1. 1. Nikolai Christopher ROZHON
2. Lahni Lynn ROZHON

BIRTH:
Birth Certificate in my possession; Only child born in Munson.

OCCUPATION:
He was employed as a laborer at Master Products Co. until he took ill and could no longer work. Shearman.

MILITARY SERVICE:
None

MARRIAGE: His first marriage was to Elizabeth Schapson. The sole purpose being to legitimatize her baby. The boy was NOT Charles Rozhon's but he wanted to help her out of a bad situation.

MEDICAL:
TB in 1940's; Multiple Sclerosis in 1950's.

BURIAL:
Holy Cross Cemetery (Sec 17, Lot 1013, Grave 1).

DEATH:
Cause of death was Bronchopneumonia (4 days) + Multiple Sclerosis (2yrs & 10days)

OBIT:
Name: Rozhon, Charles
Date: Dec 8 1954
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #151.
Notes: Rozhon, Charles, residence, 3701 W. 14th St., beloved husband of Julia, father of James, brother of Mary Fabricio. Matilda Pimsner, Rose Jandos (Miami, Fla.) and Florence Grazziolli. Funeral services Thursday, Dec. 9, at 9 a. m. from St. Barbara's Church. Friends may call at the A. J. Tomon & Sons Brooklyn Funeral Home, 4772 Pearl Rd.

BIRTH:
Born at home (3705 West 14th St). St. Barbara's school records show her birthdate as Nov 9, 1915 and her baptism date as Nov 15, 1915 which is contrary to the October birth month Julia recognised as her correct month. The card specifies that the date was obtained as a parent's statement, which is understandable since Julia was born at home and the family had probably never applied for a birth certificate.

OCCUPATION:
Employed by The May Co. Department Store and then Higbee's Department Store as a gift wrapper and packer.

RESIDENCES:
Born and raised at 3705 West 14th St. Moved to 3701 West 14th St. (next door above the grocery store run by her father) when she married. Moved to 3618 West 47th when the city took her neighborhood for the Jennings Freeway. After suffering a stroke on Groundhog's Day (Feb 1993), she was sent to a nursing home for recovery and then moved in with her son and daughter-in-law at their home in Elyria, Ohio.

MARRIAGE:
KAPUSTA, JULIA and ROZHON, CHARLES F vol.0191 pg.0089
(Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index)

MEDICAL:
Generally very healthy despite being overweight. Suffered a stroke on Feb 2, 1993. Later developed diabetes, colon cancer and then multiple myeloma.

BURIAL:
Holy Cross Cemetery (Sec 17, Lot 1013). Cause of death was multiple myeloma. [Cremated and interred over the coffin of her husband, Charles.]

OBIT:
JULIA M. ROZHON, 84, MAY CO. GIFT WRAPPER
The Plain Dealer; Cleveland, OH; Nov 15, 1999; Page: 5B
Julia M. Rozhon, a gift wrapper at the old May Co. department store in Cleveland for 25 years, died Thursday at Center Ridge Nursing Home in North Ridgeville. She was 84.
Mrs. Rozhon was born and raised in Cleveland. She was a former member of St. Barbara Catholic Church. She moved to Elyria six years ago.
Her husband, Charles, died in 1954. Survivors include a son, James C. of Elyria; and two grandchildren.
Services will be private.
Arrangements are by David Bogner Family Funeral Home of North Ridgeville.

Marriage application lists KAPUSTA, JULIA and ROZHON, CHARLES F (v.0191 pg.0089)

1. 2. James Charles ROZHON

BIRTH: Certificate #13244

BIOGRAPHY:
Stanley's mother died during childbirth when he was only 3 years old. His brothers and sisters took charge of him while his father worked.

MARRIAGE:
Eloped in March, 1941 to Covington, Kentucky, USA (witnesses were Miss Mary Gaito and Cecilia May Rose [the Justice of the Peace's wife]) and then had a church ceremony on 27 Jul 1941 at St. Stanislaw Church (.witnesses were Bernice and Stanley Lisek). Ceremony performed by Rev. Thaddeus Wotoszyk. [v.5, pg.99 of St. Stanislaus Church records].

MILITARY:
Served in the U.S. Army during WWII. Highest rank was as a Sergeant. He did not go overseas. Instead, he was a guard at an interment camp in Texas for awhile, and also served as a cook.
Intake: 28 May 1941
Service Discharge #70947 vol. 124, pg 647

OCCUPATION:
Worked at U.S.Steel & Wire Company until his retirement at age 65.

