Family photo -- Family of Joseph Sukowaty and Agnes Hammela. L-R: Tillie, Marie, Joseph (father), Bertha,
Agnes (mother), George (being held by his mother), Agnes, Edward and Helen.

Sukowaty, Joseph (July 20, 1853-Nov. 29, 1921 –husband of Agnes Hammela [1866-1944] –married Aug. 5, 1884 at St. Gregory Catholic Church, St. Nazianz, Town of Eaton –son of George Sukowaty and Eva Veronzgy –born Village of Nemlowitz [now Nemnenice], Town of Horsovsky Tyn, District of Bohemia –immigrated to the US with his parents and 3 siblings on the ship Achilles, departing from Bremen, Germany and arriving in New Orleans on Nov. 7, 1857 –farmer –veteran of the Spanish American War era –took ownership of his father's farm at 20123 Carstens Lake Road on Feb. 10, 1881 –on July 21, 1913 purchased the 80 acre farm at 20423 Carstens Lake Road from Michael and Theresia Meyer –worked both these farms until his death in 1921 –on May 31, 1929, his widow Agnes sold the family farm to their son Ambrose Sukowaty and his wife Salome Schmitz –on this same day, May 31, 1929, she sold the now 100 acre farm at 20423 Carstens Lake Road to James Brothers and his wife Esther Sukowaty –Esther was a daughter of Joseph and Agnes Sukowaty –died from "fractured 2 ribs right side, kicked by horse, followed by pneumonia and abscess of lung" –"He had cancer of the cheek. He had seen several doctors in the area and none could determine what was wrong. He went to a doctor in Chicago and had surgery there to remove a bone in his right cheek. Towards the end, he only ate soup. But that was not what killed him. Not long before he died, he was kicked by a horse. As a result, he suffered four fractured ribs on his right side. When the ribs were healed, he went out in the woods with an ax to mark some old trees that he was supposed to chop down. He got tired and sweated and got a cold that led to pneumonia. A few days later he died." –from Sukowaty Genealogy of Bonnie M. Sukowaty McAllister) – 3-7-15

from obit:
Mr. Sukowaty leaves his widow, six daughters and three sons,
Mrs. Andrew Woelfel of New Holstein,
Mrs. S. Fritzen of Byron Center, Mich.,
Mrs. Lawrence Woelfel of Hayton
Mrs. W. H. Westlake of San Francisco, Calif.,
Marie,
George
Ambrose,
Esther,
Erhard at home
One son was killed in the World War overseas.

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