Walter P TRYTKO

29 SEP 1881 - 16 JUN 1985

• RESIDENCE: 1942, 109 N Jackson
• OCCUPATION: Oliver Plow, Core Maker
  1942
• BIRTH: 29 SEP 1881, Ropczyce, Poland
• BURIAL: St Joseph Cemetery, South Bend, In
• DEATH: 16 JUN 1985, South Bend, IN

• MARRIAGE: 3 OCT 1916, St Hedwig

1.  Valerie TRYTKO
2.  Clement A TRYTKO
3.  Verna TRYTKO
4. +Bernard TRYTKO
5.  Elizabeth TRYTKO
6.  Monica TRYTKO
7.  Eugene TRYTKO

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[N4185] The first reference to Ropczyce comes from a document of 1252, which confirmed the donation of the land by brothers Klemens and Marek Gryf to a Cistercian Abbey in Szczyrzyc near Limanowa. Around this time Ropczyce was damaged by a Tatar raid. In 1266 the settlement was destroyed by an army composed of Ruthenians, Tatar and Lithuanian troops, led by the Ruthenian prince Ioann (John) Shvarn (Polish: Szwarno), Ukrainian: Ropczyce became a town on 3 March 1362, when the Polish king, Casimir III the Great, gave it city rights (Magdeburg rights).[5] At the same time, he made two brothers, Jan and Mikolaj Gielnic the first w©djts or advocates of the new town. He also made Ropczyce a parish, separate from the parish of Se;dziszow.[6] Within six years a parish church was built in the new royal town of Ropczyce. As Ropczyce was situated close to the Sandomierz Wilderness (Polish: Puszcza Sandomierska), one of the biggest forests in southern Poland, which covers large parts of the Sandomierz Basin, it became a popular place for the Polish Kings to stay when they went hunting and fishing. King Casimir III the Great, king Kazimierz IV Jagiellonczyk and king Wladyslaw II Jagiello were regular visitors to Ropczyce. Under the patronage of the Polish Royals and subsequent trade agreements with Ruthenia, the town's future started to look very good. It could then grow and develop, also due to its favourable location on an important trade route from Silesia and Lesser Poland (Malopolska) to Ruthenia. Ropczyce was severely damaged during a Tatar raid in 1504. To help the town and citizens recover from this tragedy, king Aleksander Jagiellonczyk gave all the citizens a 10 year tax exemption from 1504 -1514 In the 15th and 16th centuries Ropczyce became a major centre in the manufacture of canvas goods.

Since its formation Ropczyce has been known by several different names, although these appear to be phonetic variations of the same name. By the middle of the 16th century, it was first recorded as 'Ropczyce' replacing the previous variation of 'Robczyce' this name is thought to have probably originated from the family name of Robek (from the polish verb, robic' to work) who are thought to have established the original settlement.

In the 16th century Ropczyce's churches were influenced by The Reformation, with the Parish Church going over to Protestantism several times. Around the 1550s the Parish Church was under the control of the Polish Brethren (Bracia Polscy, also called Arians or Socinians) for over a decade.

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Birth: Sep. 29, 1891, Poland
Death: Jun. 14, 1985
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA

Married to Clara Turkowski on 10-3-1916.
Retired from the Oliver Corp.

Spouse:
Clara O. Turkowski Trytko (1893 - 1989)

Burial:
Saint Joseph Cemetery
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA