Previously published in PGS-CA Bulletin (July 2013)

Jurków Translated from the Słownik Geograficzny (1880-1902)
by Helen Bienick

Jurków, a village in the county of Tarnów ^[1] , lies on the right bank of the river Dunajec, and located on a major road which leads to the city of Tarnów.

It had a Catholic church and 188 inhabitants. The wooden church was built in 1320. It lies on a very fertile plain. The town in the late 1890s was the property of Ignacy Polucki. The church belongs to the Diocese of Tarnów, and its membership covered 10 adjacent villages. The population totaled 4365 Roman Catholics and 56 Israeli.

↑ [1] Note: The county location today is Brzesko.

Surnames from Jurków 1846-1856 Deaths, Film #2087713, Compiled by Janice Lipinski

Adamczyk Antos Baron Bernadzik Bernardzik Bialka Bochonski Bubareck Buchowicz Bugala Capa Cusakowice Czernecki

Dobraski Dudzik Dymura Falkowski Fulara Fularz Goral Janicki Jantos Jaworski Kaputko Klek Kolak

Kornas Kosienski Koszinski Kowalski Koza Kozdroj Kukla Kupiec Kupszowe Kuras Latka Lis Ludwinski

Malina Markiewicz Marzec Michalczyk Mikulski Mroz Mucha Muziol Nalepa Niec Nowicki Olszynski Pachota

Pachowicz Panek Piechowicz Pilas Pociecha Porosla Ptaszszyk Puchalska Pularz Rozkowicz Ruzanski Rzepka Sacha

Sikorski Skawinski Solak Spila Sroka Starzczyk Staszcyk Staszczyk Swider Szarzalek Szczyrka Targoska Tekiela

Tobias Tularz Tutor Wilk Winiarski Wlodarz Wojtal Zajar Zawislak Zwiernik