Posts Tagged ‘Kuttni’
On This Day … 11 July
1825 – Lorenz Kuttni (32) married Marianna Meyer (25) in Putzig, Prussia 187 years ago (4th great-grandparents)
If you know anything about this couple or if you would like more information, please contact me!
Spotlight Sunday – John Ostrowski
Name: Johann Anton Ostrowski
Birthday: February 11, 1861
Parents: Anton Ostrowski & Josephina Kuttni
Relationship: Married to Elisabeth Lachowski in 1885, father of 7 children, 3 dying as infants.
Married to Frances Karschina in 1898, father of 10 children, 6 dying as infants.
Hometown: Westpreußen, Preußen, Germany
Immigration: about 1868, naturalized citizen by 1910, though in 1920 he states his citizenship is still pending
Last Known Residence: Detroit, Michigan
Education: able to read, write and speak English
Occupation: Tailor
Church: St. Albertus Catholic Church
Death: November 16, 1926 of a diabetic coma.
Cemetery: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
Relationship to Me: 2nd great-grandfather
Sympathy Saturday – Josephine (Kuttni) Ostrowski
She was born in Putzig, Prussia, and on her baptism register her parents are recorded Lorenz Kuttni & Marianna Meyer. She was the oldest of 7 children, and married Anton Ostrowski when she was 33 years old. She immigrated with him and their children about 1868, and the family shows up on the Detroit 1870 census. She was the mother of 4 children, and she is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan. Her son John married Elisabeth Lachowski in 1885.

