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 1901 - 1978 (76 years)
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| Name |
Jozef GUCWA |
Relationship | with Brian Mark BUSSIERE
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| Born |
2 Nov 1901 |
Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland  [1] |
| Christened |
5 Nov 1901 |
Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland [1] |
- Parish records show the following:
Priest: Josephus Kaprenck
Obstetrician: Francisca Wozna (mid-wife?)
Godfather: Joannes Krol
Godmother: Agatha Krol (wife of Mathice) [1]
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| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
15 Nov 1901 |
Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland |
| Year arrived in Canada |
Mar 1927 |
Saint John, New Brunswick [2] |
| Jozef arrived on the SS Metagama. Records from Pier 21 show that he had $35 to his name. He was destined for Winnipeg where he would begin working for the Canadian Pacific Railways. |
| Home address |
1934-1935 |
28 Fourth Avenue, LaSalle, Quebec [3] |
| Occupation |
1934-1935 [3] |
| Labourer |
| Died |
18 Mar 1978 |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Montreal, Quebec |
| Buried |
21 Mar 1978 |
Cote-Des-Neiges Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Siblings |
3 siblings |
| 1. Zofia GUCWA, b. 23 Aug 1895, Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland , d. 9 May 1985, Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland |
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| 2. Piotr GUCWA, b. 24 Jul 1897, Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland , d. 28 Jan 1970, Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland |
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| 3. Stanislaw GUCWA, b. 8 Jun 1899, Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland , d. 21 Apr 1972, Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland |
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| Person ID |
I6 |
Bussiere Robinson | Brian's ancestors, Polish side of the Family |
| Last Modified |
14 May 2019 |
| Father |
Jakub GUCWA, b. 23 Nov 1856, Przybyslawice, Tarnow, Poland , d. 29 Jul 1934, Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Marianna KROL, b. 28 Oct 1874, Przybyslawice, Tarnow, Poland , d. 4 Mar 1907, Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland (Age 32 years) |
| Married |
24 Jan 1894 |
Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland [1] |
- Double wedding:
Marianna's sister Josepha was married the same day to Andreas Pricze. [1]
- Witnesses: Joannes (Jan) Krol and Gregorius Kania. [1]
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| Family ID |
F196 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Maria RYNSKI, b. 19 Oct 1914, La Macaza, Quebec , d. 16 Oct 2014, Montreal, Quebec (Age 99 years) |
| Married |
17 Oct 1931 |
Our Lady Of Czestochowa Parish, Montreal, Quebec |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
28 Sep 2009 |
| Family ID |
F3 |
Group Sheet |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 2 Nov 1901 - Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland |
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| Christened - 5 Nov 1901 - Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland |
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| Baptism - 15 Nov 1901 - Przybyslawice, Gmina Radlow, Tarnow, Poland |
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 | Year arrived in Canada - Jozef arrived on the SS Metagama. Records from Pier 21 show that he had $35 to his name. He was destined for Winnipeg where he would begin working for the Canadian Pacific Railways. - Mar 1927 - Saint John, New Brunswick |
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 | Married - 17 Oct 1931 - Our Lady Of Czestochowa Parish, Montreal, Quebec |
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 | Home address - 1934-1935 - 28 Fourth Avenue, LaSalle, Quebec |
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 | Died - 18 Mar 1978 - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Montreal, Quebec |
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 | Buried - 21 Mar 1978 - Cote-Des-Neiges Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Notes |
- Served with the Polish Army where he fought the Russians (World War I). Immigrated to Canada in 1927. He left Poland on February 24, 1927 out of Danzig. His ship left England on February 28th. He arrived on March 11th, 1927 in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the SS Metagama. Canadian immigration Services records show him arriving as a farm labourer and with $35 to his name.His final destination is noted as Winnipeg with a Mr. C. A. Van Scoy of the Department of Colonization as the main reference. (Source: Pier 21 documents.)
He became a Canadian citizen on June 12, 1939.
Information on the SS Metagama:
Built by Barclay, Curle & Co., of Glasgow, Metagama was launched in 1914 and entered Canadian Pacific's North Atlantic service with a 26 March 1915 maiden voyage from Liverpool to St. John, New Brunswick. She and her sister, Missanabie, were among the first liners with cruiser sterns and were arranged from their inception in a cabin/third class configuration.
Unlike Missanabie, Metagama remained in CP's service during World War I, although she often carried Canadian troops in her third-class accommodations on eastbound crossings. She also served on the line's Glasgow-Canada service, and in May 1927, was placed on CP's Antwerp-Montréal route. By 1930 the Depression had so reduced transatlantic passenger loads that she was no longer needed and was laid up after 151 North Atlantic roundtrips. Metagama never sailed again, and was broken up in 1934.
Sources: Bonsor's North Atlantic Seaway; Haws' Merchant Fleets; Kludas' Great Passenger Ships of the World.
The "Metagama" was built by Barclay Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow in 1914 for Canadian Pacific Line. She was a 12,420 gross ton ship, length 500.4ft x beam 64.2ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 15 knots. There was accommodation for 520-cabin and 1,200-3rd class passengers. Launched on 19/11/1914, she sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to St John, NB on 26/3/1915. She started her first voyage after the Armistice on 20/11/1918 when she left Liverpool for St John,NB. On 9/3/1922 she started Glasgow - St John,NB sailings and on 26/5/1923 collided with the British Hogarth Line steamer "Baron Vernon" in the Clyde. On 19/6/1924 she collided with the Italian ship "Clara Camus" off Cape Race and on 1/3/1927 commenced Antwerp - Southampton - St John, NB sailings. In October 1927 she was converted to 1st, tourist and 3rd class accommodation and on 13/8/1930 commenced the last of 151 North Atlantic round voyages when she left Antwerp for Southampton, Quebec and Montreal. From 1931-1934 she was laid up at Southend and on 3/4/1934 was sold to P & W. McLennan Ltd and broken up at Bo'ness, Firth of Forth. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3, p.1311] [Canadian Pacific - 100 years by George Musk] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 14 March 1998]
* National Archives of Canada - Ref-RG76-Immigration, series C-1-c, Volume 2-1927, page 185, microfilm: T-14849.
Gucwa, pronounced roughly "GOOTS-vah," is a moderately common name by Polish standards. As of 1990 there were 1710 Polish citizens by that name, living all over Poland, with the largest numbers in the southcentral and southeastern part of Poland, in the provinces of Katowice (164), Krakow (163), Nowy Sacz (278), and Tarnow (455).
A book by a Polish name expert that focuses on names from that region, and it mentions Gucwa, saying that it may come from a short form of the old Germanic first name Guttwein or Gottwin. This is not as implausible as it might seem; it is credible that Poles might modify that name into Gucwa, and historically large numbers of Germans have lived in those regions.
The Germanic name was introduced in the area centuries ago with German soldiers, prisoners of war, and colonists who came to settle in southcentral and southeastern Poland, and over time Poles modified that name Guttwein or Gottwin, which sounded very foreign to them, into something a little more consistent with their phonetic preferences. They took Guttwein, dropped the last few sounds, turned the T sound into the "ts" sound spelled as a "c" in Polish, and changed the ending to -wa, a suffix that shows up fairly often in Polish names.
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- [S81] Przybyslawice parish records.
- [S30] Pier 21.
- [S24] Lovell's Directory, 1271, 1935.
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