| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Born |
4 Sep 1858 |
German Poland [1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1884 |
Gottschalk, Graudenz, Westpreussen, Germany [9] |
| Residence |
Between 1890 and 1898 |
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
Address: 902 Pulaski |
| Residence |
Between 1899 and 1922 |
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States [2, 5, 10, 11] |
Address: 900 Fratney St |
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| Residence |
1930 |
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States [8] |
Address: 1008 Buffum Street |
| Residence |
Between 1931 and 1941 |
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States [7] |
Address: 2630 N Buffum St |
| Died |
8 Aug 1941 |
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States [1] |
- --Milwaukee Journal, August 9, 1941
Frank Zalewski, 82, of 2630 N Buffum St., was found dead on the floor of his home late Friday afternoon by his son, Joseph, a police officer, who came to visit him. He had been living alone since his wife died two years ago. Death was due to natural causes, according to coroner's assistants.
Mr. Zalewski was born in Germany and came to this country 51 years ago. He worked for the department of public works for 39 years, retiring six years ago. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1935. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 am Monday at the Schramka chapel, 612 E Burleigh st, and at 9 am at St. Casimir's church, with burial in Holy Cross cemetery.
Survivors include two sons, Joseph and Frank, jr., and five daughters, Mrs. Angeline Pierzchalski, Mrs. Mary Gierszewski, Mrs. Frances Cybela, Mrs. Helen Stroinski and Mrs. Agnes Walczak.
Obituary, Milwaukee Journal - August 9, 1941
ZALEWSKI, Frank sr., Fri., Aug. 8, aged 82 years. residence, 2630 N. Buffum st., beloved father of Angeline Pierschalski, Mary Gierszewski, Joseph, Frances Cybela, Helen Stroinski, Frank, jr., and Agnes Walczak; also survived by 17 grandchildren. Funeral Monday, 8:30 a.m. from the Schramka Funeral Home, 612 E. Burleigh st. Services St. Casimir's church 9 a.m. Interment Holy Cross cemetery. In state Sat, after 9 p.m.
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Frank Zalewski Obituary From The Milwaukee Journal, August 9, 1941 |
| Buried |
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
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Frank & Anna (Lindner) Zalewski Frank & Anna (Lindner) Zalewski and Frank, Jr |
| Notes |
- Frank Zalewski, Sr., his wife Anna, and their two oldest children - Martha and Angeline, emigrated to the US from the Baltic port of Danzig and arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1890. The couple's third child, Mary, was born in Baltimore in March 1891. The family then traveled west to Nebraska and east, from there, to the Polish community in Chicago. By May, 1892, the family had settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(Research):According to an interview conducted in April 1980 with Frank Gierszewski, Jr, a grandson of Frank and Anna Zalewski. He indicated his grandparents left Poland from the Baltic port of Danzig and entered the United States through the port of Baltimore, Maryland. There is some confusion, however, as to the area of Poland in which Frank and Anna Zalewski resided prior to their emigration to the United States in 1890. During a telephone interview with their granddaughter, Caroline (Walczak) Sullivan, conducted in January 1995, she indicated that Frank and Anna lived somewhere in the province of Poznan -- an area of Poland then under German jurisdiction and known as South Prussia. his would correspond with information supplied on the death certificate and in the newspaper obituary of Frank Zalewski, Sr in 1941. Although neither source mentions Poznan as his place of birth, both list Germany as his country of origin. (Much of western Poland, including Poznan Province, became German territory after the three partitions of Poland at the end of the eighteenth century.)
There is, however, a conflicting story as to the area of Poland from which Frank and Anna originated. During a 1993 telephone interview with another granddaughter, Irene (Zalewski) Lutzenberger, she indicated that her late father had always said his parents came from eastern Poland -- an area then under Russian rule. Irene's father also stated that when his parents entered the United States, their surname was spelled "Salefsky," thereby reflecting the Russian influence. Although no official documents can be found to verify this, it is interesting to note that in the 1934 obituary of another grandchild, Norbert Cybela, the maiden name of Norbert's mother is spelled "Zalesky."
It is hypothetically possible that Frank Zalewski, Sr is, indeed, born and raised in Russian Poland and, at some later point in his life, moved to the German section in which Poznan Province was located. Although traveling across political borders was difficult in 19th-century Europe, to say the least, it was not impossible. In Russian Poland, for example, all debts to the government, including military service in the czar's army, had to be fulfilled before travel documents would be issued and borders would be crossed. Two years of active military service followed by two years in the reserve forces was required of all males when they reached their twentieth birthday. In Frank's case, that would have accounted for the years 1878 through 1882. We know he married Anna Lindner (a German) in January 1885, which means he probably relocated from Russian-held, eastern Poland to the German-held, western area sometime between 1882 and 1884. This, of course, is only speculation but would explain the Russian "sky" ending on the surname.
They attended Church at St. Casimir's Catholic Church in Milwaukee, WI
Located: 2604 N Bremen (On corner on Bremen and E Clarke)
Notes about 900 N Fratney Residence:
Located between 44 Lee and Franklin
New Address after Change: 2448 N Fratney
Occupants:
Frank Zalewski, Edwin Cybela, Michl Ochalek
(rear): Max Stromski and Frank Gierszewski
Notes about 2630 N Buffum Residence:
Located between E Clarke and E Center
Occupants:
Frank Zalewski and Chester Walczak (1931)
Frank Zalewski (1940)
2630A N Buffum Occupants:
Frank Bolet and Carl Gollner (1931)
Frank Zalewski, Jr and Edw Gerth (1940)
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| Person ID |
I270 |
Brian & Darcy Zalewski | Brian's Direct Line |
| Last Modified |
2 Apr 2012 |
| Family |
Anna A LINDNER, b. Sep 1864, Poland Germany , d. 11 Apr 1939, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
| Married |
Abt 1883 [5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Martha ZALEWSKI, b. Sep 1884, Poland Germany , d. 23 Nov 1930, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States  |
| | 2. Angeline R ZALEWSKI, b. Feb 1886, Poland Germany , d. 17 Mar 1960, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States  |
| | 3. Elisabeth ZALEWSKI, b. 9 Apr 1889, Schwenten, Graudenz, Westpreussen, Germany , d. Between 1889 and 1900, United States  |
| | 4. Marianna ZALEWSKI, b. Mar 1890, Poland Germany , d. 27 Feb 1945, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States  |
| > | 5. Joseph Frank ZALEWSKI, b. Oct 1892, Wisconsin, United States , d. 15 Aug 1981, Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States  |
| | 6. Frances Dorothy ZALEWSKI, b. Jul 1894, Wisconsin, United States , d. 18 Jul 1965, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States  |
| | 7. Helen A ZALEWSKI, b. May 1897, Wisconsin, United States , d. 1 Mar 1974, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States  |
| | 8. Frank Edward ZALEWSKI, Jr, b. Oct 1899, Wisconsin, United States , d. 2 Nov 1976, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States  |
| | 9. Agnes Irene ZALEWSKI, b. 17 Jan 1902, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States , d. 29 Jan 1989, Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States  |
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| Photos |
 | Frank & Anna Zalewski Family Back Row: Frances (Cybela), Mary (Gierszewski), Martha (Strelka), Angeline (Pierzchalski) & Joseph --- Front Row: Helen (Stroinski), Anna (Lindner), Agnes (Walczak), Frank Sr, Frank Jr. |
| Family ID |
F79 |
Group Sheet |