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 […]

Former Clerk of Dewy Town Dies John Yach, who served for nine years as clerk of the town of Dewey but who had been a resident of Stevens Point for the past 14 years, died at 10 o’clock this afternoon. Mr. Yach was taken to the hospital four months ago, suffering with an infection in […]

Death of Frank Yach Frank Yach died at his home, 931 Washington avenue, at 7 o’clock Sunday evening, of tubarculosis of the throat. He had been ill for about three months, but was able to be around and at his work. Last Thursday he was forced to stop work and take to his bed. Deceased […]

John B. Yach Prominent Town of Hull Farmer Buried The funeral of John B. Yach, who passed away at his home in the town of Hull Sunday afternoon at 1:30, took place today at the Torun church at 9 o’clock this morning. Mr. Yach was one of the prominent men of the town. He was […]

Andrew Eickendorf Andrew Eickendorf of the town of Plover, died this morning at 6 o’clock at his home there. Mr. Eickendorf who was 65 years old, was born at Berlin. He was an employee of the Whiting-Plover Paper company at the time of his death. Surviving are his wife, seven daughters and sons, Mrs. R. […]

Hello, Below is the information from the Sacred Heart Parish, Polonia, WI baptismal record of Marianna Grzywacz: Child: Marianna GrzywaczBirth Date: November 21, 1908Baptismal Date: November 22, 1908Parents: Piotr Grzywacz and Elzbieta JachPatrons: Michał Elbach and Teofila ElbachResidence: Sharon, Portage County, WI Linkage: Andrzej Jach and Jozefina Szytemberg -> Tomasz Jach and Gertruda Gaczkowska -> […]