Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:46 am
Post subject: Kusek and Pekala
Hoping you can help with a mystery. We are looking for information on the parents of Stasia Pekala. Father's name is Joseph Pekala and according to the 1930 census he arrived in US in 1900 at the age of 31. He lived with his family in Webster, MA We cannot find his arrival, the 1920 census or his death record. We think he was born around 1868. They resided in Webster in 1922.
Her mother was Victoria Kusek and in the 1930 census she indicates she arrived in 1909. We think she was born around 1879 and died December, 1971.
We would like to get back to where they were born and parent names, so we appreciate any help you can give.
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:49 am
Post subject: Re: Kusek and Pekala
| alavery01 wrote: | Hoping you can help with a mystery. We are looking for information on the parents of Stasia Pekala. Father's name is Joseph Pekala and according to the 1930 census he arrived in US in 1900 at the age of 31. He lived with his family in Webster, MA We cannot find his arrival, the 1920 census or his death record. We think he was born around 1868. They resided in Webster in 1922.
Her mother was Victoria Kusek and in the 1930 census she indicates she arrived in 1909. We think she was born around 1879 and died December, 1971.
We would like to get back to where they were born and parent names, so we appreciate any help you can give. |
Hi,
The polish spelling is Pękała and it sounds like Penkala.
I have found a Jozef Penkala arriving at Ellis Island on October 11, 1901, departured from Hamburg on ship Graf Waldersee.
He was 26, from "Austria", married (but traveling alone) and his last residence looks like Grawczew. He was going to meet his brother Jan Penkala, in Nord (North, I assume) Bridge, MA (just curious that passengers on the line below and under him were going to Webster, MA).
I will try to find the place, later.
Gilberto
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:10 pm
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I have found the entry for Jan Pekala. He arrived in 1900 and was going to meet a brother-in-law, Walenty Jez...., in Webster, Mass.
His place of origin: Glowaczowa woj. podkarpackie pow. dębicki gmina Czarna, then part of Austria-Hungary Empire. Looking again at Jozef's entry I think it is the same place.
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:31 pm
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If Jan was 18 in 1900, therefore he was born in 1882. Geneteka shows an index for a birth record that could be him (see attached).
Jan and Jozef were followed by Katarina, in 1905 and Walerya in 1921 (Walerya mentions her mother Wiktoria as still in Glowaczowna)
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:15 pm
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I forgot to add that Zasow is just 5 miles North of Glowaczowa.
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:01 pm
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This is amazing data! Have been struggling with this for 2 weeks and in a few well-placed clicks you have moved the research forward.
To make sure I have this correct, Josef's brother is Jan (Northbridge is very close to Webster) and Katarina arrived in 1905) and Walerya (arrived in 1921) are his sisters. The Wiktoria in the records is their mother. Born in Glowaczowna. If Josef was married at the time of immigration, then Victoria followed later?
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:23 pm
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Gilberto:
I found the family in Webster in the 1920 census-Joseph Pinkala. In this census, Victoria arrived in 1900.
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:47 pm
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| alavery01 wrote: | This is amazing data! Have been struggling with this for 2 weeks and in a few well-placed clicks you have moved the research forward.
To make sure I have this correct, Josef's brother is Jan (Northbridge is very close to Webster) and Katarina arrived in 1905) and Walerya (arrived in 1921) are his sisters. The Wiktoria in the records is their mother. Born in Glowaczowna. If Josef was married at the time of immigration, then Victoria followed later? |
From what I have learned, it was usual that the husband came first and, once settled, the wife and children.
Unless a close relative was already stablished (this was the case, because Jan had immigrated before Jozef).
It is unlikely that Wiktorya would immigrate 20 years after Jozef. Therefore, either the M on the marital status column on Jozef's manifest is wrong or Walerya was misunderstood by the person who typed the manifest. I bet on the second option.
Gilberto
Pekala is also the surname of my best friend. He could never find out the place of his ancestors, because brazilian passengers list were too much poor of information and rarely an immigrante naturalized.
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:36 pm
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As a follow-up, I found a marriage record for Joseph Pekala and Victoria Kusek, June 17, 1902 in Webster, MA. He was 25 and it was his second marriage and she was 19 and it was her first. This fits with your theory that he arrived on Oct 11, 1901 @ the age of 26.
To complicate matters, I am told that there were two sets of Joseph Pekala and Victoria Kusek in Webster (not related). I did find immigration info, but I am not sure which is which.
Jan Pekala is listed on the 1900 census with Walenty Jezuit and Veronica Penkala in Webster, who were married 25 April 1899. This fits as well.
There is a Walyera who arrives in 1921, but she ends up with brother in law in Chicago--I am not sure this is the right one.
Your guidance on the surname has opened up a whole new direction for research.
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