and surrounding area
Charlub is a wies (village) in the district of Charlub, the kreis (county) of Srem, and the Polish province of Wielkopolska. The German spelling is: Karlub. Known immigrants from Charlub include Constantin and Barbara Jankowski, and their children Mike, Stanislaus, Albert, Frank, Francisca, and Hedwigla.
According to the marriage record of Constantin Jankowski and Barbara Frackowiak, they were married in Czarkowo on October 17, 1852. Sometime after that, they moved to Charlub, where Constantin accepted a job tending horses for the manor owner. Barbara gave birth to Ignatius Jankowski in Charlub on July 23, 1858. This is the first known record of the family in Charlub, but he was not the first-born. A daughter, Marianna was born in 1853. Her birth record has not yet been located, so it has not yet been determined if the family had already moved to Charlub by 1853.
Constantin and Barbara lived in Charlub from at least July 1858 until emigrating to the United States in September 1889. During that time, they had 10 known children (possibly others). Other than the first-born, Marianna (of whom it is not known where she was born), all were born in Charlub. Three of the children died young in Charlub. One (Katharina) married in Charlub, and may not have emigrated to the United States at all. No records have been found indicating that Katharina and her husband, Antonius Baczkiewicz, ever emigrated. (Also no records have been found that indicate they remained in Poland.) The other six children, along with their parents all emigrated to the United States.
In 1905, Charlub Hauland belonged to the Prussian province of Posen. At that time, it had 111 residents (7 Protestants, 104 Catholics, 0 Jews). The closest police station was in Ksiaz (Xions), the Amtsgericht (local court) in Srem (Schrimm), the Standesamt (civil registration office) in Ksiaz (Xions), and the district court was in Poznan. The Protestant church was in Ksiaz (Xions), and the Roman Catholic Parish , where many records of our ancestors can be found was in Mchy (Emchen). The Post Office and Telegraph for Charlub were in the village of Mchy (Emchen). The nearest bus and railway stations were in Ksiaz (Xions) – 4 km away. The nearest large city was Srem.
Mchy (Emchen), where the Catholic Church resides, is a slightly larger village. In 1905, it had 387 residents – 384 of whom were Catholics. St. Martin the Bishop Catholic Church in Mchy is where our ancestors were baptized, confirmed, and married. Mchy is approx 3 km from Charlub (approx 1 ¾ miles).
Today, Charlub and Mchy remain little changed. Charlub is nothing more than a collection of about 15 farmhouses. There are no commercial entities in Charlub - just pure farmland. Mchy has one commercial enterprise - a tavern! The Catholic Church in Mchy remains in operation, with 3 Sunday Masses and 1 Saturday evening Mass.
view from Charlub looking towards Mchy
this is the view our ancestors would have seen on their way to Church
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