Dear Polish Dragon and Group:   Thank you so much for the information and your suggestions.   The Sylvester and Laura Garjtkowski that you mention is the family that I refer to as "the other Sylvester to keep him separated from my Uncle Sylvester.  This poor family had 5 children that died in infancy, and the 4 month old is one of them.    As for the F. Gajtkowski buying 3188 Miller street in April, 1892 - this is news to me.  I will definitely try and get the Purchase papers.  Can you please tell me where you found this info?   OK - My grandparents originally settled in Philadelphia. I find them living in Egg Harbor, NY.  Franz is listed as a blacksmith and my grandmother as a domestic.  My aunts and one of the Victors were born in NJ.  In or about 1918 (I don't have the papers nearby), my grandmother purchased a five acre farm in Mulica Hill, NY.  This is on the outskirts of Egg Harbor.  My grandfather stayed in NJ and farmed.  My grandmother lived with her childred in various rented houses in Philadelphia.  Grandmom worked and those that lived with her were also working.  In 1920 you will find the family listed as living in Philadelphia, but I know for a fact that my grandfather lived on the farm most of the time and my grandparents and the children would go between the two houses.    In the late 1920s my grandmother purchased a 40 arcre farm which is listed as a butter and egg farm.  They also kept their first farm.  I still own that property and have researched it's purchase.  My grandmother must have liked land because she also owned three plots of ladn in Bristol, PA which in those days was farmland.  She is the one whose name is on all of the land my grandparents lived on.  An interesting concept for those days.   As for the three Victors, I also know that there was one born in NJ but died in Philadelphia.  I have the death certificates for all of these children.   As for a timeline -- I have done it for certain periods to try and sort out my Uncle Sylvestre and the othr Sylvester.  To paraphrase Scarlett O'Hara said, "As God is my witness, I will find where Franz Gajtkowski was born.!"   Thank you so muchfor the timeline suggestion. ________________________________ From: "polishdragon@att.net" <polishdragon@att.net> To: poland-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [POLAND] Franz Gajtkowski Can the Group Help? --- On Fri, 5/25/12, Penny Ruckle <penny.ruckle@yahoo.com> wrote:   > Franz came to the US in 1885.  The ship's manifest states > that he is from Prussia and going to Philadelphia. He > disembarked from the Port of Baltimore and came via land to > Philadelphia.  >   > There was a Sylvester Gajtkowski listed as living in > Philadelphia and I find murky information that suggests they > were related.  >   > The older Sylvester died at 34.  He is buried with > children with Polish names, but none that I can identify.  > This Sylvester had two daughters and one of them married a > Charles Solocki.  Penny: Not much help, but may serve to define your Sylvester line: March 19, 1900 Sylvester, son of Sylvester and Laura Gajtkowski, age 4 mos. died. Funeral from parents residence 3930 Coral St., Burial Holy Redeemer Cem. Also a F. Gajtkowski bought 3188 Miller St., in April 1892. Did you notice that the child,Victor, died in 1907 Phila. was born in New Jersey? What is the Jersey connection? Another Victor child died in 1900. Your situation is such that you may need to start a general Gajtkowski file and begin arranging them in family groups and doing "sideways" genealogy to see if they came from a general area. Sort of doing a jigsaw puzzle with people! May I suggest that when you have so much information to show us, that you do so in a timeline format, i.e. 1895 - Franz Gajtkowski arrives in Baltimore going to Phila. age --- --- - marries --- 1911 - (name) last of children born in --- Get the idea? You can always add info between the lines. PolishDragon@att.net ********************************* Need to contact the list manager?  Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Penny: I believe you mis-typed NY for NJ. Egg Harbor and Mullica Hill are in New Jersey. I have sent you the Miller St. source off-list. PolishDragon@att.net --- On Mon, 5/28/12, Penny Ruckle <penny.ruckle@yahoo.com> wrote:   > As for the F. Gajtkowski buying 3188 Miller street in April, > 1892 - this is news to me.  I will definitely try and get > the Purchase papers.  Can you please tell me where you > found this info? >   > OK - My grandparents originally settled in Philadelphia. I > find them living in Egg Harbor, NY.  Franz is listed as a > blacksmith and my grandmother as a domestic.  My aunts and > one of the Victors were born in NJ.  In or about 1918 (I > don't have the papers nearby), my grandmother purchased a > five acre farm in Mulica Hill, NY. 

You are correct, it was a typo.   Can you please tell me how to respond to someone off list? ________________________________ From: "polishdragon@att.net" <polishdragon@att.net> To: poland-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [POLAND] Franz Gajtkowski Update/correction Penny: I believe you mis-typed NY for NJ. Egg Harbor and Mullica Hill are in New Jersey. I have sent you the Miller St. source off-list. PolishDragon@att.net --- On Mon, 5/28/12, Penny Ruckle <penny.ruckle@yahoo.com> wrote:   > As for the F. Gajtkowski buying 3188 Miller street in April, > 1892 - this is news to me.  I will definitely try and get > the Purchase papers.  Can you please tell me where you > found this info? >   > OK - My grandparents originally settled in Philadelphia. I > find them living in Egg Harbor, NY.  Franz is listed as a > blacksmith and my grandmother as a domestic.  My aunts and > one of the Victors were born in NJ.  In or about 1918 (I > don't have the papers nearby), my grandmother purchased a > five acre farm in Mulica Hill, NY.  ********************************* Need to contact the list manager?  Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message