Welnowski / Andrykowski Family

Welnowski Family

Welnowski Family
SURNAMES & THEIR ORIGINS
ANDRYKOWSKI (Pol) Andrzej (Andrew). Meaning: man.
WELNOWSKI (Pol) welna. Meaning: wool.
Joseph Welnowski (1837-1910) married (1863 Klonowken) Franciszka Anna Andrykowski (1838-1906). They settled in the village of Klonowken (Klonowka), West Prussia, in the ethnic region of Kociewie in the district of Danzig (Gdansk), Poland. Here they had their first four children being; Johan (1860-1901), Joseph (1864), Thomas (1866-1951), & Barbara (1870-1943).
The family left the village of Klonowken for the city of Hamburg, via Gdansk, where they set aboard the ship "Palmerston" on the 29th of July 1872 arriving at Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand on the 6th of December 1872. The family on board ship were Jozef 35, Franciszka 34, Johan 11, Jozef 8, Tomasz 4.5 & Barbara 1.5.
Joseph Welnowski outside his home at Waihola.: Joseph accepted contract work in building the section of the Main Trunk Southern Railway Line and first settled at Greytown (Allanton) before moving on to the township of Waihola. Here they had their youngest child Anna (1874).
Joseph & Franciszka apparently never learned to speak English, speaking only in their native tongue. Joseph was naturalised on the 14th of April 1900 residing in Waihola.
Francisca Wilnoski was buried on the 7th of July 1906 & Joseph Wilnoski was buried on the 17th of April 1910, both at the Waihola Cemetery.
John Welnoski had a musical talent and used to play the piano accordion at dances and parties. Apparently he had a 50/50 share in the instrument, which caused a lot of strife, because every time John picked it up to play, his partner wanted it also. For as long as John left it alone his partner never touched it. Finally John's patience gave out and he said to his partner "If you really want your B....Y half here it is" and so saying, he picked up an axe and rendered the accordion useless, but equally shared. John died a single man on the 21st of December 1901 and is buried at the Fairfax Cemetery, Milton.
Joseph after working for a time at Waihola, became a construction worker on the railway line at the Catlins and Clyde, the Wingatui-Alexandra line. After his marriage he had one daughter who died in infancy and a son.
Barbara Hand (nee Welnoski): At the age of 12 years Thomas started work on the farm of Mr. Todd of Waihola. He married Annie Bell Dysart on the 10th of October 1906 at Milton. At this time he managed a farm for Mr. Chapman, a lawyer from Dunedin, at Waihola. Their son John Francis died on the 19th of September 1907. He came to Riversdale from Milton in October 1908, one of the workmen on the Waikaia railway line arranged by Martin Klimeck. His wife at the time thought Riversdale a miserable place, and thought they would move as soon as the line was finished. However they ended up spending the rest of their lives there. After the line was completed, Tom, who was a conscientious worker, spent his time in rabbit trapping during the winter and assisting farmers at lambing time in the spring, in the shearing shed, harvesting or fencing at other times. Their family consisted of Mary (Mrs Petit, Dunedin), Imelda (Mrs Lynch), Caroline, Madge, Tom and Bill, all of whom lived at Roxburgh east. Thomas died in 1951, aged 84 years and is buried in Riversdale.
Barbara married Harry Hand on the 25th of May 1891 at Milton having a large family. It is clear that Barbara's descendants, who keep alive her Christian name right down to great-grand daughter, had a great respect for her

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