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paternal grandfather
Marcin Wilk
paternal grandmother
Tekla Tomczyk
maternal grandfather
Józef Wilk
maternal grandmother
Marianna Flis
father
Jan Wilk

Catherine Dziewiatek née Wilk †

  Catherine Dziewiatek née Wilk Catherine was born  on Wednesday, the 8th of April 1891 in Dęba, nowadays Nowa Dęba, now POL‑PK and she died in 1980

christened  on Thursday, the 9th of April 1891 in kościół św. Bartłomieja ap. w Majdanie Królewskim, Majdan Królewski, now POL‑PK; her godparents were Jan Dobrowolski and Katarzyna Flis

place of burial: St Michael’s Cemetery, South Hackensack, USA‑NJ

last residence: Clifton, USA‑NJ

residences: Nowa Dęba

Naming: formerly as Katarzyna Dziewiątek née Wilk, latter as Catherine Dziewiatek née Wilk

She lived 89 years; was born 134 years and 3 months ago, died 45 years ago (as of 11 JUL 2025); her mother was 31 years old and father was 35 years old at her birth; Catherine was 37 years old when her mother died and 38 years old when her father died
siblings
1. Caroline Doviak
2. Marc Wilk
3. Maria Róg
5. Michael Wilk
6. Frances Ludzia
7. Aniela Radek
8. Wojciech Wilk
9. Andrew Wilk
Catherine was the 4th amongst the siblings; she had got 4 brothers and 4 sisters
husband
 John Dziewiatek (4 years older)
marriage: abt. 1911 (date calculated)
they got maried 114 years ago; Catherine was then 20 years old
they were married for 38 years until John died, Catherine lived 31 years more
children
1. Ferdinand Dziewiatek
2. Josephine Dziewiatek
3. Chester Dziewiatek
4. Jane Kroczenski
Catherine had got 4 children — 2 daughters and 2 sons

Notes

  • {#1} I am publishing private sources – including correspondence between deceased relatives, handwriting, documents and photographies – because it deserves to be recorded as a testimony to family ties, times and humanity of individual people. It was important for the subsequent keepers, since it was preserved. The correspondents were not public figures, but they also deserve to be commemorated and preserved from oblivion. The sources contain references to ordinary interpersonal relationships, elements of everyday and family life. It is written in different languages, often everyday, colloquial, ordinary, with errors. To some, reading such notes may seem a bit like violating someone else’s intimacy. However, it is worth keeping such artifacts. Thanks to them, we get to know a bit what kind of people they were, how they functioned. They become closer to us. It’s easier to empathize with their situation. As it once was written by me:“I was not looking for traces of|literally specific people on bicycle routes. After all, my ancestors and relatives did not leave monuments or palaces along the roads. At most, from the names on the cemetery tombstones of (yet) unknown people, I could recognize whether until recently anyone of my relatives had survived there. I wanted to visit churches that they may have visited or seen, like me from the outside (they – because of a different religious denomination, me – because of my dress and closed doors). I wanted to see local monuments in the open air, which did not require securing my traveling belongings for the duration of sightseeing. I just wanted to be briefly and symbolically in the places where they also lived. See the sky they looked at, under which they experienced the events that I imagined after reading the vital records. Breathe in this air and walk along the paths they followed. Before they were asphalted and smog came. I willingly chose field and forest gravel, unless an evening feast of mosquitoes, flies and other insects loving me without reciprocity.”.Source: “Rowerem śladami przodków owczarzy” Parantele 6(2021) Śląskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne Wrocław (ISBN 978-83-959129-6-2 ISSN 2451-4136) s. 173; “Śladami przodków owczarzy” Odkrywca 7/2022 (282, ISSN 1505-6104) s. 26.
  • {#2} See also distribution of surname ‘Wilk’ 2002 (Poland).
  • {#3} See also etymology of surname ‘Wilk’.
  • {#4} See also etymology of surname ‘Dziewiatek’.
  • {#5} Belongs to the Flis family (progenitor: Wawrzyniec Flis).
  • {#6} Belongs to the Gurdziel family (progenitor: Kazimierz Gurdziel).
  • {#7} Belongs to the Kozdęba family (progenitor: Marcin Kozdęba).
  • {#8} Belongs to the Tomczyk family (progenitor: Wawrzyniec Tomczyk).
  • {#9} Belongs to the Wilk family (progenitor: Michał Wilk).
  • {#10} As of 11 JUL 2025 she has got at least 4 children, 11 grandchildren, 20 great‑grandchildren and 6 great×2‑grandchildren

