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A TRANSCRIPTION OT sT.lo*Pt+'s cEwETERy SPLIT ROCK TO\ryNSI+IP, CARLTON COIO.ITY, MINNESOTA By Greg Kishel X,f*******{<
Carlton County, Minnesota had an area of concenffated Polish settlement in its southwest comer, first homesteaded in the late 1880s and later organized in Split Rock and Silver Townships. I had known from various sources that Split Rock's Polish pioneers had founded a Roman Catholic church over a llm thils issue " " q century ago, which was still used as a mission of the parish in A Transcription of St. Joseph's Cemetery Moose Lake. It followed that there would be a cemetery there, Split Rock Twp, Carlton Co...... page 1 and probably not a large one. To continue my project to cata- President's Letter...... p.2 logue the monuments of Polish-American burial grounds in The Bulletin Board...... p. 3 Minnesota's Arrowhead Country,1 t paiO a visit to the site in Have you joined our Mail List? the fall of 2000. Mark your calendars!! About 13 miles west of the southerly Moose Lake exit off Using a LDS Family History Center Minnesota's Farming Communities I-35, along Minnesota State Highway 27,I found a beautifully- presentations:...... maintained church building and a well-tended cemetery. There "Branching out" ...p. 4 Using Newpapers Polish- were seven long, neat rows of markers. Better thanX)Vo of the in inscriptions gave Polish sumames; many indicated the presence American Genealogy Getting Beyond that Brick Wall of those from the immigrant generation, by date and by the use of the Polish language. A transcription clearly promised to be Guide to East/IVest Prussia...... p. 5 worth the effort. Minnesota Naturalizations Index Letters to the Editor:...... p. 6 I returned on three occasions in July and August, 2001, to Haller Army recruits take field notes. On the day of my flust visit, someone had been Address correction; New book making hay on the adjoining meadows; on a gorgeous mid- Slownik geograficzny? summer aftemoon a light wind carried the fresh scent to me. It Polish records?...... p.7 was breezy, bright, and pleasant on all of my subsequent stops, Great figures in Poland's history and including the one I made in November to proofread my first culture...... p. 8 typescript. This all has made for pleasant memories of the field Jacob Norlock's homestead...... p. 1 0 work. The unsusual fate of the Split Rock, continued on page 14 Rac lawic ka P anor ama ...... p. 1 1 Territorial Changes, 1939 - 19 52...... p. I 3 lThis consisted of my published transcriptions of the Catholic side of Letters to the Editor (continued)...... p. 13 Forest Home Cemetery in Buyck, published in the Winter,1998-99 issue of Minnesota Farm Directory? this newsletter, and of St. Joseph's Cemetery at Gnesen, published in the St. Joseph's Cemetery (continued).....p. 14 Winter, 1999-2W and Spring,2000 issues. In addition, over a seven-month Ancestor Chart...... p.22 period in 2000 I transcribed at St. Isidore's Cemetery at Sturgeon Lake, in (continued) northem Pine County. The numbers of inscriptions there being much larger-- Missing Branches ...... p. 23 and the readability of many of them being more problematic--I am still re- Missing Branches...... p.24 vising that one. It will be serialized here, starting several issues hence. Prye2 Polish Genedogicd Society of Minnesota Winter2001-02
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Library ...... Jan Bias Our membership is about the same as a year ago. More and ...... Lisa Trembley Membership. messages sent to our member are News1etter...... Paul Kulas more of our business and Program/Publicity...... Terry Kita, John Kowles conducted via email. If you have recently changed your email Research...... Greg Kishel address, or acquired one, send an email to Lisa Trembley to Website...... Mary Ellen Bruski update our records. Do not forget to keep your dues payment up to date. There is an indication on your mailing label if you P olis h G en e ala gic al S ociety need to renew at this time. of Minnes ota N ew sletter "mail year. is an increasingly pop- Newletter Staff: We started a list" last It ular method to obtain information, or post inquiries. If you Editor...... PauI Kulas (7 63 427 - 4523) wish more information or to join, visit our website or contact Associate Editor...... Greg Kishel Ray Marshall at:
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He accurately measured The categories which could be included would be: the speed of light and he received the Nobel prize in Sc ience, Medicine, Military Leaders, Mu sicians, physics in 1907. Artists, Teachers, Religious Leaders, Saints, Philoso- phers, Literature, Entertainment, Film, Bu sine ss Medicine: Casimir Funk pioneered the study of Leaders and??? vitamins, nutrition, and deficiency diseases; Andrew So far have the I following names with a thumbnail V. Schally conducted pioneering research into the sketch of each. Copernicus, Jan Sobieski, Tadeusz brain's control over body chemistry. He was awarded Kociuszko, Frederick Chopin, Joseph Conrad, Marja Nobel Prize in medicine in 1977. Sklodowska Curie and Pope John Paul II. (Wistawa, Szmborska, Nobel Laureate in 1998 is another possi- Military Leaders : M orde chaj Anic le wic z w as the bility). Would you be so kind as to add personages leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943; you know to the list? (Wladyslaw II) defeated the Teutonic Knights With much appreciation for any help you can give. lagiello at the battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg) in 1410; Eileen Opatz Berger Source of illustrations: "The Face and Faith of Poland." National Geographic' Special Supplement to the April 1982 issue, Yol. 161, No.4, pp.419.