Forgot to tell you there were 33 adults in the province of Cze~stochowskie in 1990 with the last name of Polk. Nazwisko Ogólna liczba Rozmieszczenie Polk 171 Wa:5, By:5, Cz:33, Gd:3, Ka:112, Ko:1, Ad:7, Op:2, Sz:3 There is one person in Boronów with the last name of Polk, who has a listed telephone number: Hildegarda Polk Niwska TEL (34) 3539206 Borono~w Hildegarda lives on Niwska in Borono~w. Zip code for Borono~w is 42-283. Tina At 06:19 PM 6/27/2007 -0700, you wrote: >My gr-gr-grandfather, Francis (Franz) Polk, was one of the founders of >Parisville in the "Thumb" of Michigan. Parisville is, arguably, the first >Polish community founded in the US. Francis Polk was born in Boronow, >Lubliniec, Poland, April 27, 1812. He married Josepha Slawik, September >14, 1835, in Dembowa Gora, Lubliniec, Poland. > > In the early 1850s, Francis and his family left for North America, > arriving in Quebec---I'm not sure how they got there. Shortly afterword, > they settled in Ontario (Canada West), in/near a town named Paris (hence > the eventual name Parisville in Michigan). While in Ontario, Francis and > other Poles helped the Canadians build several of their railroad > systems. In what was probably late 1854 or early 1855, Francis and a > couple of others emigrated to Michigan, founding the town of Parisville. > > I have not been successful in finding out how they got to Quebec, any > information concerning the lifes and times of the Poles in Paris, > Ontario, or how they got to Michigan. If you could help me gain insight > about these travels and times, it would be very much appreciated > > Franz's parents were Andreas Polk [b. Abt1766--probably Boronow, > Lubliniec, Poland] and Marianna (Geüssler) Geisler [b. Abt > 1774--probably Boronow, Lubliniec, Poland]. I would like to learn more > about these parents and hopefully their ancestors. Thank you. > > Charles Chase > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message