IMMIGRATION:
Per Julia Kapusta Rozhon, Ludwig, Anthony, and Henry arrived in the U.S. in 1906 after leaving Poland to avoid the military draft, however, on the 1920 Census, Ludwig listed 1902 as his arrival date in the U.S. He also is listed as PA under the column for Aliens/Naturalized -- which may mean he filed papers by 1920.

OCCUPATION:
Grocer/Butcher - Ran a meat market at 3701 West 14th Street, Cleveland, Ohio.

BIOGRAPHY:
In Poland, Ludwig lived across the river from Hedwig, but didn't meet her till he was in the U.S. He and his family were uneducated because there were no schools in the small town of Mielec. In the U.S., he settled in Cleveland, Ohio. He built a "Sears & Roebuck" house at 3705 West 14th Street, where he lived the remainder of his life. His butcher shop was next door on the corner of West 14th Street and Redman Ave. He raised chickens in the coop in the backyard. He also owned two lots directly across the street from his home (westerly side of W.14th) where he had a large garden plot. In this garden, he had several bee hives, and at various time had a goat and turkeys.

CENSUS:
1910 - Not found. Might have been boarding somewhere on the southside.
1920 - 3701 W.14th St. (ED95, Sheet 9A, Lines 12-16 , Ward 6)
1930 - 3705 W.14th St. (ED77, Sheet 4A, Lines 17-22, Ward 6) PARCEL NUMBER 008-28-063

RESIDENCES:
Ludwig purchased a Sears, Roebuck house kit and built his own home (which still exists) at 3705 West 14th St., Cleveland, Ohio.

DEATH:
Coronary Thrombosis

BURIAL:
Calvary Cemetery, Sec 114, Lot 258 Grave 2. Stone is 3ft long x 1 ft wide. KAPUSTA across top. On the left, "Louis J. 1884-1948"

OBIT:
Name: Kapusta, Ludwig
Date: Aug 14 1948
Source: Cleveland Press
Notes: Kapusta, Ludwig, beloved husband of Hedwig, father of Raymond, Matthew, Julia Rozhon and Eleanor Hronec; and grandfather. Services Mon., Aug. 16, at 8:30 a. m., from residence, 3705 W. 14th St., and 9 a. m. from St. Barbara's Church.

1. Raymond H. KAPUSTA b. 13 Aug 1910, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 8 Jan 1986, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Riverside Cem., Cleveland, Ohio.
2. Matthew KAPUSTA b. 31 Mar 1912, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Mar 1995, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. Julia Marie KAPUSTA b. 15 Oct 1915, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 11 Nov 1999, Elyria, Lorain Cty, Ohio; bur. 15 Nov 1999, Brookpark, Cuyahoga Cty, Ohio.
4. Eleanor KAPUSTA b. 22 Mar 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 3 Apr 1982, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; bur. Brooklyn Cem., Brooklyn, Ohio.

Julia Kapusta Rozhon provided the name "Maryanna" for Ludwig's mother, however on Henry Kapusta's death certificate, the mother is listed as Julia Gatla. Also, on Ludwig's baptismal certificate (in my possession), his mother is listed as Julianna Galda.

1. Michael KAPUSTA b. 27 Feb 1871, , , , Poland.
2. Anthony (Anton) KAPUSTA b. 15 Jun 1875, Mielec, , , Poland; d. 13 Sep 1911, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (Calvary Cemetary).
3. Otillia (Tillie) KAPUSTA b. Mielec, , , Poland.
4. Henry KAPUSTA b. 15 Sep 1879, Mielec, , , Poland; d. 10 Dec 1941, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
5. 1. Ludwig KAPUSTA, * b. 27 Dec 1884, Kielkow, Mielec , Rzeszow , Poland; c. 30 Dec 1884, Kielkow, Kielkow, Rzeszow, Poland; d. 12 Aug 1948, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

The following was obtained from
http://www.mikeburger.com/cgi/show_vital.cgi?surname=kapusta&submit=Submit&stype=m
and may be the marriage of Ludwig's father.
Marriage records of Mielec show the following entry:

Parish: Wylów
Marriage Date: 1849-05-22
Groom: Kapusta, Jakub age 37 Widowed
Bride: Król, Maria age 40 Widowed

