brief history of Charlub:
Charlub is a wies (village) in the district of Charlub, the kreis (county) of Srem, and the Polish province of Wielkopolska (formerly Posen). The German spelling is: Karlub. Over time, the village has also been known as Charlupia, Kartlup, and Charlub Hauland. Many villages in Poland had "Hauland" appended to the village name. Hauland designates a set of rules and privileges for a settlement which were developed when Hollanders arrived in Poland much earlier to drain the swamps and tame the rivers. Basically, the privileges provided for limited self-government and the right to acquire land. I don't know if the same rights applied to Poles living within the village.

In 1880, Charlub Hauland belonged to the Prussian Province of Posen, and consisted of 15 houses holding 152 inhabitants. Of those 152, 128 were Catholic and 24 were Protestant. 46 were considered illiterate. The Post Office was in Ksiaz (Xions), 5 km away. The nearest railroad station was in Jarocin, 28 km from Charlub. By 1885, Charlub had grown to 20 houses and 139 residents.

Perhaps owing to the heavy wave of immigrants leaving Poland, by 1905 the population of Charlub had declined to 111 residents - 7 Protestants, 104 Catholics. In 1905, the closest police station was in Ksiaz (Xions), the Amtsgericht (local court) in Srem (Schrimm), the Standesamt (civil registration office) in Ksiaz (Xions), and the district court was in Poznan. The Protestant church was in Ksiaz (Xions), and St. Martin the Bishop Roman Catholic Church, where many records of our ancestors can be found, was in Mchy (Emchen). The Post Office and Telegraph for Charlub were now present in the village of Mchy (Emchen). And the nearest bus and railway stations were in Ksiaz (Xions) – 4 km away.


our family in Charlub:
Known immigrants from Charlub include Constantin and Barbara Jankowski, and their children Mike, Stanislaus, Albert, Frank, Francisca, and Hedwigla.

Sometime after the birth of Constantin and Barbara Jankowski's first child in 1853, the family moved to Charlub, where Constantin accepted a job tending horses for the owner on a Manorial Farm. Barbara gave birth to Ignatius Jankowski in Charlub on July 23, 1858. This is the first known official document of the family in Charlub.

Constantin and Barbara lived in Charlub for around 35 years, until immigrating to the United States in September 1889. During their time in Charlub, 9 additional children were born, including Michael Jankowski, Lena's dad. Three children died young in Charlub. One (Katharina) married in Charlub, and may not have emigrated from Poland at all. No records have been found indicating that Katharina and her husband, Antonius Baczkiewicz, ever emigrated. The other six children, along with their parents all immigrated to the United States.

The closest village to Charlub is Sebastiano – approx 1 km away. The only significance of Sebastiano is that the birth record of Constantin's last child, Hedwigla Jankowski in 1873, shows her village as Sebastiano, rather than Charlub.

timeline of Jankowski's in Charlub:

between 1853-1858	Constantin Jankowski, along with his wife Barbara and daughter Marianna moves to Charlub from Czarkowo, when Constantin accepts a job tending horses for the manor owner there.
July 23, 1858	Barbara gives birth to the couple's second child, and first son, Ignatius Jankowski, in Charlub.
December 27, 1858	Ignatius, aged 5 months and 4 days, passes away in Charlub, cause unknown.
November 20, 1859	Daughter Katharina Jankowski is born in Charlub, the couple's third child.
September 22, 1861	Barbara gives birth to twins, Michael and Stanislaus in Charlub. Michael would become Lena's dad.
February 14, 1865	Marianna Jankowski, born in Czarkowo and aged 11 years and 7 months passes away in Charlub of unknown causes.
April 6, 1865	Son Albert is born in Charlub, the 6th child born to Barbara, and the 4th living child.
January 25, 1867	Barbara gives birth to a daughter whom she also names Marianna, in honor of her first child who passed away almost two years prior.
February 23, 1868	Sadly, this Marianna also passes away at the age of 1 year, 29 days, cause unknown.
November 23, 1868	Barbara gives birth to her 8th child, a son named Frank. The family now consisted of 4 sons and 1 daughter.
February 11, 1871	A daughter, Francisca, is born in Charlub.
October 9, 1873	Barbara's last child, daughter Hedwigla, is born. Her birth record indicates she was born in Sebastianowo. The family is now complete - 4 living sons and 1 deceased, 3 living daughters and 2 deceased.
September 11, 1881	At the age of 21, daughter Katharina becomes the first of Constantin and Barbara's children to wed when she marries Antonius Baczkiewicz in the Catholic Church in Mchy.
November 9, 1884	Stanislaus Jankowski marries Frances Frackowiak in Panienka, Poland at the age of 23. Frances's last name is the same as Barbara's, but there is no relation.
June 27, 1888	Mike Jankowski immigrates to USA at age 26, arriving in New York City aboard the SS America, which had departed Bremen, Germany approximately 2 weeks earlier.
August 1889	Constantin and Barbara, along with daughters Francisca and Hedwigla leave Charlub on their immigration journey to the USA. Accompanying them are son Stanislaus, daughter-in-law Franciska, and grandchildren, Marianna and Johann. The first leg of the journey would be overland to Bremen, Germany, presumably by train.
September 12, 1889	Constantin(58), Barbara(58), Francisca(18), Hedwigla(15), Stanislaus(27), Franciska(27), Marianna(3), and Johann(9 months), arrive in Baltimore aboard the SS Rhein from Bremen, Germany.
October 23, 1890	Albert Jankowski immigrates to USA at age 25, arriving in New York City aboard the SS Rhynland from Antwerp, Belgium. He is the last of the Constantin Jankowski family to leave Charlub and Poland.
May 26, 1891	Frank Jankowski, age 22, immigrates to the USA aboard the SS Gera - the last of Constantin's family to leave Poland.

Charlub today:
Today, Charlub remains little changed. It is still a small farming community consisting of about 15-20 farmhouses. There are no commercial entities in Charlub - just pure farmland. The Catholic Church in Mchy remains in operation, with 3 Sunday Masses and 1 Saturday evening Mass.