Dudzinski Geneology

     Sebastian Dudzinski married Katarzyna Jakubowska on Nov. 25, 1840, in the Town of Gutzyna in County of Posen, Poland.  He was 27 years old; she was 19.  Their children included: (1) Szymon (aka Simeon or Samuel or Sam) born July 23, 1849; (2) Jan (aka John) born May 13, 1852; and (3) Walienty (aka Walenty or Valentine) born in 1856.  (One record lists "William Dudzinski" and gives as "William's" children the names of Valentine's children.)

     John (the son of Sebastian and Katarzyna Dudzinski) married Mary Hirsz (or Hearsch or Hirsch or Hertz) in Gutzena, Posen on Sept. 1879.  John was born May 13, 1852; Mary on Feb. 12, 1858.  She was the daughter of Jozef Hirsz and Mariana Falkenstein.  John and Mary's three oldest children were born in Poland, the children being (1) Marianna (aks Mary Ann or Mary) born August 9, 1880, who later married Nick Bartol; (2) Stanislaw (aka Standish) born March 16, 1883; and (3) John, Jr. born Aug. 18, 1885.

     Mary Hirsz Dudzinski (wife of John Dudzinski who came to America before his wife) arrived in Princeton in the fall of 1885 bringing with her her three children and her sister's son, Fred Shikoski, who was 11 years old.  Mary and the children passed through the immigration center in Baltimore; the Dudzinski brothers had come through New York.  Fred entered United States under the name of Florian Dudzinski as Mary had claimed him as her son.  Florian had helped her care for her children on the way over, keeping them from falling overboard.  It was no small thing to come across the ocean.  Another passenger (a Mrs. Spot who also settled in Princeton) gave Mary some prunes to eat.  This act of kindness was long remembered and appreciated.

     Of the three brothers (Sam, John and Valentine) Valentine came to America first and managed to earn money to send back to Poland allowing John and Sam to come.  Then John earned enough to send for his family to come.  Fred was given the option of staying in Poland alone or come to America and work off the passage money debt.  He chose America.  The three brothers found work at the Montello quarry and later rented farms.

     John and Mary had nine children born in America in addition to the three born in Poland; Mike, Rosie, Frank, Joe, Margaret, Jessie, Carrie and unsurviving twins of Margaret and Jessie.

     In later years these families moved to the Ripon area.  Winnie Duzinski is the widow of Ben Duzinski the son (or grandson) of Standish born in Poland to Mary Hirsz and John Dudzinski.