HISTORY: Przeclaw, in 1556 mentioned as Przeczslaw, a small town in Mielec powiat, on a sandy plain, 204 meters above sea level, on the left bank of the Wisloka, by the highway from Debica to Mielec. On the other side of the river, the track of the Debica-Baranow railway (a branch of the Karl Ludwig line) passes through the grounds of the village of Tuszyma. The town is made of wood, poorly constructed, and has a brick parish church, a 2-class people's school, a post office, and a gmina loan society with 963 zl. in capital. On the grounds of the major estate stands the manor, transformed from a defensive castle, on a precipice washed by water, as well as a still and two windmills. To the south lies the suburb called Podzamcze, to the north Wenecya, and farther south on the highway to Debica is the village Podole, west of which is Wolka Podolska and the settlement Podzamcze, and west of the town is Wylow. To the north it borders on the village of Kielkow. To the east this settlement is shaded by a pine forest, called Przeclawski bor.
There are markets in Przeclaw every Thursday. The settlement has 158 houses and 1,026 inhabitants (490 men, 536 women), 718 Roman Catholic, 9 Greek Catholic, and 299 Jewish. On the grounds of the major estate (property of Count Mieczyslaw Rej) are 6 houses and 135 Roman Catholic inhabitants; it has 834 morgs of farmland, 76 of meadows and gardens, 82 of pastures, and 1,566 of woods (see Dobrynin). The minor estate has 672 morgs of farmland, 77 of meadows and gardens, 150 of pastures, and 14 of woods. The soil of the river basin is fertile clay, but farther west it is sandy.
Przeclaw Ligeza is supposed to have founded this settlement in the 13th century and settled it with German colonists. In the tax register of Sandomierz province for 1566 (quoted in Pawinski, Malopolska, 500) we read: "Przeczslaw, the small town of the noble Mikolaj Ligenza, heir to Bobrek and Przeclaw. There are 40 houses in this town, of which several are abandoned; they do not have farmland, only several gardens, on which houses and gardens they pay rent in various ways. The total of this rent comes to 12 grzywnas and 4 groszy. There are no other rents. The baths pay 1 1/2 grzywnas, the mills 2, one is held by the heir, the other is on the Wisloka, the third, near the castle, is of little worth; navigation on the Wisloka brings 11Ž2 grzywnas. The soltys has 2 lans and every 7th grosz from the rents. The castle and grounds of the nobility (praedium) are good, there are three small ponds, meadows, etc. There are 45 peasants who live outside the town, 5 on full lans pay a grzywna apiece, three on 3/4 lans pay 3 fertons each, 22 on half lans pay one-half grzywna each, 7 on quarter lans pay 1 ferton each. Others have small bits of farmland on which they pay according to their size. The total of these rents comes to 33 1/2 grzywnas. Two half-lan sections are abandoned. In addition the peasants give 70 measures (cherotos) of oats, 296 eggs, 57 capons, and 53 cheeses."
In 1581 the settlement on the outskirts of town belonged to the castellan of Ropczyce (ibid., p. 248) and at that time it had 33 peasants on 11 1/4 lans, 5 tenants with cattle, 4 without cattle, and the town itself (ibid., p. 269) paid 8 zl. in a double municipal tax. There were 19 craftsmen in it, 7 settlers (inquilini), 4 distilleries (ollae cremati), as well as 1 vendor, 1 barber, 1 pauper, and 2 lans of town farmland.
The parish church, date of erection unknown, was originally of wood and called "The Assumption of the Blessed Mother" (Dlugosz, Liber beneficiorum, II, 295). Till 1454 there were two pastors (rectores) there, from which a great many disputes arose. Thus on 25 May 1454, after the death of pastor Grzegorz, the Bishop and Cardinal Zbigniew Olegnicki, at the request of Stanislaw Ligeza, Malogoszcz castellan and patron of this church, and Adam, the one pastor, decided that thenceforth there would be one pastor there and three mansioners, who would sing devotions of the Blessed Mother daily. In this document, given in Liber Beneficiorum (II, 297) there is an interesting point regarding the collection of all bequests, gifts, and incomes from burials in a special box in the sacristy under lock and key of the squire and the pastor. The administration of the fund was to remain under the control of the squire. Dlugosz says that the tithe from the town was appraised at 5 grzywnas and every mansioner had his own house to live in. Stanislaw Ligeza was to administer this troubled fund, because from the deposit made by the late pastor Grzegorz "he had usurped and appropriated no small sum."
In the 17th century Przeclaw produced Jan Przeclawczyk (Preklaides), theologian and philosopher of the University of Krakow around 1630. After the Ligezas, the Kropka-Przeclawskis owned Przeclaw, and then the Wielopolskis. Parish registers from 1601 are preserved in the parish office. The parish belongs to Tarnow diocese, Radomysl deanery, and includes: Blonie, Podole, Korzeniow, Tuszyma, Bialybor, Wylow, Kadziolki, Laczki, Meciszow, Bobrowa, and Ruda. - Mac.
Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw [1888, vol. 9, pg. 129]
Translated by William F. Hoffman, PGSA Winter 1999 Bulletin.

