Konieczny Szczech Family History
Family: Piotr Kowalczyk Kowalski / Katarzyna Jachymiak (F1140)
m. 4 Aug 1907-
Father | Male
Piotr Kowalczyk Kowalski
Born 24 Jun 1874 House number 121, Lasek, Poland 
Died 2 Mar 1952 Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, USA Buried 1952 Married 4 Aug 1907 Chicago, Cook, Illinois Divorced 1913 Annulled Other Spouse Catherine Pilat | F1157 Married Father Mother Anna | F1158 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Katarzyna Jachymiak
Born 23 Sep1876 House Number 76, Krauszow, Poland Died 20 Jun 1964 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States Buried Resurrection Cemetery Other Spouse Joseph Starzyk | F1153 Married 31 Jan 1915 SS. Cyril and Methodius, Chicago, IL USA Father Maciej Jachymiak | F1139 Group Sheet Mother Marianna Handzel | F1139 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
+ John F. Kowalski
Born 6 Jun 1909 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Died 2 Oct 1966 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Manteno, Kankakee, Illinois, USA) Buried Aroma Park, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA Spouse Tekle Juknevicius (Yuknis) | F1383 (Grace Lutheran Church) Married 11 Oct 1941 Willow Springs, Cook, Illinois, USA
Child 2 | Male
Joseph Kowalski
Born 12 Apr 1908 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Died 13 May 1977 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Buried
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Notes Married:
- Catherina met and married a man named Peter Kowalski on 4 Aug 1907 at St Cyril and Methodius Church in Chicago. Peter was born in Lasek, only 5 km from Krauszow (but different churches), but I believe that they never met until they were in America. She was 31, and he was 33, and it was the second marriage for both of them. They lived at 1455 W. 47th St in Chicago, which was very close (only 500 meters) to Catherina's sisters who were already in America in 1910. They all
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worked at the stock yards, so it is likely that Catherina and Peter met there, or at the local church.
Catherina and Peter had 2 sons: Joseph (1908-1977) and John (1909-1966). (NOTE: John Kowalski was my grandfather) However, sometime between 1910 and 1913, Catherina met one of Peter's friends from Lasek in Chicago. She was shocked to find out from the friend that Peter was already married to a woman in Poland. She thought the man must be mistaken, but he said he was 100% sure because he stood up to the wedding. Catherina then told her priest about the problem, and the information was confirmed with the priest in Klikuszowa. Catherina's marriage to Peter was eventually annulled, and in 1915 she married Joseph Starzyk at St Cyril and Methodius Church in Chicago. Joseph was from Lek (Tarnow, Galicia) and was 9 years younger than she was. Catherina and Joseph had one son William (1915-1996). However, Joseph died in 1931, so Catherina had lost her third husband before age 55. She never remarried.
- Catherina met and married a man named Peter Kowalski on 4 Aug 1907 at St Cyril and Methodius Church in Chicago. Peter was born in Lasek, only 5 km from Krauszow (but different churches), but I believe that they never met until they were in America. She was 31, and he was 33, and it was the second marriage for both of them. They lived at 1455 W. 47th St in Chicago, which was very close (only 500 meters) to Catherina's sisters who were already in America in 1910. They all