Godparents and Kinship


In the past, relatives, especially close relatives, were selected to be godparents. This was a way of binding families together. The rare outsider probably only served in this role in an emergency. Using Suchomski descendancy charts, here follows a case history of godparents who were also kin. Godparents known to be kin or probable kin are shown in red below the godchild's name. If the relationship is unknown, the godparent is shown in blue. In more than half of the cases shown here, the godparents were related to the child.


1 -- Wojciech SUCHOMSKI (1782, Zdroje? - 1842, Wysoka;
          Wojciech's father: Jan SUCHOMSKI)
      sp- Katarzyna BONA (1789, Byslaw - 1838, Wysoka)
          [Franciszek Talaska]
          [Maryanna Partykowa, maternal aunt?]
            2 -- Kazimierz SUCHOMSKI (1809 - 1855, Wysoka)
                 [Jakub Szczepanski]
                 [Katarzyna Kobierowska]
                  sp- Franciszka TOPOLINSKI (1815, Wetfie, pow. Swiecie)
                      [Rochus Deka, paternal great-uncle]
                      [Konstancja Deka, paternal great-aunt?]
                        3 -- Marcianna SUCHOMSKI (1841 - 1843, Wysoka)
                             [Rochus Topolinski, maternal uncle]
                             [Katarzyna Suchomska, paternal aunt]
                        3 -- Katarzyna SUCHOMSKI (1842, Wysoka)
                             [Tomasz Suchomski of Zdroje, paternal great-uncle?]
                             [Katarzyna Suchomska, paternal aunt]
                        3 -- Stefan SUCHOMSKI (1845 - bef. 1855), Wysoka
                             [Wawrzyniec Topolinski, maternal grandfather]
                             [Konstancja Deka, maternal great-great-aunt?]
                        3 -- Agnieszka SUCHOMSKI (1847 - 1851), Wysoka
                             [Jan Suchomski, paternal uncle]
                             [Agnieszka Koszowska, paternal aunt]
                        3 -- Jozef SUCHOMSKI (1849, Wysoka)
                             [Ignacy Porozynski, husband of a paternal aunt]
                             [Maryanna Topolinska, wife? of a maternal uncle]
                        3 -- John SUCHOMSKI (1852, Wysoka  -1933, Oak
                              Forest, IL)
                             [Walenty Porozynski, brother? of a brother-in-law]
                             [Katarzyna Kielpinska]
                              sp- Hedwig MYSLINSKI (1855, Lubiewo, pow.
                                    Swiecie -1925, Chicago, IL)
                                  [Jan Wrzeszcz]
                                  [Maryanna Iwicka]
                                    4 -- (for children, click here)
                        3 -- Franciszka SUCHOMSKI (1855, Wysoka -1915,
                              Chicago, IL)
                             [Franciszek Dombek]
                             [Jozefina Kobierowska, paternal aunt]
                              sp- Teofil WIELEWICKI (1849-1925, Chicago, IL)
                                    4 -- Antoni WIELEWICKI (1880, Swiecie)
                                    4 -- Leo WIELEWICKI (1882, Swiecie? -1959, Chicago, IL)
                                    4 -- Konstancja WIELEWICKI (1883, Swiecie)
                                    4 -- John WIELEWICKI (1889-1961, Chicago, IL)
            2 -- Michal SUCHOMSKI (1811, Wysoka)
                 [Jakub Kobierowski]
                 [Rozalja Talaskowa]
            2 -- Maryanna SUCHOMSKI (1814, Wysoka)
                 [Jan Suchomski, paternal grandfather]
                 [Anna Kofsobucka]
                  sp- Mateusz HAK (1808, Budziska)
            2 -- SUCHOMSKI (1815-1815), Wysoka
            2 -- Anna SUCHOMSKI (1816, Wysoka)
                 [Tomasz Talaska]
                 [Anna Polomowna]
                  sp- Lukasz TICHDA (1809, Gatzna)
            2 -- Agnieszka SUCHOMSKI (1819, Wysoka)
                 [Mateusz Bona, maternal uncle?]