{-4198. CONRAD PADEREWSKI CUNE JOHN PAUL II J6zef Korzeniowski lgnacy Paderewski Marja Sklodowska Kar6l Wojtyta (r8s7-t924 (1860-1941) (1867-1934) (te20- ) Novelist Pianist, statesman Physicist Pope are ofien patriotic calls to arms; Stanislaw Monisuz- Religious Leaders: John Paul II was elected Pope ko was the "father of Polish National Opera." He in 1978. He contributed to thefall of communism in composed many songs still popular today. Ignacy lan the East and is also a critic of the materialism of the a monthly Paderewski was the most famous pianist of his time. West. Jerzy Popieluszko began celebrating He lobbiedfor the restoration of the Polish state and Mass for the Homeland during the Solidarity period. his murder at the became its first premier in 1919; Artur Rubinstein His powerful sermons resulted in was one of the greatest piano virtuosos of the 20th hands of communist authorities in 1984. Cardinal century. StefanWyszyrt.ski was the Primate of Poland during thi communist era. He ffictively championed the Artists: Bernardo Bellotto was also known as rights of the Church and of the Polish people during "Canaletto theYounger." His paintings of Warsaw this dfficult period. served as models for the city' s reconstruction follow- ingWorldWar II; Jan Mateiko painted enormous Saints: St. Adalbert was martyred by the Prussians at canvasses portaying important scenes of Polish in 997. The tomb of the saint is in the cathedral "bronze history; Wit Stwoszwas a sculptor in both wood and Gniezno. The 18 scenes on the famous doors" the saint. St. Maksy- stone. His altarpiece in St. Mary's Church in Krak1w of the cathedral depict the life of the Nazis in Auschwitz' is perhnps his most important work; Jan Styka milinn Kotbe was murdered by place of a condemned executed the panoramic painting, Battle of Raclawice He had volunteered to take the St. Stanislaus (see pp 11-12). His Crucifixiory displayed at Forest man who was married and had children. had de- Lawn Park in Glendale CA, is one of the largest was murdered by Boleslaw II (the Bold). He His religious paintings in the world. nounced the king for his cruelties and injustices. remains are in the Wawel Cathedral in Krak6w. Teachers; Jan Karski was a member of Polish the great- resistance during WorldWar II and reported informa- Literature: Joseph Conrad became one of the tion about Nazi death camps early in the war- He be- est novelists of Engtish Literature despite learning is con- came a professor at Georgetown University; Alfred language only as an adult. Adam Mickicwicz Korzybski was e linguist whose work resulted in the sidired to be Poland's Sreatest poet. CTgslaw Milosz, I development of general semantics. loachim Lelewel W tady staw Re ymont, H e nryk Sie nkiewic z, saac were all was perhaps Poland's most eminent historian; Bashbvis Singer and Wislawa Szymborslw (see PGS-MN Broiislaw Malinowski was a pioneer in the field of awarded Nobel prizes in literature anthropology. Ludwik Zamenhof created the artificial Newsletter, Winter 1996-97, P. I ). universal language o/Esperanto with the hope of unit' Film and Entertainment: Helena Modieskn was the ing the world in a common bond. Florian Znanipcki leading Shakespearean and dramatic actress of her was a pioneer in the of sociology. field day (Her son, Ralph Modieski became awell-known Page 10 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Winter200l-02 engineer andbridge builder). Pola Negriw(N a silent Polish nation. His baptism in 966 brought Poland into civilization. ftlm star of the 1920s. Waclaw Niiinsky was a world Roman Christianiry and western European ballet dancer and choreographer. Andrzti famous Putting together a list such as this is always proble- Wajda and Krzysztof Zanussi are award winning matic. The problem is: "Where do you stop?" If modern P olish directors. first film you list everyone who deserves to be listed you end up Political Leaders: Zbigniew Brzpzinski served as with a 477 page book such as the one mentioned at the National Security Advisor under President Jimmy beginning of this reply. Carter. Lech Walgsa was a of the free tade founder A second problem is: "Who is Polish?" Should union Solidarity and was elected Poland' s Presi- first Polish Jews such as Mordechaj Anielewicz and Isaac dent af'ter the downfall of communism in 1989. He Bashevis Singer be included in this listing? I would was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. argue ffirmatively.The Jewish community in Poland Business Leaders: Hipolit Cegiclski rose from has made significant and lasting contributions to humble beginnings and became a leading industrialist Polish and to world civilization. Also, should someone and owner of the largest factory in Poznafi. Thaddeus who was an ethnic German--likeWit Stwosz, or an eth- Sendzimir developed new methods for processing nic ltalian-Jike Bernardo Bellotto, be listed. Again, I steel. would argue in the ffirmative. Srwosz spent much of his career in Poland and many of his most important Royalty: Boleslaw I (the Brave) ruled from 992 to works remain there and are a part of Poland's cultural 1025 andwas the first to be recognized cs King of heritage. The same is tue of Bellono. Poland. Casimir III (the Great) founded the Cracow Academy (now know as the Jagiellonian University) in A third problem is that a listing such as this almost 1364. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher learn' always reflects the personal bias of the compiler. You ing in Central Europe (second only to one in Prague). probably will want to list others that I did not include some of those that I did in- It is said that he found Poland "built of wood and left in this listing and delete it built of stone." Mieszlro I united the various Slavic clude. Reader's: Let me know of others that should tribes between the Oder and the Bug Rivers to form the have been included in this listing. Letters. continued on Pa,qe 73 facob Nodocfc's Howtesteab Wih,ro, Ortario lrawir.rg bq Shifley Mask Comollq This historic house was dismantled in the 1980s and to St. Stanislaus Kostka was replaced by a large wood rebuilt near Orillia, Ontario. Before that it stood for church in the 1890s. Logs from the old chapel may the over a century on land homesteaded by Jacob Norlock have been incorporated into the rear addition of in Hagarty Township, Renfrew County in 1869. Nor- Norlock house. St. Stanislaus Kostka Church burnt in lock emigrated from Kashubia in 1861 and in 1875 he 1936 and only the pioneer cemetery and the old brick gave 50 acres of his property to the Catholic church to rectory remain on site. Several bams and the old gra- place. establish a Polish parish. The first log chapel dedicated nary are still standing on the Norlock Winter2001-02 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesoa Page 11 The Unusual Fate of the claimed it as an abandoned, damaged house. He, along with many other Polish citizens, was deported Raclawicka Panorama from his hometown of Lw6w to Wroclaw after WW II By Professor Andrzej Brzecki (see map on page Li). His story somewhat parallels that of the Panorama. The Raclawicka Panorama is a Before you read his story entitled "The Unusual painting that depicts the Battle of Raclawice,which Fate of the Raclawicka Panorama," and Professor was contested in 1794 by a Polish army led by personal Brzecki's history, this is the background to KoSciuszko and the Russian army during the Polish his story. My wde Ann, my and daughter Emily I visit- Insurrection. The Panorama is a painting, in the same edWroclaw in May of 200LWe had arranged to meet way that the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is a painting. Ania Brzecka in She Wroclaw. showed us some of the It is housed in a rotunda, and measures over I I0 me- sights of her city, including the Raclawicka Panora- ters long by l5 meters high.lt shows a snapshot of the ma. We had known the Aniafrom time she spent as a battle, while presenting a chronology of part of it. One house-guest of in Minneapolis during her friends med- views the battle from the center, walking about the bat- ical residency at Hennepin County Medical Center. tlefield,while a guide describes the battle. After a the tour of city center we met her father, Pro- This is Professor Brzeki's story of the Panorame, Brzecki, at their home. fessor followed by his personal history, as he told it to us. He has lived in his house for over 50 years, after he --Terry Kita At the end of 1882, Jan Styka undertook a decision further damage. The painting was protected against to paint the Panorama Raclawic,ka to celebrate the pests (mice), placed in a box and covered with a fire- 100 year anniversary of the KoSciuszko Uprising. He resistant coating. The box, together with the painting, proposed that Wojciech Kossak join him in the project. weighed about 9 tons. It was transported to the Bemar- On the 28 of May 1884 the Panorama opened for visi- dine Monastery on two trailers used for carrying tim- tors at the Universal Exhibition in Lw6w. It was ad- ber. It was deposited there in a dry and rarely visited mired for 50 years in Lw6w and became a national gallery. This entire action of the Panorama rescue op- monument and a symbol of Polish patriotism. eration was photographed. These photos provided doc- umentation for the recovery of the Panorama and now Tlrc Panorama Raclawicka was very seriously dam- enrich the Jagellonian Library. aged in 1918 during the bloody battle defending Lw6w in World War I. Grenades and shrapnel made about In 1945-1946, following the end of World War II, 700 torn places, including one'7 feet large breach. the Polish citizens of Lw6w and other regions of East- Conservation work was initialed in 1920 and complet- em Poland were driven from what was now Soviet ter- ednl922. The Soviet Army invaded Lw6w on Sep- ritory to the Polish People's Republic (PPR) (see map tember 20,1939 and the Panorama was again closed to on p. 13). A significant number of the people moved, visitors. The German Army started to occupy Lw6w as pioneers, to the westem regions of Poland. on June 30,1941. The grounds of the Universal Exhi- bition and the Panorama building became a German During this time there were also endeavors to trans- military installation. fer cultural possessions, including the Panorama, to Poland. Professors Karol Badecki and Leon Matwijow- By 1944 Germany's defeat was inevitable. The front ski from Lw6w were two people who served our coun- of fighting was coming closer and closer to Lw6w. At try well in this regard. Until May 22,1946, the fate of nights Lw6w was bombed by the Soviets and its in- the Raclawicka Panorama and other works of art now habitants tried to hide in cellars. The German Army in Soviet hands was uncertain. Negotiations for their started to evacuate westward. On April 9,1944, Easter retum began. The Polish People's Republic side was Monday, the Soviet Air Forces carried out a massive represented by "President" B. Bierut, W. Gomulka and air raid on the town. Two bombs hit the Panorama W. Kowalski, whereas the Soviet side, by J. Stalin and Building. One of them was a dud. The other exploded N. Khrushchev (then the Secretary of Communist Par- on the roof of the Panorama Building, tore a considera- ty in Kiev). Khrushchev objected to handing over the ble part of the painting and made holes and serious Panorama to Poland since it portrayed a so called "bad damage in the other parts. period" between Po1and and Russia. In consequence, he proposed to destroy it completely. Nonetheless, af- On April 12,l9M, the Polish Municipal Board of ter a few days a communiqu6 was issued. It reported Lw6w appointed a special committee, which decided that the Panorama and other works of art (regrettably, to roll up the painting, hide it and protect it against not all of them) would be handed over to Poland. Palge 12 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Winter200l-02 In Wroclaw, the first Committee of Reconstruction open it in Wroclaw in 1970. of the Panorama Raclawicka was established. A train from Lw6w carrying the Panorama and other works of Nonetheless, the Wroclaw citizens fears about fur- art arrived in PrzemySl, Poland on July 18,1944 on its ther interferance with the Panorama were deeply sub- way to Wroclaw. When the train was passing Krak6w stantiated. The General Conservator of Monuments, there were attempts to take over the package (luckily Wiktor Zin, decided to bring the "toublesome deposit" without success). On July 21,1946 the railway cars to Warsaw and to eventually hand it over to the village with the precious package reached Wroclaw. The Pan- of