RESIDENCES:
1918 - 4127 East 56th St.
1920 - 4100 East 59th St.
1924 - 9815 Greenview (Garfield Hts.)
1925 - 4184 East 75th St.
1926 - 4280 East 71th St.
1927 - 4184 East 75th St.
1929 - 7014 Claasen
1943 - 3799 E. 53rd St.
1947 - 1310 Redman Ave. (Two houses were on the property when she bought it, but we know the back house had been moved to that location and not built there.)
1961 - 5718 Harvard Ave.
1963 - 3810 W.14th St.
1966 - 3953 W.23rd St.
1972? - 6503 Fullerton Ave.
1980? - 4704 Denison Ave.

DEATH:
Heart Attack while in the Fairview Hospital awaiting an operation.

BURIAL:
Riverside Cemetery Sec. 27, Row 40, Grave 1

BIRTH: Certificate #7717

CHRISTENED:
Immaculate Heart of Blessed of Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Lansing Avenue, Cleveland, OH. (11 Jun 1922), Godparents: Anna (Hedwiga) Mo'dra & Frank (Willis) Wewiorka (a close friend of Frank Myczkowski).. Her godfather's surname was actually spelled WYWJURKA.

Helen made her Communion at St. Stanislaus and was confirmed at St. Barbara's Church when her daughter Patricia was confirmed. Her sister, Bernice, was her sponsor, and her daughter Sandra was sponsor to Patricia.

EDUCATION:
Kindergarten - 1927 at Fullerton Elementary School on Fullerton Avenue.
Kindergarten - 1928 (Transferred to Corlett School after her father died in Nov. of that same year.)
1st - 6th - Corlett School on Corlett Avenue
7th - 9th - Nathan Hale Junior High on East Blvd.
10th - John Adams High School
Quit school before 11th grade.

MARRIAGE:
Civil ceremony in Kentucky, March 1941. Witnesses - Mary Gaito and Cecilia Mae Rose (Justice of the Peace's wife).
Church ceremony held 27 Jul 1941 at St. Stanislaus Church. Rev Thaddeus Wotoszyk. Witnesses - Bernice & Stanley Lisek

Died:
WANICKI HELEN WANICKI (nee Myczkowski), age 89, entered into rest Aug. 30, 2011.

Beloved wife of the late Stanley A. Sr.; dearest mother of Sandra (Jim) Rozhon, Patricia (Jan) Palka-Smejkal, Stanley A. Jr.; dear grandmother of Nikolai, Lahni, Sarah, Aurora, Velvet, Autumn, Troy, Thomas, Jeremy, Edward, Steven, Samuel; great-grandmother of Juliette, Natalie, Theodore, Abby, Celeste, Austoria, Charlotte, Lily; daughter of the late Frank and Margaret (nee Horvat) Myczkowski; loving sister of the late baby Stanley, Bernice Lisek, Edward Mitchell, Leonard Burek, John Burek.

We know that mother was especially grateful for the thoughtful expression of love shown to her by our dear Jenny, wife of Troy. Although we are heart broken in our loss, we take comfort in knowing that mother is happy to be reunited with her parents and other loved ones in the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.

"I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death." ARRANGEMENTS BY TOMON & SONS

1. 3. Sandra Ann WANICKI
2. Patricia Ann WANICKI
3. Infant WANICKI, (I) b. 23 Dec 1956, Garfield Hts., Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 23 Dec 1956, Garfield Hts., Cuyahoga, Ohio; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. Stanley Anthony WANICKI, Jr.

BIRTH:
Naturalization records specify Dec 7, 1867.

IMMIGRATION:
Arrived in US on 13 JUN 1888. Port of entry and ship unknown. Information appears on Declaration of Intention.

NATURALIZATION:
#10951, 22 OCT 1896, Joe Ocanasett, witness.
Rozhou Karl (Karel) (name as listed on Naturalization Index Card)
Address: 34 Storer, Cleveland, Ohio
Petition No. 10957 Common Pleas Court, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Ohio
Born: Bohemia Dec. 4, 1867 (**note from Sandra Wanicki Rozhon: this date does not match what is in database)
Date and Port: June 13, 1888
Naturalized: Oct. 22, 1896
Witnesses: Joe Ocanasett, Cleveland, Ohio
Notes: Soundex: R200

MARRIAGE:
Took place at St. Procop's Church on West 44th Street in Cleveland.

OCCUPATION:
Carpenter contractor. Built many homes in the Cleveland area.

ORGANIZATION:
Managed CESKA SIN SOKOL in Cleveland.

