Franciszek (Francis) Michał (Michael) (Michel/Mitchel, Mitchell etc.) Wojciechowski

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Captain of the Sandomierz Lancers The original [Sienkiewicz literary character] of Longin [Podbipięta], we are told by Modjeska, was Captain Wojciechowski, a close friend of Zagłoba's original,

1 Franciszek (Francis) Michał (Michael) (Michel/Mitchel, Mitchell etc.) Wojciechowski Born abt in Russian-occupied Poland Brother of Antone Francis (Antoni Franciszek) Wojciechowski, born about 1834 Franciszek Michał Wojciechowski fought in the 1830 Uprising Captain of the Sandomierz Lancers The original [Sienkiewicz literary character] of Longin [Podbipięta], we are told by Modjeska, was Captain Wojciechowski, a close friend of Zagłoba's original, Captain [Rudolf Korwin] Piotrowski, and like the latter a veteran of the Uprising of Arthur Prudden Coleman, Marion Moore Coleman Modjeska: To finish with the oldest generation, there was yet another veteran of 1830, old Captain Wojciechowski, called usually Captain Francis, an old companion of Piotrowski. It was at his place that Sienkiewicz took up his abode when he left Anaheim. I did not know him so well, but he was spoken of very highly, and they say that Sienkiewicz reproduced some of the features of his personality in another great character in his "Fire and Sword, the wonderful and heroic "[Longinus] Podbipięta," for like him he was more than commonly tall, very thin, and reserved by disposition , New York, Evening Post -- Arrival of Polish passengers Geneva, NY Gazette Advertizer, 9 April 1834 Place: Annotation: Source Bibliography: Page: 177 New York, New York Date and port of arrival. Polish exiles who came from Trieste to New York on the frigates Guerriera and Hebe; on the corvettes Lipsia and Adria; and to Boston on the merchant vessel Cherokee. LERSKI, JERZY JAN. "List of the Polish Exiles in the United States of North America." In A Polish Chapter in Jacksonian America: The United States and the Polish Exiles of Madison, MI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1958, pp

2 1850 Census, South Fork of the American River, El Dorado County, CA (maybe) Name: Francis Miche Age: 35 Birth Year: abt 1815 Birthplace: Germany OR???: In Stockton, California 1851: letter left for him in the San Francisco post office List of letters remaining in the San Francisco Post Office, 1851

County): 1860 Cosumnes 1864 Sebastopol 1865 Sebastopol 1867 Cosumnes / Sebastopol 1868 Sebastopol 1870 Cosumnes 1872 Cosumnes 1873

3 1852 Calavaras County (Anton and Francis) (MAYBE) 1853 Auburn, maybe 1854 San Francisco gathering: 25 th Anniversary of the Polish Revolution Mining debris trial of 1877 mentions that Francis knew the defendant since 1855 Residences (Cosumnes Township, Sacramento County): 1860 Cosumnes 1864 Sebastopol 1865 Sebastopol 1867 Cosumnes / Sebastopol 1868 Sebastopol 1870 Cosumnes 1872 Cosumnes 1873 Live Oak 1874 Live Oak and Sebastopol 1876 Sebastopol / Michigan Bar 1877 Live Oak 1879 Live Oak 1880 Cosumnes 1887 Died (23 February 1887)

4 [Naturalized 31 August 1857] Francis Mitchell naturalized in Sacramento County, August 31, 1857; witnessed by Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski 1858 Mining Intelligence: Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 14, Number 2150, 16 February (Francis Mitchell) aka Francis Michael or Michel, etc. (Franciszek Michał) [Wojciechowski] Census, Cosumnes Township, Sacramento County Name: Francis Mitchell Age: 52 Birth Year: abt 1808 Gender: Male Birth Place: Poland Home in 1860: Cosumnes, Sacramento, California Post Office: Michigan Bar Family Number: 984

5 1861 Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 20, Number 3078, 8 February Ran a store, Francis & Co. with Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski in Sebastopol, Sacramento Co.

