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Author: runcalamity
Surnames: KWIATKOWSKI, GRABARZ
Classification: queries
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HI DORIS, I HAVE SPENT THE PAST COUPLE DAYS LOOKING FOR HARRIET KWIATKOWSKI AND I HAVE ONE
MORE PLACE TO LOOK BUT SO FAR THIS IS WHAT CAN COME UP WITH.
SINCE SHE MARRIED MY GRANDMOTHERS BROTHER I HAVE BEEN LOOKING IN THE POLISH COMMUNITY IN
SOUTH BEND. IN 1905 MY GRANDFATHER, JOHN, HUSBAND OF CONSTANCE STACHOWIAK EMIGRATED TO
THE U.S. ON HIS PAPERS HIS DESTINATION WAS 1029 FISHER STREET, THE HOME OF MAGDALENA
GRABARZ, A WIDOW. HER MAIDEN NAME WAS KWIATKOWSKI. WITH THIS LOGIC AND WHAT I KNOW ABOUT
THE POLISH COMMUNITY IN SOUTH BEND AT THAT TIME, I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS THE
JARECKI'S AND STACHOWIAKS AND KWIATKOWSKI'S AND SO FORTH ALL LIVED WITHIN ABOUT 16
SQUARE BLOCKS OF EACH OTHER AND ATTENDED THE SAME CHURCH OR CHURCHES, ST HEDWIG OR ST
ADELBERTS. MY FINAL SEARCH MIGHT HAVE TO BE A BLOCK BY BLOCK LOOK AT THE CENSUS FOR 1900
OR BEFORE IN THAT AREA OF SOUTH BEND. THERE ARE ABOUT 50 PAGES AND I HAVE DONE IT BEFORE
BUT IT IS TIME CONSUMING, I'M DEFINITELY ON A MISSION NOW AS I HAVE POURED OVER
RECORDS OF MY GREAT AUNT LUCKY LADEWSKI ON THE GEN WEB AND FOUND THINGS THAT HAVE ME
SIDE-TRACKED BUT NO HARRIET KWIATKOWSKI...YET.!
I WILL LET YOU KNOW.
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