ERWIN BAINGO - My Großvater

Erwin Robert Baingo (1887 - 1947)

Born: 1887, 20 August in Rybna (which was a municipality of Tarnowitz, (Tarnowskie Góry) Upper Silesia, Prussia now, Poland), (act 5/1887). Full Birth Certificate of Erwin Baingo. Baptised Aug 28, 1887.

Nationality: Prussian / (Upper) Silesian.

Parents: Maximilian Baingo and Maria Martha Baingo nee Patzek

Occupation: Business owner of "Fleischwaren Fabrik" (he didn't fight in WWII)

Awards: At the International Expo Paris, 1905, Wurst producer Herr Erwin Baingo, was awarded the highest Award, the Diplom to the grand Prize and the Golden Medal for Wurst

1st Marriage: Margarete Johanna Erna Volchner in 1924, 5 June in Hamburg, Germany

Daughter: Ursula (Uschi) Augusta Maria Baingo, born in 1925, 28 March, in Hamburg, Germany

Divorced: 1935, 5 June - my grandmother Margarete Johanna Erna Baingo (nee Volchner)

Died: 15th June 1947 in Dresden, Germany (aged 60)

Summary of Erwin Baingo of Silesia, Prussia - Banka / Baingo line Line:

• Documents (e.g. birth)
• Family tree
• Ancestors Locations in Upper Silesia, Prussia

Erwin Baingo's Siblings

Clare Josepha Baingo - Born: 1894, 19 Mar in Tarnowitz - 1981, 17 Feb Lambertsberg, Germany. Clare Schwierholz nee Baingo was a talented violinist and whose ring I proudly wear.

Kurt Robert Baingo - Born: 1889, September 18, Tarnowitz, Silesia - 1918, December 13, Dawson County, Montana, USA

Georg Max Baingo - Born: 1895, 10 Jul, Tarnowitz - 1896, 15 Jul, Tarnowitz

Max Georg Baingo - Born: 1897, 18 Sept, Tarnowitz - Abt 1965, Berlin. Fought in WWI and was listed as being lightly wounded on 31 Aug 1917 and 9 Sep 1918. Occupation = Chlb?

Ernst Baingo - Born: 1903, 1 June, Tarnowitz - 1982, 10 Jul, Lambertsberg, Germany. Fought in WWI.

Notably all siblings apart from Kurt, died in Germany. I wonder if they moved to Germany after the Silesian Uprising when Tarnowitz was given to Poland in 1919?

Piecing Together Erwin Baingo's Life

Though he was respected by Mummy, sadly I know so hugely very little of my grandfather Erwin Baingo who we are proud of, (and can't find photographs or perhaps can't identify him), and therefore I am trying to trace his family history. So, sadly, doing simple maths (learn from my bitter mistake... talk to your parents, don't loose your treasured blood history!)

• 1887 - 20 August, born in Rybne, Silesia (part of the German Empire at the time).

  Rybna is a very small village just north of Tarnowskie Góry, in Silesia and is near a historic silver mine Zabytkowa Kopalnia Srebra. From Erwin's birth certificate it seems his Father Max Baingo, was a Hotel Owner, in Rybna, at the time?

• 1904 - The Fleischmeister Baingo [most likely his father Max] bought a business in Antonienhütte (Wirek, Silesia) for ... 76,000 Marks (that's alot of money!).
  
  

  Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, 1904, Jg. 76, No. 27

• 1905 - Tarnowitz: Deutscher Motorradfahrer Nr. 21 vom 12. Oktober 1905 - Seite (page) 635 - I think when he was young he raced motorbikes.
• 1906 - Tarnowitz: At the International Expo Paris, 1905, Wurst producer Herr Erwin Baingo, from here [Tarnowitz], was awarded the highest Award, the Diplom to the grand Prize and the Golden Medal for Wurst.
  
  

  Tarnowitzer Kreis- und Stadt-Blatt, 1906, Jg. 34, No. 3

• 1910 - Tarnowitz: Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, 1910, Jg. 83, Nr. 112 - Erwin is living in Tarnowitz, Ring 3. and ... is selling his motorbike.
  
  
• 1911 - 10 Jan, Katowice, (part of the German Empire at the time) there is an annoucement of Ferdinand Baingo's, his grandfather's, death and asks relatives to gather for the will. See below, it mentions his (Erwin's) father Max Baingo who was a charcuterie master of Tarnowitz.
• 1918 - December 13, Kurt Baingo (his brother) who had emigrated to USA just before WWI (Feb 1) died in Dawson County, Montana, USA when he was 29 years old of Spanish Influenza.
• 1920's - No idea why Erwin came from Tarnowitz, Silesia to Hamburg. WWI?
• 1924 - Marriage? Maths indicate Erwin Baingo may have been circa 37 when he married Mutti (Margarete Johanna Erna Völchner) - my grandmother. Wow she must have been circa 22!. She had been working at Ernst Becker's Wurstwaren in Hamburg.
  
