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NE14/Slettr.Ibi ? olish Gc.yre alogcal Soci ety of Mlnnessta NE14/SLETTr.IBi VOLI.JME 14 ALITU}T\'2006 IVI.]MBER 3 DR@BNtrtrClI]IA Installment #8 Dateline: Lexington From Wiarus, 1901, and Rolnik 1906- 1908 By Greg Kishel <[email protected]> LeSueur County, southwest of the Twin Cities, had a small Polish-American community a century ago, numbering around sixty families. For our latest exploration into Minnesora's past in the Polish-language press, here are my translarions of four reports datelined at Lexington in LeSueur County. from 1906 to 1908. I found them in Rolnik, published at Stevens Point. trn dhls i.ssue " " " Wisconsin. I've also included an item from Lexington rhat was published in Winona's Wiarus in 1901.1 Drobne Echa, ***:f*{.rF!t** Dateline: Lexington. ...p. I President's Lrtter........ ........2 From Wiarus, November 14,l90l: The Bulletin Board........ .......................3 LEXINGTON, Minn. - The Poles who have setrled here [rtters to the editor........ .......................4 have received permission from the bishop of the diocese of A Message from or Web Master...........5 Winona for the a construction of church under the patronage Searching for Polish family documents of St. Joseph. Thus they have purchased two acres of land for the church, the size of which will amount to 60 feet in length, in Lithuanian Archives.....................6 and 36 in width. This will be a wooden church. United Polish Genealogical Societies ..........,.........,.7 The construction has already begun and the foundation Conference stones are already laid. There are 60 Polish families setrled Trivia Qui2.......... ................8 here. Maps - A useful genealogical too1........9 ***rl.:Stl.rk*** The Derdowski brothers and the of that report from From Rolnik, lanuary 19,1906 authorship Swan River......... ..........11 From Lexington, Minn. The Winona Republican Herahd...,..... 13 I ask the Honorable Editor for the placement of these several The S.S. Liebig news items, or rather memories from a trip, from which we re- The Hamburg Passenger Lists............ 16 cently retumed. Passenger Manifest of the Liebig........l7 Drobne Echarcontinued on 24 oage Articles about Kashubian immigration and settlement................. ................23 1I have followed the standard genealogical-writing practice of putting all sumames in the text into capital letters, to aid those who Missing Branches... ..........28 are skimming for "their names." Polish Genealogical Society of \linntr,'ra tutumn 2006 P ol*h G enealogical S ociety of Minncsota A Branch of the Minnesola Genealogical Society 5768 Olson Memorial Hwy. Golden Valley MN 55422 http: //wu'rv.rootsu'eb. comi -mnpol gs/pgs-mn. html Offlcers/Board of Directors: President...... .Terry Kita (612-927-0719) <tern'kita@ earthlink. ne> Vice President...............John Kowles (612-7 2l -7 227) <[email protected]> Secretary............ Dori Ann Marszal ek (7 63'5 3 5 -229 6) President's Letter <[email protected]> Treasurer......................... Audra Etzel ('7 63 -9'7 2 - 6639) <e tzelfami I y @ msn. com> Past President.................... ...Greg Kishel <gfkl @cornell.edu> Director........ ..Jan Bias (651-766-0147) <[email protected] Director..............Mary Ellen Bruski (763'588-3801) <Poland-MN @ comcast. ne> Director........ .John Rys (651-731-9486) <[email protected]> ................Mar9aret Schnell Director........ and are <schnellmm @ hotmail.com> All of these things are :" : :r-: - -: :-i::}ers Director..... -................Lisa Trembley (952-941 -057 4) used regularly bY them. T:e:e -r ::. :-ia: -<., :-e rrhich we <[email protected]> provide, which can he t,i :-c:: '' :--. : :--.- :clearcher, but Committee Chairs/Co-Chairs: is very underutilized. At 'ir- rl:r- - . .::-r-= -: :,-. the over- Library ...'....".......Jan Bias used side, I will descnhe i:. Membership. ..............'...'.Lisa Trembley Newsleuer,... .....Paul Kulas Proeram/Publicity.................Terry fll lqtt t Kowles ReGach...................................Greg Kishel, John Rys Website.,...... ..............Mary Ellen Bruski P olish Genealogical S ocietY of Minnes ota N ewsletter Editor........... Paul Kulas (763427-4523) Associate 8ditor........... ........Greg Kishel Mailing 1abe1s............ ......Lisa Trembley Mailing........ .....Terry Kita J-ohn Kowles Sumame indexing....... ....,....Kgy Freund' Mary Kowles,Dori Marszalek, Connie Waldherr The Polisi Genealogical Society of Minne sota Newsletter is published quarterly in Spring' Summer, Autumn and Winter. Subscliption to the Newsletter is included with membership. Dues are $15.00 per year. Please use application form on advertising insert Items submitted for publication are welcomed and If this does not pique your interest un the Thunoar r'rght We require that feature-length afiicles encouraged. at the Library (which is advertised in each ne* sietter)' an exclusively to PGS-MN only. Articles, be submitted genealogist is also ar ailabie. same letters, book reviews, news items, queries, ad copy, experienced Czech etc. should be sent to: Paul Kulas, editor, PGS'MN tfuie, same place, toassist those *ho need help. Newsletter,12008 West River Road, Champlin MN 553LG2745 or to e-mail: <[email protected]> We have scheduled three Fail Programs' beginning with program, September 9- We hope to see you at Address changes or membership questions? the Duluth the prograrns. Dehils are aiways in our newsletter, on our Chair Contacu Lisa Trembley, Membership wedsitJ, or available by contacting one of our directors' 15800 Post Road, WaYzata MN 55391 or e-mail: dctrembleY @ mn. Ir'coln> --Teny Kita mt ltSst Grardoiicrl &*rycfltrfom Autumn 2(X)6 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Page 3 Sad news Ray Marshall forwarded to us the following e-mail -,faq notice dated June 25, 2N6: ffi"e tsuffetln tsoarf To all of you, I know I haven't had much time to write of late but I did want to tell you of a death that occurred Ten-year members: recently. I want to tell you of the death of Fr. Aloysius Rekowski, a Redemptorist priest from our In the Autumn 2N2, Winter 2W2-O3 issue of this area who was buried yesterday at Barry's Bay. I know joined newsletter we listed current members who some of you are familiar with him because of his PGS-MN during our charter year of 1993. We listed great study of Kashub history from his research in ten-year members in an issue each year thereafter. Poland, USA and Canada. He was adear friend of The following is a listing of joined members who in mine and helped me with my genealogy as well as 1997 and who continue be to members through 20O6 helping many of you. I last visited him in Saskatoon last September but he was moving to Blmonton, Pat Bumgarne4 Minneapolis Alberta to retire. He was a priest for 60 years. Only Ilflary E. Fehnnan, St. Paul the last few weeks he was in our area visiting family Dr. Alfred ftiedl, Rootstown OH and friends in Ontario. He died June 16th in Toronto. Suzanne Greenslit, Menifi eld His wish was to buried in his home area of Barry's Bemadine Grell Little Falls Bay. Please pray for the repose of his soul. Jane Fdel llabeck, Winona Sr. Theresa Lepak JilI Johnson, Fridley John VY. Kowles, Minneapolis This is in"deed sad news.The KashublPolish Dn RogerKrentz, Fond Du lac WI community in Canada and in thc United States will WalterMadura, Derby CT miss him greatly. Robert Manaske, Cedar Park TX Donald McCavic, Ventura CA Sandra Nuss, Fairmont Helen 1l[. Richard, Burtrum Phyllis Walzecha, St. Paul Ray also sent us the following link that shows the Minnesota communities with the highest percentage Thank you all for your loyalty to PGS-MN. of people of Polish ancestry according to the 20ffi census : <htp://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Polish. htmb Here are Minnesota's top eight. Community TYPe Counlv Poo. VoPolish The indexing project of the sacramental records of Swan River Twp. Morrison 755 41.5%o the Polish parishes of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis continues ( S ee P GS -N ew s lett er, Winter Alberta Twp. Benton Ttz 39.8 2005-06, p.6). Holding TwP. Stearns 1,147 30.9 An index of Minneapolis baptismal records is Pike Creek Twp. Morrison 932 30.6 available at the MGS Library. The call number is: Royalton City Morrison 868 23.8 MN H-L 217 Rys I-angola Twp. Benton 916 23.1 The index covers the four Polish Catholic churches Hale TwP. Mckod 957 22.4 in Minneapolis: Holy Cross, St. Philip's, All Saints Elmdale Twp. Morrison 9M 223 and St. Hedwig's. Microfilms of the original parish records are also available at the Library. The index You can follow the link and find the results for also includes the Baptismal records of Sacred Heart different states and for different ethnic groups. Check Polish National Catholic Church in Minneapolis. it out. It's fun. -lohn Rys --Ray Marshall Page 4 Polish Gencalogical Society of Minnesota Autumn ZX)6 Subject: Greenbush, MN This e-mailwas originally sent to Jim Kulas who forwarded it to us. ww* . Evidently there has been more than one town !n MN named Greenbush. When I used Mapeiest, I found a Greenbush in Roseau County in riofthem Correction $N. lowever, in June my brother uri I uirit"d Greenbush Catholic Cjm6tery which is in tlie general" I pGS-MN - received my copy of the Newsletter area of Oak Park and Foley (6etween princetoi urd today, but find that I need to make a corection to St.Cloud in central Minneioia). Many potistr peopfe my new member information (Spring/summer 2006, settled in this area and some still r.main there. Tfie p. 32).I am listed as Julie Borajh _ iOOeZBirchwood town of Greenbush is gone. According to the St Ed_ ward's (Princeton, Lane,-Brailerd, MN 56401. The correct name is Jeri fryth MN) booklelt, St Frances de Borash - all other info correct. Clantal Catholic Church of Greenbush became part of St.Blward's parish in 1936.
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