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Smiles in Boxes: May 2014
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Winona County, MN - Trempealeau County, WI. Saturday, May 31, 2014. The inscription reads "Monika, daughter of Martin Brom and Wincentyna Tandeczka," with her birth and death dates. Interestingly, it is in Polish. No doubt Martin continued to speak Bohemian with his immediate Bohemian family. But young Monika's gravestone proves that her father had assimilated to his wife's Kashubian Polish language and culture. This discovery has a similarly sad side note. In his Dodge, Wisconsin. Poland To Pine Creek.
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Smiles in Boxes: Boilermakers Lodge 201
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Winona County, MN - Trempealeau County, WI. Thursday, March 26, 2015. Winona got its first railroad, the Winona and St. Peter, in 1862. Construction was slowed by the Civil War, but in 1864 the W&St.P. had already built a small shop facility along the river on Winona's. The famous and highly respected president. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Genicom - highly recommended. Lost Highway 61 in Winona. Poland To Pine Creek. View my complete profile. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.
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Smiles in Boxes: August 2010
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Winona County, MN - Trempealeau County, WI. Sunday, August 29, 2010. Tension Makes A Tangle. The one and only request I have for my funeral, when that day comes, is that this song be sung a capella. Immediately following the eulogy. Dress lengths assassinations A fractured family tie Another christening. The music is by 10000 Maniacs; vocalist Natalie Merchant is said to have written the lyrics about childhood memories of her grandmother's house. If you like, you can listen to it on YouTube. The family t...
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Smiles in Boxes: August 2013
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Winona County, MN - Trempealeau County, WI. Friday, August 16, 2013. Piotr Konopacki (1827 Gdansk - 1880 Sharon). Szarlota Weronika Toczek (1839? The Konopacki family is regularly counted among Portage County, Wisconsin's earliest Kashubian settlers. In her 1996 article " The Kaszuby Region. And possibly Libera) families being rare exceptions. It looks like there is another rare exception. The precise date on which Walerya Barbara nee Konopacka. Thursday, August 15, 2013. The Old Stone Road. Special than...
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Smiles in Boxes: September 2010
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Winona County, MN - Trempealeau County, WI. Monday, September 20, 2010. The White Settlement of Hodgdon, ME. I've been finding out a lot of interesting things about my paternal ancestors. Not least the fact that my Grandmother Hughes's family, the Whites, sided with the Loyalists during the American Revolution and wound up living in New Brunswick, Canada. After that, the Whites became important people in the hamlet of Hodgdon, Maine. This is from Edward Wiggin's 1922. History of Arostook County. View my ...
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Smiles in Boxes: August 2012
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Winona County, MN - Trempealeau County, WI. Thursday, August 9, 2012. Live from Winona (II). Yesterday was another day of digging for gold in the Polish Museum, followed by an evening of chasing trains around while trying to wrap my brain around all that I am learning. And before I hit the road this morning (headed for Pine Creek), here are a couple of the more interesting quotes from my breakfast-time reading. The first comes from Professor Borzyzskowski himself (56-57). Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Here'...
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Smiles in Boxes: June 2013
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Winona County, MN - Trempealeau County, WI. Saturday, June 22, 2013. Stockton Quarry, ca. 1880. Winona's first railroad, the Winona and St. Peter, was established in 1862 and bought out by the Chicago and North Western Railway. In 1867, although it kept its name until around 1900. Sold to the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern. The finished results - bridges like the famous "Arches" - were beautiful, but costly in human life. On 23 December 1881, the newly-arrived Walenty von Zuroch Czapiewski. Suffered massi...
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Smiles in Boxes: The Pellowskis of Arcadia Township
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Winona County, MN - Trempealeau County, WI. Saturday, June 7, 2014. The Pellowskis of Arcadia Township. February 28, 2016 at 2:02 PM. Well said cousin Joe! February 28, 2016 at 2:02 PM. Well said cousin Joe! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Genicom - highly recommended. Lost Highway 61 in Winona. Poland To Pine Creek. The Pellowskis of Arcadia Township. Mr and Mrs. Karol Bambenek. View my complete profile. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.
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Smiles in Boxes: March 2015
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Winona County, MN - Trempealeau County, WI. Thursday, March 26, 2015. Winona got its first railroad, the Winona and St. Peter, in 1862. Construction was slowed by the Civil War, but in 1864 the W&St.P. had already built a small shop facility along the river on Winona's. The famous and highly respected president. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Genicom - highly recommended. Lost Highway 61 in Winona. Poland To Pine Creek. View my complete profile. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.
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Smiles in Boxes: July 2012
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Winona County, MN - Trempealeau County, WI. Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Reverend Joseph F. Cieminski (II). Old SS. Peter and Paul Church,. In 1910, Father Cieminski transferred to Duluth, Minnesota, to serve as pastor to the troubled parish of Saints Peter and Paul. According to the 1917 Acta et Dicta. Father Joseph F. Cieminski died in a Saint James, Minnesota retirement facility on November 19, 1959. Over his ninety-two years he had experienced - and taken an integral part in - dramatic changes for...Borzy...