Henry WADZINSKI

[N13627]

15 MAY 1871 - 14 JUN 1949

BIRTH: 15 MAY 1871, Schokken (Skoki), Kreis Wongrowitz, PL
DEATH: 14 JUN 1949, South Bend, IN

Family 1 : Jozefa WIECZOREK

MARRIAGE: 22 NOV 1903, Poland

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[N13627] Schokken (Skoki is its Polish name) is about 30 kilometers north of Poznan, Poland. The village is on a rise and there is a stream and muddy area that was used to process flax and make yarn just to the north of the village. Schokken was famous for its linen yarn. This manorial village gained many of its German residents after noble Calvinist Nicholas Rej invited German cloth makers following the Swedish war circa 1650. The land here has been farmed since 1632 when new town of Skoki was formed. In 1772 this area including Skoki was incorporated into Prussia so cloth makers needed to compete in Prussian market rather than the less competitive Polish market. Many chose to migrate to the Lodz area in Russian Poland. The village contains a Catholic Church

Birth: May 15, 1871, Poland
Death: Jan. 14, 1949
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
He emigrated to the United States from Hamburg, Germany on the vessel Grosse Waldersee arriving in March of 1905. His papers show born in Shokin, Germany because the Germans had taken that area of Poland and made all of the Poles into German citizens. He married Jozetha Wieczorek on 11 Nov 1903 in Poland. Obituary Saturday, Jan. 15, 1949 South Bend Tribune Henry Wadzinski, aged 73, of 1802 South Taylor street died at 3:45 p.m. Friday in his home after an illness of nine months. Born in Poland May 15, 1875, he came to South Bend from Minnesota 42 years ago. Surviving are the widow, Josephine; four sons, Felix, Casimir, Joseph and Stanley, all of South Bend; two daughters, Sister M. Lea, C.S.C., of Evergreen Park, Ill., and Mrs. Lottie Golba, of South Bend and six grandchildren. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today in the home. The funeral will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday in St. Hedwige's Catholic church, Rev. Bolesiaus J. Sztuczko, C.S.C., pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph Polish cemetery. Mr. Wadzinski was a member of the League of St. Joseph, of St. Hedwige's parish.
ADDITIONAL: Henry was not always forthcoming about the year he was born. Death certificate says 1875, immigration papers say 1870, and gravestone says 1871, but they all say May 15.

Spouse: Jozefa Wieczorek Wadzinski (1882 - 1962)*

Children:
Felix J Wadzinski (1907 - 2003)*
Casimer Wadzinski (1909 - 2000)*
Joseph B. Wadzinski (1911 - 1977)*
Stanley Bernard Wadzinski (1913 - 2001)*
Mary Lea (Anna Cecilia) Wadzinski (1916 - 2000)*
Leon Wadzinski (1918 - 1940)*
Lottie Antoinette Wadzinski Golba (1922 - 2015)*

Burial: Saint Joseph Cemetery, South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN
PHOTO: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37958053

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