In present day Poland Mielec is in the Podkarpackie Province (Województwo). Mielec is the seat of the County (Powiat) and Administrative District (Starostwo) which includes the city and commune of Mielec and the following communes / municipalities (Gminas): Borowa, Czermin, Gawluszowice, Padew Narodowa, Przeclaw, Radomysl Wielki, Tuszów Narodowy, Wadowice Górne

1. 2. Jozef KAPUSTA, * b. Abt 1850, Kielkow,Mielec ,Rzeszów , Poland.

MARRIAGE: Dobrynin 1829-06-03 Gołda, Wincenty 23 Single Szymon-Helena Napora Pomana, Maria 18 Widowed (Jan Strzelczyk) [NOTE: name found as Golda but most ancestors and descendants listed as Galda.

Source of this name: Ludwig Kapusta's baptismal certificate.

Births for Wincenty and Helena
Tuszyma 1834-09-05 Gałda, Maciej M Wincenty Szymon-Helena Napora Pomana, Maria Andrzej-Maria Sarama
Tuszyma 1837-01-28 Gałda, Maria F Wincenty Szymon-Helena Napora Pomana, Maria Andrzej-Maria Sarama
Tuszyma 1839-08-27 1846 Gałda, Katarzyna F Wincenty Szymon-Helena Napora Pomana, Maria Adam-Maria Sarama Tuszyma 1841-09-02 1842-06-09 Gałda, Michal M Wincenty Szymon-Helena Napora Pomana, Maria Andrzej-Maria Sarama
Tuszyma 1845-07-27 Gałda, Juliana F Wincenty Szymon-Helena Napora Pomana, Maria Andrzej-Maria Sarama
Tuszyma 1848-05-03 Gałda, Ludwik M Wincenty Szymon-Helena Napora Pomana, Maria Andrzej-Maria Sarama
Tuszyma 1850-08-21 Gałda, Michal M Wincenty Szymon-Helena Napora Pomana, Maria Andrzej-Maria Sarama
Tuszyma 1853-07-26 Gałda, Józef M Wincenty Szymon-Helena Napora Guzek, Maria Łukasz-Agneszika

Source of this name: Ludwig Kapusta's baptismal certificate.

1. Maciej GALDA b. 5 Sep 1834, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
2. Maria GALDA b. 28 Jan 1837, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
3. Katarzyna GALDA, [child] b. 27 Aug 1839, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland; d. 1846, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
4. Michal GALDA, [infant] b. 2 Sep 1841, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland; d. 9 Jun 1842, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
5. 3. Julianna GALDA, ** b. 27 Jul 1845, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
6. Ludwik GALDA b. 3 May 1848, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
7. Michal GALDA b. 21 Aug 1850, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
8. Jozef GALDA b. 26 Jul 1853, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.

1. Magdalena KROL
2. 5. Maria KROL b. 1809.

Source of this name: Birth records found online at http://www.mikeburger.com/cgi/show_vital.cgi?surname=galda&stype=b

Probably born in Tuszyma, Poland or nearby.

Source of this name: Birth records found online at http://www.mikeburger.com/cgi/show_vital.cgi?surname=galda&stype=b

1. Barbara GALDA b. Abt 1801, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
2. 6. Wincenty GALDA b. 1806.
3. Agata GALDA b. 29 Jan 1811, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
4. Katarzyna GALDA b. 1 Nov 1812, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
5. Marcin GALDA b. 29 Oct 1818, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
6. Anna GALDA b. 12 Jul 1821, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
7. Walenty GALDA b. 7 Feb 1824, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
8. Jan GALDA, (twin?) b. 13 Apr 1826, Tuszyma, Mielec,Rzechow, Poland.
9. Zofia GALDA, (twin?) b. 13 Apr 1826.

Source of this name: Birth records found online at http://www.mikeburger.com/cgi/show_vital.cgi?surname=galda&stype=b

Source of this name: Birth records found online at http://www.mikeburger.com/cgi/show_vital.cgi?surname=galda&stype=b

1. 7. Marianna POMANA b. 1811.
2. Maciej POMANA