EDUCATION:
Went to school in Ravenna, Ohio.

HEALTH:
Diabetes

Had naturally red hair.

1. Mildred A. KLUTH
2. James Robert KLUTH

Source for Henry Kapusta's family data is Luci Kluth.

NOTE:
1) Some deeds for this family are filed under KAPUSTUA.
2) Found a birth record for a male child born Oct 28, 1907 while the family was living at 1408 Redman. It is unclear who that child was.

According to Henry's petition for naturalization the family lived on
Redman Ave. in 1926... then according to Henry's death certificate the
family lived on Redman in 1941...

RESIDENCES:
1906 - 36 Redman Ave., Cleveland, Ohio (old style addressing)
1907 - 1408 Redman Ave., Cleveland, Ohio (new style addressing)
1908 - 1225 Redman Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
1911 - 1225 Redman Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
1924 - 1324 Redman Ave., Cleveland, OH. Purchased 1310 Redman in 1924 (as rental property?) and later sold it in the late 1940's. They also had a farm on Pettibone Rd in Geauga County (lived here prior to 1920). Kept the farm but moved to Brookview Blvd., Parma, OH. 1324 Redman is the address on his death certificate as his place of residence in 1941.

IMMIGRATION:
Arrived in NYC from Hamburg on the S.S. Victoria, 26 May 1900. Listed his residence in Poland as Rzochow which is just a few miles from Dobrynin where Ludwik's wife came from. On the Ellis Island website, there is a Heinrich Kapuosta listed as having arrived 14 May 1900 on the Graf Waldersee who lists his residence as Kielkow and whose destination was his brother, Anton, in New York. The village of Kielkow is the next one down the road from Rzochow, so either it is actually Henry or a very close relative.

MARRIAGE:
Cuyahoga County Marriage Records: Volume 0057 Page 0354 (copy in my possession)
The marriage record states that they were married by Rev. Victor Szyrocki but does not give the name of the church. Rev. Victor Szyrocki was on Kazimer Ave. in 1910, per the census. Under the occupation column it shows "Minister" and then "Sacred Heart Church". That's on the east side in the E.71st and Harvard vicinity. Sacred Heart Church on Krakow avenue confirmed that there was a Fr. Szyrocki as Pastor as early as 1903.

CENSUS:
1910 - Unknown.
Checked ED 18 for Bainbridge in Geauga County but Henry was not found there.
Checked New York -- not found.
If he arrived in the U.S. in the late 1890's he had to be living SOMEWHERE and at least a few of his children were already born by 1910 so should show up too.

CENSUS:
1920 - ED 265, Sheet 3B, Lines
Bainbridge, Geauga County, Ohio
Farm on West Road.
Listed as KAPUTA, Henry on the census sheet. Oddly, he is listed as German/Polish.
Arrived 1897 or 1899 (hard to read)

CENSUS:
1930 - ED 726, Sheet 15B, Lines 52-58,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
1324 Redman Avenue
Listed as KUPUSTI, Henry on the census sheet.
Arrived 1900.

Surname may be Schmidt or Skutnik. Julia Kapusta provided the Schmidt name. (see notes for Luci Kluth) The marriage record lists the name as SCHKUTNIK, ANNE.

OBIT:
Name: Kapusta, Anna
Date: Apr 19 1971
Source: Cleveland Press
Notes: Kapusta. Anna Kapusta, beloved wife of the late Henry, dear mother of Tillie, Mildred Kluth, Louie and the late Rudolph, Nora Ann and Adolph, grandmother of three and great-grandmother of two. Services Tuesday, Apr. 20, at 1 P.M., at The A. J. Tomon and Sons Funeral Home, 4772 Pearl Rd., where friends may call Monday 2-5 And 7-9 P.M.

1. Rudolph KAPUSTA b. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Bef 1949.
2. Adolph J. KAPUSTA b. 5 Feb 1906, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 19 Apr 1968, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. Natalie G. (Tillie) KAPUSTA b. 26 Oct 1908, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Jan 1977.
4. Victoria J. KAPUSTA
5. Nora Ann KAPUSTA b. 19 Mar 1912, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 28 Jun 1959, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. 1. Mildred (Filliga) KAPUSTA b. 3 Nov 1914, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 30 Jan 1993, , Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. Louis KAPUSTA

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. 2. Henry KAPUSTA b. 15 Sep 1879, Mielec, , , Poland; d. 10 Dec 1941, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
5. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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.