Petronela PIETRZAK

1865 - 16 MAR 1939

• BIRTH: 1865, Poland
• DEATH: 16 MAR 1939, South Bend, IN

1. +Louise MAKOWSKI

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[N26382] Petronela Pietrzak

Birth 1865
Poland

Death 16 Mar 1939 (aged 73-74)
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

Burial
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Notre Dame, St. Joseph County, IN
Plot Section H, row 1, lot 21
Memorial ID 110238448

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The year of birth shown above is approximate, based on the year inscribed on her gravestone. Her age in her records varies.

On Apr. 12, 1891, "Albert" Makowski, 32, a workman from Prussia arrived in the port of New York aboard the S. S. Bohemia. Accompanying him were his wife Petronella, 30, and the following children: Josef, 4, Ludwicka, 3, Marta, 2, and Theofila, 6 months old. -Passenger list

Two and a half months later, on July 1, 1891, Adalbert Makowski, 32, died of the croup and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery. -Death and interment records of St. Hedwig Catholic Church, South Bend, Indiana.

On Nov. 27, 1893, Rev. Val Czyzewski, Pastor of St. Hedwig Catholic Church, married Petronela Makowski and John Pietrzak. -Image of original county marrige record, familysearch.org

According to the 1900 census of South Bend, John Pietrzak and his wife Petronela were both born in Poland, had immigrated in 1891, and had been married seven years. Petronela had had four children from her first marriage, all of whom were living with them (in birth order): Joseph, Ludwika (aka Louise), Martha, and Teofila (aka Frieda), all born in Poland.

In 1920 and in 1921, John and Petronela Pietrzak filed for divorce in St. Joseph Co.; both cases were dismissed. -Divorce Records Index, sbags.org

John Pietrzak died in 1926. The understanding of the informant for his Indiana death certificate was that John was divorced.

At the time of the 1930 census, Petronela Pietrzak, a widow, was living with her daughter Louise, wife of Frank Poznan, and their family in South Bend.

Petronela Pietrzak died in 1939. Her date and place of death are given in her Indiana death certificate for which the informant was her daughter, Louise Poznan. She reported that her mother was the widow of John Pietrzak. It was her understanding that her mother had been born Sep. 29, 1864 in Poland to Frank Radzinski.