Raclawice. Luckily, this senseless action proved to orama was stored in a room at Poznariska Street and be abortive. stayed there until rnild-1949. There was a quite unexpected tum for the better in After architectural competition to build a rotunda the middle of 1980. On October 10, 1980, a second for the Panorama had been decided, an embarrassing Committee for the Reconstruction of the Panorama story of fighting and quarrels started. A well-known Ractawicka was established. It was headed by Profes- Wroclaw columnist (and my former schoolmate from sor Alfred Jahn, the Rector of University of Wroclaw, Lw6w), Mr. Leszek Goliriski, put it this way in July, and included numerous representatives from the world 1947: ". . . Noises about Panorama died down and the of science and culture and from the Solidarity Trade construction of the Panorama building misfired be- Union. Also included on the Committee was Dr. cause of the lack of funds. The Panorama may undergo Stanislaw Krzaklewski (a friend of mine from Lw6w further destruction. In this way, the work of art which and a former Home Army soldier). On November 14, raised the spirits of millions of Poles for 50 years, will 1980 the Panorama was retumed from Warsaw to disappear." Leszek Golffiski was determined to win the Wroctaw. During the following years restoration battle. He represented the majority of Wroclaw citizens work on the painting and the building of the rotunda well. He succeeded at last. In 1949 the work on the continued restoration of Panorama painting began. In 1956 ttre Polish United Workers Party (PZPR) in Wroclaw un- On June t4,1985, after the years of hope and fight- dertook the final decision about building the rotunda ing, the Panorama opened forviewing in Wroclaw. and its permanent exhibition in the town. [n 1957, the The continuous visiting of the Panorama by guests architectural and urbanistic competition on rotunda from both Poland and abroad bears witness to the fact building was decided. Complete silence hung over the that as a national monument it plays an important role painting until 1965. At that time revitalization of work in Polish culture. on the rotunda building was announced with hope to I was born on May 17, l92l inWarsaw, Poland. University in Krakiw in 1945 and at the Medical My father was a highly valued organizer of state ad- Academy inWroclaw in 1946-1948.1was endowed ministrationfor the newly created Polish state. He with a Doctor's Degree in 1951 and I was nominated worked in the Western regions of Poland, bordering assistant professor in 1969 andfull professor in 1978. with Germany, and later in the Eastern regions In 1970,1was nominated a Director of the Neuro- neighboring the Soviet Ukraine. I graduatedfrom logical Clinic inWroclaw. I retiredfrom this position High School in Lwdw in 1939. in 1991 . The last four years I have been a scientific Afew days after the outbreak of the SecondWorld and didactic consultant for the Rehabilitation Center War, I become a refugee, desperately looking for my .for Children with Cerebral Palsy in Mikoszdw- military unit among many other units facing confronta- Strzelin, near W roclaw. tion with the invading German Army. I married Anna Rudkowska in 1953. She had been During Soviet occupation years 1939-1941 , I was a woman soldier of Home Army in Lwdw. In 1944 active in the Polish Scouting Organization. I was certi- she was aruested by the Soviets and was jailed in the fied as a Scoutmaster just before the outbreak of the Arctic Circle, atVorcuta, in the Soviet Union. War. I have one daughter, Ann. She is a lung doctor. In l94l-1944, Lwdw was under German occupation. My wtfe Ann Rudkowska-Brzecka was a professor of In 1943, I was sworn in as a soldier of Home Army neurophysiology and neurology. She died in 1990. (AK), the Polish Underground Army of the Resistance Movement. At that time I also started medical studies --Andrzej Brzecki in Lwdw and I continued my studies at the Jagellonian a Winter2fi)1-02 Polish Gcnealogical Society of Minnesota Page 13 The map at right shows changes made to Poland's boundaries after WWII. Poland was shifted westward. Approximately one- third of Poland's prewar territory was ceded to the Soviet Union. This territory is now part of Lith- uania, Belarus and the Ukraine. Poland was compensated for its loss of territory in the east with land in the west formerly belong- ing to Germany. Poles living in 6ER1,l NY the eastern territories were force- fully moved, many to occupy for- mer German property in the west. Many of the Polish inhabitants of the city of Lw6w were moved to Wroctaw. This is what happened to Professor Brzecki. Panorama Raclawicka, located in Lw6w prior to the war, was ultimately established in Wroclaw. Map source: J. A. Wytrwal, America's Polish Heritage: A Social History of the Poles in North Arnerica, p.264. Letters, continuedlrom page I0 were directories publishedfor other counties as well (again, check at the Minnesota History Center). Also Minne sota F arm Directory? available are plat map books that were publishedfor most if not all the counties in Minnesota. These books am wondering there was published I if ever a Min- were published in the late l9th century and at in- nesota Farm Directory, by county or other way, listing first tervals throughout the 20th. These plat book maps names of farmers. The years of interest would be for a show land ownership of rural areas of the county. The forty year period from 1910 to 1950. Was there such a recent indexes. Then too, the thing? I suppose maybe for some counties and not for more ones have surname others. My interest would be in Polish farmers and a federal census lists for Minnesotafor 1910, 1920 (and starting point might be a farm directory list. I suppose possibly by the time you read this, the 1930 also) are I could just narrow in on the most heavily populated available. These lists would, of cottrse, include all Polish counties. I noted with interest the list of Haller's farmers in the state. To identify the counties where Army Recruits compiled by Ray Marshall in the last Polishfarmers settled, begin by checking Map 19.2 