RESIDENCES:
1888 64 Dolloff Wagonmaker
1889 116 Sackett Moldingmaker
1890 116 Sackett Framemaker
1891-1894 37 Storer Carpenter (1894 city directory has 87 Storer)
1895-1901 34 Storer Carpenter
1907 3146 W.41st St.
1910 Munson Township, Geauga County (Farmer)
1913 Sold property on Petrie St. (E.49th) to Joseph & Marie Reznicek
1916 4314 Clark
1916 4120 Sackett Ave (per naturalization record where Karel was a witness for Frank Prech)
1917 Sold property on Sackett to Frank Kalina
1919 1813 Forestdale Ave Fireman(?) (per city directory)
(sublots #84 & #85 in Park Addition
1920 1813 Forestdale Ave (per city directory but does NOT appear in 1920 census at this address)
1930 1813 Forestdale Ave (per census)

CENSUS:
1900 - Cuyahoga, Ohio, Ward 39, ED193, Roll: T623 1259, Sheet 6B, Line 75, 34 Storer Ave., Cleveland

CENSUS:
1910 - Miracode Index
Charles Rozhon
Age: 41 State: OH
Color: W Enumeration District: 0063
Birth Place: AUST Visit: 0116
County: Geauga
Relation: Head of Household
Other Residents: Relation Name Color Age Birth Place
Wife Barbra 39 AUST
Daughter Mary 19 Ohio
Daughter Mattie 17 Ohio
Daughter Rosa 13 Ohio
Daughter Vlarta 04 Ohio

CENSUS:
1930 - Cuyahoga County Ohio Reel 1767 - Enumeration District 726 - Page 20A to 21B
35 Rozhon Charles Head M W 63 Bohemia 21A Cleveland City 6 84
36 Rozhon Barbara Wife-H F W 60 Bohemia 21A Cleveland City 6 84
37 Rozhon Charles F. Son M W 18 Ohio 21A Cleveland City 6 84
38 Derkin Florence Daughter F W 25 Ohio 21A Cleveland City 6 84
39 Derkin Betty J. Granddaughter F W 6 Ohio 21A Cleveland City 6 84
40 Derkin Donald R. Grandson M W 5 Ohio 21A Cleveland City 6 84

VOTER_REGISTRATION: (1907) Rozhon, Charles 3146 W. 41st St., 10/10/07, reg. no. 180, ward 2, precinct I.

DEATH:
Cert #46. Cause of death: pneumonia and a malignant tumor.

BURIAL:
Riverside Cemetery - Site 15, Row 22, Grave 27, Frank J. Kovar Funeral Home. 3505 Fulton Rd.

TODO:
Check arrival in US as possibly being 13 JUN 1886. (I don't remember why I questioned the date he gave).
Determine correct birth date.

BIRTH:
Copy of Vlasta Rozhon's birth certificate in my possession.

IMMIGRATION:
Place--New York, NY Year--1885 Age--15 Primary Individual--Tvrdik, Barbara
Source--BACA, LEO. Czech Immigration Passenger Lists: New York Passenger Lists. Richardson, TX: Author, 1707 Woodcreek, Richardson, TX 75082, 1995.
Source Annotation--Date and port of arrival. Also provides country of origin and name of ship.
Source Page #--227

MARRIAGE:
Barbara and Karel were married at St. Procop's Church on West 44th Street.
TORDIK, BARBARA and ROSHON, CHARLES vol.0032 pg.0511 (Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index)

HEALTH:
Diabetes. Leg amputated in 1940.

RESIDENCES:
1941 - 1813 Forestdale Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

DEATH:
Cert #5821. Cause of death was diabetes.

BURIAL:
Riverside Cemetery, Site 15, Row 22, Grave 28, Kovar Funeral Home.

OBIT:
Name: Rozhon, Barbara
Date: July 18, 1941
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #070.
Notes: Rozhon-Barbara. Beloved wife of Charles, mother of Mary Fabricio, Matilda Pimsner, Rose Jandon, Florence Graziolli and Charles, Jr., grandmother and great-grandmother, Wednesday a. m. Friends may call at the Kovar Funeral Home, 3505 Fulton rd., where services will be held Saturday, July 19, at 2 p. m.

1. Frank ROZHON, [infant] b. 29 Sep 1889, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 12 Nov 1889, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. Mary ROZHON b. Mar 1891, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 21 Jun 1957, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. Mathilda ROZHON b. 10 Jan 1893, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 24 Sep 1957, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. Charles ROZHON, [infant] b. 13 Dec 1894, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 18 Jun 1896, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
5. Rose ROZHON b. 18 Mar 1897, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Feb 1976, Sebring, Florida, USA; bur. Sebring, Florida, USA.
6. Vlasta (Florence) ROZHON b. 15 May 1905, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 10 Jul 1972, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
7. 4. Charles Frank ROZHON, ** b. 11 Jul 1911, Munson Township, Geauga, Ohio; d. 4 Dec 1954, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. 9 Dec 1954, Holy Cross Cem, Brookpark, Ohio.

