Thomas GBUREK

17 DEC 1858 - 20 MAR 1931

• BIRTH: 17 DEC 1858, Waldowo, Swiecie, PL
• BURIAL: St Adalberts Cemetery, Niles, Cook, IL
• DEATH: 20 MAR 1931, Chicago, Cook, IL

• MARRIAGE: ABT 1882, Swiecie, PL

1. +John GBUREK

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[N10933] Swiecie] (German: Schwetz) is a town in northern Poland with 25,968 inhabitants (2006), situated in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999); it was previously in Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Swiecie County. Swiecie is located on the west bank of river Vistula at the mouth of river Wda, approximately 40 kilometers north-east of Bydgoszcz, 105 kilometers south of Gdansk and 190 kilometers south-west of Kaliningrad. In Swiecie was, when in 1198 St. Mary's church was opened here, the residence of the Pomeranian Duke Grimislaw. His sphere of control included also the towns of Starogard Gdan'ski and Lubiszewo Tczewskie as well as the region around Skarszewy. In 1310, when the Teutonic Order bought Pomeralia from the Margraves of Brandenburg, the settlement had already the status of a Civitas, just as Gdan'sk and Tczew did. When it was granted Kulm law by the Teutonic Order, it was still located on the high west bank of the Vistula. Probably because of destruction by fire, during the time period 133875 it was translocated down into the valley at the Vistula. After the Thirteen Years' War (145466) the town became part of the autonomous province of Royal Prussia incorporated into the Kingdom of Poland. In 1772 the town was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia, and Schwetz was integrated into the newly formed Province of West Prussia. In 1905 the town had a Protestant church, two Catholic churches and a synagogue.[1] After World War I S'wiecie became part of the Second Republic of Poland. During the Second World War, Nazi Germany occupied Swiecie and annexed it, making it the seat of the county/district (Kreis) of Schwetz. It was administered as part of Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia. After World War II it was put under the administration of the People's Republic of Poland.

Birth: Dec. 17, 1858, Poland
Death: Mar. 20, 1931
Chicago
Cook County
Illinois, USA

Thomas was born 17 Dec 1858 according to the church record his baptism was found. (his death certificate has the date of 21 Dec 1858.) He was baptized 26 Dec 1858 in the Drzycim parish. His godparents were Philip Waskowski & Agnes Golczenska.

He married Anna Sterma (Sztermer) about 1882. Their first son John was born in Waldowo, (Swiecie), Poland. Other children born in Chicago:
John 26 Jan 1883 (Blanche Egierski)
Frank 11 Aug 1884 (Theophila Koskiewicz)
Veronica 4 Feb 1886 (Feliks Jakubowski)
Marianna 15 Jan 1888 (Stanley Szymaniak, Thomas Hanrahan, Vincent Jankowski)
Frances 2 May 1889 (Stephen Mroz)
Martha 29 Nov 1890 (died before 1900)
Michael 29 Sep 1892 (Blanche Treider)
Stanley 27 Sep 1894 (Albina Gordon, Charlotte Maciejewski)
Lucille 13 Nov 1896 (Frank Gordon)
Anton 5 Sep 1898 (Johanna Gawin)
Sophie (about 1902) (Edward Kurtz aka Kurzawa)
Thomas 16 Sep 1903 (Anna unknown)

According to his death certificate, he was buried at St. Adalbert's on 24 Mar 1931.

Family links:
Parents:
Marcin Gburek (1832 - ____)
Maryanna Konieczka Gburek (1840 - 1929)

Spouse:
Anna Stermer Gburek (1860 - 1940)*

Children:
John J. Gburek (1883 - 1957)*
Frank Gburek (1884 - 1939)*
Veronica Gburek Jakubowski (1886 - 1969)*
Marianna Gburek Jankowski (1888 - 1977)*
Frances Gburek Mroz (1889 - 1967)*
Lucille Gburek Gordon (1896 - 1971)*
Anton Gburek Burke (1898 - 1966)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery
Niles
Cook County
Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 7, Block A, Lot 22-23