                 [Maryanna Spichalska]
                  sp- Jan KOSZ (1807, Ostrowy)
            2 -- Katarzyna SUCHOMSKI (1821, Wysoka)
                 [Tomasz Suchomski (of Zdroje?), paternal uncle?]
                 [Katarzyna Suchomska, mother]
                  sp- Ignaz POROZYNSKI (1819, Drzycim, pow. Swiecie)
            2 -- Bartlomiej SUCHOMSKI (1824 - 1873, Wysoka)
                  sp- Katarzyna (1825)
                        3 -- SUCHOMSKI (1851, Wysoka)
                        3 -- SUCHOMSKI (1853, Wysoka)
                        3 -- Stefan SUCHOMSKI (1855-1865), Wysoka
                        3 -- SUCHOMSKI (1857, Wysoka)
                        3 -- SUCHOMSKI (1860, Wysoka)
                        3 -- Franciszka SUCHOMSKI (1863-1863, Wysoka)
            2 -- Jan SUCHOMSKI (1827, Wysoka - 1875, Plazowo)
                  sp- Ewa SCHMALZ (1834, Plazowo)
            2 -- Jozefina SUCHOMSKI (1829, Wysoka)
                  sp- Franciszek KOBIEROWSKI (1818, Wysoka)

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1 -- John SUCHOMSKI (1852, Wysoka, pow. Tuchola -1933, Oak
      Forest, IL)
     [Walenty Porozynski, brother? of a brother-in-law]
     [Katarzyna Kielpinska]
      sp- Hedwig MYSLINSKI (1855, Lubiewo, pow. Swiecie -1925,
            Chicago, IL)
          [Jan Wrzeszcz]
          [Maryanna Iwicka]
            2 -- Tomasz SUCHOMSKI (1874 - 1874, Lubiewo, pow. Swiecie)
                 [Józef Porozynski, brother-in-law? of a paternal aunt]
                 [Anna Urban, maternal aunt]    
            2 -- Edmund SUCHOMSKI (SUMMERS) (1875, Lubiewo, pow.
                  Swiecie -1956, Chicago, IL)
                 [Ignacy Porozynski, husband of a paternal aunt]
                 [Susana Pastorska]
                  sp- Anastasia GLOWCZEWSKI (GLOW) (1879, Tuchola
                        -1947, Chicago, IL)
                      (for Anastasia's ancestry, click here)
                        3 -- Clarice Marcianna SUMMERS (1900-1994)
                             [John Suchomski, paternal grandfather]
                             [Clara Glowczewski, maternal grandmother]  
                              sp- Lee PESTKA
                                    4 -- Donald PESTKA
                                    4 -- Lois PESTKA
                               sp- William P. ERNST
                               sp- Marion KLUCZNIK (KAY) (1893-1972)
                        3 -- Harriette Josephine SUMMERS (1901-1993)
                             [Stanley Janan]
                             [Mary Suchomski, paternal aunt]
                              sp- John F. PARKER (1899-1969)
                                    4 -- John PARKER
                                    4 -- Marilyn PARKER
                        3 -- Eugene John SUMMERS (1906-1993)
                             [Stanislaus Niemiec]
                             [Apolonia Deka]
                              sp- Annette VANDERHORST (1918-1982)
                                  (for Annette's ancestry, click here) 
                                    4 -- Jeanne SUMMERS
                                    4 -- Craig SUMMERS
                                    4 -- Curtiss SUMMERS
                                    4 -- James SUMMERS
                        3 -- Edmund SUMMERS (1911-1969)
                              sp- Margaret (-bef 1994)
                                    4 -- Edmund SUMMERS
                                    4 -- Donald SUMMERS
                        3 -- Dorothy SUMMERS (1917-1964)
                              sp- John T. BROWN (  -1965)