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.

BIRTH:
Family celebrated her birthday on 20th of June but birth records from Poland indicated birth was on 7th of June. Was Poland on a different calendar system?

Back in Poland, the Jemiolo family lived in one room house with a river behind it.

IMMIGRATION:
Her daughter, Julia, said that Jadwiga travelled with Lottie Woskowicz's mother (probably Anna ). The manifest is indexed as Jadwiga FEMIOLO. Obvious transcription mistake on the initial of the surname. Port of departure was Bremen, Germany. She arrived on 14 May 1907 at New York City on the ship Prinzess Alice. She was listed as 17 years old (though it looks like a 12, the penmanship for that time put a line through the number 7, so the lighter lower part of the 7 makes it look like a 2), single, occupation= servant. Her destination was her brother Franciszek Jemiolo in Cleveland, Ohio. Her brother's address appears to be 470 Niles or Nilen or Miles Street. Other JEMIOLO names were found listed under FEMIOLO and YEMIOLO.

DEATH:
Certificate #09611, Volume #: 15312

OBIT:
Name: Kapusta, Hedwig
Date: Feb 22 1958
Source: Cleveland Press
Notes: Kapusta, Hedwig, residence, 3705 W. 14 St., beloved wife of the late Louis, beloved mother of
Raymond, Marthew Julia Rozhon and Eleanore Hronce, dear sister of Frank Jemiola, Mary Baran, brother and sister in Europe, and grandmother. Services Monday, Feb. 24, at 9 a. m. at St. Barbara's Church. Friends may call at the A. J. Tomon & Sons Funeral Home, 4772 Pearl Rd.

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. 5. 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.

Vincent's family was said to be well-to-do and owned a large, prosperous farm in Lithuania where they employed several field hands. When the Russians came to try to take over their property, they worked a deal to save their farm where Vincent would join the Cossacks and serve in their Army. Whether this is true or not, is uncertain. During the late 1800's, males had to serve 25 years in the military. One of the few stories that have been passed down through the family about this experience is that he got to play clarinet for the Czar of Russia as part of a Cossack band. After the feast, the band members were allowed to go to the table to eat upon gold plates. He had never seen such a feast before in his life.

His daughter, Isabel, was supposedly named for his sister.

He was described variously as dear, sweet, home person, pious, good father, very nice, religous, but very strict.

Naturalization papers specify his birthplace as Sapiergizkis. Various other spellings of this town are also usable: Sapiezyszki, Sapienyszki, Sapizishok or Sepizishok (Jewish version), and the modern version, Zapyskis. The town is located NW of Kaunas at 54N55 23E40 on the south bank of the river. Classification of the town is Zapyskis, Marijampole Uszd, Suwalki Gubernia, Lithuania -- probably the equivalent of our City, County, State, Country.

The Zapyskis Estate was set up on the first half of the 16th century. It was owned by the Sapiega family, thus carrying the name of Sapiegikis for some time; later on, it was renamed Zapyskis. The small town of Zapyskis was mentioned in the late 16th century. The Kaunas-Virbalis trading and mail track went through Zapyskis. On the second half of the 16th century, P. Sapiega initiated and funded building of a church. (It was repaired and reconstructed in 1677, 1744, 1763, after the 1812 War and after the 1846 Flood. Sermons have not been held since the early 20th century). A parish school functioned in the 17th century. The town was devastated during the wars in the mid-17th and early-18th centuries. Annexed to Prussia in 1795, Zapyskis was incorporated into Russia in 1815. Trade livened up (markets and fairs were organised). In 1825-1847, Zapyskis had the urban rights. The flood in 1846 caused much damage to the town, as did the 1957 fire and WWI. In 1919-1950, Zapyskis was the centre of a rural district. Inhabitants of Zapyskis were engaged in agriculture, fishing, and small crafts. (Source: http://www.lietuva-jums.lt/IMI/i_en.jsp?nr=zapyskis_sen_apie_seniunija)

Zapyškis thru the ages
1501 Panemune
1559 Zopijskei
1578 Sapiežyszki
1599 Sopežiški
1613 Sapieczyški
1808 Zapieciszki
1883 Sapežiški
1900 Sapiežiškiai
1911-1917 Zapiškis
1915 Szapjechischki
1920-1923 Zapyškis
1941 Sapieschyschken


IMMIGRATION:
Per his naturalization papers, Vincent departed from Hamburg on the SS Palatia 19 Mar 1898 and arrived in New York City on 31 Mar 1898. He stated that his destination was Wooster (Worcester?), Massachusetts. He arrived in Cleveland on 21 Oct 1898. The actual ship manifest, so far, has not been found.

