Franciszka Frances KUCZMA

1849 - 13 AUG 1906

• BIRTH: 1849, Znin, pow Znin, PL
• DEATH: 13 AUG 1906, South Bend, St Joseph, IN

• MARRIAGE: 1869, Znin, pow Znin, PL

1. +Peter HYSKA
2.  Martin HYSKA
3.  Wladislawa HYSKA
4.  John HYSKA
5.  Stephen HYSKA
6.  Clement HYSKA

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[N24700] Franciszka Kuczma

Birth 1849
Znin

Death 13 Aug 1906
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

Burial
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Notre Dame, St. Joseph County, IN
Plot Unidentified location within the cemetery.
Memorial ID 172438634

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In 1869 in the Catholic parish of Znin, Poland, Francisca Kuczma, 21, daughter of Jacob & Michalina Nowakowski Kuczma, married Adalbert Hyska, 23, son of John & Agnes Frydryck Hyska. (Poznan Marriage Indexing Project)

The 1900 federal census record of South Bend, Indiana, indicates that Wojciech (aka Adalbert or George) and his wife Frances were born in Poland, had been married 32 years, and with several of their children, had immigrated in 1890. Frances had had twelve children of whom five were living. The four children in their 1900 household were (in birth order): Peter, Martin, Wladislawa, and John.

South Bend Weekly Times, Fri., Aug. 17, 1906, p. 5:
"Franciszka Hyska, wife of George Hyska, of 509 Phillippa street, died Monday noon at Epworth hospital after several months' illness from chronic nephritis. Deceased was born in Poland 56 years ago, and leaves several children, besides her husband, to mourn her loss. The funeral was held Wednesday from St. Hedwige church, Father Czyzewski officiating. Interment at Cedar Grove cemetery."