issue of the newsletter. It made me think there might entitled "Poles in Minnesota Rural Areas, 1905" on be a list of farmers somewhere. page j67 inThey Chose Minnesota: A Survey of the [email protected]> State's Ethnic Groups, edited by June Drenning Holm- quist. This book is probably available in most public Editor's reply: As far as I know, there was no com- libraries in the state. prehensive directory of farmers for the entire state of The informationfound in the l93l Stearns County Minnesota published during the time period that you farmers' directory is interesting. The listing for my mention.You should, however, check at the Reference grandfather, John Kulas, indicates his address as: Library at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul Route I , Avon; his wife: Josephine Yunik; it lists the for a more authoritative answer to that question. I do names of his twelve children (those no longer living at know that there was afarmers'directoryfor Stearns home are marked with an asterisk); he owns 120 acres Counry published in 1931 (available at the Minnesota in Section 3 in Avon Township and 40 acres in Section History Center; see belowfor an example of the type 35 in Holding Township; he has been in the area 40 of informationfound in this directory). Perhaps there years; he has Holstein cattle and Chester White hogs. Prge 14 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Winter2001-02 Split Rock continued.{rorn page 1 CTMSLAK CIESENSKI Antonia Marcella Here are the results, a record of the hardy Poles who 1876 - 1963 Nov. 1,1842 July 30,1924 opened this comer of Carlton County to the northem Mother The Cross l,eads R.4; Grp. 5l; FS,with style of darry, hay, and livestock agriculture that is still Generations On Anton CIESENSKI carried on there. I have followed the format of my ear- R.7; Grp.l05; HS,with lier transcriptions again, with the entries alphabetized MichaelMANIAK Frances Greske by surname to help genealogically-minded readers, and DEMSKI the location of each marker indicated by a notation I CHESLAK 1887 - 1915 John R.4; Grp.55; HS devised on-site.2 1913 - 1918 R.4; Grp.56; HS,with MaryjannaDUDEK *)k*****({<** Peter CHESLAK Died July 16,l9L9 Aged 58 Years BAAKARI Elizabeth L. Mmy CFIESLAK R.2; Grp.l3; HS Lydia Nov. 15, 1903 Bom May 11, 19,14 Dec. 14, 1995 Feb.2, 1861 Franciszka June 12,2001 BI.]TKIEWICZ Died DZIEWCMPOLSKE Married July 17,1965 R. 3; Grp.46; HS,with Feb.8, 1908 1838 t 1904 R.7;Grp.115;FS,with JohnN. BWKIEWICZ R.3; Grp.28; HS R.7; Grp.97; FS Waher BAAKARI John N. CHESLAK Woych BAAKARI Nov.3, 1901 Michael J. DZEWCMPOLSKE Walter June24,1980 t862 - 1942 1820 t 1896 Feb. 11, 1920 BLTTKIEWICZ Father R.7; Grp.97; FS Manied July 17, 1965 R.3; Grp.46;HS,with The Cross lrads R.7; Grp.115; FS,with Elizabeth L. BUTKIEWICZ Generations On FILIPIAK LydiaBAAKARI R.7; Grp. 105; HS,with Ambrose BI"]TKIEWICZ Antonia MANIAK t92t - t977 In Memory of Vincent R. 6; Grp. 94 ; FS , with Mother t870 - 1923 CHESLAK Delores FIUPIAK Francis BANNICK Father Peter 1840 t 1914 R.6; Grp.86; FS,with 1911 - 1935 Ambrose Martin FILIPIAK R.4; Grp.54; HS Antonia BUTKIEWICZ R.4; Grp.56; HS,with PFC US Army John CHESLAK World War II John BASSA Frank CEGLA t92L t t977 1880 - 1922 Feb.21, 1897 Sylvester CFIESLAK R.6; Grp.94; FS R.3; Grp.37; HS Dec.24,l97O Minnesota R.6; Grp.91; HS PFC Cannon Co 261 Inf Father Anton J. FILIPIAK Joseph BERLIK World War II 1888 1947 1887 1907 Mary M.CEGLA Dec 14 1912 Nov 24l97O f f R.5; Grp.72; HS,with R.4; Grp.53; FS 1923 - 1958 R.7; Grp. 108; FS R.7; Grp.102;HS Stella P. F. FIUPIAK BUTKIEWICZ CIESENSKI Antonia Maydesta J. CERNEY Anton FILIPIAK t873 - 1974 1915 - 1983 June 10, 1841 Delores Mother R. 5; Grp.76; FS July 2,19t4 1928 - R.6;Grp.86; FS,with R.3; Grp.31; FS,with R. 6; Grp.94; FS,with Vincent BUTKIEWICZ Marcella CIESENSKI Ambrose FIUPIAK CIESENSKI FILIPIAK 2The markers are signified as "HS," if a headstone; "FS," if Anton Father a footstone; "Ob.n" if an obelisk; and "Cr.," if a cross. Where June 10, 1841 Florian groups have both markers, I have used the notation "FS, under July 2,l9l4 r9l4 - 1974 HS." Brackets around a surnarne mean that it is not present on R.4; Grp. 5l; FS,with R.6;Grp.94; FS,with the footstone; in that case, I attached the sumame given on the Marcella CIESENSKI Lucy FIUPIAK associated headstone. To identify the location of the markers, I counted 7 rows in the cemetery, starting at the access road right CIESENSKT Daughter in front of the church and proceeding west. I assigned the markers Marcella keneFILIPIAK to groups based on obvious family ties, through shared sumames; Nov. 1,1842 t9t7 I 1925 obviously, an assignment will not be accurate as to family rela- J:u,ly 30,1924 R.7; Grp.98; FS tionship if a manied daughter bearing her husband's name is R.3; Grp.3l; FS,with buriedhext to her parents and her marker does not indicate her Anton CIESENSKI FILIPIAK birth surname, Noie that row 1 begins with group 1; row 2 with Jakub group 10; row 3 with group 26; row 4 with group 49; r^orr 5 with 1855 - 1945 Eroup OZ; row 6 with group 82; and row 7 with group 97. R.7; Grp.98; HS 15 Winter2001-02 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesoa Page I I rll I I Southwest corner of Carlton County showing Split Rock and Silver Townships The location of St. Joseph's Church and Cemetery along Highway 27 is ctrcled (Map source: General Highway Map of Carlteon County, 1997, Minnesota Department of Transportation). FILIPTAK GRESCZYK SteIIaGRESCZYK Tu Spocsywa Mother Eleanor V. Nov.11,1854 Ojciec Lucy 1899 - 1982 May 7,1949 Franciszek t9t7 - R.7;Grp.111;HS,with R.5; Grp.68; FS 1860 t9t6 R.6; Grp.94; FS,with Toney F.GRESCTK GRZESCZYK Floian FIUPIAK GRESCZYK R.5; Grp.68; HS GRESCZYK Toney F. Ignatz J. Marya 1896 - 1977 Tu Spoczywa FILIPIAK 1897 Father 1965 R.7; Grp.111;HS,with Lukasz GRZESCZYK R.6; Grp.84; FS R. 3; Grp.43; FS,with Eleanor V. GRESCTK Umar 1915 Roku MaTG.GRESCTYK R. 5; Grp.68; Concrete Cross Stanislaw John L. GRESCZYK Dolores M. FILIPIAK HATTENBERGER FS June 12, GRESKE R.6; Grp.84; April28, Gregory H. 1893 1986 Apr. 11,1941 Mother R.1;Grp.7;FS Mar.23,1953 1864 - 1940 