THIRD GENERATION

3. Roch (George) RAFLIK (Glapka) was born on 9 Aug 1798 in Konary, Poland. He died on 31 Jan 1869 in Zalesie, (Konary) Poland. In the Portage county, register of deeds office, in Stevens Point WI., Petronella Raflik's parents are listed as George & Barbara Raflik. I now believe that George & Barbara may have been their (nicknames).

Petronella was the sister of Lawrence (Wawrzyn). Records from the Parish of Konary, Poland indicate that on Oct. 30th 1859, Lawrence Raflik, the son of Roch and Hedvigis, married Marianna Naglik, the daughter of Joseph & Francisca.

Roch Raflik may have been the very first to use the surname Raflik, thus all Raflik's are his descendants. In one of the records, Roch was called "Rafalczyk" not Raflik. It seems his surname was not used before him, as both Raflik & Rafalczyk means "son of Raphael" and he was indeed the son of Raphael & Marianna.

Roch & Raphael were rare names during this period, and I found only one Raphael married to a Marianna, that being Raphael Glapka and Marianna Gebianka, on Oct. 10th 1782. In that time, surnames were just being formed in that part of the country. It's no wonder that a son of Raphael Glapka might have been called "Raflik" to be distincted from other Glapkas. Later on, he could use only his new surname as his own.

Documentation was found in the birth record of Roch's son Walenty. On the birth record, Walenty's surname is listed as Raflik/aka/Glapa.

He was married to Jadwiga (Barbara) malcherek (daughter of Mateusz malcherek and Marianna Dolata) in 1822. Jadwiga (Barbara) malcherek was born in 1800. She died on 3 Apr 1848 in Zalesie, (Konary) Poland. Roch (George) RAFLIK (Glapka) and Jadwiga (Barbara) malcherek had the following children:

child+4 i. Ludwig (Ludovicus) RAFLIK.
child+5 ii. Kasper (Gasparus) RAFLIK.
child+6 iii. Petronella RAFLIK.
child7 iv. Walenty (Valentinus) RAFLIK was born on 14 Feb 1829 in Zalesie, (Konary) Poland. He died on 26 Apr 1835 in Piaski (Konary) Poland.
child+8 v. Wojciech (Adalbertus) RAFLIK.
child+9 vi. Wawrzyn (Lawrence) RAFLIK.
child10 vii. Piotr (Petrus) RAFLIK was born on 26 Apr 1838 in Konary, Poland. He was christened on 29 Apr 1838 in Konary, Poland. He died on 2 Dec 1840 in Zalesie, Poland.
child11 viii. Kazimierz (Casimirus) RAFLIK was born on 26 Feb 1842 in Zalesie, (Konary) Poland. He died on 2 Apr 1842 in Zalesie, (Konary) Poland.
child+12 ix. Maciej (Matthias) RAFLIK.

He was married to Petronella Kaczmarek (daughter of Augustyn kaczmarek and Elizabeth) on 4 Jun 1848. Petronella Kaczmarek was born on 17 May 1811 in Goreczki Wielkie (parish: Golejewko). She died on 22 Nov 1876 in Zalesie, (Konary) Poland. Roch (George) RAFLIK (Glapka) and Petronella Kaczmarek had the following children:

child13 i. Jadwiga RAFLIK was born on 1 May 1849 in Zalesie, (Konary) Poland.
child14 ii. Jan RAFLIK was born on 4 Dec 1854 in Zalesie, (Konary) Poland. He died on 18 Aug 1856 in Zalesie, (Konary) Poland.

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