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Andrzej and Kunegunda Wityk Andrzej and Kunegunda (Mucha) Wityk lived in Siedlce, Nowy Sacz, Galicia at the turn of the 20th century. They are my great grandparents. Although I have no information on their birth, I have information that Kunegunda died in 1951 and Andrzej in 1952 and they are buried in Chorzelow, Rzeszow, Poland. Andrzej might have served in the Austro-Hungarian military in World War 1. Polish veterans and others were encouraged to re-settle in the Kresy, or Eastern Borderlands, of the new Republic of Poland starting in 1921 when the Treaty of Riga formally settled the Polish-Soviet War and established the eastern borders of Poland. In any event, Polish koloniscy, or colonists, did move to the "Wild East" of that era - in this case the area that was formerly Eastern Galicia. They re-settled in Buczacz-Kolonia, perhaps also known as Mazury, about 400 kms east from the home they left in 1921(?). Their family eventually included 6(?) children:
I am working with Lukasz Biniasz in Poland, a great-grandson of Wiktoria who is helping me put all this information together. Many thanks, Lukasz. -Lindy Marian Kasperski |