Mary, this is the most remarkable bit of detective work I have seen in a long time. I have not done family research in a while because I now have two websites, but your research made me want to go back and find a family! Great Job! Patricia in Cleveland --- On Thu, 4/23/09, galicia-request@rootsweb.com <galicia-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: From: galicia-request@rootsweb.com <galicia-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: GALICIA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 8 To: galicia@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 3:00 AM If you'd like to post a message so everyone on the mailing list receives it, just send it to: GALICIA@rootsweb.com. It will then be sent on to everyone on the subscriber list. Please note that the address to post messages to the list is NOT the same as the address to (un)subscribe. Don't forget to edit the subject line to reflect the topic of your reply, and please remember NOT to include the entire digest when clicking reply! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * There are two sending formats of the digest: plain (inline) text and MIME (attached messages). If you'd like to switch the format of your digest, write GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com to request your digest format be changed. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * List manager: galicia-admin@rootsweb.com Today's Topics: 1. Re: TWORK family (Mary Snow) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:31:20 -0400 From: Mary Snow <marysnow@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [GALICIA] TWORK family To: galicia@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <49EF6278.8010403@bellsouth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hello, Margaret, In addition to the excellent information provided by Dennis and Marie, here are a few more tidbits. There is a microfilm available from the LDS for Lemont church records; information at this site: http://www.pgsa.org/stcyr.php There is a record of an Andrew Tworej's birth on September 12, 1896 at Ss. Cyril & Methodius Church Index, Lemont, IL. His father was Sebastian and mother Maria Szewcek. This does not match with the 1900 census record, which states Andrew b. Mar., 1895, nor your date of April, 1895; nor maiden name of mother. You may be able to use name variations to find your Andrew. As stated, parish records would be the place to seek the exact town in Poland, as well as naturalization records. In the 1900 census, Sebastian was not yet a citizen. In the 1910 census, Sylvester Twarok indicates he became a citizen in 1900, so Chippewa County may have this documentation, as well as Bay County where Sebastian/Sylvester lived by 1910. The 1920 census says Sebastian Twork had applied for citizenship papers, meaning he was not yet a citizen, so another mystery presents itself. The 1900 census record in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, shows birth dates as follows: Sebastian Tworg, Jan. 1866, Gallatia; Mary, b. July, 1872, Gallatia; Frank, b. Oct. 1892, Gallatia; Andrew, b. Mar., 1895, Illinois; Josie, b. Mar, 1898, New York; Annie, b. Oct, 1899, Michigan. You will see Twork information at this Pinconning, Michigan, site with some dates that may be useful: http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/bay/1906-2008%20Birth-Death-Marriage%20Index.htm The death certificates of Sebastian, Mary, and Frank are another possible source. According to the Social Security Death Index, Frank died in 1971; his Social Security application (can be ordered through the SS-5 letter on site, but only available to US addresses) would have place of birth, names of parents, including mother's maiden name: http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ FRANK TWORK b. 14 Sep 1892 d. May 1971 Place of death: Gladwin, Gladwin County, MI 48624 The County Clerk's office would be the source of Frank's death certificate. http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18635_20736-56581--,00.html Gladwin County Clerk 401 West Cedar Avenue Gladwin, MI 48624-2088 Phone: 989-426-7351 Fax: 989-426-6917 E-mail: countyclerk@www.gladwinco.com Frank's marriage to Anna Seger can be found in a search for Frank Twork at the pilot site of familysearch.org; in this marriage record, his mother's name is listed as Weikle; unfortunately, his birthplaces is listed simply as Poland. Additional information on the records indicates Frank 'served in war against Germany. http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;t=searchable;c=1463145 Ancestry.com should have the WWI draft registration card for Frank, maybe with name of his birth town. Subscription required to access record, though a search will show several possibilities for Frank in the WWI draft registration. I do not find Frank returning through Ellis Island at the end of the war, however. http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html Best regards, Mary Margaret Rose wrote: > I live in England but have relatives in Michigan who are descendants of TWORCK family from Poland. The spelling of the surname may not be correct but the relatives I have spell it as TWORK. It may also have been spelt as TWOREK, TWAROK, TWORG > > I am trying to find the marriage of Sylvestor or could be Sebastion TWORCK (spelling may be incorrect) to Mary WAKE /WAKO (spelling may be incorrect). > > I am guessing they were born approx. 1860's/1870's > > I have no idea where in Poland he came from, neither do his descendants who I managed to trace in January this year, we have spoken by phone. I have been able to tell them about their Scots ancestors. > > I am assuming they were married before they emigrated to USA. Their first son known as Frank was born 1892 in Poland. > > The 2nd child was born April 1895 Lemont, Illinois USA. He was Andrew M TWORCK who married my great aunt Christina Jessie WILSON who emigrated from Scotland in 1922. Her brother Harry was my grandfather. > > I am interested to learn where and when they married, and also where they sailed from and to where in USA when they emigrated. > > I would love to hear from anyone who can help me. > > Regards > > M Rose nee Wilson > > ------------------------------ End of GALICIA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 8 *************************************