SPECULATIONS:
On 29 Jan 2003, this researcher (Sandra Wanicki Rozhon) discovered that a Kazimiery Juszkiewicz arrived at Ellis Island on 03 Apr 1912 aboard the FINLAND. His destination was his brother, Wilunas (spelling?) Juszkiewicz. His home town is listed as Szapieziskis! He was 30 years of age, so born about 1882 and married (his wife's name isn't quite legible on the ship's manifest). He stated that he had been in the U.S. in 1905 in Worcester (Vincent's destination, also), but his final destination in 1912 was Elizabethtown, N.J.. The question certainly is whether this fellow is possibly a relative of Vincent's first wife?
...............
Attempts to find Vincent listed in the ship's manifest for those dates has been fruitless -- the closest record resembling his name and age was Julian (or Yulian) Winitzki who was headed for Milwaukee where his cousin (named Marcin Adamsky) lived. This fellow listed Chovocz as the city he emigrated from. It so happens that there is a town only 4 miles away from where our Vincent was born that sounds much like this one, though not spelled the same. One strike against this name is that if this is an exact spelling, most Winitzki's that have been found seem to be Jewish.
...............
A second possibility is Vicent Bielansky if he was travelling under someone else's name. Another possibility is a Wincenz Wanicki who arrived 13 Aug 1901 on the Friedrich Der Grosse out of Bremen. He emigrated from Rzcgocin?? and listed his ethnicity as Galicy. He had a wife and child with him. While not from the right timeframe, there is a "Kasimir Winicki" (listed as Kasmimir Wunicki on the Ellis Island website index) who arrived in 9 April 1909 on The Rhaetia from a town called "Piple" which I've determined is only 4 miles east of Zapyskis, so also possibly a relative of some sort. His destination was his sister-in-law, Veronica Loslowicz, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Kasimir's age is difficult to decipher. It could be 22 or 42. He lists his wife as a close relative back in Lithuania. Her first name is also difficult to decipher from the original manifest. Starts with an "M"
...............
FROM PALATIA SHIP MANIFEST [31 Mar 1898]:
Pg 153 0012. Winitzki, Yulian M 28y M Russian, Pole Chovocz [destination - Milwaukee)
Pg 168 0011. Bielansky, Vicent M 26y M Russian, Pole Pokosny [name may be Pielansky] [destination - Shenandoah,PA]
...............
FROM FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE SHIP MANIFEST [13 Aug 1901]:
Wanicki, Wincenz M 29y M Galicy Rzcgocin
Wanicki, Bronislawa F 24y M Galicy Rzcgocin
Wanicki, Marya F 9y S Galicy Rzcgocin



CENSUS:
1910 Ohio Census (Ward 24, E.D. 362, sheet 5, 8205 Pulaski Avenue N.E.) lists Wincenty Wanicki; wife Angelica; children Anna (13), Isabel (3), Ludwig (2), and Tekla (11 months). Vincent's age at the time was 40, second marriage, married for 5 years (so they must have married around 1905), arrived in USA in 1899 (this differs from what he claimed on his Naturalization papers), he spoke English, worked in a Drill Factory, and was renting upstairs at that address.

CENSUS:
1920 Ohio Census (ED 299, sheet 27B [?], lines 99-100 4100 E.59th, Cleveland.
1920 " " " " sheet 28A, lines 51-57
Lists all children except for Anna.