  
• 1925 - My Mummy was born - Ursula (Uschi) Augusta Maria Baingo in Hamburg
• 1924 to circa 1935? - Erwin Baingo ran a Fleischwaren Fabrik in Hamburg on Harvestehude, Mittelweg 174, an der Fontenay, (mummy was so proud). I think he took it over from Christain Bunger
• 1927 - There is a Hamburg case against Erwin Baingo for... perjury Ref. code: 213-11_L 215/1927! Naughty Erwin! Alas at the moment it is too expensive to purchase copies of the documents > + 200 Euros
• 1934-35 - Berlin: Wichmannstr 27, Tiergarten - Erwin Baingo was a FleischMeister with his own shop
• 1935? - Divorce - Erwin Baingo divorced Greta Baingo (my grandmother). Poor Mummy must have been circa 11 when her parents divorced
• 1938 - Oh dear, he was in trouble again! Another Fleischermeister in Berlin brought a case against him! It gives a former Berlin address for Erwin as Nollendorfstraße 7, suggesting he ad left Berlin.
  
  
  
  Deutscher Reichsanzeiger und Preußischer Staatsanzeiger: 17/08/1938
• 1939 - WII: Did he fight in WWII? No. He was aged 52 (he was born in 1887) at the start of WWII. Was he a Nazis sympathiser? I don't think so? My German grandmother (his first wife) and his only daughter (my Mummy, born in Hamburg) WERE NOT. They had to bite their lip and, my Mummy helped her Jewish boyfriend survive WW2. But why did he decide to move to Dresden?
• 1939 - Dresden: Erwin Baingo married Gerda Else Kurz in 27 Oct 1939 in Dresden (indicated on his death certificate). see also Illustriertes Tageblatt: 28/11/1939
• 1941 - Erwin Baingo was living in Dresden, Germany and set up a Dresdner Fleischwaren - u. Salatfabrik, Gross-Fernkuche, Dresden-Blasewitz, Schillerplatz 3, and was living in Vollsackstr. 3, Dresden
• 1941 - 1942 - Erwin Baingo was living Dresden, Germany - A 19, Bollsackstr. 3 II,
• 1943 - 1944 - Erwin Baingo and Gerda Else were living Dresden - A 19, Vollsackstr. 8 II.,
• 1945 - Ernst Baingo (his brother) was injured in WWII and "landed" in Dresden in a field hospital. His wife (and children Juergen and Karin) stayed with Unkle Erwin Baingo and his wife Gerda. After their return to Berlin, Dresden was bombed and almost destroyed.
• 1945 - Feb - Erwin Baingo & Gerda survived the bombing of Dresden
  
  
• 1945 - May 7 - German armed forces surrendered unconditionally
• 1947 - 15 June Erwin Baingo died in Dresden, at home at Ludwig-Hartmann Strasse 28.
• 1947 - 5th August - I found a telegram for this date, for Mummy from Gerda Else Baingo indicating sadly that Erwin had died, aged 59. Gerda Else Baingo was his second wife. Also found a telephone number for Helga Baingo but I do not know who she is.

Parents of Erwin Baingo

Maximilian Baingo (1859 - 1904) and Maria Martha Baingo nee Patzek

• Maximilian Baingo (from (German) Tarnowitz, Silesia, (Tarnowskie Góry, near Upper Silesia) now Poland.

  Born: 1859, 3 Feb Laurahütte - from marriage Certificate of Maximilian Baingo

  Laurahütte: Laurahütte (Upper Silesia) was a municipality in the district of Katowice, established in 1890 and dissolved in 1922 and and the region merged in 1923 with the community Siemianowice Slaskie (Siemianowitz). It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Brynica river (tributary of the Vistula). The Laurahütte was a steelworks built in the 1830s by the magnate Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck near Beuthen. The first integrated ironworks in Upper Silesia was built there in 1838 and in its time, it was one of the largest ironworks.

  Parents: Ferdinand Johann Banka / Baingo and Marianna Marie Baingo nee Bobczyk

  Occupation: Hotel owner? / Restaurateur / Fleischer > Wurstmacher (Sausage Maker - see Ferdinand Baingo's Newspaper clipping) > Wurst fabrikant

  
  
  Berliner Tageblatt und Handels-Zeitung, Sonntags-Ausgabe: 15/12/1907

  Residence: Beuthen, Upper Silesia (The city became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1742 during the Silesian Wars and, part of the German Empire in 1871.)

