The surname has spelling variations, such as Rolirad, Rolirado, or, on her tombstone, Roliradow.
Her parents were Bartholomus Rolirad, born 1809, and Marianna Krolewczykowna, born 1822.
Family lore has it that, Jozefa was a French woman who lived in Poland near the border with France, at the time that she met and married Michal Jozwiak (b.1834). This was according to a 1970's account by her grandson, Paul Peter Jozwiak.
This account appears to be only a family legend. For one thing, it is hard to visualize a French border with Poland. And there was a Prussia then, but no Poland. A Prussian border with France, perhaps? Family DNA tests haven't indicated that she was French. Maybe she liked fabricating stories for her grandchildren.
Anyway, it is also said that she was born in Wegorzewo in the parish of Slawno. In the vicinity of Slawno today, there are place-names that only resemble the word Wegorzewo. The fact is, her christening and marriage records are held at the Catholic Archdiocese in Gniezno, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
It is said that Michal Jozwiak met her while he was going door to door doing his work of collecting taxes. They were married on 8 November 1863 and had seven children in Poland before emigrating to America ca 1880. Her children born in Poland were: Stanislaw; Anton; Joseph; Maryanna; Anna Rose; Walenty; Frank. Her children born in America were: Wallace L. and Andrew.
Her parents were Bartholomus Rolirad, born 1809, and Marianna Krolewczykowna, born 1822.
Family lore has it that, Jozefa was a French woman who lived in Poland near the border with France, at the time that she met and married Michal Jozwiak (b.1834). This was according to a 1970's account by her grandson, Paul Peter Jozwiak.
This account appears to be only a family legend. For one thing, it is hard to visualize a French border with Poland. And there was a Prussia then, but no Poland. A Prussian border with France, perhaps? Family DNA tests haven't indicated that she was French. Maybe she liked fabricating stories for her grandchildren.
Anyway, it is also said that she was born in Wegorzewo in the parish of Slawno. In the vicinity of Slawno today, there are place-names that only resemble the word Wegorzewo. The fact is, her christening and marriage records are held at the Catholic Archdiocese in Gniezno, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
It is said that Michal Jozwiak met her while he was going door to door doing his work of collecting taxes. They were married on 8 November 1863 and had seven children in Poland before emigrating to America ca 1880. Her children born in Poland were: Stanislaw; Anton; Joseph; Maryanna; Anna Rose; Walenty; Frank. Her children born in America were: Wallace L. and Andrew.
The surname has spelling variations, such as Rolirad, Rolirado, or, on her tombstone, Roliradow.
Her parents were Bartholomus Rolirad, born 1809, and Marianna Krolewczykowna, born 1822.
Family lore has it that, Jozefa was a French woman who lived in Poland near the border with France, at the time that she met and married Michal Jozwiak (b.1834). This was according to a 1970's account by her grandson, Paul Peter Jozwiak.
This account appears to be only a family legend. For one thing, it is hard to visualize a French border with Poland. And there was a Prussia then, but no Poland. A Prussian border with France, perhaps? Family DNA tests haven't indicated that she was French. Maybe she liked fabricating stories for her grandchildren.
Anyway, it is also said that she was born in Wegorzewo in the parish of Slawno. In the vicinity of Slawno today, there are place-names that only resemble the word Wegorzewo. The fact is, her christening and marriage records are held at the Catholic Archdiocese in Gniezno, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
It is said that Michal Jozwiak met her while he was going door to door doing his work of collecting taxes. They were married on 8 November 1863 and had seven children in Poland before emigrating to America ca 1880. Her children born in Poland were: Stanislaw; Anton; Joseph; Maryanna; Anna Rose; Walenty; Frank. Her children born in America were: Wallace L. and Andrew.
Her parents were Bartholomus Rolirad, born 1809, and Marianna Krolewczykowna, born 1822.
Family lore has it that, Jozefa was a French woman who lived in Poland near the border with France, at the time that she met and married Michal Jozwiak (b.1834). This was according to a 1970's account by her grandson, Paul Peter Jozwiak.
This account appears to be only a family legend. For one thing, it is hard to visualize a French border with Poland. And there was a Prussia then, but no Poland. A Prussian border with France, perhaps? Family DNA tests haven't indicated that she was French. Maybe she liked fabricating stories for her grandchildren.
Anyway, it is also said that she was born in Wegorzewo in the parish of Slawno. In the vicinity of Slawno today, there are place-names that only resemble the word Wegorzewo. The fact is, her christening and marriage records are held at the Catholic Archdiocese in Gniezno, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
It is said that Michal Jozwiak met her while he was going door to door doing his work of collecting taxes. They were married on 8 November 1863 and had seven children in Poland before emigrating to America ca 1880. Her children born in Poland were: Stanislaw; Anton; Joseph; Maryanna; Anna Rose; Walenty; Frank. Her children born in America were: Wallace L. and Andrew.
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