# The Jacowski Family Story

> The Džačovský / Jacowski family, read back through the parish registers of Šariš, Slovakia: from a farm in Portage County, Wisconsin to Šarišské Michaľany (Szent Mihály). Andrew Zachary Jacowski (b. 1870) was the son of Ján Džačovský alias Tomko (c.1834–1873) and Julianna Miklosko, and grandson of Georgius Gyagyovszky (c.1810–1879) and Maria Lichvár. The family is in Šarišské Michaľany from 1756 and the surname appears at Torysa from 1739. Updated 23 October 2026.

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## Sections

- [The Names](https://jacowskifamilystory.com/#names): every written form of the surname and the bynames Kocsis and Tomko, 1739 to today
- [Ďačov](https://jacowskifamilystory.com/#dacov): every recorded form of the village name behind the surname, 1337–1920
- [The Area](https://jacowskifamilystory.com/#area): Šariš in the Kingdom of Hungary, and the villages around Šarišské Michaľany
- [The Marriages](https://jacowskifamilystory.com/#marriages): every family marriage in order, 1739–1893
- [Y-DNA](https://jacowskifamilystory.com/#dna): haplogroup R-Y2905
- [The Book](https://jacowskifamilystory.com/#book): From the Brink of Time: Džačovský — One Slovak Family, by Phillip Jacowski (forthcoming)

## The name, as written

- 1739: Dja-csowskeho — Catharina, “of Andrej Džačovský”, marries (Torysa)
- 1743: Iſtok Gya[csovszky] — Stephen, as godfather (Torysa)
- 1744: Istok Dyacovszky — Stephen marries Anna Pamulak (Torysa)
- 1745: Iſtok Gyacsovszky — Stephen, as godfather (Torysa)
- 1745: Iſtoka Djacsovszkeho — His son Stephanus baptised — “of Stephen Džačovský”, in Slovak (Torysa)
- c. 1746: Janko Djacovszky — A wedding witness (Torysa)
- 1750: Stephani Gyacsovszki seu Istok Kocisſ — His son Josephus baptised — “Stephen Gyacsovszki, or Stephen the carter” (Torysa)
- 1752: Istok Kocsis … Stephanis Gyacovszky — His son Joannes baptised (Torysa)
- 1755: Stephanus Kocsis — His daughter Anna baptised under the byname alone (Torysa)
- 1755: Stephani Czacovszky — The same Anna buried two months later, under the surname (Torysa)
- 1756: Martinus Dzjacowsky — His son Joannes baptised — the family’s first record in Šarišské Michaľany (Sabinov book, Szent Mihály)
- 1756: Stephanus Desacsovszky — Confirmation sponsor (Torysa)
- 1756: Stephanus Koczišs — His daughter Maria baptised (Torysa)
- 1757: Stephanus Diacovszki — As godfather (Torysa)
- 1767: Martinus Dejajovszkij — His son Andreas baptised (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1771: Stephanus Dejacsovszky — His daughter Anna baptised (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1772: Stephani Czacsovskij — His daughter Anna buried (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1773: Stephanus Dijacsovszkij — As godfather (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1774: Martinus Dějačovskij — As godfather (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1775: Anna Dějačovska — As godmother — the feminine form (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1777: Martinus Dsačovszky — His burial, aged 43 (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1777: Georgij Dzaczovszky — His son Stephanus buried (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1778: Georgius Dejacsovszkij — His daughter Catharina baptised (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1780: Stephanus Djacsovszky — His death, aged 40, husband of Anna Gyurkovszky (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1782: Anna Dzyacsovszkiana — Her daughter Catharina buried — the Latin feminine (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1784: Stephanus Džjačovszký — His son Stephanus baptised (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1784: Stephani Dzjajovszky — The same infant buried (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1785: Stephanus Déjčšovszky — His daughter Anna baptised (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1788: Stephanus Dejačovszky — His son Georgius baptised (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1790: Stephanus Dejacsovszkij — His son Joannes baptised (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1791: Andreas Dzjacsovszky — Marries Maria Fenuss (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1793: Ioanes Djacsovszky — Marries Elisabetha Miklos (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1796: Joannes G[y]ačkovszky — His son Joannes baptised — the first Gy- form in the village (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1798: Joanes Djacsovsky — As godfather, with Maria Kaminszky, to a child of Joanes Drusba and Maria Miklos (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1799: Joannes Csacsovszky — His son Georgius baptised (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1801: Joanes Decsovszky — His son Stephanus baptised — the surname written as the village itself: Décső is the Hungarian name of Ďačov (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1804: Djecsovszky — Andreas baptised (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1806: Joannis Decsovszky — His son Andreas buried (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1811: Maria Gyacsov[szky] — A widow, remarries (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1811: Joanes Gyagyovszky — His daughter Elisabetha baptised (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1813: Andreas Dsatsovszky — As godfather (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1813: Stephanus Dja-covszky — Marries Maria Lyes (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1816: Andreas Gyagyovszky — His son Stephanus baptised (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1819: Maria Gyagyofszky — Marries Joannes Palkof (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1828: Joan. Dzacsovszki — Head of house no. 47 in the conscription (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1833: Georgius Gyaggof-szky — Marries Maria Lichvár (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1847: Georgius Gyačofszky — As godfather, with Maria Lichvár (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1856: Georgius Tomko — As a wedding witness — the byname alone (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1858: Joannes Gyagyovszky (Tomko) — Ján marries Julianna Miklosko (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1858: Georgius Dsatsovszky (Tomko) — Georgius, as a wedding witness three weeks later (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1869: Joannes Dzsacsovszky (Tomko) — Ján’s son Andreas baptised by the midwife (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1870: Georg Dsacsovszky (Tomko) — Georgius, as godfather (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1873: Joannes Dsacsovszky (Tomko) — Ján’s death, of cholera (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1874: Georgii Dsacsovszky Inq. senioris — Maria Lichvár’s burial, “wife of Georgius the elder” (Šarišské Michaľany)
- 1893: Andrei Djacovsky — Andrew marries Sophia Tresch (Hazleton, Pennsylvania)
- 1900: Stephan Dzacowski — Andrew’s son Stephen baptised (Chicago)
- 1935: Sophia Jacowski (Dzacowski) — Her probate, son John Jacowski executor (Portage County, Wisconsin)
- today: Džačovský · Džačovská — The modern Slovak form, on the stones of the Sabinov cemetery and in the area today (Sabinov)

