The Bielawa Family
Descendants of Maciej Bielawa, Środa region (south of Poznań)

(Close up of region:
ancestral villages underlined)
Please note that the my own Bielawa family does not come
from Galicia, but from another part of Poland, namely, the region south of Poznań
around the town of Środa.
Therefore, much of the research methodology found on
these Galician web pages does not relate to Poznan region, which was
historically part of the Prussian or German Partition of Poland.
For more information and research methodology, please visit my page on the
Prussian Partition of Poland
Basic Family Outline of Maciej Bielawa and His Descendants
First Generation
Maciej BIELAWA
(circa
1795
- 10 Dec
1829, Brzezie, Winna Góra parish:
Pg1,
Pg2) -
Zofia LIS
(Bapt. 14 May
1795 – 2 Dec 1858, Brzezie, Winna Góra
parish:
Pg1,
Pg2)
Married 8 Nov 1812 in Mądre, Mądre parish
(Marriage
Record Pg1,
Pg2)
(all info matches excpet Maciej’s last
name listed as PAZGRAD. Perhaps step-father or error?)
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Antoni |
7 May 1814 in Nadziejewo,
Mądre parish. Written as BIELAWIAK
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(Birth record) |
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Jan |
11 Jan 1816 in Mądre, Mądre parish. Written as BIELAWIAK |
(Birth
record) |
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Katarzyna |
24 Nov 1818 in Humer (now Jeziory Małe),
Zaniemyśl parish.
Written as BIELAWIAK |
(Birth record
Pg1, Pg2) |
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Zofia |
4 Sep
1821 in
Mądre,
Mądre parish. Written as BIELAWIAK |
(Birth record) |
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Bartłomiej |
17 Aug
1824 in
Slupia, Środa parish.
Written as BIELAWIAK |
(Birth
record) |
2nd Marriage of Zofia LIS BIELAWA
(circa
1795 – 2 Dec
1858:
Pg1,
Pg2)
to
Bartłomiej BARTCZAK (circa 1779 - ?)
Married 12 Jul 1835 in Brzezie,
Winna Góra parish (Marriage
Record)
Second
Generation
Jan BIELAWA
(11 Jan 1816 in Mądre, Mądre parish:
Pg1,
Pg2 –
19 Oct 1873
in
Miłosław, Miłosław parish: Pg1)
– Marcianna SZAŁAPIETA, maiden name ZAWORSKA
(9 Jan 1800 in Białe Piątkowo, Winna Góra parish:
Birth record
– 14 April 1864 in Białe Piątkowo, Winna Góra parish:
Death record Pg1,
Pg2)
(1st marriage of Marcianna ZAWORSKA to Walenty SZAŁAPIETA
(circa
1796 - 5 Feb 1841 in Białe Piątkowo, Winna Góra parish:
Pg1)
Married 31 May 1841 in Brzezie, Winna Góra
parish:
Marriage
Record Pg1,
Pg2
2nd Marriage of Jan BIELAWA to Marianna KIERNIKIEWICZ on 26 Jun
1864 in
Winna Góra parish. (Marriage
record Pg1,
Pg2,
Pg3)
Third
Generation
Wojciech BIELAWA
(19 Mar
1842 in Białe Piątkowo, Winna Góra parish:
Birth
Record Pg1,
Pg2
– 21 Dec
1914 in Schenectady, New York:
Death Record,
Obit.)