6 Trustee for the Polish Society Fr. [Francis] Woyciechowski Polish Society, 1863: Kazimierz Bielawski, Charles Meyer, Korwin Piotrowski, Dr. Ludwig Joseph Czapkay; Martin Prag, Julian Władysław Andrzejowski, C.H. Berlin, Franciszek Wojciechowski, Leon Czajkowski, Jósef Pałecki, Konstanty Łuniewski, Morris Greenberg, Korwin Piotrowski

April 1863 Kazimierz Bielawski, Franciszek Wojciechowski, Leon Czajkowski, Rev Max Wolf, Julian Władysław

Piotrowski, Dr. Ludwig J Czapkay, Martin Prag, Julian W Andrzejowski, C.H.

Łuniewski, Morris Greenberg, Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski 1864 Trustee (F. Woyeiscihowski, i.e. Wojciechowski); Casimir Bielawski, Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski, Charles Meyer, Martin Prag, Julian w.

7 April 1863 Kazimierz Bielawski, Franciszek Wojciechowski, Leon Czajkowski, Rev Max Wolf, Julian Władysław Andrzejowski, Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski 9 May 1863: Kazimierz Bielawski, Charles Meyer, Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski, Dr. Ludwig J Czapkay, Martin Prag, Julian W Andrzejowski, C.H. Berlin, Franciszek Wojciechowski, Leon Czajkowski, Jósef Pałecki, Konstanty L. Łuniewski, Morris Greenberg, Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski 1864 Trustee (F. Woyeiscihowski, i.e. Wojciechowski); Casimir Bielawski, Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski, Charles Meyer, Martin Prag, Julian w. Andrzejowski, Franciszek Wojciechowski, Leon Czajkowski, K. Ujejski), Morris Schloss, Dr. Elkan Cohn

8 Rudolph Korwin and Francis Michel 1865 (Francis Michel) Sebastopol (Cummings Hotel) Fawer, Inspector; D. 0. Sherwood and Captain Francis, Judges.

9 Francis Michel Francis Store, Cosumnes Township, 1865 Trustee (F. Woyeiscihowski) Emma Wojciechowski born to Anton and Annie Wojciechowski abt (age 59) (Francis Mitchell) CAPTAIN FRANCIS

10 Captain Francis

11 Francis Michel Michael s Store Francis Michael 1868 Francis Michiel Frances Mitchell

12 1869: BROTHER of Francis (Antoni or Anton) Name: Antonio Woycrechowski Residence Year: 1869 Residence Place: Sacramento, California Age: 35 Birth Year: abt (Francis Michael) Census, Cosumnes Township, Sacramento County Neighbor of the James Pollack Family, and James Hamilton, etc. 1871: Anton(i), brother of Francis 1872 (brother of Francis), letter left in the Sacramento post office

Name Francis Mitchell Event Type Voter Registration Event Date 1872

Age 59 Birth Year (Estimated) 1813 Birthplace Poland 1873 (Francis

Event Date 1873 Event Place Cosumnes Twp, Sacramento, California,

13 Name Francis Mitchell Event Type Voter Registration Event Date 1872 Event Place Cosumnes Townsp, Sacramento, California, United States Age 59 Birth Year (Estimated) 1813 Birthplace Poland 1873 (Francis Michel) Live Oak Name Francis Mitchell Event Type Voter Registration Event Date 1873 Event Place Cosumnes Twp, Sacramento, California, United States Age 59 Birth Year (Estimated) 1814 Birthplace Poland Page 94

14 1874 (Francis Michel), Live Oak Michiel, Francis Anton (born about 1831)

15 1875: Anton F. Wojciechowski

Michigan Bar 1877 Sebastopol, California (near the Cosumnes River in Sacramento Co.

16 Name Francis Michel Event Type Voter Registration Event Date 1875 Event Place Live Oak, Sacramento, California, United States Age 66 Birth Year (Estimated) 1809 Birthplace Poland 1876 Francis Michel Michigan Bar 1877 Sebastopol, California (near the Cosumnes River in Sacramento Co.), a town where Sienkiewicz lived in March 1877 with his two friends, Captain Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski and Captain Franciszek Wojciechowski

http://cdnc.ucr.edu/ THE MINING DEBRIS TRIAL.

