Hello, …continued from the post titled: Kobs Families Arrive in America (1881) Part I The German steam ship Hannover, owned by North German Lloyd, departed from the port of Bremen and arrived at the port of Baltimore on June 1, 1881. The captain of the steam ship was a man named Ph.(possibly Phillip) Berdrow. Individual […]

Hello, Here is this weeks installment of my version of Funeral Card Friday. I would like to share the next couple of pages from the funeral book of my great grandmother Wanda Kobs nee Krzymianowska. The mass was held at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My plan is to add a […]

Hello, In a previous post called “Kobs Family Residences – 1880 Milwaukee“, I had listed a portion of the Kobs families that arrived in America during the 1870’s. The year of 1881 also found many changes to the Kobs families residing in Milwaukee. In June of 1881, the rest of the Kobs families, from the […]

Hello, I have gone through the 1880 US Census and recorded the information for the Kobs families that arrived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the 1870’s. They left from the villages of Blękwit, Swięta, and Stawnica, of the Złotów Parish. The information of each family is listed below: Frank and Balbina Glisch (nee Kobs) Residence –  […]

Hello, I’d like to continue my participation in the Geneabloggers daily prompt for Monday, called “Military Monday“. I am posting the WWI Draft Registration card of my great-great grandfather Frank F. Kobs’ brother Stanley (my 2nd great grand uncle). He registered on September 12th, 1918 at the Milwaukee County Registration Office #12, which was located […]

Hello, Here is this weeks installment of my version of Funeral Card Friday. I would like to share the next couple of pages from the funeral book of my great grandmother Wanda Kobs nee Krzymianowska. The mass was held at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My plan is to add a […]

Hello, I would like to participate in the Geneabloggers daily blogging prompt for Friday’s called “Funeral Card Friday”. I am going to add a bit of a different twist to this theme. I would like to share the pages of the funeral book of my great grandmother Wanda Kobs nee Krzymianowska. The mass was held […]

Hello, Last nights flooding in the Greater Metro Milwaukee Area damaged documents which were stored in the basement of the Milwaukee Historical Society. The documents were court cases from the nineteenth century. Currently, volunteers are helping to dry the documents. More information can be read on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website: Flood damages historical records. […]

Hello, Another of the UW-Milwaukee’s collections that were discussed at the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America’s annual conference, that was held in Milwaukee earlier this month, was the Dennis Wierzba Collection. During the years between 1941-1957, Dennis Wierzba, a photography hobbyist, took many pictures of Milwaukee’s Polonia. The photographs include residential and […]

Hello, Another of the UW-Milwaukee’s collections that were discussed at the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America’s annual conference, that was held in Milwaukee earlier this month, was the Roman Kwasniewski Collection. Roman Kwasniewski owned and operated a photograph studio on Milwaukee’s Polish south side. Kwasniewski’s photos span from 1911 – 1947 and […]