            2 -- Jozefina SUCHOMSKI (1878 - 1878, Lubiewo, pow. Swiecie)
            2 -- Peter SUCHOMSKI (1879, Lubiewo, pow. Swiecie -1888,
                  Chicago, IL)
                 [Wawrzyniec Pastewski]
                 [Maryanna Figiel]
            2 -- John SUCHOMSKI (1880-1951), Chicago, IL
                 [John Myslinski, maternal uncle]
                 [Anna Urban, maternal aunt]
                  sp- Catherine OSTROWSKI (1881-1958, Chicago, IL)
                        3 -- George SUCHOMSKI (1913, Chicago, IL-1961, IL)
                              sp-
                                    4 -- Ronald SUCHOMSKI
                                    4 -- George SUCHOMSKI
            2 -- Mary SUCHOMSKI (1882-1952), Chicago, IL
                 [Simon Urban, husband of a maternal aunt]
                 [Hedwig Myslinski, wife of a maternal uncle]
                  sp- Joseph PERMODA
                        3 -- Chester PERMODA
                              sp- Helen (1913-1992)
                                    4 -- Constance PERMODA
                                    4 -- Claudia PERMODA
                        3 -- Emerence PERMODA
            2 -- Joseph SUCHOMSKI (1884-1946), Chicago, IL
                 [Lawrence Wegner]
                 [Josephina Wielewicki, sister-in-law? of a paternal aunt]
                  sp- Rose DEMSKI (1886, Chicago? -1964, IL)
                        3 -- William SUCHOMSKI
                        3 -- Bernard SUCHOMSKI
            2 -- Antonina SUCHOMSKI (1885-1886), Chicago, IL
            2 -- Frances SUCHOMSKI (1887-1950), Chicago, IL
                 [Philip Kufel, brother-in-law? of a maternal uncle]
                 [Frances Wielewicki, paternal aunt]
                  sp- James WOJTYNEK
                        3 -- Clarence WOJTYNEK
                              sp- Dolores
                                   4 -- Roxanne WOJTYNEK
                        3 -- Frances WOJTYNEK
                        3 -- Marcia WOJTYNEK
            2 -- Philip SUCHOMSKI (1889 - bef 1900, Chicago, IL)
                 [Simon Urban, husband of a maternal aunt]
                 [Antonina Kufel, sister-in-law of a maternal uncle]
            2 -- Frank SUCHOMSKI (1891, Chicago, IL -1973, St. Peters-
                  burg, FL)
                 [Fabian Urban, brother-in-law? of a maternal aunt]
                 [Maryanna Myslinski, wife of a maternal uncle]
                  sp- Anastasia
                  sp- Eleanor (1911, IL -1974, St. Petersburg, FL)
            2 -- Leo P. SUCHOMSKI (1893-1963), Chicago, IL
            2 -- Anna SUCHOMSKI (1895, Chicago, IL -1988, Des Plaines,
                  IL)
                  sp- John WOJTYNEK
                        3 -- Elaine WOJTYNEK
                        3 -- Evelyn WOJTYNEK
                            [Edmund Suchomski (Summers), maternal uncle]
                            [Mathilda Nowak, paternal aunt?]
            2 -- Paul S. SUCHOMSKI (1896-1944), Chicago, IL
                 [Paul Wielewicki, brother-in-law? of a paternal aunt]
                 [Anna Blarck]
                  sp- Stella ZALESZINSKI
                        3 -- Lorraine SUCHOMSKI
                        3 -- Alice SUCHOMSKI
                              sp- John CANNON
                                   4 -- Rob CANNON
                                   4 -- David CANNON
                        3 -- Thomas SUCHOMSKI
                              sp- Margaret URBAN
                                   4 -- Ann SUCHOMSKI
                                   4 -- Emily SUCHOMSKI

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