Sources

  • {#1} Akt chrztu Katarzyny Wilk [MR15231-P] Birth and christening certificate of Catherine Wilk █ (MR15231). Akta stanu cywilnego parafii rzymskokatolickiej w Majdanie Królewskim z lat 1890–1894 (MR03922-1), Parish in Majdan Krolewski; where: 19/1891 Dęba; repository: Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach Oddział w Sandomierzu, where: PL/24/821/0/-/1 SzwA jedn. 11544972
    Parochia Majdan, 1891, Liber Natorum, Pagina pro Dęba, Aprilis, Series 19, Natus 8, Baptisat 9, Numerus Domus 70, Nomen: Catharina, Religio Catholica, Sexus: Puella, leg., Pater: Joannes Wilk f. Martini et Theclæ Tomczyk c.j., Mater: Agnes f. Josephus Wilk et Mariannæ Flis c.j., Patrini et eorum conditio: Joannes Dobrowolski, Catharina ux. Joannis Flis agr., Obstetrix: qui supra
    Akt urodzenia 19/1891, ur. 08.04.1891 Dęba 70, chrz. 09.04.1891, Katarzyna, prawa córka, ojciec: Jan Wilk syn Marcina Wilka i Tekli Tomczyk, matka: Agnieszka córka Józefa Wilka i Marii Flis, rodzice chrzestni: Jan Dobrowolski i Katarzyna żona Jana Flisa rolnika
    citation: 6 OCT 2008 Sandomierz, Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach Oddział w Sandomierzu
  • {#2} E-mail (MR02159) 22 APR 2005 {private}
  • {#3} John Dziewiatek’s 1930 U.S. Census (MR04314); where: Ancestry.com MR04151 #012
    1930 United States Federal Census, Census Place: Wallington, Bergen, New Jersey; Roll: 1317; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 242; Image: 71.0
    • Name: John Dziewistah (sic! Dziewiatek) • Relation: head • Home: rents home, 24$ monthly • Farm: no farm • Sex: male • Color or race: white • Age: 44 years old (abt 1886) • Marital status: married at 24 (abt 1911) • School: not learning now • Reading and writing: no • Birth place: Poland, parents too • Native language: Polish • Speaks English: yes • Citizenship: immigration 1908, alien • Occupation: worker(?), employed
    • Name: Katharine Dziewistah (sic! Catherine Dziewiatek) • Relation: wife • Sex: female • Color or race: white • Age: 38 years old (abt 1892) • Marital status: married at 20 (abt 1911) • School: not learning now • Reading and writing: no • Birth place: Poland, parents too • Native language: Polish • Speaks English: yes • Citizenship: immigration 1909, alien • Occupation: none
    • Name: Fred Dziewistah (sic! Ferdinand Dziewiatek) • Relation: son • Sex: male • Color or race: white • Age: 8 years old (abt 1921) • Marital status: single • School: attented in last school year • Reading and writing: no • Birth place: New Jersey; both parents in Poland • Native language: — • Speaks English: no • Citizenship: U.S. • Occupation: none
    • Name: Josephine Dziewistah (sic! Dziewiatek) • Relation: daughter • Sex: female • Color or race: white • Age: 7 years old (abt 1923) • Marital status: single • School: attending school in last year • Reading and writing: no • Birth place: New Jersey; both parents in Poland • Native language: — • Speaks English: no • Citizenship: U.S. • Occupation: none
    • Name: Chester Dziewistah (sic! Dziewiatek) • Relation: son • Sex: male • Color or race: white • Age: 5 years old (abt 1925) • Marital status: single • School: not learning yet • Reading and writing: no • Birth place: New Jersey; both parents in Poland • Native language: — • Speaks English: no • Citizenship: U.S. • Occupation: none
    • Name: Frances Melk (sic! Wilk) • Relation: boarder (sic! sister-in-law) • Sex: female • Color or race: white • Age: 34 years old (abt 1895) • Marital status: single • School: not learning now • Reading and writing: no • Birth place: Poland, parents too • Native language: Polish • Speaks English: no • Citizenship: immigration 1912, alien • Occupation: …wool…(?), employed
    • Name: Catherine Sudol (perhaps a cousin, Sudoł is a frequent surname in Dęba&surroundings) • Relation: boarder • Sex: female • Color or race: white • Age: 26 years old (abt 1904) • Marital status: single • School: not learning now • Reading and writing: no • Birth place: Poland, parents too • Native language: Polish • Speaks English: no • Citizenship: immigration 1923, alien • Occupation: …factory…(?), employed
