Polish refugees from the Hungarian campaign who landed at Liverpool on the 4th March 1851, on the Sardinian Brig “Arpia” 270 tons, (1) Captain Bartholetto direct from Constantinople, arrangements were made for them to stay at the Emigrants Home run by Mr Sabell at Moorfields. I have put in brackets those I know who went to the following towns which were Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Newcastle, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, and York, I have short biographies on some on arrival, and details of a few that settled. I will add to this list, and some details of the meetings following their arrival in another blog. I will also publish the list of those who went to America. These lists were originally published in the “Demokrata Polski” that Stanislaw Worcell 1799-1857 contributed to, he assisted the refugees on arrival.
1. Ajehornowski Karol
2. Adamski Jan
3. Ajszteten Arsenius
4. Albertowski Adam (Gateshead, single, joiner, 1861 census)
5. Bagniski Franciszek
6. Barwicki Jan
7. Belicaj Paweł
8. Bielecki Jan (Sheffield)
9. Bednarczuk Grzegdrz
10. Bielański Karol
11. Bielański Kazimierz
12. Biliński Dominik
13. Bill Michał
14. Boberski Emeryk
15. Boberski Alojzy (Bradford)
16. Bochniewicz Józef
17. Bodnawski Konstanty
18. Bojnowski Michał
19. Borkowski Teofil
20. Bożek Michał
21. Broczkowski Konstanty
22. Brunner Wilhelm
23. Bruszkiewicz Wincenty (York confectioner, 1861 census) (Bradford, married, confectioner 1871 census “Burskwith”)
24. Bryniewicz Antoni
25. Bryniewicz Józef
26. Buczynski Francisze
27. Buczynski Otton
28. Chmielinski Wiktor (Bradford, married, tailor, 1861 census)
29. Chryst Maurycy (Sheffield)
30. Chuchro Kasper
31. Czajkowski Walery (Leeds, and Newbold, married, engine machine, British Subject 1871)
32. Czech Franciszek (1866 Lancashire, charged with larceny, acquitted)
33. Czerner Leon
34. Czernicki Ludwik
35. Czerwinski Seweryn (Sheffield)
36. Czenielewicz Karol
37. Czerkawski Antoni (Rochdale)
38. Czerwinski Stanisław (Sheffield)
39. Dabrowski Konrad
40. Darnasiewicz Tomasz
41. Panicz Julian
42. Daszkiewicz Władysław
43. Daszkowski Konstanty
44. Dębicki Zegota
45. Domkowicz Wilhelm (Sheffield)
46. Dzikowski Józef
47. Dziuźynski Jan
48. Dobrzanski Karol
49. Elsner Rudolf
50. Ferijenlschek Jan
51. Fichtel Ignacy
53. Fiszbek Herman
52. Figorski Jan (Sheffield)
54. Folusiewicz Jan
55. Fortuna Józef
56. Frankowski Władysław (possibly Rochdale as Michal)
57. Furtek Franciszek (Bradford)
58. Gacek Jan
59. Gałecki Ludwik
60. Gasiorowski Roman
61. Gasowski Piotr (Sheffield possibly also as Ignacy)
62. Gładysz Walenty (Sheffield)
63. Gluszkiewicz Grzegorz
64. Górski Jan
65. Goryczko Julian
66. Grodnicki Jan
67. Gromadzki Józef
68. Gruadbek Jan
69. Grzybowski Jan
70. Gurnisiewicz Antoni
71. Gwózdziakiewicz Wincenty
72. Halski Antoni (Sheffield)
73. Hendzel Walenty
74. Hfawaty Albin
75. Hryniewicz Antoni
76. Janiszewski Leopold
79. Jarociński Cypryan
80. Jaroszewski Kazimierz
81. Jakubowski Michał
82. Jasiński Wincenty
83. Jastrzębski Ludwik (Halifax)
84. Jaworski Michał
85. Idźkowski Karol (Rochdale)
86. Inez Henryk
87. Ilnicki Aleksander
88. Ilnicki Ewaryst (Oldham)
89. Ipnarski Ludwik
90. Juczewski Józef
91. Juszczakiewicz Leon
92. Kaczyński Franciszek
93. Kalinowski Kasper (Sheffield)
94. Kaniowski Franciszek (Sheffield)
95. Karpiński Ludwik
96. Kica Wojciech
97. Kisielewski Karol
98. Klein Henryk
99. Kłem Leon (Sheffield) (St Olave, York, Language teacher 1871 census, worked England and Scotland, died 1896?)
100. Koczorowski Aleksander (Preston)
101. Kołodziejski Ksawery (possibly Bradford as Wincenty)
102. Koprowski Antoni
103. Kotkowski Ignacy (Rochdale)
104. Kozakiewicz Wiktor
105. Kozicki Władysław
106. Kozicki Aleksander
107. Kozłowski Felic
108 Kozłowski Leopold
109. Kowalski Ferdynand (Sheffield) 1854 greeted Lajos Kossuth on arrival to Sheffield.
110. Krawczyński Filip
111 Krobicki Stanisław
112. Krzyżanowski Leszek (Sheffield as Alexander)
113. Krynicki Józef.
114 Krynicki Karol (Bradford)
115 Kuczewski Konstanty
116. Kugler Karol
117. Kułakowski Felix
118. Kulwicki Antoni
119. Kwiatkowski Józef
120. Lechowski Ludwik
121. Lipinski Izydor
122. Lisowski Władysław
123. Lubański Józef
124. Łagoriski Teodor
125. Łekawski Konstanty
126. Łempkowski Konstanty
127. Łopacinski Antoni (Halifax)
128. Łopaciński Józef
129. Łosicki Hieronim (Bradford)