  Marriage: 1886, 14 Sep, Beuthen, Prussia

  Died: 31 Dec 1904, Tarnowitz (act 273/1904). Buried: Jan 3, 1905 (aged 45). Died of diabetes (same as my Mummy, Ursula Baingo:(

• Wife: Maria Martha Baingo nee Patzek

  Born: 1866, 30 Jan, Beuthen, Silesia, Prussia - from marriage certificate of Maximilian Baingo | Died: 1910, 16 Oct 1910, Tarnowitz, Silesia, Prussia

  Parents: Carl Patzek (a master carpenter - B: 1835 Beuthen-Tarnowitz?) & Johanna Patzek nee Goralczyk ('a little highlander')

• Maximilian Baingo's and Maria Martha Baingo nee Patzek's children:

  Erwin Robert Baingo - Born: 1887, 20 August in Rybna, Silesia | Died: 1947, 15th June, Dresden, Germany

  Clare Josepha Baingo - Born: 1894, 19 Mar in Tarnowitz | Died: 1981, 17 Feb Lambertsberg, Germany

  Kurt Robert Baingo - Born: 1889, September 18, Tarnowitz, Silesia | Died: 1918, December 13, Dawson County, Montana, USA

  Georg Max Baingo - Born: 1895, 10 Jul, Tarnowitz | Died: 1896, 15 Jul, Tarnowitz

  Max Georg Baingo - Born: 1897, 18 Sept, Tarnowitz | Died: Abt 1965, Berlin.

  Ernst Baingo - Born: 1903, 1 June, Tarnowitz | Died: 1982, 10 Jul, Lambertsberg, Germany

Grandparents of Erwin Baingo

Ferdinand Johann Baingo (1825 - 1886) and Marianna Marie Baingo nee Bobczyk

• Ferdinand Johann Baingo (Ferdinand Baingo) - Born: 1825, 12 Dec, Wüstenhammer, Silesia, Prussia | Died: 1886, 25 April in Laurahütte, Prussia (aged 61)

  Wüstenhammer (Desert Hammer): Is now known as Pusta Kuźnica and is a district of Lubliniec (german: Lublinitz). It is located on the northern edge of the Upper Silesia region. In the course of industrialisation, small industrial companies settled in Lubliniec.

  Parents: Carl Banka (Junior) and Caroline Agnetha Banka nee Warwass

  Occupation: Kaufmann / Businessman (1822)

  Marriage: Before his first son, so circa 1851

  According to the announcement in the official newspaper of the city of Katowice 'Kattowitzer Kreisblatt' on November 12, 1910 the date of February 10, 1911 was set for the dissolution of the community of heirs through a court auction of the acquired property / inheritance. Heirs:

  
  

  1. The Widow Baingo, born Bobczyk, in Tarnowitz

  2. Berta Gasch, born Baingo, wife of the locomotive driver, residing in Beuthen O/S.

  3. Max Baingo, charcuterie master of Tarnowitz

  4. Anna Golka (married innkeeper), primo voto Bobczyk, born Baingo, residing in Lassowitz

  5. Ernst Baingo, locksmith/metalworker, residing in Tarnowitz (I think his mother was living with him?)

  6. Marie Schychowski, born Baingo, the restaurateur's wife, residing in Bismarckhutte

  I found it really bizarre, that Ferdinand Baingo died in 1866 but his inheritance was being discussed in 1910/1911. According to Axee a mega fab and sweet researcher in Poland: Indivisible joint inheritance - a legal concept existing in Polish law, inherited from the provisions in force in the Prussian partition based on the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB). Under § 1922 BGB, when a person dies, his property passes as a whole to one or more other persons, and under § 2032 BGB, if the testator leaves several heirs, the estate becomes the joint estate of the heirs. I have a hunch that Ferdinand's children let their Mother, live in the family home until she grew old - in 1910 she may have been circa 88 years old. Then one of the siblings may have brought her into their home and then Ferdinand's assests were put up for auction and divided between them.

• Wife: Marianna (Marie) Baingo nee Bobczyk - Born: 29 Jan 1833 Beuthen, Tarnowitz, Silesia, Prussia | Died: 2 Mar 1906, Beuthen, Tarnowitz, Silesia, Prussia

  First names Marianna vs Marie. Out of respect for the Mother of Christ, during the realy era, baptised daughters were not named Mary (Maryja) in Poland. This first name was applied to only one Mary - the Mother of Christ. In some regions, daughters were not given the name Maria for the same reason, but were replaced with Marianna or Maryna.

  Marie Schychowski nee Baingo - is cited in her mother's (Marianna Marie Baingo nee Bobczyk's) death 1906 certificate. Marie Schychowski nee Baingo who lived in Siemianowice (Siemianowitz), declared that: the houseowner, widow Maria Baingo née Bobczyk, her mother, 73 years old, Catholic, living in Laurahutte (Huta Laura), born in Beuthen, widow of the houseowner, Ferdinand Baingo, daughter of principial foreman in the mine (germ. obersteiger) Simon Bobczyk and his wife, Maria née Letocha, both died in Bytom, in Laurahutte in her apartment on March 2, 1906 at 9.45pm has died.

  Parents: Simon Bobczyk (13 Oct 1808 (Bobrownik, Tarnowitz, Silesia, Prussia) - 7 Mar 1884 (Neu Beuthen, Tarnowitz, Silesia, Prussia)) who was a miner and later promoted to principial foreman in the mine (germ. obersteiger) and Marianna Letocha (Abt 1812 (Beuthen Trockenberg, Bytom, Silesia, Prussia) - 13 Oct 1876 (Beuthen Trockenberg, Silesia, Prussia)) daughter of a master butcher.

  Siblings: Sophia Johanna Bobczyk - B: 1835, 18 Dec, Tarnowitz | ?, Anna Sorichta Bobczyk - Born: abt 1836, Tarnowitz | D: 1875, 3 Jan, Beuthen, Johann Carl Bobczyk - B: 1838, 19 Jun, Tarnowitz | D: 1839, 4 Sep, Tarnowitz, Albertine Josephe Bobczyk - B: 1841, 4 Apr, Tarnowitz | ?, Pauline Marie Bobczyk - B: 1843, 28 Jun, Tarnowitz | D: 1844, 27 Jan Schomberg, Wilhelm Caspar Bobczyk- B: 1845, 6 Jan, Schomberg, Anton Bobczyk - B: abt 1846 - D: 1895, 11 Aug, Beuthen. Sadly some of her siblings died very young.

  GrandParents: Stanislau Bobczyk (Abt. 1769 (Bobrownik, Tarnowitz, Schlesien, Preußen) | ? and Urszula Tluczykont (Abt. 1777 Bobrownik, Tarnowitz, Schlesien, Preußen) | ? Married, 1800, February 2.

• Ferdinand Johann Baingo and Marianna Marie Baingo nee Bobczyk's children:

  Maximillian (Erwin's Father)

  Ernst Baingo - Born: Abt. 1852, Laurahütte, Prussia? | Died: Abt 1921, Breslau | Marrried: Martha Obertlander?

  Marie Baingo - Born: Abt. 1855, Laurahütte, Prussia? | Died: x? | Marrried: Johann Paul Schychowsky > Johann Moczek (are they the same gentlemen?)

  Berta Baingo - Born: Abt. 1856, Laurahütte, Prussia? | Died: 1932, 7 Apr, Beuthen? | Marrried: August Gasch

  Anna Baingo - Born: 1859, July 17, Laurahütte, Prussia? | Died: 1925, 13 Dec, Lasowice, ? | Marrried: Johann Valentin Bobczyk (from Tarnowitz) in 1889, 30 July, Laurahutte > Thomas Johann Golka (from Falkowitz) in 1899, 13 May

Great Grandparents

Carl Banka (Junior) (1796 - 1863) and Caroline Agnetha Banka nee Warwass

Debatable - as there may be more children (v HARD work as father and son share same first name and there is a possibilty of a second marriage with more children.

• Carl Banka (Junior) - Born: 1796, 29 Oct - Wessola, Silesia, Prussia (on the certificate, there is a footnote "Carolus") | Died: 1863, 22 listopada, Wüstenhammer, Silesia, Prussia

  Wessola is a small town in the (district) of Mysłowice, Silesia. In 1798 Johann Ruhberg ( 1751-1807 ) built works at Wessola in Silesia, which became one of the world's largest centers of zinc production.

  Parents: Carl Banka (Senior) and Francisca Banka nee Ziaja

  Carl Banka's (Junior) Siblings: Franz (Born: 1795, Wesola, Silesia, Prussia) and Wichelmina (Born: 1807, Lubsza, Silesia, Prussia, Died: 1811 Miotek, Slaskie, Poland)

  Occupation: Frischer - a steel mill worker converting (refining, refreshing) liquid metal.

  Married: Caroline Agnetha Warwass in 1816, 24 Nov, Wüstenhammer, Silesia, Prussia

• Wife: Caroline Agnetha Banka nee Warwass - Born: 1801, 20 January in Krywald, parish Sadów | Died: 1881, 11 March, Laurahutte, Silesia, Prussia (aged 81)

  Parents: Joseph Warwass from Wüstenhammer (a Frischmaister - a steel mill master) (B: Abt. 1758, Wüstenhammer | Died: 1833, 3 April, Wüstenhammer) and Josepha/Jozefa Krupianna (Krupin) (B: Abt. 1764 | D: 1845, 21 Mar, Sandowitz)

• Carl Banka (Junior) and Caroline Agnetha Banka nee Warwass' children (from birth certificates - mega thanks to Axee Rocks :):

  Wilhelm Carl Friedrich - Born: 1817, Wüstenhammer, Silesia, Prussia (Parish of Sadów or Brusiek, or Koszęcin) | Died: ?

  Franciszka Banka / Baingo - Born: 1819, 18 Sep, Wüstenhammer, Silesia, Prussia | Died: 1875, 10 Feb Sandowitz

  Franz Banka / Baingo - Born: 1821, 30 Jul, Wüstenhammer, Silesia, Prussia | Died: 1822, 24 Mar, Wüstenhammer

  Joseph Banka / Baingo - Born: 1823, 18 Mar, Wüstenhammer, Silesia, Prussia | Died: 1902, 20 May, Sandowitz?