RESIDENCES:
1899 - 138 Sowinski (city directory)
1900 - 156 Hoffman (census - possibly as Fritz Winitzski though month of birth is different. Everything else matches well. Right neighborhood.)
1904 - 81 Pulaski (city directory) Helper
1905 - 81 Pulaski (city directory) Helper
1906 - 91 Pulaski (city directory) Car Repairman
(noted on Isabel's birth certificate)
1907 - 8301 Pulaski (city directory) Car Repairman
1908 - 8210 Sowinski (city directory) Car Repairman
1909 - 8210 Sowinski (city directory)
1909 - 8209 Pulaski (city directory) Finisher
1910 - 8205 Pulaski (as noted in 1910 Census) Machine ??? Drill factory
1910 - 7988 Sowinski Milkman
1911 - 8002 Sowinski (city directory) Milkman
1912 - 8002 Sowinski (city directory) Milkman
1912 - 1187 East 80th St. (Declaration of Intention) Milkman
1913 - 8002 Sowinski (city directory) Polisher (reamer)
1914 - 2492 Thurman (westside)(Irene's birth certificate) Polisher
1915 - 4116 East 59th St. (city directory & Jennie's deathcert)Polisher
1916 - 4116 East 59th St. (city directory) Polisher
1917 - 4116 East 59th St. (Petition for Naturalization) Polisher
1918 - 4127 East 56th St. (city directory) Polisher
1919 - 4127 East 56th St. (city directory) Polisher
1920 - 4100 East 59th St. Purchased this home Polisher
1921 - 4100 East 59th St. Polisher
1922 - 4100 East 59th St. Polisher
1923 - 4100 East 59th St. Polisher
1924 - 9815 Greenview Purchased this home Polisher (Garfield Hts)
1925 - 4184 East 75th St. (city directory) Polisher
1926 - 4280 East 71th St. (city directory) Polisher
1927 - 4184 East 75th St. (city directory) Laid off (never returned to work)
1929 - 7014 Claasen (city directory)
Remained on Claasen until he died in 1936.

MARRIAGE:
Married at St. Casimir's Church on Sowinski Ave.. Witnesses: Anthony Subonis, Sophie Mrocinska, Bern Getsewicz (in 1910 census as GECAWICZ, a carpenter, of 1107 E. 79th St.), Mary Nowakowska

NATURALIZATION:
Wanicki Vincent Address: 4116 E.59 St. Cleveland,Ohio 713175-Vol.41,pg.16 Court of CommonPleas, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio Born: * Russia May 12,1871 Date and Port: March 19, 1898 - New York Naturalized: Sept.11,1917 Witnesses: Karl Lachowski - 6923 Clement Ave. Martin Budniak - 3736 E. 69 St. Notes: * country of allegiance Soundex: W520

DEATH:
WANICKI, Wincenty Death date: 3/11/1936, Cuyahoga County Certificate #15937
Died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

BURIAL:
Calvary Cemetery, Sec 59, Lot 310, Grave 2

OBIT:
Unsuccessfully searched for an obituary in the Cleveland Press. It's possible that an obit was published in the local Polish newspaper.

OBIT:
Name: Wanicki, Vincent
Date: 1936
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #083.
Notes: 1872-1936. Calvary Cemetery Cleveland, O.

Birth place -
Borkowo was located on the map as Borkowo Koscielne, near Sierpc.
Borkowo - Latitude: 52.8333, Longitude: 19.7167
Not far away to the southeast is a town called Dziembakowo which is probably where their surname was derived.
Dziembakowo, Mazowiekie (current province), Plock (former province) - Latitude: 52.8167 Longitude: 19.7500
DZIEMBAKOWO (gm. Sierpc). Dwór murowany z 1. połowy XIX w. Charakterystyczna wystawka dachowa oraz ganek z tarasem. Całość otoczona jest parkiem krajobrazowym z XIX w.

IMMIGRATION:
Arrived in U.S.A. 1903 (per 1910 Census).

CENSUS:
1910 Ohio Census (Ward 24, E.D. 362, sheet 5, 8205 Pulaski Avenue N.E.) lists Angelica as 31 years old, in her first marriage, with three children born to her and three children still living. She spoke Polish and had no occupation.

Aniela was good and kind, but also strict, but never mean. She was taller than her husband, who stood at 5'9". She was very good with her hands and created many things with her crocheting. When she died, her aunts came in and took away all the things she had made such as lace blouses, doilies, etc. They also took Tiffany lamps, which suggests that the lamps MIGHT have been from the Dziembak or Czacherski family. Since there weren't any Dziembak relatives in Cleveland, that only leaves the Czacherski's. The aunts in question, then would be the wives of her uncles, Anthony and Joseph.

DEATH:
Certificate #5482 - Adherent Placenta. Died a few days after developing complications during the birth of Felix. Ohio Death Index lists Vol 3314, cert #41212 under the name of WANICKA AMELA.

BURIAL:
From Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. Calvery Cemetery, Range 85, Sec 47, Lot 3738. Red granite stone.

OBIT:
None found in Cleveland Press. Might have appeared in Polish newspaper.

