This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: janjer7 Surnames: Wisniewski, Trok, Durecki Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wisniewski/191.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You are definitely in the same part of Poland as my Victor Wisniewski & Antonina Trok. I didn't come across your Michael & Catherine but I also did not find the marriage record of Victor & Antonina. I don't know where Antonina's parents, Adalbert & Francisca (Durecki)Trok were married but have found the records of the baptisms of some of their children in the Glesno Catholic parish with Glesno as the place of residence. A death record for one Trok child in Glesno noted she was born in Debowo abt 1856. So maybe I need to look there for their marriage. (That's northeast of Sadki.) Antonina's godmother was Franciska Niedzewielzlka, virgo of Glesnenses. So apparently there is a connection. I found this immigration record which appears to be Victor & Antonina and Adalbert. Has Marie instead of Francisca. I know all four died in Washington County and are buried at St. Michael's in Radom. ( St. Michael's records are on The LDS Family History Website.) Ship: Strassburg From: Bremen To: Baltimore Arrival: 25 April 1880 W. Przybyl, 29, male, workman, from Prussia to Baltimore Maria " , 26, female, Stanislaus, 6mos., male, Marianna Walloch, 50, female, from Prussia to Baltimore Caecilia Mechalska, 26, female, from Prussia to Baltimore Johann " 5, male Calla, 3, female, Adalbert Trok, 58, male, from Prussia to Baltimore Marie " , female, 52, Victor Wischnewski, 24, male workman, Prussia to Baltimore Anna " 21 female Franz " 6 male Julianna " 4 female Thomas " 3 mo. male MY NOTE: The above names were listed together on the ships manifest. All of them went to La Salle County, Illinois, either the city of La Salle or Peru. They immigrated first to La Salle County, Illinois where several relatives of the Troks went. Their son, Anton Trok arrived before 1875. There were several Wisniewskis there also that I couldn't connect them but since those immigrants to La Salle in that time period came from Wirsitz it is likely they are family. I'm aware of the Jewish possibility but haven't found any record to indicate it. The marriage records often noted it but I haven't found the marriage records. I found the baptisms of six children of Adalbert and Franciska Trok in Glesno and the death of a two year old daughter in 1871 in Komorowo in the Krostkowo parish. I couldn't find the children of Victor & Antonina Wisniewski baptised in Poland. They lived in Peru, IL. first and had children baptised at St. Hyacinth in La Salle. They all moved to Radom, Washington, IL. between 1884 & 1887. Francisca Durecki Trok was a sister of my great-great-grandmother Magdalena Durecki Wachowski of Kraczki. I have childhood memories of Nick Wisniewski, a son of Victor & Antonina Durecki Wisniewski. I would be interested to see if there is a connection. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.