Brzoskowski-Dysarz Family
by Robert Yagley
Contents
Introduction
Navigating this project.
Start by clicking on the Home Card link (above).
A ‘Family Card’ displays the John Brzoskowski and Barbara Dessarz family.
Both were born, married and died in Poland.
They had (8) children; (7) survived into adulthood and immigrated to Detroit, circa 1880’s.

Clicking on either the father or mother displays a ‘Person Sheet’; clicking on a parent or a child displays another ‘Family Card’.
A Person Card
displays additional data, photos, notes and sources. Sources are provided for many events; click on the source superscript numbers for source details. Many sources have hot-links to documents, FamilySearch.org resources, Find-A-Grave web memorials, etc.

Click the green tree icon (next to name) for the person’s ancestry (pedigree).
Click the grey camera icon (next to tree icon) for photos or documents.

Additionally, a person of interest can be easily located from the Surname link or the Index link.

Primary Information Sources
Book publication: Yagley & Brzoskowski Family History : An Historic Guide to Discovering Your Past, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Compiled by Robert Yagley, 2009, 808 pages; additional authors and contributors. The descendants of the Brzoskowski-Dysarz family member that immigrated to Detroit, including the Anglo-American name changes, was originally written by Robert Yagley Sr, and Monsignor Arthur Karey during 1978-1982.
To view the list of additional authors and contributors, click here.

Family Name Changes
Some descendants opted to change their last name.
Most of the name changes occurred from 1919 thru 1939.
Some of the names changes are:
Brzoskowski – Birch, Burch and also Burke
Barkowski – Barker
Jagla – Jaglay - Yagley
Jendrzejewski – Anderson
Karasiewski - Karey
Wroblewski – Brumer

Origin Location in Poland
John Brzoskowski was born in the village of Wenzkau, Kreis Berent, West Prussia (historic names). Today, the village is Więckowy, Starogard County, Pomerania Voivodeship (province), Poland.
The geographic coordinates are 54.05743, 18.38781
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Więckowy,+Poland/

The Dysarz family origin is the village of Wyschin, Kreis Berent, West Prussia (historic name). Today the village is Wysin, Koscierzyna County, Pomerania Voivodeship (province), Poland
The geographic coordinates are 54.099010400 18.286603700.
It is about 45 miles southwest of Gdansk, Poland.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wysin,+Poland/

The distance from Wenzkau to Wyschin is about 11km
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Wysin,+Poland/Więckowy,+Poland/

Settlement Location in Detroit, Michigan, USA
The Brzoskowski-Dysarz family members settled in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The geographical coordinates are: 42.3526253 -88.239632
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Detroit,+MI/

Brzoskowski Family Descendant Reports
The following simplified descendant reports are available. Click on the name for the report.
John Barkowski & Catherine Brzoskowski Descendant Report
Jacob Wolff & Barbara Brzoskowski Descendant Report
John Kluka & Marianna Brzoskowski Descendant Report
John Wojewski Yagley & Pauline Brzoskowski Descendant Report
Constantine Kaminski & Anna Brzoskowski Descendant Report
Alexander Jendrzejewski & Julianna Brzoskowski Descendant Report
Barney Burch & Helen Reppke Descendant Report

Additional Dessarz-Dysarz Family Reports
Dessarz-Dysarz family history, extracted from Wyschin, Gdansk, Poland church records were originally done by Norbert A. Winter, (1924-1999) of Harlingen, Texas, USA and submitted (about 1996) to the International Genealogical Index (IGI) of the Family History Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), Salt Lakes City, Utah.
Many Dysarz ‘cousins’ from Wyschin also immigrated to Detroit during the 1880’s. For example, Carl Desarz, brother of Barbara Marianna Dessarz, immigrated to Detroit with some (but not all) of his children.
Various ‘second cousins’ also immigrated to Detroit. For example, August Dysarz (son of Joseph Dessarz, and cousin of Barbara Marianna Dessarz) immigrated to Detroit.
The following simplified descendant reports are available. Click on the name for the report.
Joseph Dessarz & Marianna Stenzel Descendant Report
Carl Dessarz-Dysarz & Francisca Aszyk Descendant Report
Johann Brzoskowski & Barbara Dessarz Descendant Report

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Forward statement: Over time, I will be adding historic photographs to this website; please check back late 2017.

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