  • {#4} Catherine Dziewiatek to John Rog 1958 [MR00609-P] Catherine Dziewiatek to John Rog 1958 █ (MR00609). Catherine Dziewiatek to John Rog 1958 (MR00609-P); repository: Maciej Róg, Brzeskie archiwum domowe Rogów (MR00860); past repository: Tadeusz Róg, Dębskie archiwum domowe Rogów (MR00861) 27 OCT 1958 Clifton, Catherine Dziewiatek
    Clifton, 27/10 1948 [sic!*] r. Drogi siostrzeńcu, wras s twoją żoną i dziećmi, najpierw donoszę wam, że list od was otszymałam i dziękuję wam za niego serdecznie, jak również za zdjęcie waszej rodziny i za te wszystkie podziękowania, chociasz tam nic nie było godnego uwagi w tym pakunku, ale ja sobie myślała, że może sie coś dla kogo pszyda s tych sukieneczek, to było parę, co tylko na lato, jak jest bardzo gorąco. Drogi Janku, muszę cie pochwalić s tą twoją rodziną, masz ładną żonę i bardzo ładnych synów, a te dziewczynki, to susz jak dwie laleczki, powinien żeś być dumny s takiej rodziny, to zdjecie cóś mi przysłał, to ja jusz miała, bo twoja mamusia mi ras przysłała, ale to nic, bo ja teras jedno dała do ciotki Ludzia i ona sie bardzo ucieszyła tą pamiątką. Ja sie cieszę, że sobie budujecie domek i jakoś sie dorabiacie, to jest prawda, że ta budowa domu to kosztuje dużo pieniędzy i cieszkiej pracy, ale z pomocą Bożą wszystkiego można dokonać. Dobrze, że żyjecie w zgodzie z rodziną, bo tak być powinno, żeby jedni drugim pomagali co mogą. Co do listów to nie pisz nigdy osobnego listu, bo ja widzę, że te listy was tam dużo pieniędzy kosztują. Jeszcze cie muszę pochwalić, kochany Janku, żeś ładnie i dobrze list napisał, tak żeś go dobrze ułożył, ja go bardzo dobrze mogłam pszeczytać. Wszystkie nowiny napisałam do twojej mamusi, to jak pszeczytasz jej list, to i tak bedziesz wiedział. Kończę te parę słów i zasyłam serdeczne pozdrowienia, drogi siostrzeńcu, twojej żonie i dzieciom. Pozdrawiam mamusie twojej żony, niech wam wszystkim Pan Bóg błogosławi, tego wam życzy kochająca was Ciotka K. Dziewiatek wras z całą rodziną.
    Droga siostro daj tę karteczkę Jasiowi
    Clifton, 27/10 1948 [sic!*] Dear nephew, with your wife and children, at first I inform, that I have received the letter from you, thank you for the letter very much, and for all those your words of thanks, howeve, there was nothing worth noting in the package, but I had been thinking, that there might be something useful amongst that little dresses, that were just a few, only for the summer, when it is very hot. Dear Johnny, I have to commend you with that your family, you have got pretty wife and very handsome sons, and those little girls you should dry [keep] like dolls, you should be proud of such a family, that picture, which you have sent to me, I had already had, because your mommy had already sent it to me, but it’s OK, because I have given one of it to aunt Ludzia and she is very pleased with this souvenir. I am glad that you are building a house and you somehow you make extra money, it is true, that rising a house costs a lot of money and hard work, but with God’s help, all can be done. It is good that you live in harmony with family, because it is how it should be, that one help another, what they can. As to the letters, never write a separate letter, because I see that those letter cost you a lot of money. I must eventually I must commend you, dear Johnny, that you have written the letter nicely and properly, you have put it so well, that I could read it very easy. All the news have been written by me to your mom, so that when you read her letter, then you will know. I finish these few words and send you warmest greetings, [to you] dear nephew, to your wife and children. Greetings to mommy of your wife, may the Lord God bless you all, that’s what the one who loves you, wishes to you, aunt K. Dziewiatek with the whole family.
    Dear sister give this card to Johnny
  • {#5} Jan&Katarzyna Dziewiatek’s FindAGrave Memorials (MR15931). Find A Grave, Jim Tipton 1995–2013, Ancestry LLC 2013–2025; bibliographic description of the cited fragment: memorials&photo by Names In Stone © (member 48147271, thank you!), 27 Jul 2014; where: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133411471 + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133411527
    citation: 20 MAY 2023, Maciej Róg