Oak, Sacramento, California, United States Age: 66

Page: 79 GS Film number: 977088 Digital Folder

17 THE MINING DEBRIS TRIAL. [ARTICLE] Sacramento Daily Union 22 January 1877 Name: Francis Michel Event Type: Voter Registration Event Date: 1877 Event Year Range: Event Place: Live Oak, Sacramento, California, United States Age: 66 Birth Year (Estimated): 1811 Birthplace: Poland Page: 79 GS Film number: Digital Folder Number: Image Number: Francis Mischell (since )

pdf Henryk Sienkiewicz - 1959 - Snippet view - More editions Houses and stores lined its streets, mail coaches

18 See 1877 letter from Henryk Sienkiewicz to Julian Horain (written in Sebastopol, Sacramento County County, California; mentions Wojciechowski in 1877: Henryk Sienkiewicz Snippet view - More editions Houses and stores lined its streets, mail coaches stopped there, its inhabitants numbered several thousands and now its population consists of the aged Captain Wojciechowski and his French servant. 1878

19 1879: Anton F. Wojciechowski Name Francis Michel Event Type Voter Registration Event Date 1879 Event Place Live Oak, Sacramento, California, United States Age 66 Birth Year (Estimated) 1813 Birthplace Poland

20 1880 (Francis Michel); lived with Franciszek (Francis) Domański from Poland See: Census, Cosumnes Township, Sacramento County Hamilton Family (neighbors of Francis)

1880 Census: Antoni, Annie and Emma Wojciechowski in Sacramento Antone Vtjcicehnrsky 48 Annie Vtjcicehrsky 36 Emma Vtjcicehnrsky 15 1882 (Francis Mitchell) The following are at the Eldred House:

Son of Michael Fay, a farmer and stone-mason. The family consisted of eleven children In the spring of 1852 Patrick left New York for California. He sailed to the Isthmus on the steamer Independence.

21 1880 Census: Antoni, Annie and Emma Wojciechowski in Sacramento Antone Vtjcicehnrsky 48 Annie Vtjcicehrsky 36 Emma Vtjcicehnrsky (Francis Mitchell) The following are at the Eldred House: Captain Francis Mitchell, Sebastopol Captain Francis Mitchell, Sebastopol, at the Eldred House M. Fay, the genial proprietor of the Eldred House, was born in County Galway, Ireland, in Son of Michael Fay, a farmer and stone-mason. The family consisted of eleven children In the spring of 1852 Patrick left New York for California. He sailed to the Isthmus on the steamer Independence. His brother, who had come to the coast in 1851, was mining at Cook s Bar, on the Cosumnes River, and our subject joined him there. He was quite successful in mining; working with a common rocker, he made $16 a day. In 1858 he purchased a ranch in this county, where he engaged in farming until 1873, when he moved his family to Sacramento. He purchased the Eldred House of Sidney Eldred who built the house in 1861, of which he has been proprietor for five years. Always taking an active interest in politics and affiliating with the Democratic party, he was brought forward by them as their candidate for county treasurer in For thirteen years he has been a member of the order of Odd Fellows. For several years he has traveled extensively over the State, and after a careful investigation of the advantages of the different cities, gives it as his opinion that Sacramento is not excelled by any portion of the Golden State. If you want good health, go to the Eldred House and board - K street, above Tenth. Sid. Eldred, Proprietor.

22 1883: Anton Wojciechowski SEE NEXT PAGE

Francis Michel Section 17, Township 7 North, Range 8 East (T.

23 1884 Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski s daughter, Stephanie, sold her father s property in Sebastopol to Francis Michel (F.M. Wojciechowski). Piotrowski had purchased the property in 1875 from the Central Pacific Railroad Company. Piotrowski died in Francis Michel Section 17, Township 7 North, Range 8 East (T.7 NR 8E) Name: Francis Michael Event Type: Voter Registration Event Date: 1884 Event Year Range: Event Place: 14 Precinct, Sacramento, California, United States Age: 73 Birth Year (Estimated): 1811 Birthplace: Poland Page: 88 GS Film number: Digital Folder Number: Image Number: Francis Michael at Eldred House

24 1885: Anton died, leaving a widow (Annie) and a daughter (Emma) Name: Antone Wojciehoski Birth: Poland Death: 28 Apr California, USA 29 April April May 1885

1886 (daughter of Anton and Annie) married

25 1886 (daughter of Anton and Annie) married Charles P. Redman Anton was married to NY-born Annie (Annie s parents were born in England). Anton and Annie s daughter, Emma Wojciechowska, was born about 1870 in California. Emma Wojciechowski married Charles P. Redman in May of 1886:

