Posts Tagged ‘Lachowski’
On This Day … 1 December
1824 – Johann Ostrowski was born 188 years ago in Putzig, Prussia to Casimir Ostrowski & Marianna Hert. (3rd great-granduncle)
1894 - Marie Ostrowski was born 118 years ago in Detroit, Michigan to John Ostrowski & Elisabeth Lachowski. (great-grandaunt)
1897 - William Sinyard (28) married Frances Watson (19) in Archer, Iowa 115 years ago. (2nd great-granduncle)
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On This Day … 3 September
1881 – August Schulte Sr. died 131 years ago in Detroit, Michigan. He was 41 years old. (3rd great-grandfather)
1902 – Theresa Lachovski was born in Detroit, Michigan 110 years ago to Joseph Lachovski & Genevieve Clement. (1st cousin 3x removed)
1920 – Frances Hincka (18) married Frank Durecki (21) in Presque Isle, Michigan 92 years ago. (1st cousin 2x removed)
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On This Day … 8 August
1899 – Charles Peterson was born in Detroit, Michigan 113 years ago. (husband of Theresa Lachovski, 1st cousin 3x removed)
1935 – Julia Dowd Garlick died 77 years ago in Rockdale, Illinois. She was 46 years old. (wife of Joshua Garlick, 2nd cousin 3x removed)
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On This Day … 4 August
1904 – Esther Himes was born in Michigan 108 years ago. (wife of 1st cousin 3x removed, Albert Schulte)
1919 – Edward Lachovski (25) married Florence Peterson (25) in Detroit, Michigan 93 years ago. (1st cousin 3x removed)
1920 – Robert Bentgen was born in Marquette, Michigan 92 years ago to Hillard Bentgen & Lucille Mullaly. (3rd cousin 2x removed)
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On This Day … 31 July
1837 – Helena Brandt was born 175 years ago in Prussia. (wife of 3rd great-granduncle, Frank Schulte)
1895 – Arthur Parent was born 117 years ago in Saginaw County, Michigan. (husband of 1st cousin 3x removed, Theresa Lachovski)
1911 – Anne Bluis was born 101 years ago. (wife of great-uncle, Leo Hallman)
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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
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