130. Mahalski August (Bradford) (York photographer, married, 1861 census, died York 1900)
131. Machnikowski Jan
132. Maciejowski Franciszek
133. Majewski Ignacy
134. Malczewski Narcyz (Manchester, married, book keeper, 1861 census)
135. Malinowski Franciszek
136. Malinowski Dominik
137. Maliszewski Leonard
138. Maliszewski Jan
139. Martyński Paweł
140. Matuszyński Stanisław
141. Matuszyński Maxymilian (Bradford)
142. Matuszewski Marcel (Sheffield)
143. Maux Maxymilian
144. Mazurkiewicz Antoni (Sheffield & Bradford) (1881 married, cabinet maker)
145. Mostowski Edward
146. Mroczkowski Maksymilian
147. Mroszczyk Antoni
148. Mularski Jan
149. Murczkiewicz Walenty
150. Nachman Sebestyan (Sheffield)
151. Nadmiler Julian
152. Nieczyperowicz Wincenty (Bradford)
153. Nowicki Albin
154. Nowicki Wincenty
155. Nowicki Józef
156. Ogurkowski Erazm
157. Olszewski Aleksander
158. Olsztajn Franciszek
159. Ortyński Piotr (Sheffield)
160. Ostrzeszewicz Henryk (Bradford)
161. Paprocki Kazimierz
162. Piekrzewicz Ignacy
163. Pisarek Jędrzej
164. Płotnicki Maryan
165. Podbielski Kajetan
166. Podhorodecki Albert
167. Pomykała Piotr (Bradford, single, wool sorter, boarding 1861 with No. 28. Chmielinski)
168. Podobiński Jan
169. Podoski Konstanty (Sheffield)
170. Prawdziński Jędrzej (Sheffield as Andrzyi)
171. Prawdziński Jan
172. Prorok Cyryl (Everton, married, tobacconist, 1861 census)
173. Przygodziński Marcel
174. Rajkowski Antoni
175. Radkiewicz Tomasz
176. Rejowski Szymon (Sheffield)
177. Rusecki Dymitr
178. Rusiecki Władysław
179. Ruszczyński Leszek
180. Ruźycki Leon
181. Rylski Wiktor
182. Ryter Ferdynaud
183. Saganowski Paweł
184. Sajfert Rajmund
185. Skopczyński Ksawery.
186. Skowroński Marcin
187. Skrowaczewski Jakób
188. Sliczniakowski Teofil
189. Śliwiński Julian
190. Śliwiński Antoni
191. Słabowski Kasper
192. Słomka Aleksander (Bradford)
193. Słotwiński Marcin
194. Smidowicz Konstanty
195. Smoliński Hipolit.
196. Stanisz Antoni
197. Stanisz Józef
198. Stemcel Gustaw
199. Strowski Fortunat (Sheffield 1851, moved to France, language teacher Southern France, son on Napoleonic veteran)
200. Strzelecki Erazm
201. Suryn Jan
202. Synowiec Antoni
203. Swierczyński Leopold
204. Szajner Leon
205. Szczepanowski Ignacy.
206. Szczepański Stanisław (Sheffield)
207. Szirosławski Roman
208.’ Szyler Leopold
209. Szymborski Piotr
210. Tarnowski Jan
211. Tomaszewski Teofil (Padiham, married, tailor)
212. Traczewski Jan (Bradford)
