Elbe departing from Hamburg 14 May 1859 for Quebec

The earliest ship records I can locate for the Pine Creek founders coming to America is in 1859.  The Ship's were the Laura, Donau, and the Eble. 


On May 14, 1859 the ship Elbe left Hamburg, Germany bound for Quebec with several related families: Mathias Piekarski, Rosalie Platowna, Catharina Libera, Martin Galewski, John Walinski, Joseph Bronk, Frank (Runsavage) Rzenszewicz, Mathias Kistowski, Michael Konkel

Founder Name	First	Last	Birth Date	Age	Gender	Relationship	Residence	Occupation
Mathias Piekarski	Maths	Pikarski	1825	34	männlich		Wielle, Preußen	Landmann
Catharina Libera	Cath	Pikarski	1833	26	weiblich	Frau	Wielle, Preußen
	Marianne	Pikarski	1853	6	weiblich	Kind	Wielle, Preußen
	Marianne	Pikarski	1857	2	weiblich	Kind	Wielle, Preußen
Rosalie Platowna	Rosalie	Libera	1801	58	weiblich	Frau	Wielle, Preußen
	Victoria	Libera	1827	32	weiblich	Kind	Wielle, Preußen
	Franz	Libera	1852	7	männlich	Kind	Wielle, Preußen
Nicholas (Lesczinski) Losinski	Nicol	Losinsky	1836	23	männlich		Przytama, Preußen	Landmann
Albrecht Zywitzki	Alb	Ziwitzki	1805	54	männlich		Wiezaka, Preußen	Landmann
Marianna Kolińska	Marianne	Ziwitzki	1810	49	weiblich	Frau	Wiezaka, Preußen
	Josephine	Ziwitzki	1836	23	weiblich	Kind	Wiezaka, Preußen
	Marianne	Ziwitzki	1845	14	weiblich	Kind	Wiezaka, Preußen
	Casimir	Ziwitzki	1847	12	männlich	Kind	Wiezaka, Preußen
	Michael	Ziwitzki	1850	9	männlich	Kind	Wiezaka, Preußen
Martin Galewski	Martin	Galeski	1833	26	männlich		Groß Klintsch, Preußen	Landmann
John Walinski	Joh	Waldinski	1823	36	männlich		Groß Klintsch, Preußen	Ziegler
Julia Galewski	Johanne	Waldinski	1834	25	weiblich	Frau	Groß Klintsch, Preußen
	Jos	Waldinski	1852	7	männlich	Kind	Groß Klintsch, Preußen
	Franz	Waldinski			männlich	Kind	Groß Klintsch, Preußen
Joseph Bronk	Jos	von Bronk	1812	47	männlich		Beberwitz, Preußen	Landmann
Franziska Grabska	Francisca	von Bronk	1812	47	weiblich	Frau	Beberwitz, Preußen
	Johann	von Bronk	1836	23	männlich	Kind	Beberwitz, Preußen
	Ignatz	von Bronk	1839	20	männlich	Kind	Beberwitz, Preußen
	Vincent	von Bronk	1842	17	männlich	Kind	Beberwitz, Preußen
	Lorenz	von Bronk	1846	13	männlich	Kind	Beberwitz, Preußen
	Jacob	von Bronk	1852	7	männlich	Kind	Beberwitz, Preußen

Other families on the ship were from the same areas of West Prussia and may also be related

Piotr 'Peter' Kaldunski

Peter Kaldunski was born July 23, 1811 in Górki, Kościerzyna, Polska to Marcin Kałduński and Konstancja Lendowska. As far as I can tell none of his brothers or sisters came to the US.
 

Parish / Registry office	Year	Book	Picture no.	Number	Child Forename	Fathers Forename	Fathers Surname	Mothers Forename	Mothers Surname
Wiele	1801	W1706	0108	82	Justina	Martinus	Kałdunski	Constantia	Lendowska
Wiele	1803	W1706	0121	119	Franciscus	Martinus	Kałdunski	Constantia	Lendowska
Wiele	1806	W1706	0136	91	Simon	Martinus	Kałdunski	Constantia	Lendowska
Wiele	1809	W1706	0146	49	Marianna	Martinus	Kałdunski	Constantia	Lendowska
Wiele	1811	W1706	0154a	63	Petrus	Martinus	Kałdunski	Constantia	Lendowska
Wiele	1814	W1706	0173	25	Catharina	Martinus	Kałdunski	Constantia	Lendowska

Julianna Constantia Turzynski was born 15 Feb 1823 in Wdzydze Kiszewska, Wiele Parish, Poland to Jacob Turzynski and Josephina Slominska.

Peter and Constantia were married sometime before 1844 possibly in Wiele Parish, where many of their children were born.

Parish / Registry office	Year	Book	Picture no.	Number	Child Forename	Fathers Forename	Fathers Surname	Mothers Forename	Mothers Surname
Wiele	1844	W1708	0047	5	Paulus	Petrus	Kaldunski	Constantia	Turzynska
Wiele	1846	W1708	0075	156	Victoria	Petrus	Kałdunski	Constantia	Turzynska
Wiele	1849	W1708	0116	187	Franciscus	Petrus	Kałdunski	Constantia	Turzynska
Wiele	1851	W1708	0151	112	Jacobus	Petrus	Kałdunski	Constantia	Turzynska

The family came to the United States in August of 1859 on the Ship Donau, with other families who settled Pine Creek.

Unlike some of the other families on the ship they may have gone to Canada, instead of Winona, Minnesota or Dubuque, Iowa in 1860.

Peter (1811) and Julianna Constantia Turzynski (1823) Kaldunski came with their family from Wdzydze Kiszewska region in Poland, parish of Wiele, to the Pine Creek area about 1865. They were blessed with a family of seven children. All the children were born in Wdzydze, Poland except for Joannes and Mary who were born in Pine Creek.

The family was on the 1870 in Trempealeau, Wisconsin with a son born in Canada.

KONDONKI	PETER	58	1812	M	W	PRUS
	Contantia	47	1823
	Jacob	17	1853
	evertt	8	1862			Canada
	John	5	1865			WS
	Mary	3	1867			WS

 

Constantia died on May 3, 1877 in Pine Creek, Wisconsin.

Peter died on November 3, 1898 in Dodge, Trempealeau, Wisconsin.