John Smoczyk

1866 - 1960  (94 years)

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

  
  

  Father	Gaspar Smoczyk
  Mother	Sofia Marcinskowska (Marciniak),   b. Miniszew (near Kretkow), Poland ,   d. 7th Oct 18??
  Family ID	F521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

• Notes

  CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 57) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 22:32:13 -0600 From: Nicholas Christon To: POLAND-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <34DA924D.650C@execpc.com> Subject: [POLAND-ROOTS] surname list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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.