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Camplese-Polski-Mundorf -Chachula Genealogy

Updated March 28, 2006

This family tree has roots in Poland, Germany, Italy and the British Isles. As is the case in so many modern American familes, most branches arrived in the U.S. in the early decades of the 20th Century; however, one branch was here from before the Revolutionay War and participated in most of the great events of U.S. history. Wherever their origins, they all came together in Central Pennsylvania in the 20th Century.

Our research is ongoing and this site will be updated periodically, as we find more information from the past and present.

FROM ITALY:
CAMPLESE: Most people bearing this surname in the U.S. today appear to be fairly closely related, descendants of a group of related families from the Pescara area of Italy. Seeking more information on family relationships in Italy and U.S.

Individuals
Raffaele Camplese and Aurora Casimo, Penne, Pescara, Italy
Known Children
(1) Antonio Camplese (1856-1929) m. Anna Zopita Evangelista, 8 chidren-4 sons to U.S. Raffaele, Pantaleone, Chesidio, Fiorindo - settled in Harrisburg, PA
(2) Sabatino Camplese (b. 1846) m. unknown: 4 sons to U.S.-Guiseppe, Franco, Alfonso, and Carmine Donato - settled Harrisburg, Pa.
(3) Vincenzo Camplese (b. 1853) m. ? Chiarella: two known sons to U.S. Luciano and Clemente - Settled in Ashtabula, Ohio; descendants in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
(3) High likelihood of additional children who may or may not have been in US.

FROM POLAND:
POLSKI, Michal (1882-1938). Born in or near Zarawe, Russian Poland. Came to US in 1907.
Parents: Unknown. Father died before his birth; mother soon afterwards.
Residence: Turobin, Poland; Newark and Oxford, NJ;. Palmerton, PA.
Spouse: Mariana (Marya) Chachula Kulik
Children: Czesvow, Boleslaw (Ben), Michael, Mary, Janina (Jennie)

According to famly legend, Michal Polski's five older sisters were sent to Canada c. 1884 when they were orphaned. What is now known is that at least one older sister remained in Poland, married Jacinty Galka, and lived in Przedmiescie, Turobin. Four of their five children came to the US. Their descendants include the Smagala, Liskiewicz, and Zielinski families. Another of Michal Polski's sisters also married a Galka, either a brother or cousin of Jacinty. It is not yet known where they lived but their descendants are in the US.

CHACHULA, Josef Chachula (c. 1850-1914) and Elzbieta Biziorek, Turobin, Lublin, Poland (c. 1860-1948).
Children
(1)Mariana (Marya) Chachula (1885-1948) immigrated to US in September 1910 where she appears in the Ellis Island records as Marya Hachula, age 20, single. According to family, she was married to Piotr Kulik in Turobin in 1909.
Children of Marya Chachula and Piotr Kulik: Helen Kulik
Children of Marya Chachula and Michal Polski: Czesvow Polski, Boleslaw "Ben" Polski, Michael Polski, Mary (Mamie) Polski, Janina (Jennie) Polski.

(2) Jan Chachula (1886-1949) came to US in 1907 and 1909, married Anna Skiba, and had one child, Bronislawa, then returned to Poland by 1914.
Children: Bronislawa, Jozef, Stanislaw, Stanislawa, Weronika
Bronislawa Chachula returned to New Jersey when she was 16 and married Jozef Goleniak.

KULIK, Piotr (d. 1914, Nanticoke, PA mine accident) Turobin, Poland to Newark, NJ, October 1910. First husband of Marya Chachula.
Parents: Unknown but appears to have had an uncle, Wladimir Ksyk, in Newark. This family had some connection to mining in Pennsylvania.
Spouse: Marya Chachula; one child: Helen
Seeking: Any information on family.

UNITED STATES
Johann (1714-1774) and Anna Margaretha Mundorf thought to have come from Germany c. 1729
Surname also spelled MUNDORFF, MONDORFF, MUNTORF, MURTIFF, MORTORFF
Residence: Conestoga Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Parents: Unknown
Children: Johannes, Peter, Georg Mundorff



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  • K. Emanuel and Flora Miller Mundorf (62 KB)
    K. Emanuel and Flora Miller Mundorf, no date. Photocopy of an illustration from The Mundorff Family: Then and Now by Charles Mundorff, 1996 edition.
  • K. Emanuel Mundorf, 1914 (5 KB)
    K. Emanuel Mundorf, from a larger photo, labeled "Mundy, 1914" on back, taken inside an ornate bar most likely in Harrisburg, PA.
  • Anna Zopita Evangelista Camplese (4 KB)
    Anna Zopita Evangelista (1863-1946), wife of Antonio Camplese of Penne, Italy
  • Aldine, Tom, and Pearline Mundorf (12 KB)
    Photo c. 1905 of Mary Aldine, Tom and Mae Pearline Mundorf, Harrisburg, PA.
  • Antonio Camplese (4 KB)
    Antonio Camplese (1856-1929 of Penne and Farindola, Pescara, Italy. Antonio built El Molino di Camplese in Farindola and operated it until his death when operations were taken over by his wife, Anna Evalgelista Camplese, and son, Guiseppe.
  • Antonio Camplese family (40 KB)
    Composite photo of Antonio and Anna Zopita Evangelista Camplese and their children. Top row: Maria, Guiseppe, Rafaelle, Aurora, Julia. Bottom: Pantaleone, Chesidio, Antonio, Anna, Fiorindo
  • Mae Pearline Mundorf? (12 KB)
    Unidentified young woman appears to be Mae Pearline Mundorf or possibly an older sister.
  • Camplese-Mundorf group, c. 1930 (12 KB)
    Camplese-Mundorf group, c. 1930. Cropped version of a photo taken c. 1930, uptown Harrisburg, Pa. Shows Tom Mundorf, Rafael Camplese, Ralph D'Angelo, Pantaleon Camplese and Kempton E. Mundorf. The original photo also had Tony Camplese, aged about 10, standing off to the side, very out of focus.
  • Leona Mundorf (13 KB)
    Leona Mundorf, youngest child of Kempton E. and Flora Mundorf, as an adult.
  • Unidentified child (12 KB)
    This toddler could be a Mundorf, Miller or Paxton. Possibly Flossie or Verna M. Mundorf, daughters of K. Emanuel and Flora Miller Mundorf.
  • Camplese family group, 1921 (7 KB)
    Photo of Paul(Pantaleon), Pearline and Tony Camplese from a much larger group photo taken of a 1921 wedding party. Date based on age of Anthony Camplese in this photo.
  • Thomas Mundorf as a child. (5 KB)
    Thomas Mundorf, youngest son of K. Emanuel and Flora Miller Mundorf.
 

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