Delaware clan descended directly from Grzegorz Dalecki and Teresa Kaczmarek (Kwiatkowska).

• Andrezj Dalecki (married Małgorzata Dobrzyńska) (brother of Józef Dalecki)
  
• Władysław Dalecki (married Tekla Śmiałkowska in 1876)
• Adam Andrzej Dalecki (1881-1938)
• Jan (John) Paul Dalecki (1885-1966) (married Kazmiera Kempczinska)
• Roman Dalecki (1888-?)
  
• Antoni "Anthony" Dalecki (1890-1922)
• Stefan Jan Dalecki (1893-1984)
  

Adam was born in the village of Mysłownia, Gostynin, Poland. He immigrated to the US on 21 Oct 1901 where he married to Władsława "Elise" Bialkowska (age 18).  

 

In 1910, Adam was working as an ironer in the Morocco industry. According to his intention to become a US citizen record in 1912, he was a morocco worker. Interestingly, on 20 Feb 1912, Władsława and children Henryk, Janina, and Helena arrived in NY after visiting Poland. Władsława lists her father as Franciszek Bialkowski. Zofia Bialkowski (age 16) accompanied them on the voyage. Adam was naturalized in 1915. In 1919 he became president of the Delaware Polish Beneficial Anssociation and served in this role until 1927. Two years after the Polish Republic was proclaimed on November 3, 1918, Adam served on the music committee for the celebration of the visit of the Polish ambassador Prince Casimer Lubomirski. 

July 6, 1920 article about the parade in honor of Prince Lubomirski's visit to Wilmington.

 

By 1930 Adam was working as a solicitor in the life insurance industry. 

Published 16 Aug 1927 in Wilmington, Delaware

Jan immigrated in 13 Jun 1904.  Jan/ John Dalecki (bapt. 23 June 1885).  Jan immigrated to US in 1904 and married Kazimiera Kempczinski on 21 Oct. 1908 in St. Hedwig's RC Church, Wilmington, Delaware. In 1910, Jan was renting a house and was a laborer in a Morocco shop (1910 census).  By 1920, Jan was a farmer and owned his own farm on Ruthley Road in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware. The connection is confirmed by DNA matches to SL and DD.

 

Antoni immigrated 31 Oct 1906 from Hamburg,  He arrived in Liverpool on 7 Nov 1906 and then in Philadelphia on 22 Nov 1906.  The manifest states that he is joining Jan Dalecki in Wilmington, DE. According to the 1910 census, he was living with Jan and Kazimiera. Antoni married Stansława Stella Binasiewicz in Reading, PA on 23 Jan 1911.  According to the 1920 census, his occupation was leather worker in the Morocco industry. 

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
Portrait of an Industrial City, 1830-1910 by Carol E. Hoffecker

Stefan immigrated 3 June 1914 according to his Declaration of Intention to naturalize. He married Katarzyna Kossek on 9 Jan 1916.  Stefan also entered the US on 28 Jul 1922 in NY.  According to the 1922 manifest, his final destination was Wilmington, Delaware, and he was married. His wife Katarzyna Kossek was already in the US in 1922. Stefan and Katarzyna's son Edward was born in Delaware in 1916. According to his WW1 draft card (5 Jun 1917) he was a leather worker.  Stefan was a glazer and working in the Morocco industry according to the 1930 census.