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BarbOslo
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 3:20 am Post subject:

Trish, could you please find a death record for Franz Klimek between 1912-1916? I'm trying to find the family in the Ivano-Frankivsk and Halych area with no success. Would like to see if his place of residence would help.
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 8:41 am Post subject:

BarbOslo wrote:

Hi Barb,

Here is the naturalization record for Franz Klimek.
Name Franz Klimek
Declaration Age 30
Record Type Naturalization Declaration
Birth Date 8 Nov 1879
Birth Place Lemberg Austria
Departure Place Hamburg Germany
Arrival Date 31 Oct 1907
Arrival Place New York, New York
Declaration Date 15 Nov 1909
Declaration Place Cook, Illinois, USA
Ship America
Relation to Head Self (Head)
Source Citation
National Archives at Chicago; Chicago, Illinois; ARC Title: Petitions For Naturalization, 1906-1991; NAI Number: M1285; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: Rg 21

I'm looking for the manifest now.

Warm regards,
Trish

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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 10:30 am Post subject:

Thanks Trish. I'm having trouble getting things sorted out. The years on Genetyka don't match the years on FamilySearch. I've managed this so far. Will look again later tonight.

-Barb

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Trish
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 11:00 am Post subject:

Hi Barb,

Sophia found the manifest. Thanks Sophia! As Sophia stated, per Franz's naturalization record, Franz came as Leopold.

Here is the information.

Name Leopold Klimek
Sex Male
Age 29
Residence Place Stanislawow, Austria
Marital Status Married
Nationality Austria, Polish
Additional Person's Name Maria Klimek
Second Additional Person's Name Jacob Iwanicki
Event Type Immigration
Event Date 10 November 1907
Event Place Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Page Number 146
Series Number T715
Affiliate Film Number T715-1037
Affiliate Publication Title Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York , NY, 1897-1957
Departure Port Cuxhaven
Ship Name Amerika

Here is the link from family search.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXLS-3MH?lang=en

Have a wonderful day!
Trish

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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 12:17 pm Post subject:

BarbOslo wrote:

Trish & Barb,

Illinois in general and Chicago in particular (Remember that Chicago had a larger population of Poles than any city in the world except for Warsaw) are easy to research because of the accessibility of a wide range of tools & records and I say this not just because I was born and resided there for forty years aka half my life thus far but because it is one of the most genealogy research friendly states & cities in the country. For RC individuals Catholic Church records are essential. Here is a link to a book by the Chech & Slovak Genealogical Society of Illinois https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/165609/?offset=0#page=7&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= Pages 60 & 61 list all the Polish ethnic parishes. Location Grid IV shows the parishes along and near Milwaukee Ave. My guess is that the family belonged to St. Hyacinth based on their residence in the 1910 census. Since in 1913 they had moved to the house at 3256 N. Central Park (If you enter the address on Google Maps you can see the house on Central Park) they may have continued at St. Hyacinth or may have switched to one of the Polish parished north of Belmont Ave. The records of the Chicago Catholic Churches are available on Family Search but to find an individual record it is necessary to browse the appropriate register.

The Illinois Secretary of State office has databases of Illinois deaths https://apps.ilsos.gov/isavital/deathSearch.do and a Frank Klimek died on Xmas Eve 1913 at age 35 which fits the time frame but proof positive would come from the parish death register. By 1920 Mary had been widowed and married Walter (actually Ladislaus/Władysław) Andruszkiewicz.

Attached are images of Frank Klimek’s Declaration of Intention and Naturalization Records His Petition for Nat. is in two parts since the entire file is too large to post in one part. The docs do contain some interesting information.

That’s it for today’s free lesson on genealogical research in Chicago & Illinois, Not that either of you have any personal interest in researching those places. As they used to say in Chi-town: “All this information and a dime will get you a transfer on any bus or El in the city of Chicago as long as you pay the original fare.”

One more task for Polish Origins and then it’s back to fun and minding my own business for me for the duration..

Valete,

Dave

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Trish
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 1:36 pm Post subject:

Hi Dave, Barb, and everyone!

Dave, as usual, you are a wealth of information. I'm sure the information you posted about Chicago will help many others on the forum.

To verify some information that you posted on Franz's death date, it lists his father as Antoni. Antoni Klimek is the father of Franz. Franz's father's name was listed on the Klimek children's birth/baptismal records.

Name Frank Klimek
Sex Male
Age 35
Birth Year (Estimated) 1878
Birthplace Austria
Residence Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Address 3256 W Central Park ave
Burial Date 28 December 1913
Burial Place Chicago, Illinois
Marital Status Married
Race White
Father's Name Anton Klimek
Informant's Name Mary Klimek
Event Type Death
Event Date 24 December 1913
Event Place Montrose, Effingham, Illinois, United States
Event Place (Original) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Illinois, United States
Funeral Home J Kowaczek And Son
Cemetery Montrose
Reference 14874

Barb, great work on the tree you are creating for the Kotarski family. Let's hope the person who posted comes back to see all the information that was found.

PS: Dave, I remember the days in Philly where you paid a dime for a transfer on the bus, El, or subway. I guess I'm showing my age now. LOL Shocked

Warm regards,
Trish

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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 3:22 pm Post subject:

Dave,
Could you please look at the attached record. It is the birth record of Helena, Frank's daughter. How would you interpret what is highlighted in red? Married her parents in Halicz (???). But I can't find the wedding record there. The wedding was always in the bride's parish. That could mean that her parents (Mikolaj and Julia) were living there at the time.
Scans related to Stanislawow on Genetyka and FamilySearch are not the same, and I soon lose patience.
Regards,
-Barb

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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 7:15 pm Post subject:

BarbOslo wrote:

Barb,

It tells who baptized her—The assistant priest in Halicz baptized her. She immigrated with her parents and would have married in the USA well after the death of her father—probably 1923 or later (unless she married civilly in the quick and easy wedding center of the Midwest, Crown Point, Indiana.

Trish, When I was in High School bus fare was a dime & transfers were free.

Dave

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