Michael Wierzba, 70, a resident of the town of Sharon all of his life, died at his home there Saturday morning at 10:45 o’clock, following a stroke he suffered Friday morning. Mr. Wierzba was born in Sharon, in the Ellis neighborhood, on September 29, 1873, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Wierzba. […]

Hello, A few weeks ago, I had the honor to have joined a Portage County genealogy research group. I have posted a link to the research groups website on my blog, http://www.bigalke.biz/. This group has members who excel in different aspects of Portage County and Polish genealogy research. A couple weeks ago I was able […]

Funeral of Mrs. Glodowski Funeral services for Mrs. John Glodowski of the town of Alban, who died Sunday night, were held Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock at St. Adalbert’s Catholic church in Alban. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael Klosowski officiated and burial followed in the parish cemetery. The Rosary society of St. Adalbert’s attended the funeral […]

MRS. ALEX GLODOWSKI. Mrs. Alex Glodowski passed away at 5:30 a. m. Saturday at her home at Fancher station after a week’s illness. The deceased, whose maiden name was Annie Wiszba, was 28 years of age last June. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Wiszba of Polonia. Seven years ago in May […]

OBITUARYVincent Wierzba A 90-year-old Town of Stockton resident, Vincent Wierzba, died at 2:15 p. m. Monday. His death occurred on the family homestead where he lived with a step-son, John Grzywacz. Mr. Wierzba was born in Poland in 1866, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Wierzba, and came to the United States […]

Hello, I was searching Access Newspaper Archive, which is linked online through the county library system. I had found an article that was written by Malcom Rosholt on Thursday, February 13, 1975 and appeared in the Stevens Point Daily Journal. This is a great article for insight into Polonia, Portage, Wisconsin in the late 1800’s. […]

Hello, While I have been researching the records from Milwaukee and the Zlotow Parish, I have found overlapping surnames that interest me. There were a number of families that either left Zlotow together or individually and then settled in Milwaukee. Below I have listed the Zlotow/Milwaukee surnames that I am researching: Kobs, Kowalski, Bankiet, Bonkowski, […]

Hello, Within the past few months, I have been extremely lucky with tracing back my Kobs ancestry. With the help of family history I have been able to piece together a family line going back to to the arrival of Pawel Kobs in 1872. My Kobs line looks like this: Eunice-> Louis-> Frank-> Pawel. Besides […]

John and Julianna, with children, immigrated from Lipusz, Poland in 1872. After arriving in America they moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They lived on the Polish south side on Maple Street. The children of John and Julianna are as follows: Marianna – 10/08/1865 – Lipusz, Koscierzyna County, Poland – Lipusz Parish Marcianna – 01/27/1867 – Lipusz, […]

Joseph and Marianna, with children, immigrated from Lipusz, Poland in 1872. After arriving in America they moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They lived on the Polish south side on Ninth Avenue. The children of Joseph and Marianna are as follows: Marianna – 01/06/1863 – Tuszkowy, Koscierzyna County, Poland – Lipusz Parish Martha – 11/05/1865 – Tuszkowy, […]