Antoni EGIERSKI

1813 - ____

• BIRTH: 1813, Slupy, Szubin, Prussian, Poland

• MARRIAGE: 1839, Parafia sw. Wita , Slupy, Szubin Prussian, Poland

1. +Wojciech Adalbert EGIERSKI

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[N3940] Slupy, Szubin, Pl
In documents Slup, an estate with a parish church in Szubin county, Kcynia deanery, 7 km. southwest of Szubin, on the Gasawka, a tributary of the Notec; it borders Dabro wka, Kro likowo, Szubska Wies, Kowalewo, and Wasosz. Slupy has its own parish and post office, the railway station is 12 km. away in Kcynia. It has 14 houses, 271 Catholic residents and 1 Protestant, 789 hectares of land (311 of fields, 293 of meadows, 20 of forest), a brick-making plant, a mill, a distillery, a cheese factory, and cultivation of Dutch cattle; the owner is Konstanty Zoltowski. In 1233 Drogomir, son of Piotr, signed his name as z Slupow [from Slupy], as did Mikolaj in 1399; in 1577 there were 2 fields owned and cultivated and 7 crofts, the number of which increased in two years to 13. The Polewskis owned this estate toward the end of the last century, then later the Sadowskis. Near Slupy a bronze urn and stone ax were dug up. The church, under the patronage of St. Wit, Modest, and Krescencya, existed before 1399; at that time Wojciech, Kamien castellan, and Mikolaj z Slupo w donated the village of Gabin (Gombin), a mile from Slupy, to the church, and it is the property of the presbytery. Pastor Jan Prabucki erected a new, wooden church in place of the old one in 1730, and by 1840 a brick one stood on the spot. The parish, numbering 1,857 souls, consists of: Antoniewo, Babiagac, Chraplewo, Ciezkowo, Dabro wka, Katynka, Kowalewo, Kro likowo, Piardowo, Slupy, Smarzykowo, Smolarnia, Wasosz, and Wrzosy. There are parochial schools in Kro likowo and Wasosz. Laski writes of the presbytery's endowment in Liber Benificiorum, I, 144
Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw

Submitted by: This translation, by William F. Hoffman, first appeared in the Summer 1996 issue of "Bulletin of the Polish Genealogical Society of America". (Nov 1998)

History of Sw. Wita Parish (St. Wita, Modest, and Krescencya )
History: The parish in Slupy was erected in the twelfth century, as the owners of the village of Slupy is given as : Drogomira of with Slupy (1233 r) and Nicholas of Slupy (1399r). In the eighteenth century, the manor at Slupy was the property of the Grabskie famoli (1719 y), Nicholas Koscieleckiego (1740r.) and then Podlewskich, Sadowskis, Czapski and Zoltowskich who resided here since 1879, until the interwar period. In 1700, there was erected a wooden church, and since 1840 there is a stone Church, dedicated to 14.07.1844 was in 1994 celebrated 150 years of the church under the chairmanship of Archbishop Henryk Muszynski. The parish serves a typical farming community, has 2,382 inhabitants. It includes the villages of Kr©dlikowo, Kowalewo, Posts, Dabr©dwka Slupsk, Chraplewo, Ciezkawo, Heathers, and part Wasosz Smarzykowo. There are today two parish churches in the Slupy and Ciezkowie. The distance from one end to another parish, is 30 km. Farthest distance from the church is 9 km.
Submitted by: James F Piechorowski 12/3/2011