Hello, This past week Jasia from the Creative Gene blog posted a surname meme, which listed the surnames and locations that she is researching. I would like to do the same, below is my list: Wierzba – Lipusz, Koscierzyna, Pomorskie Zywicki – Lipusz, Koscierzyna, Pomorskie Knopik – Lipusz, Koscierzyna, Pomorskie Wałdoch – Lipusz, Koscierzyna, Pomorskie […]

Hello, St. Casimir’s Parish was founded in 1894, when it was decided to divide the congregation of St. Hedwig’s Parish in Milwaukee’s Riverwest section of the city. St. Casimir’s Parish is located on N. Bremen, E. Clarke and N. Weil streets (Borun, Thaddeus, We, the Milwaukee Poles (Milwaukee: Nowiny Publishing Co. 1946)). St. Casimir’s Parish […]

Hello, SS Cyril and Methodius Parish was founded in 1893 by Father John Szukalski. The church is located between S.15th and S.16th on W. Windlake Avenue. (Borun, Thaddeus, We, the Milwaukee Poles (Milwaukee: Nowiny Publishing Co. 1946)). The church is now the home of a newer parish called St. Maximilian Kolbe and offers masses in […]

Hello, St. Josaphat’s Parish was founded in 1888 and is located on S.6th St. and Lincoln Avenue on Milwaukee’s Southside. The original parish church burned down in 1889 and then the basilica was constructed. In 1901, construction of the basilica was completed. (Borun, Thaddeus, We, the Milwaukee Poles (Milwaukee: Nowiny Publishing Co. 1946)). The beauty […]

Hello, Besides Milwaukee’s Southside, another Polish community emerged in the area of Riverwest. Milwaukee’s second Polish parish was founded at E. Brady st. and N. Humboldt avenue. St. Hedwig’s Parish was established in 1871 by Polish immigrants, mostly from West Prussia. The church pictured below was constructed in 1886. (Borun, Thaddeus, We, the Milwaukee Poles […]

Hello, In 1888, Fr. Hyacinth Gulski, who was the pastor of St. Hyacinth’s Parish, decided to split the St. Hyacinth congregation into another parish. This parish would be named St. Vincent de Paul ( sw. Wincentego). The Parish was built on S.21 St. and W. Mitchell St. This was also the third Polish church on […]

Hello, Below are some pictures of St. Stanislaus Parish, which is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. These pictures were taken by my brother Scott a few weeks ago. The building connected on the right side of the church was once Notre Dame High School. Notre Dame closed down in the late 1980’s, just before I was […]

Hello, Last week I published a post about St. Stanislaus Parish, along with pictures that my brother and I took. Today, I’d like to post some of the pictures that we took of St. Hyacinth Parish. In 1882, the Parish of St. Stanislaus decided that the amount of people belonging to its congregation was too […]

Hello, This past weekend, my brother and I took pictures of the Polish churches on both the Southside and Riverwest areas of Milwaukee. We were not able to take pictures of the inside because the churches were not open at the time. The pictures below are of St. Stanislaus Parish: St.Stanislaus is located at 524 […]

Hello, Below is the St. Stanislaus Parish baptismal record of Adeila Maryanna Sikora: Child: Adeila Maryanna SikoraBirth Date: October 2, 1891Baptismal Date: October 4, 1891Parents: Antoni Sikora and Katarzyna WierzbaPatrons: Jozef Sikorski and Maryanna Przyczkowska Linkage: Bartlomeij Wierzba and Rozalia Knopik -> Jan Wierzba and Julianna Wolska-> Antoni Sikora and Katarzyna Wierzba -> Adeila Sikora […]