#52Ancestors – No. 5 – Ignacy Frank Borucki

This is post #5 as part of the 52 Ancestors Challenge were we blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year.

Ignacy Francis Borucki is my great-granduncle, the brother of my great-grandmother Marianna Borucka.  Ignacy preferred to go by Frank in most of the sources records I have for him.  So I will use Frank.  Frank seesawed in using variants of his name.  He would sometimes go by Ignac or Frank; or use Borucki, Borucky or Borke, as his last name.  Frank was born in Mamino, Makow Mazowicki, Poland, on 24 Dec 1872 or 1873.  Various records list his birth year between 1872 and 1874. I don’t think Frank could make up his mind.

He married Alexandra Lipinska in Poland before they immigrated to America.  They arrived on 27 May 1896.  The New York passenger list states their final destination is Chicago, IL.  Their first child, Ladislaus Borucki, is born in November 1896 in South Chicago, IL.  In late 1897 or early 1898 they have moved to Pittsburgh, PA.  Ladislaus passes away in April 1898 in Pittsburgh.

He and his family still reside in Pittsburg as of the 1900 census. Frank and Alexandra have two more children, John and Wladytawa, (Lottie). There are three boarders listed with him.  One is my great-grandfather, Adam Budny, who recently arrived in America.

I discovered another passenger arrival list for Frank dated October 1900.  This record lists his hometown as Mamino.  Alexandra is not on the passenger list.   His final destination is Schenectady, NY.  Was he previously in the U.S? Yes. What was the name and location of the person he was going to stay with, his brother in Chicago, IL?  The Schenectady information appears in a thinner ink stroke and could have been added later.  I have two issues with this record regarding the brother in Chicago.

I have a copy of Franks’ 1918 Declaration of Intention for citizenship.  His lists the arrival date and ship name of his1900 arrival on his application. The Detroit address listed is the same one on his WW1 registration that states his wife’s name, Alexandra.

Growing up, all the Aunts and cousins stated there were only three Borucki siblings, Frank, Marianna and a younger sister, Josephine.  Josephine remained in Poland.  If Frank was telling the truth, who is this brother listed on the passenger list?   Why Chicago, when his family is in Pittsburgh?  A polish researcher located a record of birth for Marianna Borucki-Budny’s child born in Mamino, Poland.  One of the witnesses was a Ksawery Borucki, which could be a cousin or another possible brother.  It is possible that there were more than just the three siblings.

Frank does take his family back to Chicago.  The next three children, Stanley (1902), Edward (1907), and Raymond (1910) are born in Chicago.  The 1910 census remains elusive for me as well as any city directories and birth records. The family finally settles in Detroit, MI.  The last of the children, Zigmund and Irene, are born in Detroit.

Frank’s occupation is a die maker at Ford Motor Co.  Irene is 14 when her father, Frank dies, October 1929.  Stanley Borucki is divorced and has custody of his two young children.  He supports his mother and siblings, all living in the same house on the 1930 census.

Sources

1900 Census    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS12-HK4

Ladislaus Borucki Death Certificate       https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZ7K-52S

1917 World War One registration

1918 Declaration of Intention for Citizenship

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