Friday, August 03, 2012

Surname Saturday #12: Wozniak

I don't know too much about this branch of my family, because church records are not readily available on microfilm. Here is what I do know:

1. Rozalia Zofia Wozniak
b. 1887, Osobnica, Jaslo County, Rzeszow Province, Poland
d. 22 Oct 1959, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
m. Wojciech (George) Czarny; 26 Oct 1908, Saints Peter & Paul Church, Chicago
*Children omitted for privacy reasons.

2. Wawrzyniec (Lawrence) Wozniak; (supposedly a 'mayor')
b. possibly Osobnica, Jaslo County, Rzeszow Province, Poland
d. possibly Osobnica, Jaslo County, Rzeszow Province, Poland
m. Agatha Turek; date unknown (may have died young?)
*Rozalia Zofia Wozniak, (above)
*Andrew Wozniak, b. 15 Sep 1889, Osobnica, Jaslo County, Rzeszow Province, Poland

Wednesday, August 01, 2012

The Nobility of Demeter Szük in 1690

Yesterday, I was able to obtain a written transcription from the 1730's of the 1690 patent of nobility that was issued to my 8th-great-grandfather, Demeter Szük. He was granted the nobility on 09 Jun 1690 by King Lipót I of Hungary, and was later recorded in Nagy-Ida, Abaúj county, Hungary on 11 Jan 1691. The four following images are copies of the transcription written in the 1730's. It has some great information on it! :)