Ancestry Chapter 4
Tybus Children - 1843-1859 -
Maria, Johann, August, Anna, Francisca, Michael, Helena, Franz
(click documents to see details)
Marie Tybus born 1843, Dirschau, West Prussia
Marie Tybus, christened Anna
Marie, was born on November 29, 1843, and christened on December 3, 1843.
Jacob's and Christina's first born. Marie's Godparents are Johann Theil and
Catharina Kalesjewska. Marie will later marry and raise a family of about six
children in Dirschau.
LDS microfilm #0161853. Record of the 1843 birth and christening of Anna Marie Tybus. Katholische Kirche Dirschau. Parentis Jacob Tybus & Catherina Lerdau.
Strings. On
November 3, 1845, Wilhelmine Augustine Tibus, 21, marries Gotthard West, in East
Prussia, and again I have found no link to our Tybus/Tibus family in West
Prussia.
Johann Tybus born 1846, Dirschau, West Prussia
Johann Nicholas Tybus was born
on February 17, 1846, and christened on February 22, 1846. Jacob and
Christina's first-born son. Johann Nicholas' Godparents are Jacob Lalews
(sp.?), Caroline Gors__(sp.?) and Johann Lelew (sp?). It is possible that
Johann Nicholas did not survive his first year. (His name is not seen in any
later records, and the next child is born in 18 months, suggesting that
Christina stopped nursing prematurely.) Having children every two years is
fairly standard for German Catholic families at this time, and the children are
frequently named after a godparent. Four godparents are common in West Prussia
in the 1800's, although normally only two are recorded in the church registry.
LDS microfilm #0161853. Record of the 1846 birth and christening of Johann Nicholas Tybus. Katholische Kirche Dirschau. Parentis Jacob Tybus & Catherina Lerdau.
Peasant's uprising, 1846, West Prussia Peasants unsuccessfully attack the
Prussian troops stationed in Pr. Stargardt. (Michael Norek's birth town.) This
came a few years before other uprisings in Western Europe. Marx and Engels
publish the Communist Manifesto in London on February 26, 1848.
August Tybus born 1847, Dirschau, West Prussia
August Tybus, christened Joseph August, was born on August 4, 1847, and christened on August 8, 1847. Jacob and Christina's second son, and possibly the first son to survive. August's Godparents are Jacob ____ (appears to be same as Johann Nicholas' Godfather), Jursina _______, Joseph _____, and Maria _____. Was August named after the month of his birth, in addition to his namesake Godfather Joseph? As will be seen below, he survived to adulthood.
LDS
microfilm #0161853. Record of the 1847 birth and christening of Joseph August
Tybus. Katholische Kirche Dirschau. Parentis Jacob Tybus & Catherina Lerdau.
1850 Education in West Prussia Primary school, from the age of 6 to 14, was now compulsory. Previously women were taught to read but not to write. The execution of marriage contracts at this time indicate that about 84 % of the men and about 60 % of the women now can both read and write.
Anna Tybus born 1850, Dirschau, West Prussia
Anna Tybus,
christened Anna Francisca, was born on May 5, 1850, and christened on May 9,
1850. She is Jacob and Christina's second daughter. Anna's Godparents are
Franz Lalews (sp.?) and Francisca Lioders (sp ?).
LDS microfilm #0161853 Line 64, page starts at line 63. Record of the 1850 birth and christening of Anna Francisca Tybus. Katholische Kirche Dirschau. Parentis Jacob Tybus & Christine Lerdau.
In 1852 the railroad between Berlin and Danzig is completed.
Francisca Tybus born 1852, Dirschau, West Prussia
Francisca Tybus, christened
Francisca Mosalia, was born on October 29, 1852, and christened on October 31,
1852. She is Jacob and Christina's third daughter. Francisca's Godparents are
Joseph ___ (sp.?) and (sp.?). As seen from the records below, we know that
Francisca also survived. She will be the Tybus free spirit.
LDS microfilm #0585799 Line 57, page starts at line 55. Record of the 1850 birth and christening of Anna Francisca Tybus. Katholische Kirche Dirschau. Parentis Jacob Tybus & Christine Lerdau.
Dirschau, West Prussia. A view of the architecture along Dirschau's Vistula Riverfront. Now a part of the River Old Town area of this ancient town
Michael Tybus born 1854, Dirschau, West Prussia
Michael Tybus, christened Michael Marsia, was born on September 21, 1854, and christened on October 1, 1854. He is Jacob's and Christina's second surviving son, and fifth surviving child. Michael's Godparents are Marsia Mueller (sp ?) and Elizabeth ___(sp.?).
Michael, a lineal ancestor
to all Norek second batchers, is born into a decent size family. His oldest
sister Maria is going on eleven. His brother August is seven. Anna is four and
Francisca is going on two. His father i
s
about thirty-seven and his mother thirty-six.
LDS microfilm
#0585799 Line 162, page starts at line 154. Record of the 1854 birth and
christening of Michael Marsia Tybus. Katholische Kirche Dirschau. Parentis
Jacob Tybus & Christine Lerdau.
Close-up below.
In 1857 the bridge over the Vistula
River at Dirschau is completed after twelve years of construction. It is the
longest bridge in Europe at that time.
Helena Tybus born 1857, Dirschau, West Prussia
Helena Tybus, christened Helene Christine, was born on April 17, 1857, and christened on April 19, 1857. She is Jacob and Christina's fourth daughter, and her mother Christina's namesake. Helena's Godparents are Joseph _____ and Wilhelmina ______.
Helena, a lineal ancestor to all Norek first batchers, is 2 ½ years younger than her brother Michael. Future events pose a close relationship between them. Each will be a godparent to the other's first-born child. Michael will one day send his oldest daughter to Helena -- and that will be a major part of this story.
LDS microfilm #0585798 Record of the 1857 birth and christening of Helena Tybus. Katholische Kirche Dirschau. Parentis Jacob Tybus & Christina Lerdau.
Franz Tybus born 1859, Dirschau, West Prussia
Jacob and Christina Tybus' last child was born on December 24, 1859, and christened Franz Stephen on December 26th . His godparents are Vincent Laewrski and Fran____ Sweat. Christina is 41 and Jacob 42. In the span of seventeen married years, they have had 8 children, 4 boys and 4 girls. Only one of the children, Johann, might have been lost as an infant, and of the 7 other children we have records showing at least six survived to adulthood. I think Franz might have made it there also.
LDS microfilm 585,799. The 1859 birth and christening of Franz Stephen Tybus. Katholische Kirche Dirschau. Parentis Jacob Tybus & Catherine Lerdau.
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