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On This Day … 25 October

1843 – Ann Garlick was born in England 169 years ago to Joshua Garlick & Mary Downes.  She is the last child born to them.  (3rd great-grandaunt)

1867 – Anton Kwart was born in Prussia 145 years ago to John Kwart & Rosalie Bolde.  (2nd great-granduncle)

1907 – Elizabeth Kunath Lachovski died 105 year ago in Detroit, Michigan of pneumonia.  She was 84 years old.  (3rd great-grandmother)

1918 – Charles Barnes died 94 years ago in Kankakee, Illinois.  He was 56 years old.

If you have information about any of these people or if you would like more information, please contact me!

Spotlight Sunday – Elisabeth (Lachowski) Ostrowski


Name:  Elisabeth Lachowski (Lachovsky / Lachowska, etc)

Birthday:  about 1867

Parents:  Joseph Lachowski & Elisabeth Kunath

Siblings:  August, John & Joseph

Relationship:  married to John Ostrowski, mother of 7 children

Children:  Joseph, John, Anthony, Lillian, Marie, George & baby boy

Hometown:  Prussia Germany

Immigration:  1875 aboard “Cimbria” from Hamburg

Last Known Residence:  Detroit, Michigan

Education:  unable to read or write

Occupation:  worked as a tailoress in 1880

Church:  St. Albertus Church -  Detroit, Michigan

Death:  August 28, 1897 in childbirth delivering a stillborn son, 30 years old

Cemetery:  Mt. Elliott Cemetery, Detroit Michigan

Relationship to Me:  2nd great-grandmother

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