StellaP. F. FILIPIAK R.6; Grp.92; FS R.5; Grp.7l; HS,with r89s t t974 Leonard Mary HATTENBERGER R.5; Grp.72; HS,with GRESCZYK George GRESKE Anton J. FIUPIAK 2 Mo. 11 Days Minnesota HATTENBERGER t923 Pw Co A 136 MG BN L.A. Reiner Tu R.5; Grp.70; HS World War I 1902 - t990 Spocsywa S.P. April1 1896 Oct27 1966 R 5; Grp.80; FS,with Wiktorya Mary Ann R 6; Grp.92; FS Victoria HATTENBERGER Ur. Grudnia 23,ne GRESCZYK Um. Kwietnia4,L935 l93l - 1944 StellaGRESKE HATTENBERGER FILIPIAK Daughter June 12, 1908 Mary R.7; Grp.98; Ob. R.6; Grp.90; HS Aug.30, 1987 t87t - t962 with: R.6; Grp.92; FS R.5; Grp.7l; HS,with Barbara Ann In Loving Memory of Gregory H. HATTENBERGER GRESCZYK Mary AnnGRESCZYK Mother t938 - 1947 By Rutledge Friends HATTENBERGER Daughter AlvinaGRITZAN R.6; Grp.90; FS - Victoria R.6; Grp.90; HS t87t t92r FS - 2000 with: GRESCZYK R.2;Grp.18; 1897 R. 5; Grp.80; FS,with ln Loving Memory of Mary G. L A. Re iner H ATT EN B ERG ER Barbara Ann GRESCZYK 1903 Mother 1989 By Rutledge Friends R. 3; Grp.43; FS,with R.6; Grp.90; FS Ignatz J.GRESCZYK Page 16 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Winter2001-02 Andrze J. HOMICZ Sylvester John JUREK Bom Nov.28, 1863 Minnesota Died Oct. 24,1918 Pvt 5 Cav (Inf) I Cav Div (Infl Erected by His Family Korea SS Homicz Oct29l93l Aug 16 1950 R.3; Grp.36; HS R.7; Grp. 109; FS, under HS IUREK JUREK Alber Father 1864 - 1961 Anton R.5; Grp.79; HS,with JUSZCZAK Catherine JUREK Jan.4, 1859 Jan.25,1935 JUREK R. l; Grp.8; HS Anna B. with: Mother AntoniJUSCZAK 1885 1859 - 1935 t973 Father R.5; Grp.79, R l; Grp.8; FS FS,under HS JUREK Mary JUSCZAK JIIREK 1865 - 1954 Catherine Mother 1878 - 1957 R. l; Grp.8; FS R.5; Grp.79; HS,with Albert JUREK Anna [KACHINSKE] Aug.7, 1894 JI.IREK Nov.6, 1989 Della T. Mother tgto - 1994 R.4; Grp.6l ; Mother FS, under HS KACHINSKE R.4;Grp.65; HS,with HEADSTONE of a Split Rock-area pioneer Frank I. IUREK Joseph [KACHINSKE] Mar.5, 1888 KARI.ILAK KARULAK 1909 Mar. 18,1949 Our Baby Sons Father Felix [JUREK] Father Feb. 1947 Valentine 1948 R.4; Grp.6l; Jan. 1958 1898 - 1980 R.4; Grp.59; FS, under HS KACHINSKE R.3;Grp.4l;FS,with Married June 20, 1936 FS, under HS JUREK Anthony KARUI-AK n.2;Grp.22; FS,with John Victoria KARULA,K JUREK KACZYNSKI ChesterJ. KARULAK Frank I. 1839 - 1909 US Army KARIILAK 1899 - 1968 R. l; Grp.3; HS World War II Mother Father Oct 16 1919 Jul9 1997 Victoria R.4; Grp.65; HS,with Katherina R.7;Grp.114;FS t916 -z00t DellaT. JUREK KACZYNSKI Married June 20, 1936 r84t - 1924 KARULAK R.2; Grp.22; FS,with R.1; HS Malgorzata IJUREKI Grp.3; Christine R. Valentine KARULAK i863 - 1896 Teacher R. 6; Grp. 83 ; Agnes [KARULAK] t92t KASPSZAK FS, under HS JUREK 1858 - 1928 Manied Aug. 10, 1943 George E. Mother Parents of Mary Louise, 1892 - 1972 Father R.1;Grp.2; HS,beneath Joseph R., Charles R.2;Grp.23; HS,with Stanley J. IJLIREKI Ob.KARULAK R.5; Grp.74; HS,with Josephine A. KASPSZAK Oct.21, 1898 Joseph A. KARULAK Dec. 14, 1988 KARULAK KASPSZAK R.7; Grp. 109; Anthony 1937 - 1952 KARI.]LAK John C. FS, under HS IUREK R. 3; Grp.4l; FS,with Joseph A. 1910 - 1978 Baby Sons KARUI-AK 1920 R.2; Grp.23; HS,with JUREK Married Aug. 10, 1943 Sophie T. KASPSZAK Steve A. Anton [KARULAK] Parents of Mary [,ouise, Father 1841 - 1911 Joseph R., Charles Joseph [KASPSZAK] 1887 Father R.5; Grp.74; HS,with 1862 t t944 1955 R. l; Grp.2; HS, Christine R. KARUI-AK Father R. 5; Grp.79; beneath Ob. KARULAK R.7;Grp.106; FS, under HS IUREK FS,under HS KASPSZAK Winter20Ol-02 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesoa PrgelT KASPSZAK Jadwiga George Anton KOLODGE Katrina Josephine A. 1855 - 1939 Minnesota 1886 - 1915 1905 - 1980 Mother Cpl Co A 57 Machine Gun BN Mother R.2; Grp.23; HS,with KLEIESKI World War I KULAS George E. KASPSZAK R.2; Grp. 10; OU. Apm251897 May 161965 R.3; Grp.32; HS R.4; Grp.64; Magdeline [KASPSZAK] KLEIESKT FS, under HS KOLODGE Father 1865 t 1949 John F. Stanley Mother 1915 - 1990 Jobn KOLODGE lKr.iLAsl R.7; Grp. 106; R. I ; Grp. 9 ; FS, with Ed,yard 1883 f 1945 1874 t 1950 FS, under HS KASPSZAK R. and Rose M. KIEJESKI R.6; Grp.87; R.2; Grp. 19; FS,under HS KOIDDGE FS, under HS KULAS KASPSZAK KLEIESKI Joseph [KOLODGE] Stanley T. Rose M. May They Rest in Peace 1887 - t970 1924 1859 I 1944 Father MACIEJESKI R.2; Grp.23; FS,with R. I ; Grp.9; FS,with lohn F. R.7;Grp. 103; Agnes Victoria C. KASPSZAK and Edward R. KLEJESKI FS,under HS KOI,ODGE 1859 - 1942 Mother. KASPSZAK Stanley KLEIWA Kate M. KOLODGE R.2; Grp. 12; HS,with Sophie T. LgtO - t972 1875 1938 Francis MACIEJESKI t9t4 R.4; Grp.62; FS t R.2; Grp.23; HS,with R. 6; Grp.87; FS, under John C. KASPSZAK Eva HS KOLODGE May They Rest in Peace MACIEJESKI 1865 - 1928 KASPSZAK KOLODGE Francis Mother Maggie Victoria C. KOBUS 1854 - 1908 t9t5 - 1994 Father 1896 - 1983 R. l; Grp.4; Ob. R.2; Grp.23; FS,with R.6; Grp.87; FS,with R.2; Grp.l2; HS,with Ben KOLODGE, StanleyT. KASPSZAK KOBUS Agnes MACIEJESKI under HS KOLODGE Joseph CaTIFKLEIESKI 1890 - 1954 Alexander C. MACIOSZEK PFC US Army R. 5; Grp.78; HS,with Jan.7 1905 Andrew WorldWar II Mary KOBUS Sept. 30 1930 Died Jan. 1938 Jn241918 f Jan 30 1985 KULAS R.2; Grp. I7; FS,with R. Grp.9; FS l; KOBUS R. l; Grp.5; HS Magdelin MACIOSZEK Mary Chester F. t894 - 1982 KULAS MACIOSZEK 1856 - 1929 R.5; Grp.78; HS,with Anna M. Magdelin Father Joseph KOBUS June 10,1922 Died Dec. 1948 KLEIESKI Married June 14, 1941 R.2; Grp.l7; FS,with R. 3; Grp.26; HS Valenty KOBUS R. 5; Grp.8l ; Andrew MACIOSZEK t862 - 1944 David D. KLEIESKI FS, with C hcster S. KULAS R.l;Grp.4;HS Antoni MAJCHSRAK Oct.17,1949 Bemard A. KULAS Nov.27, 1996 Died Oct. 12,l9l8 Mother US Army R.6; Grp.82; He Touched the Lives of Many Annal KOLODGE World War II FS FS, with Wojciech, Walerya, R.6; Grp.96; June Oct1979 Sep8 1988 1901 Jan121925t andTeofil MNCHRSAK KLEIESKI R.4; Grp.64; R.2; Grp. l9; FS FS,under HS KOIODGE Edward R. KULAS Teofil MAJCHSRAK 1946 - L95t KOLODGE Chester S. Died Oct. 12,l9l8 R. l; Grp.9; FS,with Ben July 15, 1918 R.6; Grp.82; John F. and Rose M. KLEIESKI FS, with 1910 - 1990 Dec.20, 1998 Wojciech, Walerya, Manied June 14,l94I and Antoni Teofil MNC H RSAK Son R.6; Grp.87; FS,with FS,with Edward Ralph Maggie