Julius and Rosalie Riski

Julius and Rosalie Riski

Sunday, September 19, 2010

The Four Reszka's

As long as I have been doing family research there has always been the nagging mystery of how the four Reszka families who came to Walsh County were related. I think I now have a closer answer, but there is still more work to be done.



Julius Peter Reszka

Julius Peter Riski I now think was born in June 11 of 1852 and came with his father Martin in 1859 on the ship Donau. I have always believed that his parents were Martin Reszka and Ewa Nosinska, but this may not be the case. Martin and Ewa were married on the 10th of January, 1853 in the Parish of Niezabyszewo. Martin is listed as living in Bytow and Ewa from Klein Tuchen. This would mean that Julius and his older sister Augusta were from an earlier marriage of Martin or Ewa, but I haven't been able to find evidence of this.



Carl \ Charles \ Karol Reszka

Charles Riski was born September 8, 1833 and according to ships records when he came over in 1869 was from Hiegendorf or Hygendorf, Pommerania now Udorpie, Slupsk, Poland. The Parish records are also from Niezabyszewo and show the birth of a daughter Pauline Anna to Carl Reschke and Anna Gast.



Jan Reszka

John Riske was born July 1, 1841 in Prussian, Poland, but there is a gap in the records for that time in Bernsdorf (Ugoszcz) Parish. John was married to Augusta Betka in the village of Studnitz on February of 1870 in Bernsdorf Parish, Pomerania.



Bartholomew Reszka

Bartholommy was born August 15, 1838 in Prussian, Poland. On ships records when he came over in 1880 he is listed as from Tremessen, Posen, and now Trzemeszno, Poland. His wife and children who came later in 1881 were also listed from Tremessen, Posen, which is futher south than Ugoszcz and Niezabyszewo Parish.