John Jan BORKOWSKI

BET 1850 AND 1859 - 1921

• BIRTH: BET 1850 AND 1859, Inowroclaw, Poland
• BURIAL: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, IN
• DEATH: 1921, South Bend, IN

• MARRIAGE: BEF 1880, Inowroclaw, Poland

1.  Joseph BORKOWSKI
2. +Ladislaus Wladislaus BORKOWSKI
3. +Marie BORKOWSKI
4.  Salomea BORKOWSKI
5. +John L BORKOWSKI
6.  Frances Barbara BORKOWSKI
7. +Martha BORKOWSKI

INDEX

[N5031]
JAN BORKOWSKI
Nat Intent Vol 2 p 166; dated 18 Sept 1905. B] Germany; arrived USA 3 May 1892.
Wife: Anna Mazurek - b] 1858
Children: 1] John L - 28 Jul 1880 Inowroclaw Poland
2] Mary - b] 29 Nov 1885 Inowraclaw Poland - Mrs Thomas Ciesielski
3] Joseph - b] 1892
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4] Salomea - b] 15 Nov 1885 Poland; Mrs Antony Luzny
5] Martha - Sister M Francella CSC
6] Wladyslaw - b] 5 May 1894
7] Frank - b] 1 Apr 1906
8] Mrs Clara Jones
9] Victor D - lvs Schnetedy NY
10] Lottie [aka Josephine]
11] Jack

** children without dates listed from info of family records and obits

Inowroclaw , is a city in north-central Poland with a total population of 77,641 according to the 2004 Census. It is situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, previously in the Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (19751998).

Inowroclaw is an industrial town located about 40 km southeast of Bydgoszcz known for its saltwater baths and salt mines. The town is the 5th largest agglomeration in its voivodeship, and is a major railway junction, where the west-east line (Poznan' - Torun') crosses the Polish Coal Trunk-Line from Chorz©dw to Gdynia.

The town was first mentioned in 1185 as Novo Wladislaw, possibly in honor of W?adys?aw I Herman or after the settlers from Wocawek. Many inhabitants of Wocawek settled in Inowroc?aw fleeing flooding. In 1236, the settlement was renamed Juveni Wladislawia. It was incorporated two years later by Casimir Conradowicz. From 1466 to 1772, Inowroc?aw was the capital of Poland's Inowroc?aw Voivodeship, which covered northern Kuyavia. The town's development was aided by the discovery of extensive salt deposits in the vicinity during the 15th century.

Inowroclaw was annexed to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1772 during the First Partition of Poland and added to the Netze District (as German: Inowrazlaw before 1905, and in 1905-1920 and 1939-1945 Hohensalza; rarely Jungbreslau). The city was a headquarters for Napoleon Bonaparte during his invasion of Russia. Following the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Inowroc?aw (as first Inowraclaw and later Inowrazlaw) was administered as part of Prussia's Province of Posen. It flourished after the establishment of a railway junction in 1872 and a spa in 1875. The city and the region were renamed Hohensalza on December 5, 1904. It was electrified in 1908.

Following the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I, the name Inowroc?aw was restored along with the return of the sovereign Polish state on January 10, 1920. High unemployment resulting from trade emgargos led to violent confrontations between workers and the police in 1926 and hunger strikes killed 20 in 1930. Inowroc?aw was part of Poznan' Voivodeship until 1925, when it became an independent urban district. This district was briefly annexed to Great Pomerania during the reform of Polish regional administration just prior to World War II. Captured by the German 4th Army on September 11, 1939, Inowroc?aw was again renamed Hohensalza and initially administered under the military district (Milit©Prbezirk) of Posen before being incorporated into Nazi Germany first as part of the reichsgau of Posen (1939) and then as part of Reichsgau Wartheland (1939-1945.) Between 1940 and 1945, Hohensalza was used as a resettlement camp for Poles and an internment camp for Soviet, French, and English POWs.

Inowroclaw returned to Poland and its original name following the arrival of the Soviet Red Army on January 21, 1945. The last German air raid occurred on April 4, 1945, when a single aircraft dropped four fragmentation bombs and fired on travelers waiting at the Inowroc?aw train platform. Between 1950 and 1998, the town was part of Bydgoszcz Voivodeship, but the 1999 reforms left it part of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Population

1970 - 54,900
1980 - 66,100
1990 - 77,700
2000 - 79,400
2004 - 77,647

Landmarks and monuments

The Romanesque church of the St Virgin Mary, dating back to the end of the 12th century or beginning of the 13th century, built from granite stones and brick. In 1834 it was destroyed by fire, and partially reconstructed in 1950s. Since 13 July 2008 the St Virgin Mary's church is also the Minor Basilica (in Polish: Bazylika Mniejsza Imienia Najswietszej Maryi Panny)
The Gothic church of St. Nicholas, first built in the middle of 13th century, the present church was built after damage in 15th century, and rebuilt in the 17th century
The Neo-Romanesque church of the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, built between 1898 and 1900, consecrated in 1902, the largest church in the city, with an imposing 77-metre high tower. The north side of the transept collapsed in a construction disaster in 1909 and was not rebuilt until 1929.
The garrison church of St. Barbara and St. Maurice
The house of Czaban'scy family from ca. 1800
The Inowroclaw Synagogue
Houses, hotel "Bast" and spa buildings from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries