Genealogy of the surnames
Wischkon,
Wischkoni,
Wischkony,
Wiskon,
Wiskoni,
Wiskony,
Wisskon,
Wisskoni,
Wisskony,
Wiszkon,
Wiszkoni,
Wiszkony,
Wyschckony,
Wyschkon,
Wyschkoni,
Wyschkony,
Wyszkon,
Wyszkoń,
Wyszkoni,
Wyszkony,
Вишкон,
Вишконъ
worldwide
- One of those is your surname?
- You met someone with one of these names?
- You somewhere found a mentioning of one of these or a very similar name?
- Then please contact the webmaster of this site!
I am sorry, most content of this site is yet available in German only. If some
page looks promising to you and you can bear with the webmasters obviously
limited command of English, you are invited to
just ask for a translation.
Research Project
The goal is to find the meaning of the surname
Wischkony. The way is the determination of place
and time of its origin. Therefore all people with one of those names living or
mentioned somewhere are tracked back generation by generation. According to
current knowledge:
- All these surnames listed above are just different spellings of one
original name.
- All clans stem from a few villages west and south of the city of
Racibórz / Ratibor in
Upper Silesia / Oberschlesien, especially:
- Bieńkowice / Benkowitz (Berendorf)
- Bojanów / Bojanow (Kriegsbach)
- Lekartów / Lekartow (Mettich)
- Studzienna (Studen, Ratibor-Süd)
- Sudół / Sudoll (Trachkirch)
- Wojnowice / Woinowitz (Weihendorf)
- The first people having this name appear there during the 17th century.
A
sketch of the project and first results were presented at the
annual meeting 2008
of the
Silesian Genealogical Society
on the occasion of the 900-year jubilee of the city of Racibórz.
This website is listed in the 1000-eye-project.
W.-families
Today W.-families
live in many places of the world. Some of them draw a colorful panorama from
interesting und engaged people with their websites.
The main part of this area is reserved to the W.-families
and accessible only after registration. There all
the W.-clans can get in contact, download family trees
and more.
Regional sources and contacts
Until mid of the 19th century the W. surnames
appear almost exclusively within the old Archipresbyterat Ratibor, as described
by Augustin Weltzel
in the two editions of his book
Die Geschichte des Ratiborer Archipresbyterats
.
The listing and publication of some regional sources
serves the networking with other genealogists with interests in this region.
Current questions
Some biographies are not clear enough. Does somebody out there
know more?
-
Are there any descendants of Karl Wischkony, who
immigrated into the USA via
Castle Garden, New York in 1886? He is presumably the
same person as Carl Wischkony who arrives in
Ellis Island, New York in 1909 with the ship
„President Grant“ coming from
Cuxhaven. At that time he was 54 years old, so
probably born 1854 or 1855 and has already claimed American Citizenship.
As place of birth he gives Baborów / Bauerwitz
and as destination Oregon. Therefore he is probably
also the same person as Carl Wischkony, who is
registered in King County, Washington at the 1920
and 1930 censuses.
-
Are there descendants of Gustav Wischkony, who
immigrated via Castle Garden, New York into the
USA in 1888, aged 31? This means he is born 1856
or 1857. He is presumably the same who in 1909 lands at
Ellis Island, New York together with the
Carl Wischkony mentioned above on the ship
„President Grant“ coming from
Cuxhaven. He was an American citizen at that time
already.
Eager to read your questions and comments
Kay Wischkony
