History of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Stoneham, Texas
St. Joseph Catholic Church was established in 1909 by a group of Polish-speaking immigrants from the Grimes Prairie, Stoneham and Plantersville areas. For many years, Stoneham's Polish community worshipped either with the Polish community of St. Stanislaus in Anderson or with the Ukrainian-German community of St. Mary in Plantersville. In 1909, because of historical rivalries and antagonism rooted in the Old World and the arrival of a new pastor at St. Mary, the Polish community in the Stoneha...
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History of St. Michael’s Parish in San Antonio
The parish of St. Michael’s in San Antonio was established on 8 November 1866 when Father Vincent Barzynski, a Resurrectionist priest, arrived from Rome. It was the third Polish Catholic church in Texas and the United States (after Panna Maria and St. Hedwig). It was also the third Catholic church in San Antonio-the first being San Fernando and the second being St. Mary’s.
Since the first Polish colony to arrive in San Antonio came within the octave of St. Michael’s feast d...
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Panna Maria, Texas: The First Polish Settlement in America
Many know that the largest settling of Poles outside of Poland is in Chicago, Illinois. What few know is that the first Polish settlement in America was in Texas, south of San Antonio, in a place called Panna Maria.
There were Poles in Texas before Panna Maria. There were Poles in the failed French colony of Champ D'Asile, near present day Liberty, Texas. Polish veterans of the failed revolt of 1831, joined the Texan army during the Texas Revolution. Several Poles fought under Fanni...
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The Polish People Of Thurber
There were a dozen different European
nationalities among Thurber's immigrant coal miners. The most populous
of the foreign-born were the Italians who make up about 52% of the
miners, followed by the Poles with 12%, then the Mexicans and Blacks
each with about 11%. The English-speaking miners (Americans, English,
Irish) comprised about 9% of this work force. Without this hard-working
group of European miners the Thurber coal industry might not have
succeeded.
There is no 1890 Thurb...
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History of St. Mary Catholic Church - Brenham, Texas
Established on November 19, 1870 the second Roman Catholic parish in Washington County, Texas, St. Mary's in Brenham, has evolved over the last century and a quarter into a congregation of over 1,000 families. A projected growth of an additional 500 families is expected by the turn of the century.
The parish was founded and supported by Irish, German and Polish Families who were engaged in a variety of business in the early days of Brenham's history. By the early 1870s, a number o...
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History of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Chappell Hill, Texas
Roots: There is a Polish, melancholic song which describes the reason and origin of the emigration from Poland to the United States:
Goralu, czy ci nie zal odchodzic od sron ojczystych;
Swierkowych lasow i hal i tych potokow srebrzystych.
Goralu, czy nie zal...Goralu, wracaj do hal.
A goral no gory spoziera, i lzy rekawen ociera;
dla chleba, panie, dla chleba, i gor porzucic trzeba.
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Polish Texan History Timeline
This time line lists some of the important events in Polish, Texan and American history that had an influence on the Polish Texans. This timeline can also be viewed as it relates to a specific person or persons in our genealogy database by clicking on the timeline button on the persons main page. An example of this can be seen here.
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History of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Anderson.
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Anderson
When the present St. Stanislaus Church, Anderson, was completed in 1917. it became the first brick Catholic edifice in Grimes County.
On August 6, 1918, Monsignor James M. Kirwin, vicar general and administrator of the Diocese of Galveston dedicated the present church.
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History of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Stoneham
History
of St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Stoneham, Texas
St.
Joseph's Church in Stoneham, Texas was built in 1909 with Father M. A.
Dombrowski as its first pastor. On July 9, 1909, the following thirty
one individual parishioners took responsibility for the note on the land
for the church and cemetery:
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History of St. Joseph Catholic Church, New Waverly
The Polish nation was a peace-loving nation, hard-working, religious and a nation of farmers. They were warred on by the Germans, Austrians, Russians, and the Scanddanavians, because there was always an abundance of food, livestock and fodder much needed by invading armies.
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History of St. Mary Catholic Church - Bremond, Texas
Genealogists who research Catholic Poles soon realize the importance of sacramental records of the Catholic church. Often they are the only records which exist on our ancestors, Generally speaking, the early church records are more reliable than civil records. For those with ties to Bremond, St. Mary Catholic church is of prime importance.
In 1875 Jozef Bartula and his family as well as Frank Bainski came to Bremond to work as tenant farmers for John C. Roberts. There was no Catholic chur...
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History of the Founding of the Polish Colony in Bremond Texas
Written by Joseph Bartula in the year 1894
(translated by Katherine and Teana Sechelski)
 "In the year 1873 I left my native country on 16 May with my entire family from the town of Brzostek, obwod Tarnow,
powiat Pilzno (Poland). My family was composed of my wife, Katherine Panciewicz, my sons Stanislaw, Wladyslaw,
Mieczyslaw, Bronislaw and Czeslaw. Also with us was our maid, Katherine Gasior.
On June 16 we passed through Bremond and Houston on our way to New Waverly where my brother...
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