  Ferdinand Banka / Baingo (Erwins Baingo's GrandFather) - Born: 1825, 12 Dec, Wüstenhammer, Silesia, Prussia - birth certificate issued from the parish of Sadów

  Franz Johann Math Banka / Baingo - Born: 1828, 4 Jan | Died:

  Josepha Masławska Banka / Baingo - Born: 1829, 20 Nov, Wüstenhammer, Silesia, Prussia | Died: X

  Joseph Bango - Born: 1835, Wüstenhammer, Silesia, Prussia | Died: 1836, 12 Aug, Wüstenhammer

  Note: on the birth certificates there are variations on the Father's (Carl (Junior)) surname: Banka & Bainka

Great Great Grandparents of Erwin Baingo

Carl Banka (Senior) (Abt 1771 - 1848) and Francisca Banka nee Ziaja

• Carl Banka (Senior) - Born: Abt 1771, Woiska (now known as Wojska), Silesia | Died: 1848, 22 Nov, Wüstenhammer

  Parents: Joseph Banke and ?

  Occupation: an Unterfrischer > Frischer - steel mill worker (the same occupation as his son Carl Banka (Junior)). In Franz Banka's birth certificate it says Carl Banka (Senior) worked as a Halember Frischer i.e he worked in the Halemba steelworks (polish: Huta Halemba), today's Ruda Śląska (not the Halemba mine).

  Married: Francisca Ziaja on the 19 Feb 1795 (first son born in 1795) in Wesola.

  

• Wife: Francisca Banka nee Ziaja - Born: 1776, April 11, Silesia, Prussia | Died: 1828, Apr 21, Sodow / Wüstenhammer, Silesia, Prussia (aged 56)

  Parents: Martin Ziaja, a miller (B: 1741, 18 Nov, Kotten (Koty) | D: 1798, 10 Oct, Wesola, Silesia, Prussia) and Agnes nee Knopik 1744, 4 Jan, Świbie, Silesia, Prussia.

• Carl Banka (Senior) and Francisca Banka's children:

  Carl Banka (Junior) (Father of Ferdinand Banka / Baingo) - Born: 1796, 28 Oct - Wesola, Silesia, Prussia

  Franz Banka - Born: 1795, Wesola, Silesia, Prussia

  Joseph - Born: 1801, Miotek | Died: 1801, 13 Jul, Miotek

  Anton - Born: 1802 | Died: ?

  Ludwig - Born: 1805 | Died: 1810, Miotek

  Wichelmina Tekla Banka - Born: 1807, 10 Jul, Kalety, Silesia, Prussia | Died: 1811, 22 May, Miotek,source
  
  

• Woiska (now known as Wojska), Upper Silesia

  Wojska is an agricultural village of the Tworóg commune in Poland, located in the Śląskie Voivodeship, in the Tarnowskie Góry district. The name of the village (Woyska / Woiska / Wojska) comes from the Polish name for "army" and meant a military settlement where warriors / knights were stationed. It was founded in the thirteenth century (named Woyska) and was one of the villages included in the Duchy of Bytom. After the Silesian War in 1742, Woiska became part of the Kingdom of Prussia. Polish & German Wiki.

• Second wife?: did Carl Banka Senior marry Maria Plaza in August 1828 in Sadów, just after his first wife (Francisca Banka) died on 1828, and had more children - Axee is convinced!

  

  Children of Carl Benka and Maria Plaza: Maria Banka Plasa - 1828, Sodow (Sadów) – 1829, Sodow | Teresia Agnes Tecla Banka 1830, Sodow – ? | Josepha Franzka Banka 1831, Sodow – ? | Joseph Bango 1835, Sodow – 1836, Pusta Kuźnica | Julius Baingo 1837, Sodow – 1904, Friedrichshütte | Caroline Auguste Baingo 1839, Sodow – ?

  Surely Carl Banka (Senior) could not have fathered 12 children? To date his birth year is not known. If he fathered his first child (Franz Banka, born 1795, Wesola) with Francisca Banka at the age of 20 one can estimate his birth year as circa 1775. With Maria Banka, if born 1775, he would have been 64 years old when his last child was born (Caroline Auguste Baingo, born 1839, Sodow). The Carl Benka, featured above, age is given as 50 and estimated birth year as 1778 and his wife's age Maria Plaza is given as 23! Still this Carl Benka would have been aged 61 when his last child was born (Caroline Auguste Baingo, born 1839, Sodow). Source

Great Great Great Grandparents of Erwin Baingo

Joseph Banke (Abt 1747 - Before 1795) and ?

• Joseph Banke - Born: Abt 1747, Woiska (now known as Wojska), Silesia | Died: Before 1795

  Parents: ?

  Occupation: Tanzmeister in Woiska - a Dance Master! A very rare profession! Woiska (now Wojska within Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland is still a small town.

