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The Family of Adelbert Moraniec and Margaretha Wojtovicz
FAMILY OF ADELBERT MORANIEC AND MARGARETHA House #15 Bobrowa Note: all children Baptized on the day of birth 1.Marianna b. 6 Dec 1837 (baptized same day) 2. Laurentius (Waerzyniec) 4 Aug 1839 (baptized same day) Midwife: Agnes Janora Godparents: Stanislaw Janora & Maria Lipa Death: Oct 1839 3. Mateusz “MAX” b.14 Sep 1841 Midwife: AJ …
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Teresa Biedron Moraniec
TERESA BIEDRON MORANIEC Born in 1883 to Bartholomew Biedron and Teresa Grochowski (1862-7 Aug 1919 38 St Hedwig Detroit, buried 9 Aug 1919 Holy Cross Cemetery) in Glinik, Podkarpackie, Poland. Teresa’s grandparents were Stanislau and Mary Grochowski. She had a brother, named John Biedron (b. 1889 Austria) who married a Tekla Pajak (b. 1896…
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Helen Moraniec Lasecki
HELEN MORANIEC LASECKI Helen Josephine Moraniec (Gramma, or Babcia)was born 17 September 1896 in Detroit Michigan to Jozefa Garbaczyk and Jozef Moraniec. She was baptized Helena on the 20th of September in St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church by Rev. R.J. Byzewski. The godparents were Jacub Blycharski and Francis Kobak. Her first name came…
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The Moraniec and Garbaczyk Homeland, day three
Continuing our tour, on Day Two, we arrived at the parish office in Nagoszyn for our appointment with the assistant pastor at 7 PM. There was a slim window when the clergy would be available to answer questions, counsel parishioners and in our case, assist research. Our work would now focus on the Moraniec – Lipa…
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The Moraniec and Garbacik homeland, Day Two
This day would prove to be my most exciting day in Poland, though I didn’t figure that when we began since we’d decided to focus on our thorniest problem, the Garbaczyks. I still did not know the village of origin and did not believe we’d be able to figure it out in such a short period…
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The Moraniec and Garbacik Homeland
This tour, culminating our three week Poland escapade, rocked my previous genealogical knowledge straight out of the family history boat! Iwona Dakiniewicz, genealogist and tour guide extraordinaire, led Rebecca and me through the hills and dales of our matrilineal homeland. As a woman, my genetic load tilts more heavily on the mitochondrial line, the lineage…
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Josephine “Jozefa” Garbaczyk
JOSEPHINE GARBACZYK Jozefa was born 1876 in Glinik Polski, (near Jaslo). Galicia to Marcin Garbacik and Theresa Grochowska. But we have not found her birth record yet. 2016 NOTE: When Rebecca and I visited in 2012, we enjoyed a lovely time with our Kapala cousins, who now live on the farm where Josephine was born…
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MATEUSZ MORANIEC
MATEUSZ aka MAX MORANIEC Max was born 14 Sep 1841 in House #15 Bobrowa, Debica to Adelbert Moraniec and Margaretha Wojtovicz. This was the same house his father was born in, his grandfather lived in, and his children would come to life in as well. The midwife was Agnes Janora. The godparents were Martin Wojtovicz…
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Walter (Władysław) Casimir Łasecki
Walter (Władysława) Casimir Łasecki Son of Anthony Łasecki & Michalina Dych, born 18 Sep 1894 Detroit, MI. Where his parents had been living with his paternal grandmother. Godparents were?? The 1900 Census lists Walter as 5 years old living at 119 Superior Street in a mortgaged home in Ward 3 District 30, Detroit, with his father,…
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Big Joe Moraniec
BIG JOE MORANIEC JOSEPH MORANIEC aka “BIG JOE” Jozef was born 20 Nov 1868 to Matheus (Max) Moraniec and Katarzyna Lipa in House#15, in the village of Bobrowa, Galicia, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the eldest of the couples’ four children and the only one to survive into adulthood. Sister Barbara was born…
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Family of Marcin Lipa and Barbara Janora
Family of MARCIN LIPA & BARBARA JANORA (Big Joe’s Grandparents) Marcin, aka Martin Lipa was born on 12 Oct 1817 in House #14 Bobrowa to Jacob Lipa and Agnes Golembiowska aka Golemo. Barbara Janora was baptized on 2 Dec 1821 in House 71 Bobrowa to Szymon Janora and Teresa Gil. Martin and Barbara had…
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Origin of Moraniec family
Though we don’t exactly know the etymology of the Moraniec name ((pronounced Mor-an-yitz and spelled in the Latin records Moranice), Sue’s Polish language teacher, Beata, has told us that the name means “one from the border,” perhaps implying that the Moraniecs originated from Russia, Czech, or Slovakia? Iwona agreed that it most likely did not…
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Moraniec FB Group
If you think you may be related, you may wish to check out the new Moraniec FaceBook group begun by Dana Moraniec in Connecticut. Here is a post by Sue Prusinski: My mom, Priscilla, said that it was her grandfather that owned the dairy store and she remembers her mom (Helen)telling her stories about carrying…