Timeline

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paternal grandfather Marcin ‘Tetka’ Wilk (1822-?)
  |------------------------/---------------------------------------------------------~                                                                                                                  
paternal grandmother Tekla Wilk née Tomczyk (1825-1905)
     |---------------------/---------------------------------------------------------|                                                                                                                   
maternal grandfather Józef Wilk (1835-?)
               |--------------------/----------~                                                                                                                                                        
maternal grandmother Marianna Wilk née Flis (1829-?)
         |--------------------------/----------~                                                                                                                                                        
father Jan Wilk (1856-1929)
                                    |----------------------------/-------------------------------------------|                                                                                           
mother Agnieszka Wilk née Wilk (1860-1928)
                                        |------------------------/------------------------------------------|                                                                                            
sister Caroline Doviak née Wilk (1886-1948)
                                                                  |---------------------/---------------------------------------|                                                                        
brother Marc Wilk (1887-?)
                                                                   |--------------------------------/-------~                                                                                           
sister Maria Róg née Wilk (1889-1969)
                                                                     |---------------------/---------------------------------------------------------|                                                   
Catherine Dziewiatek née Wilk (1891-1980)
                                                                       |-------------------/--------------------------------------------------------------------|                                        
brother Michael John Wilk (1894-1965)
                                                                          |---------------------/------------------------------------------------|                                                       
sister Frances Ludzia née Wilk (1895-1974)
                                                                           |-----------------------------------/------------------------------------------|                                              
sister Aniela Radek née Wilk (1897-1993)
                                                                             |-------------------------/---------------------------------------------------------------------|                           
brother Wojciech Wilk (1900-1977)
                                                                                |-----------------------/----------------------------------------------------|                                           
brother Andrew Wilk (1903-1963)
                                                                                   |-----------------------------------------------------------|                                                         
husband John Dziewiatek (1887-1949)
                                                                   |-----------------------/-------------------------------------|                                                                       
daughter Josephine Dziewiatek (1923-2016)
                                                                                                       |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|    

