Name: Longine
RASZEWSKI
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Birth: 1883
Death: 1955
Misc. Notes
SANDRA
BELLAS COFFEY CONFIRMS THE FOLLOWING REFERS TO HER GRANDFATHER:
Copyright
© 2001 by C Barnes. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives.
Vailcd@aol.com
St
Mary's Polish Cemetery
This
is a survey of St. Mary's Polish Cemetery located at the corner of Lower and
Upper Heckman Roads, McKeesport, PA. It was done by video camera over the week
of May 21 to the 25, 2001. I personally transcribed it from tape.
Survey
order, name, Birth, Death, remarks:
1725,
Raszewski, Longin T, 1883, 1955, Stone is falling In - ground is sinkin in
NOTE: SANDRA
suggested that I look to Òhttp://users.telerama/com/~urichard/glass27i.htmÓ,
for a 1927 directory, indication that he lived at 401 Iowa Avenue in Glassport,
PA. That shows he was going by the name ÒLouis RaszewskiÓ. Sandy confirms ÒYes,
he did go by the name Louis. This is definitely his address because that is
where my aunt Peanuts lived later on.Ó
ÒRegarding
my maternal grandparents, I am shocked and very very pleased to see that you've
found their burial sites. My mother
never really talked much about her parents and is quite closed-mouth on the
subject, wouldn't even tell me where they were buried. I don't know why. Thank
you so much because now I can go pay my respects. Obviously I never met them.Ó
DATA FOR 1930 CENSUS, PENNSYLVANIA,
ALLEGHENY CO., GLASSPORT:
(This
search was a challenge. Finally searched for everyone with the first name of Longine
or Longin in Pennsylvania -- there werenÕt a lot of those!)
Family
is indexed under ÒLongin RaszewskaÓ. Longin is 46, Kathie is (36 or 38). They
own their home (at 401 Iowa Avenue), worth $2000, do not own a radio, do not
have a mortgage. They were married when he was 30 and she was 21. He is not
able to read and write, but she is. They and all their parents were born in
Poland, and they spoke Polish before coming to the USA. He came to the US in
1907, she came in 1911. They are both American Citizens, and both are able to
speak English. His job is as a helper in a foundry, and he is currently
employed.
There
are six children living at home. Vera is 14, Laura is 13, Joseph is 11,
Stanley(?) is 9, Jennie (?Genevieve?) and Paul are both 6 (where they twins?).
The four oldest have been attending school, and the three oldest can read and
write.
Marriage: abt
1914
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Spouse: Katherine
WOLLEN
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Birth: 1894
Death: 9
Oct 1936
Misc. Notes
See
note with spouse -- this MAY be a match.
2128,
Raskewski, Katherine, 1894, 1936
(Sandy
confirms above is her grandmother, ÒKatarzynaÓ.
ELLIS
ISLAND RECORDS:
Wolan,
Katarzyna
Austria,
Polish
Wosola,
Austria
November
08, 1911
19y
F
S
Kroonland
Antwerp,
Belgium
THE
SHIP:
Built
by William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1902.
12,760 gross tons; 600 (bp) feet long; 60 feet wide. Steam triple
expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 17
knots. 1,537 passengers (343 first class, 194 second class, 1,000
third class).
Built
for Red Star Line, British flag, in 1902 and named Kroonland.
Antwerp-New York service. Under Belgian flag 1908-11. Laid up in 1926; scrapped
in Italy in 1927.
OBSERVATIONS
FROM MANIFEST:
Going
to cousin (name illegible) in McKeesport, PA.
(The
previous 3 people on the manifest also appear to be going to McKeesport, and
they all came from Wosola, Austria, and are all Polish. Perhaps they are
travelling together? The other names are Josef Krowiak, Piotr Krowiak (a baby),
and Tekla Skiba.)
I
also note there are a LOT of people named ÒWolanÓ arriving from the same area
in the same time period, many going to Pennsylvania. A family migration?
FROM SANDRA BELLAS COFFEY, SEPT.
2003:
When
I was in ninth grade (1986), on my mother's birthday, October 9th, I was
flipping through The McKeesport Daily News. The historical section always documented
occurences on that specific day in decade increments. Since it was a special occasion, my
mom's birthday, I wanted to see what had happened fifty years ago, ten years
ago, etc. To my surprise, in the
fifty years ago section, I read of my grandmother's death in an explosion on my
mother's fourth birthday.
Apparently the hot water tank exploded, killing her instantly. I often asked my mom what it was like to
grow up without a mother but she said she didn't really notice since she was
the youngest of 8 and always had a brother or sister looking out for her.
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Children
Longine RASZEWSKI (1883 - 1955)
& Katherine WOLLEN (1894 - 9 Oct 1936)
Vera RASZEWSKI (abt 1916 - )
Laura RASZEWSKI (abt 1917 -
) & RUSSEN?
Joseph RASZEWSKI (abt 1919 -
)
Stanley RASZEWSKI (abt 1921
- )
Genevieve (ÒAunt PeanutsÓ)
RASZEWSKI (abt 1924 - ) & Charles FIORE
Paul RASZEWSKI (abt 1924 - )
Dorothy Louise RASZEWSKI
(9 Oct 1932 - ) & Frank Raymond BELLAS
Lonnie RASZEWSKI
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