  

  Married: before the birth of their first son, Carl Banka (Senior), in 1771, so circa 1770 in Woiska?

• Wife: ?
• Joseph Banke's children:

  Carl Banka (Senior) (Father of Carl Banka Junior) - Born: Abt 1771, Woiska (now known as Wojska), Silesia | Died: 1848, 22 Nov, Wüstenhammer

  And ... ?

• A potential lead - Woiska Tanzmeisterin Barbara Bantz / Bonkin?:

  

  
  Barbara Bantz / Bonkin - from Woiska who was also a Tanzmeisterin (dance master) at the same time (see birth certificate of her daughter Josepha Bonko(1780). For sure she is connected to Joseph Banke as both were Tanzmeister's - an extremly rare profession, both living in Woiska (a very small village), at the same time and ... the variations in surname (Banke, Banko, Bonko are similiar). Was she Joseph's wife (but documents indicate her daughter was born out of wedlock?) or daughter?

Please Help

Where art thou groovy Baingo's - especially from Berlin and Silesia? Please do help me trace my Baingo family history. So many questions. I am stuck on:

• Who was Helga Baingo?
• Where does the name Baingo orginate from?

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Kurt Baingo

Erwin Baingo's Brother who died of Spanish Flu.

• Born - 1889, September 18, in Tarnowitz, Silesia (In passage document to New York, USA he stated his nationality as being Prussian, German).
• 1913 - Occupation: Butcher in Berlin, Germany. Was he working for Erwin his brother or father Max baingo?
• 1914 - Feb 1, Kurt emigrated to USA via Hamburg, Germany on the ship named Pennsylvania (a Steamship, Third cabin). He arrived in New York, USA on 16th Feb 1914. Why emigrate?
• 1914 - April 15, US Naturalisation - he renounced William II, Emperor of Germany in the document
• 1914 - July 28, start of WWI

  His brother Max Baingo fought on the German side, in WWI and was wounded twice - 31 Aug 1917 & 9 Sep 1918

• 1917 - Occupation: Farmer. Kurt Baingo had a homestead in Dawson County, Montana, USA. Seemingly his homestead was located in tough terrain with basic accomodation and for sure, very lonely. Kurt Baingo has been recognised as one of the first settlers in this area.
• 1917 - June 5, US WWII 1st Draft Registration. Describes Kurt Baingo as being tall (5ft 10), slender (165 lb), with light brown/ blonde hair and grey eyes. He wasn't drafted - possibly through a disability?
• Death - 1918, December 13, Kurt Baingo died in Dawson County, Montana, when he was 29 years old of Spanish Influenza (I am specially documenting this in 2020, when the world is suffering awful COVID). Kurt's death certificate states that he died at Hazney, Montana which was a homestead post office, west of Butte Creek. No parents are recorded in his death certificate :( Kurt Baingo was buried in Greenridge cemetery which has not been used since the 1930s. He did not "prove-up" on his homestead as that would take three years and sadly it seems that he was on it just under three years. The death certificate indicates that he had filed his first papers on his homestead.

  The Jordan Gazette - 19 Dec 1918 (Page 1, column 4)
  TWO DEATHS FROM SPANISH INFLUENZA
  Kurt Biango, a single man residing on a homestead near Butte Creek, died a 3 o'clock last Friday morning, December 13th, after an illness of eleven days from Spanish influenza followed by pneumonia. Nothing is known about Mr. Biango's past life except that he was born in Germany and was about 32 years of age. He came to this community about four years ago and took out his first citizenship papers and filed on a homestead. He had no relatives in the United States, but gave the name of an intimate friend in New York to be notified of his death. The friend sent a telegram directing that burial be made here, and the remains will be laid to rest in Greenridge cemetery at 3 o'clock tomorrow, Friday afternoon, December 19th.

• 1929 - There were quite a few people living in the area during the homestead era, but they left when the Great Depression hit agriculture.

Surname Changes

No wonder I have been hitting the thickest ever brick wall for years - there have been so many name changes from Banka / Banke / Banko to Bango to Baingo! Only discovered this and would not have discovered this, without the Król zagadek, Axee.

• 1795 - Carl Banke (Senior) marriage certificate shows the surname Banke.

  

• 1825 - Carl Banka (Junior) is confirmed as Ferdindand's Father in Ferdindand's birth certificate.

  

• 1828 - Carl Banka's (Senior) name changes to Bango in his sons (Anton's) marriage certificate.

  

• 1828 - Anton Banka's name is amended to Baingo in a birth certificate for his child, which mentions his brother Carl (junior) as godfather.

