Bukowski & Kwiatkowski Research Update: Männlichen Bukowski

This is the second post in the Bukowski & Kwiatkowski Research Update Series. This series will be focused on two Polish immigrants, my 2nd great-grandparents, who settled in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania and their family members.  Vincinety Frank Bukowski and Franciska Kwiatkowski arrived at Ellis Island 1 May 1895 with three small children - Teo Fila, Catherine and William. The family had sailed from Antwerp, Belgium on the Noorland. The family was very quiet about their past - leaving few clues to where they lived in Poland and why they left. All that was known is that the family resided on the Prussian or German side of the Polish partition. The city of origin for the family was previously unknown. Over the last year collaboration with other researchers, DNA results and newly discovered records have provided additional context to where in Poland the families were living prior to their journey to Ellis Island.

Other Posts in the Series:
9 February 2020: Bukowski & Kwiatkowski Research Update: Teo Fila Bukowski Birth Location Identified
22 February 2020: Bukowski & Kwiatkowski Research Update: Männlichen Bukowski

Bukowski & Kwiatkowski Research Update: Männlichen Bukowski

The first Polish record located for the family of Vincinety Frank Bukowski and Franciska Kwiatkowski was the birth registration record of their daughter Teo Fila Bukowski. The record was located in the Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945 database housed at Ancestry.

The database also included the death record of a son born to Vincinety Frank Bukowski and Franciska Kwiatkowski. The name on the record is Männlichen Bukowski which translates to a male child.

Infant Boy Bukowski Death Record 
20 Jan 1888
Ryńsk, Poland

The original record as recorded in German:

Nr. 4
Ryńsk am 20ten Januar 1888
Vor dem unterzeichneten Standesbeamten erschien heute, der Persönlichkeit nach bekannt, der Knecht Vincent Bukowski wohnhaft zu Ryńsk, und zeigte an, daß seine Ehefrau Franziska Bukowski geborne Kwiatkowska, katholischer Religion, wohnhaft zu Ryńsk bei dem Anzeigenden, am neunzehnten Januar des Jahres Tausend achthundert und acht und achtzig Vormittags zwoelf Uhr von einem Kinde, welches todt war, männlichen Geschlechts, entbunden worden ist. 17 Druckworte gestrichen.

Vorgelesen, genehmigt und wegen Schreibensunkunde von dem Anzeigenden unterkreuzt. 
+++ Handzeichen des Vincent Bukowski

Der Standesbeamte [signature] 

Zu No. 4 
Nebenstehende Anzeige wird dahin ergänzt, daß die Eltern des todtgeborenen Kindes beide katholischer Religion sind. 

Der Standesbeamte 
In Vertretung 
Kubitza

The German translation provided by German Script Experts:

No. 4
Ryńsk, January 20th 1888

Before the undersigned civil registrar appeared today, personally known, Vincent Bukowksi, a farmhand residing in Ryńsk, and reported that Franziska Bukowska née Kwiatkowska, his wife, of Catholic faith, residing with him in Ryńsk, had given birth to a male child on 19 January 1888 at 12 o’clock at noon, and that the child was stillborn. 17 preprinted words crossed out.

Read, approved, and signed with his mark because the informant is unable to write.
+++ Vincent Bukowski’s mark

The civil registrar
[signature]

Addendum to no. 4
This record is amended to include the information that both parents of the stillborn child are of Catholic faith.

The civil registrar
Deputy Kubitza

Vincinety Frank Bukowski and Franciska Kwiatkowski Family Group

With the addition of Männlichen or infant boy Bukowski there are eleven recorded children born to Vincinety Frank Bukowski and Franciska Kwiatkowski:

1. Männlichen Bukowski b. 19 January 1888 in Ryńsk, Poland
2. Teo Fila Bukowski b. 26 March 1889 in Ryńsk, Poland 
3. Catherine M. Bukowski b. 23 November 1891 in Poland
4. William F. Bukowski b. 14 September 1894 in Poland
5. John Frank Bukowski b. 7 December 1897 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
6. Gustave Joseph Bukowski b. 11 February 1899 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
7. Helen Tillie Bukowski b. 13 June 1901 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
8. Clara Tillie Bukowski b. 31 August 1903 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
9. Joseph R. Bukowski b. 4 July 1906 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
10. Josefa Bukowski b. 29 July 1908 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
11. Edward Bukowski b. 3 February 1911 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Franciska did leave clues that she was the mother of two additional children.

In the 1900 United States Federal Census Franciska indicated she was the mother of seven children and five children were living. Five children were recorded in the household - Teo Fila, Catherine, William, John and Gustave.

In the 1910 United States Federal Census Franciska indicated she was the mother of eleven children and eight children were living. The eight living children in 1910 include:  Teo Fila, Catherine, William, John, Gustave, Helen, Clara and Joseph.

Vincinety Frank Bukowski and Franciska Kwiatkowski Family Timeline

The death record for Männlichen Bukowski and the birth record for Teo Fila Bukowski both record Vincent working as a farmhand. The families movements in Poland are noted below.

• About 1886 Poland - Marriage of Vincinety Frank Bukowski and Franciska Kwiatkowski - exact location is currently not known.
• 19 January 1888 through 2 April 1889 the family is living in Ryńsk, Poland as recorded in death record for Männlichen Bukowski and birth record for Teo Fila Bukowski. 
• 23 November 1891 the family was living in Poland - birth of Catherine M. Bukowski - exact location is currently not known.
• 14 September 1894 the family was living in Poland - birth of William F. Bukowski - exact location is currently not known.
• 1895 Antwerp, Belgium - Port of Departure 
• 1 May 1895 New York, New York - Port of Arrival - Ellis Island 

The unknown child would have been my 2nd great uncle. He was the brother of my great-grandmother Helen Tillie Bukowski. Helen's son Arthur Murosky is my paternal grandfather.

References:

1. Ancestry.com. Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. 
2. Ellis Island Records, Bukowski, Vincent Manifest: First Name: Vincenty Last Name: Bukowski Ethnicity: Germany Last Place of Residence: Date of Arrival: May 01, 1895 Age at Arrival: 33y Gender: M Marital Status: Ship of Travel: Noordland Port 
3. 1900 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania, Erie, Erie, Ward 2, 1900 United States Federal Census Schedule; Online Images, Record for Bukowski, Vincent 1.
4. 1910 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania, Erie, Erie, 2nd Ward, 1910 United States Federal Census Schedule; Online Images, Record for Bukowski, Vincent.