26 May 24, : Capt. Francis died in Sacramento Co. 20 February 1887, Death of Franciszek Michał, or Francis Michael, Franciszek Michał Wojciechowski Francis Wojciechowski; parlors of Reeves & Long, 609 J Street, Sacramento Funeral in Sacramento; buried in Sacramento, Old City Cemetery

27 Emma Wojciechowska Redman and her husband, Charles P. Redman, are in the same plot with Anton, Annie and Francis. Antone Wojciehoski [sic] 26 March 1887, Sacramento Superior Court

28 Samuel B. Smith, County Administrator May 1887 January 1888 Anton s daughter, Emma, was married to Charles Redman

29 1889 Francis Michel ranch (240 acres): Bell and Co. Auction Township 7 north, range 8 east meridian

30 Letters unclaimed in Sacramento Anton s daughter, Emma Redman 1901

31 Francis Michel Francis Mitchel

Annie Wojciechowski, wife of Anton Died in Sacramento March 16, 1917 Age abt 70 Buried with Anton and Franciszek at the Old City Cemetery in Sacramento ANTON Wojciechowski s wife, Annie died in 1917

32 Annie Wojciechowski, wife of Anton Died in Sacramento March 16, 1917 Age abt 70 Buried with Anton and Franciszek at the Old City Cemetery in Sacramento ANTON Wojciechowski s wife, Annie died in 1917 in Sacramento. Daughter of Anton and Annie REDMAN EMMA F 03/05/1869 WAJOJCIEHOSKI F CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO 06/20/ yrs REDMAN CHARLES P 11/22/1860 GORDON REDMAN M ARKANSAS SACRAMENTO 04/07/ yrs Unsure of the relationship, if any, of the Anna Wojciechowski who died in 1925 in San Joaquin County. Probate records: She was judged insane. Alias Wager

Emma Wojciechowska Redman (daughter of Antoni and Annie) ******** 1870, Drytown, California Name: Anton Wijaeckowske Age in 1870: 37 Birth Year: abt 1833 Birthplace: Poland Home in 1870: Township 5,

33 Emma Wojciechowska Redman (daughter of Antoni and Annie) ******** 1870, Drytown, California Name: Anton Wijaeckowske Age in 1870: 37 Birth Year: abt 1833 Birthplace: Poland Home in 1870: Township 5, Amador, California Race: White Post Office: Drytown Name: Francis Michael Age in 1870: 62 Birth Year: abt 1808 Birthplace: Poland Home in 1870: Cosumnes, Sacramento, California Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Sacramento Name Age Amariah Amos 53 Household Members: Francis Michael 62 Everitt Ames 28

Neighbor of James Hamilton (Rebecca) and the James Pollack family 1880 1900 1910

34 Neighbor of James Hamilton (Rebecca) and the James Pollack family Redman, Charles died in 1942 Redman, Emma Wojciechowska died in

1908 Sale of Korwin/Wojciechowski/Redman property to Henry Schneider In 1884, Franciszek Wojciechowski (aka Francis Mitchel or Francis Michael) purchased property formerly belonging to Rudolf Korwin

35 1908 Sale of Korwin/Wojciechowski/Redman property to Henry Schneider In 1884, Franciszek Wojciechowski (aka Francis Mitchel or Francis Michael) purchased property formerly belonging to Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski (sold to Francis by Korwin s daughter). Apparently the niece of Francis, Emma Wojciechowska Redman, and her husband Charles Redman, purchased that property (see description below of the property of Francis and compare it with the above description):

merchandise http://caahgp.genealogyvillage.

38 Sebastopol, Sacramento County, PO address, Michigan bar, 20 miles south east of Sacramento City Michel Francis, general merchandise ml

Captain Konstanty Ludwig/Ludwik (Constantine Louis) Łuniewski (& variants) [Roch] (Tentative genealogy from Minakowski)

Captain Konstanty Ludwig/Ludwik (Constantine Louis) Łuniewski (& variants) [Roch] (Tentative genealogy from Minakowski) Born about 18 Aug. 1818-1825 in Russian-occupied Poland; son of Stanisław Łuniewski???