Joseph and Rosalia Gainowski Family

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Joseph Gainowski born March 1846 possibly in Gnojau, West Prussia; married Anna Wogervodka about 1868 in Germany, possibly 7 July 1867, Gnojau, District of Marienburg, West Prussia; to Boston about late 1886 then later to Chicago; died 8 January 1909 in Chicago. Thought to be born as Jacob Kohlmann (Coleman) and adopted by a Gainowski family. See Note 6 below.

Rosalia Wogervodka born 7 February 1847 possibly in Gnojau, West Prussia; married Joseph Gainowski about 1868 in Germany, possibly 7 July 1867, Gnojau, District of Marienburg, West Prussia; to Boston about late 1886 then later to Chicago; died 22 April 1933 in Chicago.

  1. Julia Gainowski born unknown date and location; married Michael Pastwa 20 September 1898; after Michael died 18 March 1911 Julia then married a Goedert; the Goederts lived in Wheatfield, Indiana
  2. Anna Gainowski born 3 December 1871 in Muntau, District of Marienburg, West Prussia, Germany; to Boston about late 1886 then later to Chicago; married John Pajewski 29 April 1893 in Chicago; name formally changed to Page in 1926; died 12 April 1950 in Chicago
  3. John Gainowski born November 1875 in Germany; to Boston about late 1886 then later to Chicago; married Rosa Karaschefski 29 January 1902
  4. Rose Gainowski born April 1879 in Germany; to Boston about late 1886 then later to Chicago; married Frederick Hegerich
  5. Marie (Mary) Gainowski born June 1884 in Germany; to Boston about late 1886 then later to Chicago; married a Lynch; died about 27 September 1938 in Chicago
  6. Andrew Gainowski born about 1885 in Germany; to Boston about late 1886 then later to Chicago; died about 1893 in Chicago at about 8 years old; hit by train while playing on railroad tracks with his brother John.
  7. Jacob Gainowski born October 1886 in Germany; to Boston about late 1886 then later to Chicago; married Amelia Martin; surname later formally changed to Geinosky
  8. Helena Gainowski later called Lillian E. born 3 April 1888 in Chicago, Illinois; married August Rose 30 July 1910 in Chicago; died 30 November 1970 in Chicago
  9. James Gainowski born unknown date and location; married Elizabeth
Notes
  1. A variety of spellings of the family name Gainowski have been found. Gainowski is pronounced as Geinofskee. See the Gainowski Story Page for more information.
  2. Rosalia Gainowski's maiden name of Wogervodka, possibly Wagervodka was found on her daughter Anna Gainowski's 1893 entry in the St. Augustine Marriage Register to John Pajewski. Other variants found were: 1) Wogerwood, from her daughter Julia Gainowski's 1898 entry in the St. Augustine Marriage Register to Michael Pastwa, 2) Weierwood, from her son John Gainowski's 1902 entry in the St. Augustine Marriage Register to Rosa Karaschefski, 3)Waywood, from Rosalia Gainowski's 1933 Death Certificate, 4) Wiwot, from Anna Pajesksi's 1950 Death Certificate, and 5) Wajwod from the possible Joseph Gainowski and Rosa Wajwod Marriage Record below.
  3. Below is a 10 February 2005 marriage extract from Family Search for West Prussia which appears to be our Joseph Gainowski and Rosa Wogervodka. The extract is from an IGI Marriage Record for Gnojau, West Prussia.
    1. Birth: Joseph Gainowski, 1846, Gnojau, West Prussia (IGI Marriage Record)
    2. Birth: Rosa Wajwod, 1847, Gnojau, West Prussia (IGI Marriage Record)
    3. Marriage: Joseph Gainowki and Rosa Wajwod, 7 July 1867, Gnojau, West Prussia (IGI Marriage Record)
  4. There are five reasons that this appears to be our Joseph and Rosa Gainowski.
    1. First the expected date of Joseph's birth is March 1846 and the date indicated is 1846.
    2. Second his wife's name is known to be Rosa and the record shows it is.
    3. Third his wife's maiden name was expected to be Wogervodka or some variant and the data shows Rosa Wajwod. Thus the given name is a match and Wajwod is similar to the variants and in particular Waywood from Rosa Gainowski's death certificate.
    4. Fourth, our Rosa Wogervodka's date of birth is 7 February 1847 and the marriage record indicates 1847.
    5. Fifth, there is some evidence that the locale for the origins of our Gainowski family was Marienburg, Prussia, now Malbrok, Poland (See 1900 Census Notes for Joseph and Rosa Gainowski for the Soenke family - Use Census Records link below) . Gnojau was in the district of Marienburg, West Prussia and is about 25 miles southeast of Danzig, now Gdansk.
  5. While the odds are very strong that the records above are for our family, it would be useful to find Rosa's birth record to verify the date as 7 February 1847. It would also be useful if some of their children could be found born in the same town or in the Marienburg district. One confirm appears to be that daughter Anna was born in Muntau in the District of Marienburg. See John and Anna Pajewsk's 1930 Census record for Anna's birthplace as Muntua. Given that the marriage extract for 7 July 1867 appears to be our Joseph and Rosa Gainowski, the Overview Genealogy above uses those dates; however it has been colored red pending further verification.
  6. Descendants of the Lillian E. Gainowski line believe Joseph Gainowski was adopted and his name originally was Jacob Kohlmann (Coleman). They believe he was orphaned at an early age and adopted by a family named Gainoski. The spelling eventually changed to Geinosky. This doesn't necessarily negate the information on the birth year for Joseph Gainowski in the marriage record but it does indicate that his name on the birth record would be different.
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