Weekly History

This week in my family history. It’s a bit of a slow week here in the Zalewski Family Genealogy weekly history.

March 8

1787 – Died – Anna Catherina CROXAnna is my 6th great grandmother on my mother’s side. She was born 11 Jun 1757 in Genk, Limburg, Belgium and married Wilhelmus van CRAYBECK in 1778.

March 9

1817 – Born – Claude-Françoise QUINET – Better known as Frances or Francesca, she is my 4th great grandmother on my father’s side. She married William Henry THOMPSON in 1839 in New York and then moved to Granville, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin. Frances passed way on 31 Jan 1899 in Wrightstown, Brown Co., Wisconsin.

March 14

1731 – Died – Pierre LAFOND dit PEPIN – Pierre was my 8th great grandfather on my mother’s side. He was born 28 Apr 1688 in St. Francois Xavier, Batiscan, Quebec, Canada. He married Marie Jeanne LEFEBVRE.

1764 – Born – John Baptiste III ST. LOUIS – John is my 5th great grandfather on my mother’s side. He was born in Yamachiche, St. Maurice, Quebec, Canada and married Catherine GIGNAC.

About Brian

I started genealogy research about mid-1999. My grandfather had passed away in April of that year. Since then I’ve done a lot of research not only for myself, but for friends and other relatives. In 2006, I married the love of my life, Darcy, and welcomed the birth of our daughter, Aerissa Jean, in 2010. I can’t wait to tell her stories about all of her ancestors.

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Arriving By Ship

The last few days I’ve been doing a lot of searching through old newspapers for hints of information, obituaries, articles, etc. On a whim, since my ZALEWSKI ancestors arrived in Baltimore, I decided to see which newspapers Google had from Baltimore. On a side note, as amazing as Google is at organizing data, their historical [...]