KOLODGE, R.5;Grp.8l; Anna M. KUI,AS Walerya MAJCHSRAK KLETESKI under HS KOI,ODGE Died Oct. 12,l9l8 19461 t95t Joseph J. KULAS Elizabeth R.6; Grp.82; R. 2; Grp.2l ; FS [KOLODGE] Cpl US Army 1860 1939 F S, with W ojc iec h, Antoni, t World War Mother II andTeofil MNCHRSAK Felix KLEJESKI 1908 1993 R.7;Grp. 103; t 1887 t 1950 R.4; Grp.60; FS Father FS,under HS KOIODGE Wojciech MAJCHSRAK R. 3; Grp.40; FS Mother Died Oct. 12,l9l8 Elizabeth Ann KOLODGE Josephine R.6; Grp.82; IdaKLEIESKI Oct 161943 Sept 171998 tKr.ll-AsI F S, w ith W alery a, Antoni, 1888 t 1987 R.4; Grp.64; 1886 t 1,972 andTeofil MAJCHRSAK Mother FS, under HS KOLODGE R.2; Grp.19; R.3; Grp.40; FS FS, under HS KUIAS Page 18 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesob Winter200l-02 IMANTAKI Martin AnnaD. MICHALSKI 1898 - 1986 t857 -t942 Mother Father R.6;Grp.88; HS,with R.7; Grp. 101 ; FS JohnW. MANIAK Mary MANIAK MICHALSKI Getrude S. 1864 - 1931 t923 Mother [,ove Lives On R.7; Grp. l0l; FS R7; Grp.1l3; FS,with Harry C. MANIAK MICHALSKI Walenty MANIAK t\a- 1935 Harry C. R.4; Grp.58; HS, r92t - t989 with Josephine MIC HAISKI Love Lives On R.7; Grp.113; FS,with MILCZAREK Gertrudc S. MANIAK Egnatz t842 -t922 MANIAK Father JohnW. R. 5; Grp.69; HS 1895 - 1939 Father Father R. 6; Grp. 88; HS with , George AnnaD. MANIAK [MILCZAREK] t8'19 t r97o MUTE EVIDENCE of the great MANIAK R.6; Grp.89; Cloquet - Moose Lake forest fire of 1918: Mother FS, under HS MII-CZAREK I the weathered concrete footstone of the Mary Whcn the Morning Wakens MAJCHSRAK family. 1861 - 1940 ThenWill I Aise R.7; Grp.104; HS,with ORSULAK Ignau [PASEK] Stanley MANIAK Tu Spoczywa Ignac MILCZAREK Katazyna Father 1844 - 1908 t872 Peter MANIAK Umar 1922 Roku R.5;Grp.67; FS, with t948 tgw - t927 R.4; Grp. 57; HS,with cross. Piotr ORSLILAK R.5; Grp.73; Son FS,undcr HS PASEK R.4; Grp.49; HS MILCZAREK Olga ORSULAK Piotr MANIAK 1919 - Veronica M. IPASEK] 1840 - 1902 Father R.5; Grp.77; FS,with t9o6t l97t R.5; Grp.67; FS,with Stanley William MIrcZAREK Mother t862 - 1948 Katazyna ORSUI,AK R.7;Grp.107; FS,under HS PASEK| R.7; Grp.l04; HS,with Mother AnnaM. OZGA The l-ord is My Shepherd Mary MANIAK Victoria TMILCZAREKI 1928 - 1958 1882 f 1941 Bemice R.6;Grp.89; Sister Victoria IPASEKI R.7; Grp. MICHALSKI FS,under HS MIrcZAREK I ll0; Mother FS,under HS SHUSTA 1882 1893 - 1911 When the Morning Wakens R.2;Grp.ll;FS ThenWill I Arise r97t Elizabeth F. [PASEK] R.5; Grp.73; Joseph M. (Joe) tg0zl t949 FS,under HS PNEK MICHALSKT MILCZAREK Mother Sept. 14, Sept.19, William R-7; Grp.l07; 1908 - 1971 Tu Spoczywa 1961 1987 FS, PASEK I R.5; Grp.77; FS,wilh under HS S. P. R.2; Grp.24; HS The Inrd is My Shepherd Agnieszka OIgaMIICZAREK H. PATRICK MICHALSKI Frank V. 1843 - 1916 Josephine Tu IPASEKI 1899 1991 R.I.P. 1860 - 1918 Spoczywa f Father R.3; Grp.33; Ob. R.4;Grp.58; HS,with IozefaNOWAK R.7; Grp. 107; Walenty MICHAI-SKI R.6; Grp.85; HS FS,under HS PASEK I PIWON The is My Shepherd Frances Josephine lord Son 1860 - 1928 MICHALSKI Jan ORSULAK R.4; Grp.52; FS,with 1898 - 1916 1874 t 1895 I-awrence PIWON R.3; Grp.35; FS R. 5; Grp.67; FS a Winter2fi)1-02 Polish Geneelogical Society of Minnesota Page 19 PIWON Anna [SIUSTA] Katarzyna Husband & Father Lawrence Sept.8, 1860 ISOBCZAK] PeterJ. SUCHOSKI t857 -1941 Dec.6, 1940 1902 - 1922 Sept. 11, 1897 I Dec.23, l97O R.4; Grp. 52; FS,with R.7; Grp.99; R.2; Grp. 16; R. 4; Grp.63; Frances PIWON FS, under Ob. SIUSTA FS, under HS SOBC$K FS,under HS SUCHOSKI Antoni Clara C. POSTAL [SIUSTA] Martha Son Apr. 12,l8A Aug.1924 SOBOLESKE Phillip P. SUCHOSKI Jvne20,1929 June 1987 July 27, l9l9 May 26,1940 R.7; Grp.99; t Mother Sept. 10, 1919 R. 4; Grp.63; FS,under Ob. SIUSTA R.7; Grp. 100; HS A Little Bud of [,ove FS,under HS SUCHOSKI SruSTA R. 3; Grp.34; HS Frances T,elazny Mother Stanislaus Elizabeth M. ROMANOSKI Josephine A. ISOBOLESKI] SUHOSKI 1885 1965 1904 t 1988 r90t - 1977 t Bom R.2; Grp.20; Mother April l3, 1862 R.7; Grp.110; HS,with R.3; Grp.38; FS, under HS ZEIAZNY WilliamSIUSTA Died FS, under HS SOBOLESKI Dec.24,79M Veronical SCHUMACHER Jozef SIUSTA R. 3; Grp.29; HS ZndLtUS Army 1894 - 1907 Leo W. ISOBOLESKI] with: 1873 t945 Jun 4 1911 t Jul 12 1988 R.2; Grp. 14; FS t Stanislaus SUCHOSKI R. 5; Grp.75; FS Father Apr. 13,1862 Walenty [SIUSTA] R. 3; Grp.38; Dec.24,1904 Kathren Jan.7, 1891 FS, under HS SOBOLESKI Father Sept.29,1926 R. 3; Grp.29; FS SHIMELL SOJKA Mother R.7;Grp.99; FS, under Ob. SIUSTA Mother Stanley SUCHOSKI 1881 t 1969 Katazyna R. 3; Grp.45; HS May 8, 1901 SIUSTA 1856- 1911 Apl4,l9O7 Father R. 2; Grp. l5; HS,wilh R.4; Grp.50,'FS SHIMELL WilliamL. Wojcieeh SOJKA Marion E. t896 - 1967 Brother 1916 - 1990 R. 7; Grp. I 10; HS , with Walter & Leo [SOJKA] William SUCHOSKI Married Sept. 13, 1941 Josephine A. SIUSTA Sons of Mar. 10, 1892t Jvne2,1963 R. 3; Grp.47; FS,with with: Wojczech & Katazyna Sojka R. 4; Grp.63; Mil Celia M. TOMCZAK Antonina IWISNESKI] 1881 1968 MargaretF. ZELAZVY Feb.7,1929 1870 - 1961 HelenZELAZNY 1927 4a9.26,1997 Mother Mother 1992 Mother R.3; Grp.39; R. l; Grp. 1; FS R.6;Grp.95; FS R.4; Grp.66; FS FS,under HSWISNESKI Baby Michael TELAZNY TOMCZAK Husband - Father Josephine Minnesota Father Anthony G. ZELAZNY Pvt Btry A 919 FA BN Clarence [woJTYSTAK] t922 World War II 1918 - 1966 t926 - 1982 R.2; Grp.18; FS Sept23 1901 Aug 30 1969 Manied Sept.28, 1946 R.2; Grp.25; R.2; Grp.18; FS R.6; HS,with FS, Grp.93; under HS WOJTYSIAK Ludwik GertrudeTOMCZAK Thomas B. ZELAZ.