PROUD 
TO BE POLISH, ENGLISH, WELSH, SCOTS, IRISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN !!!
THE MAN WHO VIEWS THE WORLD
AT 50
THE SAME WAY HE DID AT 20.... HAS WASTED 30 YEAR
OF HIS LIFE
My name is Joe Filipowicz. I am located in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Down here, I am "one of the few, the proud, the Polish!"
I was however born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Erie is heavily populated by descendants of Polish immigrants (and other groups).
THE ENGLISH -WELSH - SCOTCH - IRISH - GERMAN - DUTCH- FRENCH side of my roots
Here are some links to the best genealogy websites on the web that pertain to my subject:
Cyndi's List for Index to
Genealogy Sites on the Internet
My Grandfather came from the Province of Mazowieckie also known as Mazovia or Mazowsze
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of Poland.
Filipowicz
NOTE: { indicates aprox English pronunciation
}
The name FILIPOWICZ
is a typical familial name. 'FILIP' stands for "Phillip" and
"WICZ" stands for "son of". The "O" is a connector. so, the
name FILIPOWICZ would translate "Phillipson" or "Phillips in English.
My particular FILIPOWICZ connection stems from Stanislaw Filipowicz. He left the small Polish village of Udrzyn, Poreba, [now] Mazowieckie Province in 1913 at the age of 18. On the above map, it would be up in the northeast corner of the District of Wolomin.
Urdzyn is about 45 miles northeast of Warszawa very near the Bug River. What is quite unusual is that Grandfather Stanislaw the only member of his immediate family who ever came to America !
He had told me he came
to America because he had been drafted into the Russian Army for he foresaw
the war (WWI) that was on the horizon. So he left for America through
a port on the Baltic. He eventually came to stay with an aunt in
Erie, Pa.
His parents were Julian FILIPOWICZ (born 1869) and Franceszka ANDRYSZCZYK (born 1873). Julian was born on the family farm in Razny. Razny is across the Bug River from Udrzyn. Franceszka was born in Osuchowa Nowa, a town northwest of Udrzyn. They both died in Udrzyn, Poreba {Poremba}, Mazowieckie Province, Poland and are buried in the cemetery at Poreba, Mazowieckie Province, Poland.
What Udrzyn means
and where is it:
Udrzyn became famous
during the Napoleonic Wars because of the patriotic activities of the village
women who cut cloth into strips to be used for bandages for Polish soldiers.
The word "Udrzyn: is a variation on the Polish word for "Tear".
Udrzyn is very close to the Bug River, aproximately 45 miles northeast of Warsaw in the present day district of Poreba in the province of Mazowiekie.
I am told that is a
very old village where my ancestors and relatives have lived for many generations.
Julian's parents were FRANCISZEK FILIPOWICZ and KATARZYNA (maiden name unknown at this time). They both died in Udrzyn, Poreba {Poremba}, Mazowieckie Province, Poland and are buried in the cemetery at Poreba, Mazowieckie Province, Poland near the rest of the family.
HAVE
YOU SEEN THE MISSING FILIPOWICZ BROTHERS?????
Prior
to 1913, four brothers of Julian Filipowicz left for America. At this time
their names and destinations are unknown. Can you help with this
mystery?
My Grandmother's Parents came from:
PODLASKIE (northeastern part of Polska)
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of Poland.
CHYLINSKI
- HILINSKI ROOTS
Franciszek Chylinski, my great-grandfather, is thought to have come from the tiny village of Kieliany. It is now with the redistricting of several years ago, now in Podlaskie Province in Poland. The nearest large city would be Bialystok.
Great Grampa Frank came to America probably through one of the ports on the Baltic such as Bremen, Germany or Antwerp Belgium.
He came into the port of New York City through a facility that had only been open in 1897 for five years. It was in a very controlled place called Ellis Island.
He
was born in 1875, the son of Theophilus Chylinski and Maria Hojinowska.
He originally lived in the Bronx, New York City until about 1903-1904.
He married Antonina Pleczynska
on 15 January 1899 in St. Adelbert's Roman Catholic Church, in the Bronx,
New York City. The church is now closed but it is still standing.
It is assumed that he left the Bronx and proceeded directly with his wife, Antonina, and two young daughters Veronica and Felicia to Erie, Pennsylvania where he took up residence for the rest of his life. Other members of the family including the father, Theophilus, and mother, Maria, and several brothers and sisters accompanied him to Erie: Feliksa (Mrs. Walter) Gutowski.
Frank
and Antoinette lived in various locations in Erie. Frank spent his
working days as a foundry molder, a very dirty, hot, and dangerous job
which made young men old men quickly.
and for the rest it is UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
