Wapiennik Genealogy

Ellis Island records indicate that at least fifteen persons with the surname Wapiennik passed through Ellis Island in the first quarter of the 20th century. Below are a list of all the persons named Wapiennik (or close variants [e.g., Wapiemik or Wapienik]) and an analysis of that information is presented below the list. Click on the name for additional information, as well as images of the ship manifests pertaining to their entry at Ellis Island.

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I. WAPIENNIKS ON RECORD AT ELLIS ISLAND

Name	Arrived	Age on Arrival	Residence	Destination	Ship
Wojciech Wapiennik	April 4, 1903	30	Krzyz, Galicia	Chicago, IL	Konigen Luise
Tekla Wapiennik	November 25, 1903	21	Krzyz, Galicia	Chicago, IL	Neckar
Marya Wapiennik	February 5, 1905	30	Krzyz, Galicia	Chicago, IL	Hannover
Wojciech Wapiennik	February 5, 1905	3	Krzyz, Galicia	Chicago, IL	Hannover
Emilia Wapiennik	February 5, 1905	20	Krzyz, Galicia	Chicago, IL	Hannover
Weronika Wapiennik	December 20, 1910	17	Krzyz, Galicia	Chicago, IL	Amerika
Jan Wapiennik	February 4, 1913	14	Krzyz, Galicia	Chicago, IL	Kaiser Wilhem II
Jozef Wapiennik	February 4, 1913	27	Krzyz, Galicia	Chicago, IL	Kaiser Wilhem II
Jozefka Wapiennik	February 4, 1913	20	Krzyz, Galicia	Chicago, IL	Kaiser Wilhem II
Marya Wapiennik	February 4, 1913	2	Krzyz, Galicia	Chicago, IL	Kaiser Wilhem II
Piotr Wapiennik	November 4, 1913	26	Krzyz, Galicia	East Chicago, IN	Main
Tekla Wapiennik	February 13, 1914?	20	Krzyz, Galicia	East Chicago, IN	Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Stanislawa Wapiennik	February 13, 1914?	1.5	Krzyz, Galicia	East Chicago, IN	Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Franziszk Wapiennik	February 13, 1914?	5 mos.	Krzyz, Galicia	East Chicago, IN	Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Mary Emilia Wapiennik	September 24, 1922?	16	Krzyz, Galicia	Chicago, IL	President Fillmore

II. ANALYSIS

Again, for specifics regarding each person I ask that you click on their name to see their manifest and other data garnered from the manifest. After collecting and attempting making sense out of all of this disparate information, I have come up with the following formulation as to who is who, and who knew who. This is the only way it makes sense to me:

First wave of Wapienniks (1903-1905) --

Wojciech & Tekla were brother and sister, and they arrived in New York bound for Chicago on 4/4/1903. They had another sister, Emilia Wapiennik who arrived in New York bound for Chicago on 2/5/1905. Emilia brought with her Wojciech's wife, Marya Wapiennik. Marya and brought her and Wojciech's son.

Second wave of Wapienniks (1910-1913) --

Weronika Wapiennik came over in 12/10/1910, and lived with a friend. Weronika indicated she had a mother in Krzyz named Leonora Wapiennik. Jożef and Jożefa, husband and wife, came to NY bound for Chicago on 2/4/1913. They brought with them their children, Marya and Jan Wapiennik indicating they would live with their mother, Leonora Wapiennik, in Chicago. This means that Leonora came over sometime between 1910 (when Weronika listed her as living in Poland) and 1913 (when her child Jozef indicated she lived in Chicago). That record is missing. Since Leonora is both the mother of Weronika and Jozef, they must be brother and sister.

Third wave of Wapienniks (1913-1914) --

Piotr came over on 11/14/1913 to NY and bound for Chicago to live with his cousin. He indicated he had a wife, Tekla, in Krzyz. Tekla came over about 3 months later on 2/13/14, and brought their two children Stanislawa and Franziszk Wapiennik.

Fourth wave of Wapienniks (1922) --

The only person that cannot be accounted for is the US Citizen, Marianna (or Mary Emilia Wapiennik) who came over on 9/24/1922. She was going to live in Chicago with Stanislaw Wapiennik in Chicago, who also has no record I can find.