{Y Wife - Mother t865 - t928 US Navy TOMCZAK Helene E. Father World War II ZELAZNY Mother lwOJTYSrAKl 1925 I 1978 Gertrude 1928 - R.l; Grp.l; Ob. R.2; Grp.20; 1928 R,2; Grp.25; FS,under HS ZEIAZIIY Married Sepl 28, 1946 FS,under HSWO.ITYSIAK rFrk{c)krk*!kX* R.6; Grp.93; HS,with ClarenceTOMCZAK Joseph completed WOJTYSIAK After I my field work, I visited the Moose Lake Public Library to begin assembling source material IsabelL. [TOMCZAK] 1912 - 1998 19261 t999 R.2; Grp.25; on the general history of Split Rock and Kettle River. I Daughter FS, under HS WOJTYSIAK found a binder of cemetery transcriptions in the materi- R.6; Grp.93; als that the Genealogical WOJTYSIAK Carlton County Society and the FS, under HS TOMCZAK Josephine M. Moose Lake Area Historical Society had shelved there. Son 1889 - 1982 In that, I discovered that St. Joseph's had been tran- Mark S. TOMCZAK Mother scribed before, in August, l992,by Nancy Hanson of the 1958 - 1979 R.3; Grp.44; HS,with MLAHS. Achieved Many Goals Walter S.WOJTYSIAK ln a Short Life Nancy's work contains a page of background on the l,ewis R.4;Grp.66; FS WOJTYSIAK church and cemetery, for which Mary Suchoski was Martin t928 - 1987 credited as the source. Nancy also consulted an existing Oct.26, 1883 R.2; Grp.25; plot map and township and courthouse death records to June 15, 1966 FS, under HS WOJTYSIAK identify earlier deaths in the area that do not match to Hail the Cross Daughter markers currently on-site. This material confirmed a TOMCZAK suspicion that I'd had on seeing the site--the large open R.6; Grp.93; HS,with Paula Jean area on the south side, right beside Highway 27 contains AnnieTOMCZAK [woJTYSTAK] , t956 - t973 many of the cemetery's earliest burials. The wooden R.2; Grp.25; Michael [TOMCZAK] crosses that formerly marked them, erected in the FS, under HS WOITYSIAK 1846 t 1909 poverty-stricken years after the first settlement, have not Father WOJTYSIAK R.3; survived.3 Grp.27; Walter S. FS,undcr HSTOMCZAK I 1886 - 1967 As usual, interesting pattems emerge if one skims At Rest Father over the whole group of inscriptions in alphabetized for- R. 3; Grp.44; HS,with Robert Anthony maL{ Most of the very earliest markers are in Polish; TOMCZAK Josephine M.WOJTYSIAK T Sgt US Amy. Nellie ZASOSKI 3Nancy's World War II transcription is not a verbatim copy of the markers' text (FILIPIAK) like mine is, but it is worth a look nonetheless. It gives many Jun 3 1916 f Nov 20 1999 well 1896 t 1989 names of additional mea decedents for whom the burial place is not- Purple Heart Mother of Martha D. & Emie R.6; Grp.93; FS ed as "flK"--unknown--and it has family cross-references. I have R.7;Grp.98;FS placed a photocopy of it in the PGS-MN's notebook on our Church and Local History Collection, at the MGS Library. One local histo- Stephen W. ITOMCZAK] FrankR. 1885 t r979 rian notes that burials at St. Joseph's apparently started in 1890, TZELAZI{YJ though the grounds were not deeded of record to the Diocese of Du- Father 1898 1951 t luth until 1894. Edwin E. Manni, Kettle River, Automba, Kalevala R. 6; Grp.93; R.2; Grp.20; and Surrounding Area : History, Stories (n.p., n.d. 1978?]), p. 5 1. FS,under HSTOMCzuK FS, under HS ZEIAZIIY [ 44 possible emerged, in the form of dupli- Andrew transcriber's error also [WISNESKI] Hany V ZEL/.ZNY cated entries for Anton and Marcella CIESENSKI. I might have 1858 - 1948 ZndLt US Air Force double-noted a single footstone, or there might have been two sets. Father Korea publication of winter, and R.3; Grp.39; The final work for being done in the dead Jan25 1923 May 261995 over a hundred miles from the site, I am leaving these entries as FS, under HS WISNESKI R.6;Grp.95; FS they appear in my field notebook! Winter2fi)1-02 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesote Page2t most of these use Polish diacritical marks, though the by members of the later generations. Nonetheless, the spelling of longer words is generally incorrect. At this ties to this land ran deeply among many of the des- distance in time and place, we do not know whether cendants, who stayed to be laid to rest at St. Joseph's. this is due to the survivors' incomplete memory of the And, a present-day drive along Highway 27 shows ancestral tongue, or to bad copying by non-Polish many Polish names on the mailboxes for those trim tombstone engravers. and well-kept dairy and livestock farms, the closer one approaches St. Joseph's. Clearly, Split Rock Township In my transcription of the cemetery at Gnesen, I not- was a distinctively Polish-American place at its found- ed several sumames on which the spelling had become ing, and it remains one now.lo progressively more Americanized over time.S The same phenomenon occurs at Split Rock: GRZES- >Fd Compted by: Charles Sternling Ancestor Chart 2225 Dunslan, Houston TX 7 7 N5 10. Albert Thomalla Note: Parents of #s 48, 49,52,59 and 61 are continued on page 23. Notice that on an Ancestor Chart, the number of the father of an individual is always double 5. Franciska Thomalla the number of that person. The number b. 1836 Chrosczutz of the mother of an individual is always double the number of that person + one. lr.1l ,.rrrn . . . . . Therefore the father of # 48 (Paul Jendro) is numbered:96 (48 x 2) on the contiua- tion of the chart on page 23 while his 1. Gertrude Wilczek mother is numbered:97 ([48 x 2] + 1). b. 1892 Rice, Minnesota 48. Paul Jendro 24. Simon Jendro I 11<1 I-l^-'arotoalr 12. Stanislaus Jendro b- 1796 Dombrowka 49. Catharina Karrasch b. 1820 Dombrowka L 11<< n^-L-^--,|-^ 25. Veronica Grella 6. Mathias Jendro b. 1800 Alt Budkowitz b.1842 Dombrowka 52. Andreas Rossa 26. Andreas Rossa L I ?aO T-l^..*-^*-^L 13. Elisabeth Rossa b.1762 Dammratsch 53. Maria b.1819Jagienna L 1 ?aO I\^**-^r.^L 27.Maria Sonka 3. Julia Jendro b.1784 Jagienne b.1872 56.Urban Schwientek 28. Blasius Schwientek h llAo.FelLnwitz 14. Jacob Schwientek b.1769 Falkowitz 57. Maria Golesa b. 1813 Jagienne t 114rl E^lL^,,,:r- 58. Lorenz Radziej 29. Hedwig Radziej k 11Aa E^lt ^,,,ito 7. Catherina Schwientek b. 1768 Falkowiz 59. Anna Piekny b.1840Jagienne L 1 1ta n^*--^+^^L 60. Thomas Fussy 30. Gregor Fussy h 11)q faoenow 15. Christina Fussy b.1779 Jagenow 61. Rosina Klimpczik b. 1811 Jagienne t 14 td T--^-^--- 62. Mathias Heik 31. Anna Heik h 1 ?51 ljallrnrrritz b. 1781 Jagenow 63. Grrtrud Kolanus L 1aE7 n^lr-^--.:.- Winter2001-02 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesoa Pege23 Missing Branches: continuedfrom page 24 Betty Joyce, 5945 Creekview Ln. N., Brooklyn Park MN 55443 -2363 Mark Rucinski, 13201Meadowood Tri NW Apt . Mlilssf,og ]Branehesr 79, Coon Rapids MN 55448-lM9 Louie & Dorothy Kulas, lTOZUniversity Ave., Grand Forks ND 58201 Roger & Norma Kulas, 7770 Tipperary Road, Gladstone WI 49837 Dorothy Pretare, 2344 SE 8th Pl., Renton WA 98055-3950 Adam J. Mikrot 1969 Utica Ave., St. Paul MN 55119