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Looking for relatives of my Grandfather

Judy Bakken (View posts)
Posted: 29 Feb 2000 1:46PM GMT
My grandfather Stanley Kowalczik imigrated from Poland. Ended up living near Warsaw, ND. I am wondering if there are any relatives (cousins, brothers, sisters) that may have also imigrated from Poland or are still there. I am kind of new to this searching so I could use any tips, etc.

Kowalczik

Posted: 21 May 2000 2:41PM GMT
Edited: 14 Jul 2002 11:52PM GMT
I'm looking for Kowalczyks but I've seen your spelling used also. Can you provide any dates, locations, names of other family members?

Kowalczik

Judy Bakken (View posts)
Posted: 22 May 2000 11:34AM GMT
My Grandfather Stanley had the following children.
Joe, Stanley, Edward (My father), Richard,
Helen, Eleanor, Dorothy, Irene,Vernie, Josephine,
and Florence. There are suppose to be some relatives in
Greenbush, Minnesota but they may have been
on my Grandmothers side. Someone said that
Stanley's mother also came to live here with
him. As far as dates my father was born
October 30, 1919 (in Greenbush, MN) and died
January 11, 1988. My grandfather Stanley was
born May 7, 1890 and died 2-15-1968. I don't
know if any of this is informative or not.
Let me know. Some of the locations of the
Kowalczik's were Grafton, North Dakota, and
Ardoch, North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota,
cousin Daniel Kowalczik in Detroit, Michigan.

Kowalczyk/Kowalczik

Posted: 22 May 2000 5:31PM GMT
Edited: 14 Jul 2002 11:52PM GMT
I'm not sure whether there's a match, but since I run across so few leads, I'll give you all I know.

My grandfather, Peter Kowalczyk (also spelled Kowalczik) was born in Poland in about 1893, possibly in the Krakow area. He came to the US in about 1913, possibly with one or more brothers or sisters. His wife, Julia Zawrotniak came to the US from Poland at about the same time. I believe that they were married here in about 1916, but I have been unable to locate any marriage records for them. Peter and Julia had five children: Anthony (b. 1917), Thaddeus (b. 1919), Mary (b. 1921), Walter (b. 1923), and Wanda (b. 1924).

Because the two oldest children were baptized in St. StephenÂ’s Catholic Church in Perth Amboy, NJ, itÂ’s possible that the family lived there until ~1920. Their address at that time may have been 373 Inslee Street, where my father, Thaddeus Kowalczyk was born.

In 1920 or 1921, the family moved to an apartment at 26 Washington Avenue in Laurel Hill, Queens, New York in 1921. PeterÂ’s brother Joseph and his wife Catherine also lived in this building. Joseph was born in Poland in 1890 and came to the US in about 1906. Catherine was born in Austria in 1888 and came to the US in about 1903. At the time of the 1925 census, Peter and Catherine had nine children, all born in the US: John (b. 1914), Josephine (b. 1915), Mildred (b. 1917), Alfred (b. 1918), Casimer (b. 1919), Andrew (b. 1920), Joseph Jr. (b. 1921), Alexander (b. 1923), and Corro (b. 1924). (The last name may be Charles or Carl.)

The 1925 census also lists another family in the building as Klowalska. This similar name may be a coincidence, but it may be Kowalczyk misspelled by the census-taker. The fatherÂ’s name was not listed, but the motherÂ’s name was Julia and the census lists six children: John (b. 1911), Leo (b. 1913), Catherine (b. 1915), Alex (b. 1917), Joseph (b. 1919), and Sophie (b. 1920).

Eventually, Peter and Julia moved to 5511 43rd Street in Laurel Hill Queens, NY. One of Peter's brothers, probably Joseph, lived about half a block away on 43rd Street. Julia and Peter lived at this address until ~1950 when Julia died. The house was later sold and Peter was living at a rooming house at 5119 46th Street, Woodside Queens, NY when he died in July 1957.

Let me know if any of this seems to match. Also, I've been assuming that the family came through Ellis Island, but I haven't been able to trace them. How did your Kowalczik's get to Minnesota? I would guess that they went through Chicago but have no idea how they would have gotten there.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

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Debra Bussey (View posts)
Posted: 6 Jul 2000 3:11PM GMT
I am looking for any information on the Alexzander Kowalczik sr family, My father is alexzander Jr. we are from ny. Grandfather came here from poland in 1908 or 1912. Married Mary Popsuj. Had one brother Stanley. Looking forward to hearing and news.

Kowalczik Family

Judy Bakken (View posts)
Posted: 7 Jul 2000 7:41AM GMT
My Grandfather's name was Stanley he had
the following Children Joe(Deceased),
Stanley(Deceased), Edward(Deceased)(My Father)
Richard, Helen, Eleanor, Dorothy(Deceased)
Irene, Vernie, Josephine (Deceased), and
Florence. There are supposed to be some
relatives in Greenbush, Minnesota but they
may have been on my Grandmother's side. My
Grandfather Stanley imigrated from Poland. He
ended up living near Warsaw, ND. Some say that
his mother may have come to live with him -
but I am not sure. My Grandfather was bornon
May 7th, 1880 and died on February 15, 1968 in
Ardoch, ND. He also lived in Greenbush, Minnesota,
Warsaw, ND, Grand Forks, ND and then finally
Ardoch, ND. Some relatives lived in Grafton,
ND, Ardoch, ND, Grand Forks, ND and also in
Detroit, Michigan. I don't know if this
helps any. Let me know if anything clicks.
and

Grandfather

Judy (View posts)
Posted: 26 Jul 2000 2:56PM GMT
Judy
I just was visiting my family and found out that, My Grandfathers brother,Stanley went to the ww1 and after he left no one ever saw him again. My grandfather also had a half brother named Julian Milulski. And a brother theadore. It would be something if after all thease years . We were to find out hte this is he. Do you know if your Grandfather was in the war and if he had any brothers?




Kowalczyk

Debra Bussey (View posts)
Posted: 26 Jul 2000 3:06PM GMT
Mike, I have read your message to Judy and in MY family we have a Alexzander and a Leo and My Grand parents were in Queens for a while. Then they went to Sussex Nj. Alexzander Jr is my father and he was born in 1918. and Leo was born in 1927. Maybe their is a connection here.

Kowalczyk/Kowalczik

Posted: 27 Jul 2000 5:15AM GMT
Edited: 14 Jul 2002 11:52PM GMT
Thanks for the response. Actually, there is at least one connection - I also lived in Sussex, NJ. That was from 1975 to 1984. I eventually moved to New York and am now in North Carolina.

As for a family connection, there could be one even if the census data and family information don't quite match. Do you have any more details that you provided? For example, churches or schools that they attended, addresses, etc.?

I'll be looking into all the Kowalczyks in Queens and will be glad to share anything I find that might help you.

You can reach me at mike.kowalski@mindspring.com

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corey McCutcheon (View posts)
Posted: 6 Nov 2000 6:26PM GMT
My grandmother Had a brother Stanley Kowalsczik, who just recentley passed away. Her father had been married once beore but his wife killed herself. When he remarried they had 10 more children. All she knows about her fathers first marriage is that They had 2 children, Stanley and another son, wich they didnt know his name. They grew up in Kings Park Long Island. If this sounds like it might be any help I'd be more than happy to share the rest of my knowledge about that family. Please contact me by E-mail or phone at 631-776-1142. Thank You, Corey-
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