RELATIONSHIP: 3rd great-grandfather

Jan KOSCIELNIAK 🇵🇱 –> Stella KOSCIELNIAK 🇺🇸 –> Frances IGLINSKA 🇺🇸 –> Stephen GRACZYK 🇺🇸 –> Karen GRACZYK 🇺🇸 –> Craig KANALLEY 🇺🇸

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FATHER: Pawel KOSCIELNIAK alias MROZIK
MOTHER: Jadwiga BANDOSZ

BORN: 9 Oct 1851 Kromolice, Wielkopolskie, Poland¹
BAPTIZED: 12 Oct 1851 Kórnik Parish, Wielkopolskie, Poland1
GODPARENTS: Peter STASIK, widow of Kromolice, and Regina FLUDRA of Bieganowo¹ (note: this was his mother’s aunt – Regina NOWAK KASPERSKI FLUDRA)

RELIGION: Catholic
OCCUPATION: Laborer

MARRIED (1): 16 Nov 1879 Splawie, Wielkopolskie, Poland
WIFE: Marianna KACZMAREK, daughter of Szymon KACZMAREK & Nepomuzena GOSTYNIAK

CHILDREN:

• Jadwiga, born 1881 Poland
• Frank, born 1884 Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA
• Josephine, born 1886 Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA, married Marcin STRZELCZYK
• John, born 1888 Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA, married Constance PIECHOWIAK

MARRIED (2): c1890 Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
WIFE: Marianna BORUCKA, daughter of Michal BORUCKI & Karolina LIS

CHILDREN:

• Stella, born 1890 Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA, married Ludwik IGLINSKI
• Stanley, born 1892 Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA
• Catherine, born 1893 Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA
• Marianna, born 1894 Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA
• Pearl, born 1897 Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA, married Stanley MACIEJEWSKI
• Martin, born 1898 Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA, married Theodora MARASZEK
• Michael, born 1900 Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA, married Marianna WALCZAK
• Rose, born 1904 Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA, married Sebastian GIARGIANO

IMMIGRATED: c1884
INTERESTING FACT: His younger brother Wawrzyn (Lawrence) KOSCIELNIAK also came to America, settling in Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Lawrence’s descendants are DNA matching Jan’s descendants.

DIED: 1 Apr 1929 Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA, age 77 years old^2,3
BURIED: 4 Apr 1929 Holy Mother of the Rosary RC Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie, NY, USA⁴

SOURCES

1. Poland, Wielkopolskie, Poznań, Kórnik Roman Catholic Church Records, 1732-1934 – Kościół rzymsko-katolicki. Parafja Kórnik (Śrem)
2. USA, New York, Erie, Buffalo, Death Certificate, Buffalo City Hall
3. USA, New York, Erie, Buffalo, Dziennik Dla Wszystkich (Polish Everybody’s Daily) Newspaper – NYS Historic Newspapers
4. USA, New York, Erie, Cheektowaga, Holy Mother of the Rosary Parish Cemetery Records – Find A Grave

ANCESTORS [back to top]

PARENTS:
Pawel KOSCIELNIAK alias MROZIK *Nadziejewo POL 🇵🇱 +1860 Strzeszki POL 🇵🇱
Jadwiga BANDOSZ *1821 Madre POL 🇵🇱

GRANDPARENTS:
Cecylia KOSCIELNIAK alias MROZIK *1786 Garby POL 🇵🇱

Franciszek BANDOSZ *1791 Czarnotki POL 🇵🇱 +1842 Petkowo POL 🇵🇱
Marianna NOWAK *1798 Madre POL 🇵🇱

GREAT-GRANDPARENTS:
Jakub MROZIK alias KOSCIELNIAK *c1754 POL 🇵🇱 +1809 Garby POL 🇵🇱
Helena LIS *c1758 POL 🇵🇱 +1792 Garby POL 🇵🇱

Andrzej BANDOSZ *1752 Czarnotki POL 🇵🇱 +1827 Czarnotki POL 🇵🇱
Regina BANASZAK *c1762 🇵🇱 +1852 Czarnotki POL 🇵🇱

Mikolaj NOWAK *1770 Madre POL 🇵🇱 +1827 Madre POL 🇵🇱
Katarzyna MIKOLAJCZAK alias JAKUBIAK *1778 Garby POL 🇵🇱

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