genealogy in Świdnica and Rybnik

Hi Andrea,

In response to your post, I can provide you with some information.

The list of the Silesian nobility drawn up in 1752 lists only two families bearing the surname von Hubendorff (actually Huebner von Hubendorff), namely:

Carl Joseph von Hubendorff; born around 1718, owner of the village of Schöneiche (Landkreis Neumarkt), currently Proszków, Lower Silesia. In 1752 he had a 5-year-old son, Joseph Humbert. The wife of Carl Joseph in 1756 was Maria von Ehrenschild.

Anna Maria von Hubendorff; born around 1710, owner of the village of Zaumgarten (Landkreis Breslau), currently Chrzanów, Lower Silesia. In 1752 she had three sons: Mathias 22 years old; Paulus 20 years old; Ignatius 18 years old.

In addition, based on information from armorials known that in 1718 Heinrich Wilhelm Huebner von Hubendorff was the owner of Kadłub (German: Kadlau) and Jabłonka (German: Goebel) (Landkreis Neumarkt).

I would advise you to check the parishes to which the mentioned villages belonged, it is possible that Theresia Hedwig von Hubendorff was baptized in one of them.

The name von Kottulinsky appears more often, but I have not found Johann Rudolf anywhere, who should be included in the list, since he was born around 1750. However, I note that the list is certainly not complete and does not include all families, which I confirmed by verifying the list content with church records.

The census of the nobility basically contains only data on men, women appear only when they were owners of landed goods.

Baptism records from Rybnik since 1638 can be found in the Archdiocese Archives in Katowice.
https://archiwum.archidiecezjakatowicka.pl/en

Tomorrow I will check my other materials, and if I find anything, I’ll let you know.

Regards,
Andrzej

Hello Andrea,

You are very lucky, because from the death certificate Johann Rudolf von Kottulinsky you can learn a lot about the course of his military service, namely: at the age of 14 he started his military career, his first commander was von Sass / von Saß for 1½ years (around 1764 – 1765), then he served under von Tauentzien for 2 years (between 1765 – 1767) and finally under von Steinwehr for 29 years (1767 – 1796). Military units had fixed numbers, but customarily bore the surname of the current commander.

Certainly Johann Rudolf served in the years 1791 – 1796 in the Infanterie-Regiment No. 40, which results from the records you attach, because the commander of this unit in the years 1791 – 1794 was Carl Ludwig von Pfuel, and then in the years 1794 – 1805 Friedrich Wilhelm von Steinwehr.

You can find out more about the structure and commanders of regiments here:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Infanterieregimenter_der_altpreu%C3%9Fischen_Armee

The death certificate of Johann Rudolf also shows that Theresia Hedwig von Hubendorff was his only wife and he had no children other than Wilhelmine.

When it comes to the birthplace of Johann Rudolf, you must check the baptism records from Rybnik and verify that the information provided in the death certificate is correct.

Since it was stated that Johann Rudolf was exactly 46 years, 6 months and 8 days old at the time of his death, such an exact age could only be given on the basis of the baptism certificate, perhaps it was in the regiment’s records?

The search for noble ancestors is not as easy as it may seem. Information about petty nobility is often of poor quality, so finding individuals or families requires a lot of work and effort. Additionally, in your case, when it comes to officers who often changed their stationing places, there is a need to reconstruct their military service.

In addition, I looked through my materials, unfortunately I found nothing more about the von Hubendorff family. The von Kottulinsky family appear more often, but at this stage of your search, Johann Rudolf can in no way be assigned to any of them.

Regards,
Andrzej

Andrea,

At the moment, only commissioning a paid query in the Archdiocese Archives in Katowice can help, because only there are church records from Rybnik and the surrounding area. Read the Archive page carefully, you’ll learn a lot.

The archives of the Prussian army burned down in Potsdam in 1944, so there is no chance of finding the documents of the military regiments in which Johann Rudolf von Kottulinsky served. However, I mentioned them, because the person drawing up the death certificate had to calculate its exact age on some basis, so first check Rybnik, and possibly only later its immediate vicinity.

Besides, the records you find probably come from military records, but for example, do you know exactly in which parish Johann Rudolf and Theresia Hedwige got married? I believe that it is worth trying to find the church record of their wedding because it should contain more information.

I have a problem similar to yours, for four years I have been reconstructing the genealogy of the family von Stillarsky, von Stylarski, von Stelarski, von Stolarski, rarely with the addition of von Cent (the spelling of the surname is different, but it is still the same family). Its representatives probably came from Hungary to Upper Silesia at the beginning of the 17th century. The work is moving forward, but as I wrote before, it is a tedious analysis of records parish by parish, sometimes I find something, and sometimes for six months nothing. I don’t want to discourage you, but the genealogy of noble families takes a lot of patience and effort.

In the meantime, check the available lists of officers, maybe you will find something interesting about Johann Rudolf or Carl Krause.
https://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/results?q=Rangliste+der+K%C3%B6nigl.+Preu%C3%9Fischen+Armee&action=SimpleSearchAction&type=-6&p=0

Regards,
Andrzej