John Karwowski and Josefa Laskowska

	John Karwowski and Josefa Laskowska
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Name	John Karwowski	Josefa Laskowska
Aliases	Karwoski, Karbowski, Kaivoski	Josepha, Josephine / Latkowska, Laczkowska
Birth/Place	Srebrowo, Russian Poland / Mar 12, 1873	Srebrowo, Russian Poland / Mar 10, 1879
Marriage/Place	1900 / likely Pittsburgh	1900 / likely Pittsburgh
Immigration	unknown ~1897	1900
Death/Age/Cause	unknown / moved back to Poland	1923 / ~45 / Hepatitis
Burial	unknown, Poland	South Side Cemetery (South Side)
Jobs	Mill Worker
SSN	none	none

Family Pictures:

Jan Karwowski

Timeline:

1900, Jan: Arrival Jozefa Laskowska [file, line 24]
- Age 20: 1880
- Residing at Kozlowka (near Srebrowo)
- Meeting John Karwowsky, 2822 Penn Ave.

1900, Feb. 6:Marriage St. Stanislaws [file] [civil file]
- 2822 Penn Ave.
- John Karwowski: 27 (1873)
- Josepha Laskowska: 21 (1879) (lied about age on civil record; had to 21 in PA to marry)
- birthplace: Srebrowo, Poland
1900: June. Census [file]
- 2910 Mulberry Alley (near Penn Ave)
- John
  - born Aug 1872 (27)
  - immigrated 1899 (Russian Poland)
- Josephine
  - born Jan 1880 (21)
  - immigrated 1900 (Russian Poland)
1909, Dec 6: Birth: Franciska Karbowska [file] [church record]
- Colliers Twnshp. // Carnegie, PA
- Mother: Josepha Laczkowska, Age 29 (1878) // Josepha Laskoska
- Father: Franciszek Karbowski, Age 30 (1879) - name and bday are off // John Karwoski
- Baptised Dec 24th. Immaculate Conception, 207 Jane S/treet
  - Sponsors: Francis Borny and Frances Stankiewicz
1910, April: Census: Colliers, Camp Hill Rd [file]
- John Korvoski
  - Age: unreadble, Married 11 years. Immigrated 1887
- Josephine
  - Age: 32 (1878), Married 11 years. Immigrated 1888
- John - born 1901
- Edward - born 1904
- Ella - born 1906
- Mary - born 1907
- Frances - born Dec. 1909
1920, Census ??

1923: Death Josefa Karwowska [file]
- Age 48 (1875), died of Hepatitis, buried St. Adalberts
- husband: John Karwowski
- father: Julian Latkowski
- mother: unknown
- 1206 Gorman Way (house doesn't exist in 1930)
  - Gorman Alley is between 11th and 12th steet (South Side near Market House) [map from 1916]
  - currently called Feiger S/treet

Notes:

Josefa's parents (records from Wizna parish near Srebrowo)
- Julian Laskowski and Julianna Kapelewska marrige: Wizna, 1858 [image]
  - parents: Marcin Laskowski and Katarzyna Biedrzycka
  - parents: Lukasz Kapelewski and Anna Orzechowska
- Birth records only stop at ~1860, but they had at least two other children (Josef, 1859 and Franciszek, 1861) [image]

Gran says Frances' father John returned to Poland with Bernice (Bernie), the youngest, after their mother died, because life here was too tough. Bernice came back to visit Pittsburgh later in life and she and Frances stayed in touch.

Gran says there were many siblings: Johnny, Benny, Stella, Mary, Frances, Bernice. Gran only met the girls. Stella and Mary moved to Ohio. Says they lived down by the Market House (S. 10th St).

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