213. Trawiński Ambroży
214. Trybulski Ignacy
215. Turzanski Piotr
216. Tytuziński Karol
217. Wacławski Franciszek
218. Wajs Leon
219. Wajs Sebestyan
220. Walusiński Józef
221. Warecki Bronisław
222. Warecki Michał
223. Wierzbicki Hilary
224. Wilczynski Józef
225. Winnicki Bazyli
226. Wisniewski Mikołaj
227. Witowski Franciszek (Padiham, single, tailor, 1861 census)
228. Wojewódzki Józef
229. Wojnarski Grzegorz
230. Wołynski Tadeusz
231. Wysocki Karol
232. Wysocki Felix
233. Zabawa Józef
234. Żakowski Franciszek
235. Żalasinski Edward
236. Zalewski Michał (Sheffield)
237. Zalotynski Walenty
238. Zamojski Jan
239. Zamorski Władysław.
240. Zamorski Michał (Rochdale)
241. Zaniewski Franciszek
242. Zawadzki Rajmund
243. Zawisza Józef
244. Zielinski Franciszek (Halifax) (1861 census, married, Salford, 1863 directory, cork cutter, 31 Brunswick street)
245. Zima Franciszek (Halifax) (Salford, married 1861 census)
246 Złotnicki Wiktor
247. Zoczanski Wincenty
248. Zyblikiewicz Marcel
249. Zabicki Antoni (1861 census, married, correspondent/journalist London, Active in Polish Democratic groups, became British subject)
250. Żukowski Jozef
(1) The “Arpia” was owned by the captain, she was built 1847 in Savone, last survey May 1850, Marseille. Last listed 1853 with notice condemned
this is an amazing discovery. Do you know where they are buried?
Not ones in Liverpool, but have interesting notes of a couple that went to other towns: Sheffield and York. Roch Rupniewski a 1830 veteran who spent time in Jersey is in an unmarked grave at Toxeth. I have a blog on a teacher at Aberdeen Jan Jazdowski who is buried near Liverpool.
do you know where this grave is? can you take me there? Or show me?
I think I can help you develop your project and restore dignity to these heroes together. Contact me please, I am very impressed with your discovery.
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roch_Rupniewski on find my grave:
Toxteth Park Cemetery
Toxteth, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Plot
Sec. 4, Grave 37
hi, Fortunat Strowski is my ancestor. I did’nt know that he went to UK from Constantinople before to come in France. A lot of thanks
I have learned thanks your twitter account that he took part at a conference with General Wisocki in Sheffield. I presume it was to joint Wisocki, that he went to UK.
I would be very interesting to know what he said on the polish question at this conference