– Franciszka ORZECHOWSKA
(2 Aug 1850 in Lipie, Miłosław parish – 1879)
Married 1867 in Lipie, Miłosław parish
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Kazimierz |
22 Feb 1869 in Lipie, Miłosław parish |
(Birth
Record
Pg1,
Pg2) |
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Marianna |
15 Mar 1872 in Lipie, Miłosław parish |
(Birth
Record
Pg1,
Pg2) |
Died 9 Aug 1950 in Schenectady, New York (Obit.) |
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Franciszek |
31 Dec 1874 in Kębłowo, Miłosław parish |
(Birth
Record
Pg1,
Pg2) |
Began calling himself Frank SMITH (1930 & 1940
Censuses) |
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Stanisław |
5 Maz 1878 in Budziłowko, Biechowo parish |
(Birth Record Pg1,
Pg2) |
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Pelagia |
13 Nov 1879 in Budziłowko,
Biechowo parish |
(Church
Baptismal Record Pg1,
Pg2; |
Died 6 Jan 1880 in Gorzyce
(Death
Record,
Translation) |
Marianna
BIELAWA married Marek (Marion?) FRANKOWSKI on 16 Feb 1889 in Schenectady, New
York (Marriage record)
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Children: |
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Mary |
14 May 1890SSDI - 21 Feb 1977 (Obit.) |
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Jennie |
23 Dec 1892SSDI - 3 Nov
1984 (Obit.) |
married Richard GRIFFITHS on 14 Jun 1924, Colesville NY (Marriage
Rec.) |
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Anna |
20 Feb 1893SSDI - 6 May
1982 (Obit.) |
married name LOPUSZYNSKI / LOPUS |
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daughter Dorothy LOPUS |
circa 1914 - 25 Dec 1995 (Obit.) |
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Estelle / Stella / Stefania |
circa 1895 - |
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Minnie |
18 Jun 1896SSDI - 12 Apr
1972 (Obit.) |
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Frank G. HALTUREWICZ |
21 Jul 1905SSDI - 24 Nov
1969 (Obit.) |
married Stephanie ROGOWICZ |
2nd marriage of Wojciech BIELAWA
to
Balbina HOFFMANN
(14 Apr
1852 in Mikuszewo, Czeszewo parish:
Birth record
Pg1,
Pg2
– 14 Dec
1935 in Schenectady, New York:
Pg1,
Obit)
Married 9 Feb 1880 in Lipie, Miłosław parish
(Marriage records:
Church record Pg1,
Pg2.
Civil record Pg1,
Pg2,
translation)
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Parents of Balbina |
Jan HOFFMANN (ca 1821 - 17 Jul 1866 in Czeszewo,
Czeszewo parish)
(Death
record Pg1,
Pg2) |
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Marianna NOWICKA (ca 1824 - 29 Dec 1868 in Czeszewo,
Czeszewo parish) (Death
record,
Pg2) |
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Walenty |
Born 2 Feb
1881 in Gorzyce, Biechowo parish
(Birth records:
Church record Pg1,
Pg2,
close up pg1,
pg2;
Civil Pg1,
translation) |
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Married 28 Jan 1911 to Mary SZCZYGIEŁ in
Amsterdam, New York (Marriage records:
Church record;
State record Pg1,
Pg2) |
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Died 12 Apr 1945 in Amsterdam, New York (Death
record;
Obit.) |
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Jan |
Born 17 Jun
1883 in Lipie, Miłosław parish (Birth records:
Church record Pg1,
Pg2;
Civil record Pg1,
translation) |
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Died 6 Jul 1883 in Lipie,
Miłosław parish (Death records:
Church record Pg1,
Pg2;
Civil record Pg1,
translation) |
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Rozalia |
Born 2 Aug
1884 in Lipie,
Miłosław parish (Birth
records: Church
record Pg1, Pg2;
Civil record Pg1,
translation) |
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Married 4 Feb 1905 Leon OLSZEWSKI in Schenectady, New York (Marriage
record.
Note: this is a special record; it is the one and only record that led me back
to find the Bielawa family in Poland.) |
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Died 10 Sep 1954 in Schenectady, New York |
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Stanisław (Stephen) |
Born
20 Sep
1888 in
Schenectady, New York |
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Married 9 Nov 1912 to Stanisława (Sadie) STASZAK
(Marriage
record Pg1,
Pg2,
Pg3) |
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Died 27 Jul 1939 in Schenectady, New York (Death
record, Death
notice; Very
important obituary that lead to discovery of half-siblings!) |
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Jozefa (Jennie) |
Born
Jun
1889 in
Schenectady, New York |
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Married 7 Nov 1908 to Roman MATUJZA (Marriage
record Pg1,
Pg2,
Pg3) |
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Married 29 May 1920 to Wacław PRĄTNICKI (Marriage
record
Pg1,
Pg2,
Pg3) |
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Died 12 Apr 1971 in Schenectady, New York |
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Jan (John) |
Born
1 May
1892 in
Schenectady, New York |
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Married 26 Sep 1914 to Rozalia (Rose) SZYPURA (SZCZYPURA) (Marriage
record Pg1,
Pg2) |
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Died 14 Nov 1948 in Schenectady, New York (Death
record, Obit.) |
See much more on the descendants of Wojciech
Bielawa and Balbina Hoffmann
Here are some maps showing our ancestral villages:
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