  

• 1859 - Ferdindand Baingo's first son (Ernst) surname is given as Baingo. In his Mother's death certificate in 1881, her name is given as Caroline Baingo.
• Check out this map of the distrubtion in Poland of surnames in 1890 and compare with births indicated on genealodzy.pl: Banka / Banke / Banko / Bonk / Baingo.
  • Bańka - appears as early as 1611 in Silesia and is popular surname?
  • Bonk - appears in 1700 Silesia and is quite popular and dispersed throughout Poland in the 1890s?
  • Banke - appears first in 1795 with my ancestor Franz Banke (parents Carl Banke (senior) & Francisca nee Ziaja) and is v rare and appears in Opole Voivodeship and Wroclaw? Note Banko has a Polish diminutive suffix whereas Banke has a German diminutive suffix
  • Baingo appears first in 1817 with my ancestor Wilhelm Carl Friedrich Baingo (parents Carl Banke (junior) & Caroline nee Warwas) - is v rare and confined to Silesia in the 1890s?
  • V sorry I am no cunning linguist but identifying the surname of Joseph will be key to me going further back in history :(
  From the help of the stellar genealodzy.pl forum heros - I have gathered:
  
  
  • Pre 1742 Silesia - was part of the Habsburg empire.
  • 1742 Silesia - became part of Prussia. In 1815 it was named the Prussian Province of Silesia.
  • 1871 Silesia - became part of the German Empire. During this time towns' names were Germanised e.g. Laurahütte, Wüstenhammer... I think the family changed their surname from Banka / Banke to Baingo in circa 1828, inspired by the nearby village Baingow which sounded like their surname. Mummy had been told a family story - there was a town named after the Baingo's (Bangow/Baingow: From Wiki: "Presumably, the name of the town comes from its founder named Bańka"!
  • Did most of my ancestors go for more "Germanisation" of their surname throughout history? Polish = "Bańków house" | Silesia it was pronounced Bańgów house. Polish 'Ban' diminutive suffix '-ko'| German 'Ban' diminutive suffix '-ke'. Tracking my genealodzy.pl forum thread on the name change.

  Axee Rocks: Hugest EVER thanks to an utterly BRILLIANT Polish ancestry hunter. After circa 5 years of research, Axee has found me, my great, great, great grandparents. Axee is... the boss of all bosses :)

The Origin of The Surname Baingo

Do you know the origin of the surname Baingo? I have been considering:

• Germany - from ancestry.com, the surname Baingo is exceedingly rare and most prevalent in Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia, Berlin & Hesse) & Poland (formerly known as Silesia, Prussia. The oldest Baingos so far:

  Germany = 1600 - from ancestry.com, currently the oldest recorded Baingo births are twins Margaretha and Barbara Baingo who were baptised in the Evangelische Kirche Bitzfeld u. Eberstadt Württemberg Germany near Stuttgart on 16 Nov 1623-31. Their parents were Paulus Baingo and Margaretha Baingo. So Paulis Baingo was born circa 1600.

  

  Poland = 1796 - Carl Baingo (from comparing ancestry.com, geneteka.genealodzy.pl and a Baingo's family tree

• Rare surname - both Germans and Poles say the Baingo surname does not sound at all of Polish nor german origin. Is it a Germanisation of a foreign surname e.g Italian surname Bianco?
• USA - has the 3rd largest occurence of the surname of Baingo. Early emigrations to USA:
  ------------ 1860? - Alex. Baingo of Germany
  ------------ 1896? - Anton Baingo born in Germany
  ------------ 1909 - John Baingo born 1890 in Hamburg, Germany
  ------------ 1914 - Kurt Baingo - Erwin Baingo's brother
  ------------ 1919 - Angelo Baingo born 1896, March in Sicily, Italy
  
  Passenger lists - with Baingo's who already had an American nationality
  ------------ 1890 - Minna Baingo born 1861
  ------------ 1936 - Sister? Elsie Baingo born 1896 in Phila, Pa. & Florence Baingo born 1888, Salisbury, Pa. (I think father Alex. Baingo?)
  
• The rest of the world - there are exceedingly few Baingos in Canada, Indonesia, DR Congo, Papua New Guinea and Brazil. So far there are two accounts of Baingos in the UK: Sarah Baingo who was born abt 1801, Warwickshire (Birmingham?), England recorded in the 1841 England Census and, Edmund Baingo who got married in Jul 1950 in Petersfield, England.
• Adventurers: Juergen Baingo thought the surname Baingo orginated from Romani - perhaps as their surname is so rare and they seemed to venture to new countries?

Baingo - in Slovakian and Hungarian, a meaning for "Bana" = mountain, mining (from U. Baingo).

Polish bańka: - a tin dish for liquids | coll. soap bubble | a glass spherical object | a spherical-shaped glass vessel attached to the skin for therapeutic purposes, used in traditional medicine | reg. (Krakow) gw. (Cieszyn Silesia) reg. (Kresy) Christmas tree bauble. As a surname Banka appears as a Polish (Banka), Slovak (also Banka) and Hungarian (Bánka): a nickname for a short fat man, from banka 'bulb'.

