Michal was a tall man, over six feet tall. His wife Jozefa was 5 feet 2 1/2 inches tall.
In Poland, Michal was a tax collector and Justice of the Peace in an area near Warsaw. He was also an official overseer of cemeteries. At that time, there was much killing of wealthy families. The family was fearful of this pogrom, so Michal sold his 1300 acres and came to America.
The paragraphs above were according to their grandson Paul Peter Jozwiak.
Michal was married to Jozefa Rolirado in what is now Slawno, Wielkopolskie, Poland, on 8 Nov 1863.
Slawno itself is a small village, in the administrative district of Gmina Kiszkowo, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolski), in west-central Poland.
In those days, the general area was known as the Province of Posen, in Prussia. This marriage record and other family records are held at the Archdiocese in Gniezno, Poland. These records show that his mother, Rosalia Cieslak born 1817, and his father, Sebestian Jozwiak born 1807, were married on the 20th of September 1836.
The Michal Jozwiak family arrived to America in March of 1878, if using the Washington County immigration record of his son, Anton.
They brought seven children with them and had two more children in America. Michal settled into life as an American farmer. He could read and write, but did not speak English, nor did Jozefa nor their oldest child. When Jozefa died, they had been married for about 47 years.
In Poland, Michal was a tax collector and Justice of the Peace in an area near Warsaw. He was also an official overseer of cemeteries. At that time, there was much killing of wealthy families. The family was fearful of this pogrom, so Michal sold his 1300 acres and came to America.
The paragraphs above were according to their grandson Paul Peter Jozwiak.
Michal was married to Jozefa Rolirado in what is now Slawno, Wielkopolskie, Poland, on 8 Nov 1863.
Slawno itself is a small village, in the administrative district of Gmina Kiszkowo, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolski), in west-central Poland.
In those days, the general area was known as the Province of Posen, in Prussia. This marriage record and other family records are held at the Archdiocese in Gniezno, Poland. These records show that his mother, Rosalia Cieslak born 1817, and his father, Sebestian Jozwiak born 1807, were married on the 20th of September 1836.
The Michal Jozwiak family arrived to America in March of 1878, if using the Washington County immigration record of his son, Anton.
They brought seven children with them and had two more children in America. Michal settled into life as an American farmer. He could read and write, but did not speak English, nor did Jozefa nor their oldest child. When Jozefa died, they had been married for about 47 years.
Michal was a tall man, over six feet tall. His wife Jozefa was 5 feet 2 1/2 inches tall.
In Poland, Michal was a tax collector and Justice of the Peace in an area near Warsaw. He was also an official overseer of cemeteries. At that time, there was much killing of wealthy families. The family was fearful of this pogrom, so Michal sold his 1300 acres and came to America.
The paragraphs above were according to their grandson Paul Peter Jozwiak.
Michal was married to Jozefa Rolirado in what is now Slawno, Wielkopolskie, Poland, on 8 Nov 1863.
Slawno itself is a small village, in the administrative district of Gmina Kiszkowo, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolski), in west-central Poland.
In those days, the general area was known as the Province of Posen, in Prussia. This marriage record and other family records are held at the Archdiocese in Gniezno, Poland. These records show that his mother, Rosalia Cieslak born 1817, and his father, Sebestian Jozwiak born 1807, were married on the 20th of September 1836.
The Michal Jozwiak family arrived to America in March of 1878, if using the Washington County immigration record of his son, Anton.
They brought seven children with them and had two more children in America. Michal settled into life as an American farmer. He could read and write, but did not speak English, nor did Jozefa nor their oldest child. When Jozefa died, they had been married for about 47 years.
In Poland, Michal was a tax collector and Justice of the Peace in an area near Warsaw. He was also an official overseer of cemeteries. At that time, there was much killing of wealthy families. The family was fearful of this pogrom, so Michal sold his 1300 acres and came to America.
The paragraphs above were according to their grandson Paul Peter Jozwiak.
Michal was married to Jozefa Rolirado in what is now Slawno, Wielkopolskie, Poland, on 8 Nov 1863.
Slawno itself is a small village, in the administrative district of Gmina Kiszkowo, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolski), in west-central Poland.
In those days, the general area was known as the Province of Posen, in Prussia. This marriage record and other family records are held at the Archdiocese in Gniezno, Poland. These records show that his mother, Rosalia Cieslak born 1817, and his father, Sebestian Jozwiak born 1807, were married on the 20th of September 1836.
The Michal Jozwiak family arrived to America in March of 1878, if using the Washington County immigration record of his son, Anton.
They brought seven children with them and had two more children in America. Michal settled into life as an American farmer. He could read and write, but did not speak English, nor did Jozefa nor their oldest child. When Jozefa died, they had been married for about 47 years.
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