## Ďačov, as written

- 1337: Deczelhalma (Csánki)
- 1338: Deychehalma (Vlastivedný slovník obcí)
- 1338: Geychehalma (Turul, 1894)
- 1349: Zeek (Village history, “Ďačov v premenách času”)
- 1352 · 1477 · 1494: Zeech (Village history)
- 1370: Posalaka (Vlastivedný slovník obcí)
- 1411: Posalaka alias Gyechehalma (Charter of King Zsigmond, Visegrád, 13 September 1411)
- 1455 · 1470: Zecz (Village history)
- 1512 · 1522 · 1567: Zechew (Village history)
- 1570 · 1572: Zecheö · Zethew (Village history)
- 1576 · 1578: Zeczye · Zecziö (Village history)
- 1597: Zdzecheo (Village history)
- 1600 · 1601: Zecheö · Zétheö (Village history)
- 1612: Gyacso (Village history)
- 1626: Zechieö (Village history)
- 1628: Dziacso (Village history)
- 1636: Dziacho (Village history)
- 1638: Dyecso (Village history)
- 1709: Diačiov · Decsö (Village history)
- c. 1748: Dzaczov (Torysa marriage register)
- 1752: Diacso (Lipany baptism register)
- 1755: Djacsò (Lipany baptism register — the stem of Djacsovszky, letter for letter)
- 1758: Diacov (Torysa register)
- 1759: Dzaczenſzi (Torysa register — “of Ďačov”)
- 1761: Diacsov (Lipany burial register)
- 1765: Gyacsov (Sabinov register)
- 1773: Décső · Diacžow (Historical name lists)
- 1786: Diačow · Decschj (Historical name lists)
- 1808: Decső · Dačow (Historical name lists)
- 1810: Děčo (Lipany baptism register)
- 1863 – 1913: Décső (Official Hungarian name)
- 1874: Dáčo (Šarišské Michaľany baptism register)
- 1920: Ďačov (Official Slovak name, to this day)