1. Isabel WANICKI b. 27 Apr 1906, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 16 Jan 1946, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. Louis Stepan WANICKI b. 25 Aug 1907, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 1 Oct 1974, Brecksville, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Teckla (Tillie) WANICKI b. 28 Apr 1909, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 19 May 1940, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. Genevieve D. WANICKI b. 10 Apr 1910, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 7 Aug 1989, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Mieczystaw Kasimir WANICKI, [infant] b. 26 Dec 1912, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 18 Jan 1913, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
6. Irene WANICKI b. 1 Jan 1914, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. 11 Jan 1914, St. John Cantius, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 23 Sep 1981, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
7. Clara (Jennie) WANICKI, (infant) b. 18 Sep 1915, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 8 Nov 1915, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
8. John W. WANICKI b. 21 Oct 1916, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 13 Feb 2005, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
9. 6. Stanley Anthony WANICKI, Sr. b. 27 Jul 1918, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 16 Nov 1989, Fairview General Hospital, Fairview, Cuyahoga County. Ohio ; bur. 20 Nov 1989, Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
10. Felix WANICKI, (infant) b. 31 May 1920, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Sep 1920, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

IMMIGRATION:
The following manifest information IS PROBABLY NOT FOR A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY
The manifest shows a Frantiszek Myczkowski arriving 21 Aug 1906 in NYC on ship "Bremen" out of the port of Bremen, Germany. Residence listed as Pikulice, Galicia. He was 18 years old and single (per Ellis Island Records). IMAGE AVAILABLE at Ellis Island site. The ship manifest lists that his occupation was "locksmith" and his destination was his uncle, Karl Ullman at 358 E.72nd St., New York City. The reason I don't think this is OUR Frantiszek is because of the manifest found for a Stanley Myczkowski which has his father as Frank. See the note attached to our Stanley's record.

BIOGRAPHY:
Frank built a house for his mother before leaving for America.

OCCUPATION:
Window washer at Hotel Statler for some years after arriving in the U.S.

RESIDENCES:
19__ - Orange Ave.
1917 - 1312 St. Clair (rear)
1920 - 3627 E.75th St.
19__ - Hosmer Ave.
19__ - Gertrude Ave.
1927 - 6321 Lansing Ave.

MARRIAGE:
Cuyahoga County Marriage Index V-0098 Pg-0035 Pg Match-75 Bride (HORWAT, MAGDALINA)
Groom (MYCZKOWSKI, FRANCIS).
Married at St. Hyacinth Church, Francis Ave. & East 61st St.; Cleveland, 44127

There were some cousins living in the Cleveland area named BRZOSKI (living with Bazeli Trzeciak in 1910 census), MURAWSKI, TRZECIAK, KOTWICA, and OSINSKA (Caroline Osinska married Walter Lisek and their son, Stanley, married Bernice Myczkowski)

DEATH:
Died of lobar pneumonia and LaGrippe. (they lived on Lansing Ave, Cleveland at the time). Years later, his wife had dreams that he was drowning so she insisted that his coffin be dug up. In those days it could be done without a lot of legal hassle. When they opened the coffin they found that the body was floating in water. The grave was moved to a different location to prevent rain or groundwater from seeping in.
UNDERTAKER: Dzrczkowski (7117 Harvard Ave)

Ohio State Historical Society lists his death record as
MYCZKONSKI FRANK
County Name: CUYAHOGA
Date of Death: 11/3/1927
Volume Number: 5486
Certificate Number: 61822

BURIAL:
Calvary Cemetery, Sec 21, Lot 136

Skalat Location: Tarnopol district, Ukraine Latitude/Longitude: 49°26´/25°59´
Skalat was a small town of maybe 5,000 half of which was Jewish.

The Horwath's lived just across the road from the schoolhouse. The teacher, whom they called "The Professor", wore a large handlebar mustache and when annoyed, he'd twist the end of it. Margaret's mother frequently gave him milk and eggs (which suggests that they owned cows and chickens). He was very good friends with her brother, Henry, which implies that Henry was the oldest and possibly close in age. Because they were so close to a school, the children were educated and couldn't play hooky.

Typical housing of the times were cottages in the "zre~bowo-sl~upowa" style, a.k.a. a thatched hip roof. The exterior of the farmhouses and buildings are brown - weathered wood. The farm buildings were laid out to form a square or rectangular central yard. The typical farm had a cottage for the family and separate building for the livestock and a barn. A middle-size peasant farm from the second half of the 19th century has an interior consisting of a large room called the _s~wietlica_, a small room, and a sleeping chamber. In the large room there is a large stove called a_sabatnik_ with an open fireplace, bread oven and a special place at the back of the stove for sleeping. In the small room there is a fireplace. The living spaces are whitewashed with blue stenciling on the walls. The fireplace might have a small embroidered mantel cloth. Each farmhouse had a corner of the room set aside for the bed(s). Rich and poor peasant alike followed the same tradition of surrounding their sleeping area with holy pictures and a crucifix. The pictures of Jesus and Mary were hung on the wall and decorated with paper or strawflowers.