If you know the origin of the surname Baingo, please contact me via likendin

Bankow / Bańgów / (German) Baingow, Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland

Baingow is a district of Siemianowice Śląskie, in Poland, bordering Piekary Śląskie and Czeladź. It has been presumed, the name of the town comes from its founder named Bańka. The first reference to Bańgów / Baingow dates back to 1596. Apparently, in 1780, Bańgów was a tiny settlement with only 7 houses and 42 inhabitants. Initially, the settlement was spelled in two ways: Bańgów and Bańków (according to Ludwik Musioł, the latter (Bańków) was still in use until 1813). During the German Empire it was renamed to Baingow. Why do I think my grandfather's (Erwin Baingo) surname orginates from the village of Bankow/ Bańgów / Baingow?

• It has been presumed, the name of the town Bańgów / Bańków / Baingow comes from its founder named Bańka
• 1871 - Silesia became part of the German Empire so during this time the town Bańgów / Bańków was renamed to Baingow.
• Ferdinand Baingo (Erwin Baingo's Great great grandfather) birth certificate (1825) indicates his surname was Banka as was his father's surname Banka
• At some stage (before 1882) Ferdinand changed his surname, indicated by a newspaper ad, as did his siblings from Banka to Baingo
• 1920 - The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Morgen-Ausgabe (22.08.1920) refers to Baingow as Baingo
  
  
• Banka is quite a known surname in Poland compared to Baingo... so why would Ferdinand not keep his orginal surname of Banka?
• Both Mummy and another Baingo (who Mummy had not been in contact with) thought the Baingo's surname were connected to the village of Baingow in Silesia, Poland.

Chirocrinus baingowardi sp. nov.

Late 2010 > just before mummy died...
A fossil crinoid: Chirocrinus baingowardi sp. nov. was named and described by Prof. Dr. S.K Donovan, in a lovely monograph. This ancient Silurian sea lily (crinoid), housed now in The British Natural History Museum was... discovered by me :) and named after both my lovely and heart brokenly missed mummy, but also after her, daddy, Erwin Baingo.

This new species of Silurian Crinoid was found in small quary called Rough Neuk Quarry, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Thank you so much Prof. Dr. Steve Donovan for that lovely chat in a South Ken cappuccio bar and your instinct that my treasured wee slick gem that I had found so many years back, was indeed a new species of crinoid and I could honour both mummy (and she knew before...) and my Großvater.

A Brief History of Silesia

• 1st century - first recorded Germanic Lugii tribes in Silesia.
• 4th century - Celts entered Silesia, from the south, through the Klodzko Valley, and settled around Mount Sleza near modern Wroclaw, Olawa and Strzelin.
• 7th century - Slavic peoples arrived in the region. The first known states in Silesia were Greater Moravia and Bohemia.
• 10th century - the Polish ruler Mieszko I of the Piast dynasty incorporated Silesia into the Polish state.
• 1138 - During the Fragmentation of Poland, Silesia and the rest of the country were divided among many independent duchies ruled by various Silesian dukes. During this time, German cultural and ethnic influence increased as a result of immigration from German-speaking parts of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1178 - parts of the Duchy of Kraków around Bytom, Oswiecim, Chrzanów, and Siewierz were transferred to the Silesian Piasts.
• 1289 - 1292 Bohemian king Wenceslaus II became suzerain (sovereign) of some of the Upper Silesian duchies.
• 1526 - The province became part of the Bohemian Crown under the Holy Roman Empire, and passed with that crown to the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria.
• 15th century - several changes were made to Silesia's borders - Parts of the territories which had been transferred to the Silesian Piasts in 1178 were bought by the Polish kings.
• 1742 - in the War of the Austrian Succession, most of Silesia was seized by King Frederick the Great of Prussia.
• 1815 - Silesia was named the Prussian Province of Silesia.
• 1871 - Silesia became part of the German Empire.
• 1918 - After the German Revolution of 1918, Wilhelm II abdicated as German Emperor and King of Prussia. Prussia was proclaimed a "Free State" (i.e. a republic, German: Freistaat) within the new Weimar Republic.
• After World War I - part of Silesia, Upper Silesia, was contested by Germany and the newly independent Second Polish Republic.
• 1921 - Following the third Silesian Uprising (1921), the easternmost portion of Upper Silesia (including Katowice), with a majority ethnic Polish population, was awarded to Poland, becoming the Silesian Voivodeship. The Prussian Province of Silesia within Germany was then divided into the provinces of Lower Silesia and Upper Silesia.
• 1939 - Polish Silesia was among the first regions invaded during Germany's 1939 attack on Poland. The Polish and Jewish population of the then Polish part of Silesia was subjected to genocide involving ethnic cleansing and mass murder, while German colonists were settled in pursuit of Lebensraum.

Also see Silesia

Thank You!

Thank you to the countless archives and forums I have contacted and who have tried to help me - especially Axeeeeee rocks who discovered, hugely unexpectedly, that there was... a surname change! No wonder for YEARS and years - I could not go past Ferdinand Baingo