Konieczny Szczech Family History

John Smoczyk

Male 1866 - 1960  (94 years)


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  • Name John Smoczyk 
    Born 12 Jul 1866  Miniszew, Żerków, Kaliskie, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Birth 12 Jul 1866  Miniszew, parish of Kretkow, district of Jarocin, province of Poznan, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    alt birth date 
    Died 11 Aug 1960  Greenfield, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I0287  Konieczny-Szczech
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2022 

    Father Gaspar Smoczyk 
    Mother Sofia Marcinskowska (Marciniak),   b. Miniszew (near Kretkow), Poland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7th Oct 18?? 
    Family ID F521  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Josephine Błaszczyk,   b. 20 Nov 1870, Raszewy, Żerków, Kaliskie, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1954, Stanley, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 27 Jan 1890  Brzostkow, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Anton Smoczyk,   b. 1 Jan 1891, Miniszew, Żerków, Kaliskie, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1958  (Age 66 years)
     2. Stanley Edward Smoczyk,   b. 22 Apr 1893, Wellsville, Alleghany, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1979, Stanley, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     3. Peter Smoczyk,   b. 19 Jun 1894, Wellsville, Alleghany, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1918, WW I Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
     4. Mary Smoczyk,   b. 1896, Wellsville, Alleghany, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. John Smoczyk,   b. 14 May 1897, Wellsville, NY USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Hedwig A. J. Smoczyk,   b. c. 1899, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1968  (Age 69 years)
     7. Stephen L Smoczyk,   b. 4 Dec 1901, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 sept, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Sophia Smoczyk,   b. 1904, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1997  (Age 93 years)
     9. Michael Smoczyk,   b. 1905, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1996  (Age 91 years)
     10. Helen Smoczyk,   b. 15 Jan 1908,   d. 1 Feb 2000  (Age 92 years)
    +11. Frank Smoczyk,   b. 20 Nov 1910, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1977, Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F083  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
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      Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 22:32:13 -0600
      From: Nicholas Christon
      To: POLAND-ROOTS@rootsweb.com
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      Researching the following:

      Gaspar(Casper) SMOCZYK, son of Stanislaus and Catherine ?, of Kamien,
      near Kretkow, Poznan
      w. Sofia MARCINKOWSKA b. Miniszew, near Kretkow, Poznan
      Son, John SMOCZYK b. 1866 at Miniszew; married Josephine
      BLASCZYK b. 1870 at Raszewy, married at Brzostkow in 1890.
      John arrived US 1891 and Josephine 1892. Lived Wellsville, NY
      until 1900 then to WI.
    • Obituary from https://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/3data/79/79965.htm

      Obit: Smoczyk, John (1886 - 1960)



      Contact: Stan

      Email: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org



      Surnames: Smoczyk, Blastic, Hewins, Walenta, O’Hara, Tanner



      ----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 08/18/1960



      Smoczyk, John (12 JUL 1886 - 12 AUG 1960)



      John Smoczyk, age 94, a former resident of Stanley, died in Milwaukee at 7 o’clock Friday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Helen O’Hara.



      Mr. Smoczyk was born July 12, 1866 in Poland, and was married to Josephine Blastic in Poland in 1891. The next year they came tot eh United States and settled in Wellsville, N.Y., where he did tannery work. In 1898 they moved to Stanley, Wis., where he continued in that employment until the tannery close. They then moved to a farm near the city of Stanley where they resided until his retirement in 1938, when they returned to Stanley. His wife preceded him in death in 1954, and for the past year he had lived with his daughters in Milwaukee.



      Surviving are five sons, Stanley Edward of Stanley; John of Auburn, Wash.; Frank of Thorp; Steve of Englewood, Colo.; and Michael of Minneapolis; four daughters, Mrs. Albert (Mary) Hewins, Greendale, Wis.; Mrs. Peter (Sophie) Walenta and Mrs. Helen O’Hara, both of Milwaukee; and Mrs. Jennie Tanner, Deanver, Colo. He was preceded in death by two sons, Peter, who was killed in 1918 in World War I, and Tony in 1958.



      Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock at St. Mary’s Church, Stanley, with Rev. George Mathieu officiating. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.



      (Additional note provided by Nancy Fay)



      My grandfather was his son John, married to Martha Radtke. They had four children, Virginia, Beulah(my mom), John (Jack), and Rita. They farmed in the Litchville, ND area until they moved to Washington State in 1940.