## Marriages

- 20 Sep 1739, Torysa: Andreas Tirgortner[?] × Catharina Dja-csowskeho Andera — Catharina, daughter of Andrej Džačovský (Torysa RC register, image 512)
- 15 Nov 1744, Torysa: Istok Djacowszky (Stephen), later also written Kocsis, “the carter” × Anna Juri Pamulaka — Anna, daughter of Juraj Pamulak (Torysa RC register, image 513)
- about 1755: Martinus Dzjacowsky (born about 1734) × Anna
- before 1771: Stephanus (born about 1740, died 1780) × Anna Gyurkovszky
- about 1777–1785: Stephanus the younger (born about 1757, died 1812) × Anna
- 20 Oct 1782, Šarišské Michaľany: Joannes Lesko, 32 × Anna Djacsovszky, widow, 36 (Film 004407849, image 12)
- 20 Nov 1791, Šarišské Michaľany: Andreas Dzjacsovszky, 22 × Maria Fenuss, 19 (Film 004407849, image 15)
- 24 Nov 1793, Šarišské Michaľany: Ioanes Djacsovszky, 24 × Elisabetha Miklos, 18 (Film 004407849, image 15)
- 20 Nov 1796, Šarišské Michaľany: Ioanes Miklos, 32 × Maria Djacsovszky, 23 (Film 004407849, image 15)
- 7 Nov 1811, Šarišské Michaľany: Ioanes Filyak, 30, Greek Catholic × Maria Gyacsov[szky], widow, 29 (Film 004407849, image 20)
- 21 Nov 1813, Šarišské Michaľany: Stephanus Djacovszky, 19 × Maria Lyes, 16 (Film 004407849, image 20)
- 23 Nov 1814, Šarišské Michaľany: Andr. Dsatsovszky, 22 × Susanna Marton, 18 (Film 004407849, image 20)
- 24 Nov 1819, Šarišské Michaľany: Joannes Palkof, 22 × Maria Gyagyofszky, 22 (Film 004407849, image 211)
- 1825, Šarišské Michaľany: Stephanus Gyagyof-szky, 20 × Maria Kamminszky, 19 (Film 004407849, marriages 1824–1826)
- Nov 1825, Šarišské Michaľany: Joannes Gyagyofszky, 30 — the second of his four marriages (his first wife, Anna Kmetz, bore her last child in November 1824). The age was long read as 70; it is a 3, and the baptisms settle it independently: this man fathers children from 1820 to 1842, which no man born in 1755 could do × Eva Molssan (Molčan), 25 (Film 004407849, marriages 1824–1826)
- Nov 1826, Šarišské Michaľany: Joannes Csamra, 21 × Elisabeth Gyagyofszky, 18 (Film 004407849, marriages 1824–1826)
- 16 Nov 1831, Šarišské Michaľany: Mathias Gyagyofszky, 24 × Anna Hudatsek, 18 (Film 004407849, image 215)
- 19 May 1833, Šarišské Michaľany: Joannes Gya-gyofszky, 38 — the same man again, his third marriage × Maria Holyos, 26 (Film 004407849, image 216)
- 18 Nov 1833, Šarišské Michaľany: Georgius Gyagyovszky (Tomko), 22, bachelor × Maria Lichvan [Lichvár], 18 (Film 004407849, image 216)
- Feb 1839, Šarišské Michaľany: Joanes Gyagyofszky, widower, 40 — the fourth and last marriage of the man of 1825 and 1833 × Anna Machala, widow, 38 — born Tarbay, widowed from a Machala (Film 004407849, image 218)
- 9 Nov 1858, Šarišské Michaľany: Joannes Gyagyovszky (Tomko), 24, house no. 41 — “Georgii Gyagyovszky & Mariae Lichvar filius” × Julianna Miklosko, 18, house no. 35 — daughter of the late Mathias Miklosko and Elisabetha née Jakubko (Film 004407849, image 228, entry 3)
- before 1874: Georgius the younger (baptised 1837), blacksmith, house no. 55 × Anna Petrovics
- 1876–1879: Georgius Gyagyovszky (Tomko), widower × Anna Falko
- 1893, Hazleton, Pennsylvania · St. Joseph’s Slovak Catholic parish: Andrei Djacovsky — Andrew Jacowski × Sophia Barbara Tresch

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