Family lived in several villages east of Marienwerder, close to each other: Brandau, Gross Krebs, Brakau, Oschen, and Littschen.
Many spelling variations through the 19th-century. Often a mixture of Prussian and Polish, which is common in Prussian surnames. A "Gut" or "Rittergut" was a landed estate - "rich" is a German ending. Originally Gutzek and Guczek. [See #2, 3]
Often found in records with Polish "chek" or even "zek," the "z" being the Polish substitute for "ch." Chicago spelling is Gutrich, in Wisconsin/Michigan, it's usually Gutchek - all same family! "-zek" and "-chek" ending meant "from" someplace.
Look closely at an old Westpreussen map, and see the place "Gut" to the left of Littschen. A small place on the western part of Littschen... That is where the Gutchek, Gutrich family came from originally. A "Rittergut" or "gut" was a landed estate.
Hij had een relatie met Eva Augustine Birck "Burk".
Kind(eren):
Johann Gutchek "Guczek" "Gutzek" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eva Augustine Birck "Burk" |