Hank and Terri Doktorski: Terri’s Parentage
Wedding photo of Terri’s parents, Frank L. Chadwick and Stella Surman (1928).
Terri was the second child of Frank L. Chadwick (1905-2002) and Stella Surman (1905-1952), pictured above on their wedding day in 1928. Terri has an older brother, Frank, and two younger siblings: Joseph and Maryann.
Terri’s Father
Frank L. Chadwick was born Francis L. Czartowicz; he legally changed his last name early on during his business career ostensibly so that non-Polish customers could pronounce his name. After his eighth-grade graduation from South River’s Saint Mary’s Grammar School (where he was a classmate of Henry Hillary Doktorski), he quit school and went to work full-time, as was the custom for many boys during the early part of the twentieth century. He formed a partnership with Julius “Jay” Thomas in 1922 and began selling blocks of ice; the business was incorporated in 1923 as Thomas and Chadwick. The company soon branched out into selling heating fuels such as coal and oil as well as heating equipment such as furnaces and oil burners.
In the 1970s he bought a business which became even more successful than Thomas and Chadwick, the masonry supply company: Riverside Supply in Sayreville. For over half a century Mr. Chadwick was a leader of the South River community, as well as a great supporter of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus Catholic Fraternity. Mr. Chadwick was also a founding member and chairman of the board for the Pulaski Savings and Loan bank.
Frank L. Chadwick’s parents were Tadeusz Czartowicz (1866-1928) and Ludwika Jasionowski (1874-1945); they met in New York City after emigrating from Poland. Tadeusz was born near the Russian border, while Ludwika was born near the Lithuanian border. Ludwika’s father, Mr. Jasionowski was an organist in Poland.
Frank L. Chadwick had five brothers: Victor, Gus, Steve, Alex and Chester, and one sister: Josephine.
Terri’s Mother
Stella Surman was the second of six children; she had one older sister, Katherine (1904-1996) and four younger siblings: Joseph (1907-1981), Beatrice (b. 1913), Stanley (1916-1982) and Charlotte (b. 1927).
Stella was the second child of Anna Tyburczy (1885-1977) and Pawel Surman (1875-1959), pictured below on their wedding day: August 17, 1903.
The wedding of Terri’s grandparents, Pawel Surman and Anna Tyburczy (1903).
Following is a photo (ca. 1948) of Anna and Pawel, their son and daughters, their daughter-in-law and sons-in-law and their grandchildren. When Anna passed away in 1977 at the age of 92, she had 16 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.
Family gathering: Top row, left to right: 1. Dolores, (Joseph Surman’s daughter), 2. Terri Chadwick, 3. Pearl (daughter of Katherine Surman and Tomasz Wnek), 4. Doris (daughter of Beatrice Surman and Paul Dockiewicz), 5. John Herbst (husband of Charlotte Surman), 6. Frank L. Chadwick (Terri’s father and husband of Stella Surman), 7. Joseph Surman, 8. Florence (Joseph’s oldest daughter), 9. Beatrice (Surman) Dockiewicz, 10. Mary (Schmidt) Surman (Stanley’s wife).
Second row: 1. Anna (Tyburczy) Surman, 2. Pawel Surman, 3. Charlotte (Surman) Herbst and her son 4. Johnny Herbst, 5. Joseph Chadwick (Terri’s younger brother), 6. Joan Surman (daughter of Stanley and Mary Surman), 7. Stanley Surman Jr. (son of Stanley and Mary), 8. Stella (Surman) Chadwick (Terri's mother) holding her youngest child 9. Maryann (Terri’s younger sister), 10. Joseph Surman Jr. (Joseph Surman’s son), 11. Marge (Kielkowski) Surman (Joseph Surman’s wife), 12. Katherine (Surman) Wnek.
It is believed that Anna was born in Dzikiewiec, Galicia, and Pawel was born in Zdziarzec, Galicia, although neither has yet been confirmed. Galicia was part of Austria at that time. The area is now part of Poland; as it was prior to the time of Anna and Pawel’s births. Both Anna and Pawel emigrated to the United States in 1901.
The surname, Surman, is an old German nickname which literally means “a sour man.” The nickname was applied to a “soured,” sometimes even “cruel” man. Even though the name is German, it did originate in Poland and there are approximately 400 people currently with this name in Poland. Most of these people came from the area (Zdziarzec, Galicia) that Pawel was from.
Pawel Surman’s parents were Tomasz Surman and Marianna Pachotek.
Anna Tyburczy was a daughter of Piotr Tyburczy (1855-?) and Katarzyna Zawadzka. Anna had nine siblings: five sisters: Victoria (1898-1989), Sophia (1905-1983), Mary (?-1920), Eva (1895-1980) and Katarzyna; and four brothers: Peter, Joseph, John, and Wojciech.
The surname Tyburczy is a Polish phonetic realization of a Christian name, Tyburtius. It means someone who came from an ancient place called Tibur. This area is now called Tivoli and is located in Italy. It is suspected that at one time, the name may have lost a k ending (Tyburczyk), which implies the son of someone from this area. Currently there are 448 Tyburczys listed in Poland. Most of them (58) live in the province (Rzeszow) that Anna came from.
Piotr Tyburczy was a son of Michal Tyburczy and Maria Kwasnik (Zybura). Michal Tyburczy was a son of Jakub Tyburczy and Frances Regutow who were Terri’s great-great-great grandparents. It is probable that Jakub and Frances were born in the late 1700s, since their grandson Piotr was born in 1855.
Information regarding the Surman family tree was researched by Ronald Santalucia—a great-grandson of Pawel and Anna Surman presently living in Flemington, New Jersey.
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