We know very little about the Horwath family and their circumstances except that they probably had cows, chickens and lots of fruit trees. They probably owned several acres of land. The house had beds built into the walls and a separate pantry off the kitchen. The bedding included feather pillows and covers. These facts don't sound like a poor family's account. In fact, Margaret had many beaded dresses and purses stored away in a trunk during the 1920's which don't sound like a poor immigrant's wardrobe, either. Many neighborhood people said that her accent was high class, so the possibility exists that the family was at least a little well-to-do before coming over to America.

Margaret said she was a tomboy as a child and would frequently climb up into the fruit trees. Her brother, Henry, would yell at her to stay out of the trees and once left her hanging by her foot when she lost her balance and got it caught in a branch, to teach her a lesson. On another occasion, she crawled up into a cherry tree and fell, biting through her tongue. Her father had probably died sometime while Margaret was young because the stories she told about her brother seemed to imply that he was in charge of the family. Her mother died after Margaret had moved to the U.S.A.

Magdalowka and Skalat were formerly situated in Galicia but are now considered as being in the Ukraine. Both cities are in the region of Ternopol (49n26 25e59)

EMIGRATION:
Margaret left Poland because she hated the Cossacks who were showoffs. She also didn't want to work on a farm and hated war. She boarded a German ship called the Kronprinz Wilhelm in the port of Bremen and arrived at Ellis Island, NY on 9 Apr 1912. The ship manifest lists her as Mazda Horwat (she came in under her sister's name), age 19 and single. Her residence is listed as Moutuka, Galicia. She almost had to return to Europe because she had "Pink Eye" (conjunctivitis). She went into quarantine until it cleared up. Then she lived temporarily with her sister, Anna Gabryluk, in Amsterdam, NY. She was probably there less than a year before moving in with her sister Hedwig Mudry (Mondry) in Cleveland. There, she was sick with pneumonia and almost died. She was operated on under the arms (??? -- not sure what that implies)

OCCUPATION:
Worked as a chambermaid at the Statler Hotel in downtown Cleveland. It was at this hotel that she met her future husband, Frank, who was a window washer and a buddy of Frank Horwath who also worked there. Caroline Myczkowski and Kunigunda Macek were other family members who worked at the Hotel Statler.

AKA: Maggie, Magadalena

Margaret was known as witty and very outspoken.

MARRIAGE:
1. HORWAT, MAGDALINA and MYCZKOWSKI, FRANCIS vol.0098 pg.0035
2. MYCZKOWSKA, MAGGA HORWAT and BORAK, KOSTANTY vol.0152 pg.0207
(Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index)

NATURALIZATION:
22 Mar 1957. Certificate #7798726. Alien #A3370038. Petition #127268.

RESIDENCES:
19__ - Orange Ave. (exact address unknown but near where Tri-C college presently sits)
1920 - 3627 E. 75th St., Cleveland, Ohio (purchased this home and then sold it shortly thereafter)
19__ - Hosmer Ave. (exact address unknown)
19__ - Gertrude Ave. (exact address unknown)
1927 - 6321 Lansing Ave.
1928 - E. 121st St. (behind John Adams High School with a view of the football field)
1936 - E. 118th St.
1937 - 3782 E. 55th St.
1938 - 3912 West 18th
1942 - 1310 Redman Ave. (Two houses were on the property when she bought it, but we know the back house had been moved to that location and not built there.)

DEATH:
Died of stomach cancer.

Will probate #626364 (as Margaret Burak)

OBIT:
Name: Burak, Margaret
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #097.
Notes: Burak. Margaret Burak, residence, 1340 Redmond Ave.; beloved wife of Constantine; dear mother of Bernice Lisek, Helen Warfield, Edward Mitchell, Leonard Burak and John Burak; sister of Ann Gabrylak of Amsterdam, N. Y., and grandmother. Friends may call After 2 P. M. Saturday, at the A. J. Tomon & Sons Funeral Home, 4772 Pearl Rd. Time of services later

BURIAL:
Calvary Cemetery, Sec 21, Lot 136

1. Stanley MYCZKOWSKI b. 11 Sep 1916, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 17 Dec 1917, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. Bernice MYCZKOWSKI b. 16 Jun 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 17 Aug 2002, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 7. Helen Janina MYCZKOWSKI b. 21 May 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. 11 Jun 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 30 Aug 2011, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio; bur. Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Edward (Myczkowski) MITCHELL b. 18 Apr 1926, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 5 Feb 2002, Willowick, Cuyahoga, Ohio.