Jan John KWIATKOWSKI

1841 - 16 APR 1891

• BIRTH: 1841, Golancz, Wagrowiec, Poland
• BURIAL: 19 APR 1891, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, IN
• EVENT: Cause of Death (Facts Pg): Consumption
• DEATH: 16 APR 1891, South Bend, IN

• MARRIAGE: 1867, Sw. Wawrzynca, Golancz, Wagrowiec, Prussian, Poland

1. +Anthony Kwiatkowski FLOWERS
2.  Helen Kwiatkowski FLOWERS
3.  Martin Kwiattkowski FLOWERS
4. +Mary KWIATKOWSKI
5. +John Kwiatkowski FLOWERS
6.  Michael Kwiatkowski FLOWERS
7. +Frank Kwiatkowski FLOWERS Sr
8. +Josephine Kwiatkowski FLOWERS

INDEX

[N4483] Birth: 1841
Gollantsch, Poland
Death: 1891
St. Joseph County, Indiana
Last name was changed from KWIATKOWSKI.
to FLOWERS
Spouse: Anna Futa Flowers (1850 - 1918)*
Children:
Michael Flowers (1870 - 1935)*
Martin Flowers (1873 - 1948)*
Josephine Flowers Olawski (1878 - 1951)*
Anthony Flowers (1893 - 1947)*
Frank Flowers (1897 - 1906)*
John J. Flowers (1899 - 1958)*
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, St. Joseph, IN

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Golancz
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Golancz, in German Gollantsch, a town in powiat Wagrowiecki, about 30 km from the district capital, on the main road from Poznan to Bydgoszcz, on a little lake, surrounded by fertile land. In the year 1875 it has 1188 inhabitants, in 1871, 98 homes, 1281 inhabitants, 365 Protestants, 673 Catholics, 243 Jews; 332 are illiterate. It is the headquarters of the District Police. It belongs (is served) by the District Court at Wagrowiec. The Catholic Church (Ko?ci©d? p.w. ?w. Wawrzy?ca) belongs to the deanery of Kcynia. The Protestant Church belongs to the dioceses of Chodzieskie. There is an elementary school of multiple classes (kilkoklasowa) in the town. The inhabitants are engaged mainly in agriculture. There exists here a post office of the third class; a telegraph office; mail men deliver to the towns of Bialosliwia (Weissenhole), and letters to Panigrodz (Frauengarten).

In current times the population of the village has declined due to insufficient means to earn an income and the migration of population in the vicinity to America.

The the year 1811 the town has 96 homes, and a population of 651; in the year 1837 there were 948 inhabitants. There were 6 town fairs per year.

Near the town are the remains of a Zamek parapet / low wall and surrounding furrow / moat. Already in the year 1324 the Bishop of the Kujavian region is Maciej Golanczewski, so Golancz already existed. In the year 1330 the Teutonic Knights captured/seized Maciej Swietopekka of Golancz and held him captive in Raciazu, he served in the army/forces of Wladyslawa Lokietka. In the year 1384 Dugosz mentions Golancz and the lord of Dobyslawie.

In the beginning of the 17th century Golancz belongs to the Smogulecki family, who as commissioner negotiated a treaty of peace between Zygmunt III and Gustav Adolfus. Later the town will become the property of a circle of the families, Przebendowski, Ciecirski, Mielzynski, Czarnecki, and at present the honorable Czapski family. It remains the tradition, that in the year 1656, a few nobles and several manors defended Golancz, against Swedish forces and all of them perished. The Honorable Karol Czarnecki is now the lord / heir of Golancz; a Poem has been written on the Assault of Gonancz

Source: S?ownik Geograficzny Kr©dlestwa Polskiego, Warsaw 1881, page 662.

Translation by Jim Piechorowski (PGSA 6005), November 2005. Families: Piechorowski, Piechurowski