Martin Marcin NIEDBALSKI

14 NOV 1848 - 7 APR 1936

• BIRTH: 14 NOV 1848, Szaradowo Parish, Poland, Prussian Poland
• DEATH: 7 APR 1936, South Bend, IN

• MARRIAGE: 17 NOV 1885

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[N11264] Martin was blind for 6 years as a result of standing in front of the open foundry fire at Olivers ....he later opened a Grocery store on Walnut and Napier for 15 years

Birth: 1853
Poland
Death: Apr. 7, 1936
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN
Indiana, USA

Martin (sic) Niedbalski
Resident Here 50 Years Dies
Martin Niedbalski, 829 North Elmer street, one of the early local Polish residents, died at 11 o'clock Tuesday night in the home following a week's illness. In November, 1934, Mr. Niedgalski with his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. He was totally bling for the last eight years as a result of spending 21 years before an open fire in a foundry. Mr. Niedbalski was born in Szaradowo, Poland, and came to South Bend from that country more than a half century ago. He married Miss Mary Szybowicz, a daughter of the first local Polish settlers, the late Mr. and Mrs. Anton Szybowicz, Nov. 17, 1884, in St. Hedwige's Roman Catholic church, with the late Rev. Valentine Czyzewski,C.S.C., founder of the local Polish parishes, officiating. Upon coming to South Bend, Mr. Niedbalski opened a grocery at Walnut and Napier streets and was one of the first Polish merchants here. He conducted the business for 15 years. For some time he worked in the Studebaker corporation factory and the last 21 years before he retired he was employed by the Oliver Farm Equipment company. His brother, Vincent Niedbalski, who died 27 years ago was the first Polish druggist in this city. Besides the widow he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Blanche Paczesna and Mrs. Valentine Kujawa; three sons, Frank, Sylvester and Eugene Niedbalski; 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild, all in South Bend.The Funeral will be held at 9:30 o'clock Saturday morning from St. Stanislaus' B.M. Roman Catholic church with Rev. Boleslaus J. Sztuczko, C.S.C., pastor, chanting the requiem high mass. Interment will be in Cedar Grove cemetery. Published in the South Bend Tribune; Wednesday, April 8, 1936.

Spouse: Mary Szybowicz Niedbalski (1868 - 1952)
Children: Wladyslaw Niedbalski (1901 - 1922)*
Note: birth, about 1853, immigrated to America in 1878.
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, St. Joseph County, IN
Plot: Section C, row 11, lot 195.5