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Nikodem Francis Majewski

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Nikodem Francis Majewski

Birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
Death
17 Aug 1929 (aged 32)
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
Burial
Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
OLD cemetery -eastern side-Section G2 Line 1 Grave #23
Memorial ID
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Born: 146 Wilson St. Buffalo, NY
Buried to the left of his mother, Elzbieta (nee Pruchniewicz/ Prochniewicz)Majewska.
Died at age 33.
COD: stomach ulcer.
Buried on his brother Stanley's 40th birthday, Aug 20th. Youngest of 12 siblings. Francis (Frank), Jozef (Joseph), Stanislawa, Joseph, Franciszka (Frances), Leokadia-Walerya, Maria, Kazimir (Casimer), Stanislaus.
2 unknown siblings, (died in Poland?)

Changed his name to Victor Meyers (legally?)to gain employment with the railroad (common practice, as the Poles were discriminated against, and the Germans found work.)

Wife: Victoria POTOPINSKA. Divorced or estranged? Resided at 33 Walden Avenue, Buffalo NY.
Child: one known child, Arthur. He went to live with his maternal grandfather, Arthur, in Reno Nevada after his father died when he was the age of 4. Unknown if his mother Victoria relocated / resided with him. Arthur married and divorced, no known children. He died March 25, 2014 in Reno, Nevada. His cremains were scattered out to sea in San Francisco in May 2014.

Buffalo Courier Express Newspaper death notice - Mon 19 Aug 1929: "MEYERS- In Buffalo, August 17, 1929, Victor Meyers. Funeral from the family residence, 151 Floss Avenue. Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock and from St. John Gualbert Church. friends are invited to attend."

NOTE:
Holy Mother of the Rosary Polish National Catholic Cathedral cemetery:
POTOPINSK-A/I:
Salomeja Potopinska 1887-28 Jan 1961 (DOBurial)
Katherine Potopinska 4 Apr 1927 (DOBurial)
Mikolaj Potopinski 15 Dec 1929 (DOBurial)
Born: 146 Wilson St. Buffalo, NY
Buried to the left of his mother, Elzbieta (nee Pruchniewicz/ Prochniewicz)Majewska.
Died at age 33.
COD: stomach ulcer.
Buried on his brother Stanley's 40th birthday, Aug 20th. Youngest of 12 siblings. Francis (Frank), Jozef (Joseph), Stanislawa, Joseph, Franciszka (Frances), Leokadia-Walerya, Maria, Kazimir (Casimer), Stanislaus.
2 unknown siblings, (died in Poland?)

Changed his name to Victor Meyers (legally?)to gain employment with the railroad (common practice, as the Poles were discriminated against, and the Germans found work.)

Wife: Victoria POTOPINSKA. Divorced or estranged? Resided at 33 Walden Avenue, Buffalo NY.
Child: one known child, Arthur. He went to live with his maternal grandfather, Arthur, in Reno Nevada after his father died when he was the age of 4. Unknown if his mother Victoria relocated / resided with him. Arthur married and divorced, no known children. He died March 25, 2014 in Reno, Nevada. His cremains were scattered out to sea in San Francisco in May 2014.

Buffalo Courier Express Newspaper death notice - Mon 19 Aug 1929: "MEYERS- In Buffalo, August 17, 1929, Victor Meyers. Funeral from the family residence, 151 Floss Avenue. Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock and from St. John Gualbert Church. friends are invited to attend."

NOTE:
Holy Mother of the Rosary Polish National Catholic Cathedral cemetery:
POTOPINSK-A/I:
Salomeja Potopinska 1887-28 Jan 1961 (DOBurial)
Katherine Potopinska 4 Apr 1927 (DOBurial)
Mikolaj Potopinski 15 Dec 1929 (DOBurial)

Inscription

(Polish)
S.+ P. (Of Sacred Memory/"the late")
NIKODEM MAJEWSKI
UR. 13 WRZE.1896
UM. 17 SIER.1929

(UR = urodzil - born)
(UM = um - died)
OJCIEC (Father)

Gravesite Details

Broken stone



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