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October 09

Wierbicki, Ignatius
Please help Mary Ann break through her brickwall and find info on her grandfather, Ignatius Wierbicki and his wife, Anna Yanik.

Ignatius Wierbicki - Father to Ignatius Wierbick (aka James Edward Gird)

Found a name on a ship manifest (Ancestry.com)

Ignacy Wierbicki - Jan. 11, 1913 - S.S. Prinz Frederick Wilholm - sailed from Bremen Germany. It stated he was 18 years old, Russian

Race or People: Polish Last Residence: Russia

He was coming to visit a brother: Adam Wierbicki

261 9 Av

Beaver Falls, Pa.

My grandmother, Anna Yanick (Source of Name: Death Certificate) was married to him and became pregnant with my father. We were told that Anna was also born in Coatesville, Pa., but can not definitely confirm that info. She had sisters, but their last name was Ovsak. Obviously Anna was born of a different father. Before my father was born we were told that his father died in an industrial accident. Some time after this industrial accident Anna married my step-grandfather, Anthony Gird. My father was then named James Edward Gird, but not done legally at that time.

My father: Ignatius Wierbicki (aka: James Edward Gird) was born in Coatesville, Pa. on May 13, 1919. Source: St. Louis The King, Detroit, Michigan record of my mother and father's marriage. This record stated my father was baptised at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Coatesville, Pa. I did call this church and it was confirmed. I was never able to get written documentation from the church. This church also had a very large ethnic following and has a cemetery. It had no records of Ignatius Wierbicki being buried.

I tried to send for my father's original birth certificate in Pennsylvania, but none could be found in that name. My father had his name changed legally on April 18, 1939 from Ignatius Wierbicki to James Edward Gird. I have a paper from Probate Court - Wayne County stating this info. I also have a copy of a Certificate of Registration from Michigan Department of Health with the name James Edward Gird.

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