List of ancestors

Catherine
Wilk
Jan
Wilk		 Agnieszka
Wilk
Marcin
Wilk		 Tekla
Tomczyk		 Józef
Wilk		 Marianna
Flis
Michał
Wilk		 Marianna
Tomczyk		 Wawrzyniec
Tomczyk		 Jadwiga
Puzio? Wacyra?		 Wojciech
Wilk		 Małgorzata
Kozdęba		 Wawrzyniec
Flis		 Ewa
Gurdziel
                    Marcin
Kozdęba		 Agnieszka
Puzio		     Kazimierz
Gurdziel		 Agnieszka
Gurdziel
the 1st generation:
  1. Catherine Wilk
the 2nd generation – parents:
  2. Jan Wilk
  3. Agnieszka Wilk
the 3rd generation – grandparents:
  4. Marcin Wilk
  5. Tekla Tomczyk
  6. Józef Wilk
  7. Marianna Flis
the 4th generation – great‑grandparents:
  8. Michał Wilk
  9. Marianna Tomczyk
 10. Wawrzyniec Tomczyk
 11. Jadwiga Puzio? Wacyra?
 12. Wojciech Wilk
 13. Małgorzata Kozdęba
 14. Wawrzyniec Flis
 15. Ewa Gurdziel
the 5th generation – great×2‑grandparents:
 26. Marcin Kozdęba
 27. Agnieszka Puzio
 30. Kazimierz Gurdziel
 31. Agnieszka Gurdziel

Descendant chart

Catherine Wilk
├──> Ferdinand Dziewiatek
│     ├──> {private}
│     │     └──> {private}
│     ├──> {private}
│     │     ├──> {private}
│     │     └──> {private}
│     ├──> {private}
│     └──> {private}
│          └──> {private}
├──> Josephine Dziewiatek
│     ├──> {private}
│     │     ├──> {private}
│     │     ├──> {private}
│     │     └──> {private}
│     └──> {private}
│          ├──> {private}
│          └──> {private}
│               └──> {private}
├──> Chester Dziewiatek
│     ├──> Gloria Dziewiatek
│     │     ├──> {private}
│     │     │     └──> {private}
│     │     └──> {private}
│     │          ├──> {private}
│     │          ├──> {private}
│     │          ├──> {private}
│     │          └──> {private}
│     ├──> {private}
│     └──> {private}
│          ├──> {private}
│          └──> {private}
└──> Jane Dziewiatek
     ├──> {private}
     │     ├──> {private}
     │     ├──> {private}
     │     ├──> {private}
     │     └──> {private}
     └──> {private}
          ├──> {private}
          ├──> {private}
          └──> {private}

List of events (16)

History of genealogical research (3)

Gallery of kins: Catherine Dziewiatek

Catherine Dziewiatek née Wilk:
Catherine Dziewiatek née Wilk Catherine Dziewiatek née Wilk Catherine Dziewiatek née Wilk (abt. 1919)
Parents:
Jan Wilk Agnieszka Wilk née Wilk
Siblings:
Caroline Doviak née Wilk (abt. 1919) Maria Róg née Wilk Maria Róg née Wilk (1950 ÷ 1955) Maria Róg née Wilk (abt. 1955) Michael John Wilk Michael John Wilk (abt. 1919) Frances Ludzia née Wilk (abt. 1919) Aniela Radek née Wilk Andrew Wilk Andrew Wilk
Siblings-in-law:
Andrew Doviak (abt. 1919) Wojciech Róg Wojciech Róg (1950 ÷ 1955) Wojciech Róg (abt. 1955) Mary Wilk née Radek Mary Wilk née Radek (abt. 1919)
Spouse:
John Dziewiatek John Dziewiatek
Children:
Chester Dziewiatek
Identifier: MR01558
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