Stay Away From the Water - Part 2

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Amanuensis Monday, hosted by John Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch.

Last week I shared the sad tale of the drowning of Frederick Grabowski. Thirteen years later the family was to loose a child to the water. Emil Grabowski was born November 1895 in Syracuse, New York to John Grabowski and Rosa Schmidt. He was the nephew of Frederick and grandson of Andrew Grabowski and Helena Schonafski.

The Telegram, Monday August 3, 1903, page 12

SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY DROWNED IN CANAL

Emil Grabowski Was Fishing With a Companion When He Fell In

Emil Grabowski, 7 years old, of 1004 North State street, was drowned in the Oswego canal at the foot of Court street about 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The boy was fishing off the canal bank when he lost his footing and slipped into the water.

Frank Smith, 6 years old, was with the Grabowski boy when the accident ocourred [sic]. The two boys were standing close together and when his companion fell into the water the Smith boy became scared and ran home and told his parents.

Hart's, McCarthy's and Wenz's undertaking wagons were soon on the scene. The body was recovered shortly before 7 o'clock by Undertaker Wenz. While the undertakers were dragging for the body a large crowd gathered. One man was standing on a log watching the proceedings when some one moved the log and the man fell in the water. He was rescued without any difficulty.

The Grabowski boy's father was killed at Cazenovia a year ago last winter. The boy is survived by his mother and a smaller brother.

The Post Standard, Syracuse, N.Y., Monday Morning. August 3, 1903, page 6

BOY IS DROWNED WHILE FISHING

Emil Grabowski Slips Into the Oswego Canal

PLAYMATE THE ONLY WITNESS

Frank Smith, Aged 9, Has Difficulty in Making Parents Understand That His Companion Is Lost

With a fishing line wound around his hand, the body of 7 year old Emil Grabowski, of 1604 North State street, was pulled out of the Oswego canal by Henry Lueberman, Undertaker Frank C. Wenz' assistant, at 6:45 o'clock last night. Three undertakers dragged the canal bottom with grappling hooks for two hours before the body was located and brought to the shore.

"They've got him," shouted someone in the crowd and with this everyone surged forward resulting in another person being precipitated into the water. A man living in ear street was standing on a small log on the canal bank when somebody stepped on the other end, turning over the log and throwing him into the water. He got a good dunking, but was immediately rescued by Mr. Lueberman.

Young Grabowski started out early yesterday to visit Frank Smith, the _ year old son of Frederick Smith of Turtle dtreet. Yesterday afternoon the boys started on a fishing trip. With their poles and lines they went to the Oswego canal, near Court street, and directly back of George Zett's stables, where the Grabowski boy slipped and fell in.

Playmate Notifies Parents.

There was no one nearby to rescue him and the Smith child ran home to tell his parents. It was with difficulty that he made it clear that his playmate had fallen into the water and was drowning, but all that could be found of the missing lad was his hat, which was floating on the surface of the water.

Hatr's and McCarthy's undertaking rooms were notified and there was a lively race between the ambulances through North State street. They were called to about the same time - 5 o'clock. After dragging nearly two hours they gave up the task and were uncertain if the boy was drowned or was only missing. Undertaker Wenz had also been notified of the drowning and sent his men to the scene. They were more successful, securing the body after a few minutes work.

The Grabowski child's father also had a tragic death. He was employed by the People Ice Company and about eighteen months ago, while assisting in filling the company's ice house on Cazenovia lake, was struck on the head by a crank from a piece of machinery and almost instantly killed.

Neighbors gather about the home of the child's mother, Mrs. Rose Grabowski, last night, and endeavored to console her, but with little success. Of the family which consisted of four less than two years ago there are now living Mrs. Grabowski and a son about five years old. The body of the older brother is at Wenz undertaking rooms in North Salina street, where it will remain until funeral arrangements are completed.

Stay Away From the Water - Part 1

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Amanuensis Monday, hosted by John Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch.

Frederick Grabowski was the son of Andrew Grabowski and Helena Schonafski. He was born about 1864, came to the United States c. 1885 and married Lena ____ c. 1887. They had one son, Frederick A Grabowski, born July 1888 Syracuse, Onondaga, New York.

I found this article several years ago. It lists his survivors as an aged mother and sister. I was therefore unable to determine how he fit into the family.

The Evening Herald: Syracuse, Friday, August 1, 1890; pg 7

DROWNED IN GILBERT'S POND

Frederick Grabowsky Sank While His Helpless Wife Looked On.

Frederick Grabowsky, a Pole, went swimming in Gilbert's Pond, near St. Joseph's cemetery, about 8 o'clock last evening. When he returned home he complained of the heat, and concluded to take a bath. His wife accompanied him to the pond. After wading out into the water some distance he suddenly disappeared, and did not rise to the surface. There is a deep hole at this point. Undertaker Frank Wenz dragged the pond and recovered the body in a short time. Mrs. Grabowsky was almost frantic and she could barely be restrained from plunging into the water. The remains were transferred to the family home, No. 404 Spring street.

Grabowsky was twenty-five years old and was employed in the scalding room of Thomas Ryan's brewery. Besides a widow and one child, the deceased leaves an aged mother and one sister, both living in this city.

Recently I found this article which helped me place him in the family tree. I don't know wwy the first article didn't list his father or other siblings.

The Syracuse Daily Standard, (Date illegible, 1890), page 4

DROWNED IN GILBERT'S POND

Frederick Grabowsky Loses his life While Bathing.

A sad case of drowning occurred in Gilbert's pond in Pond street near St. Joseph's cemetery at 8:30 o'clock last evening. After Frederick Grabowsky, who lived with his wife and child in a comfortable home in Spring street, took a notion to go bathing and started for Gilbert's pond, which is within a stone's throw of his house. The young man being unable to swim went into the pond where the water was supposed to be shallow. He had been in the water only a few moments when he slipped into a hole about twelve feet deep and was drowned. Grabowsky's wife stood on the bank of the pond with a baby in her arms, and as her husband sunk into his watery grave she tried to jump after him but was held back by some boys. Undertakers Wenz and Gang were summoned and after dragging the pond for an hour or more one of Mr. Wenz's assistants pulled the body in the shore with his grappling hooks. Grabowsky's mother, who was almost distracted when the body of her son was drawn from the water, had to be helped to her home. The remains were removed to Wenz's undertaking rooms in North Salina street. The unfortunate man was a son of Andrew Grabowsky, a laborer, and leaves a wife and one child. He was in his 26th year, and was employed at Ryan's brewery.

The Rest of the Story

My husband's great-grandfather was August Grabowski (1863-1943). While searching newspapers at Newspaper Archive several years ago I found the following.

The Post Standard, April 26, 1905, (pg not recorded)

Charged with Stealing Ducks

Accused of stealing eight ducks, valued at $1 each, August Grabosky of No. 118 Park street alley was this morning arrested by sergeants Silas Bergen and Herman Eabold. Mary Smith of Sixth North street was the complainant.

Stealing ducks - really!? Not the type of news story I was hoping for! As I continued to work on my husband's tree I learned that there were three men in Syracuse, NY in 1905 that this article could have referred to, including my husband's great-grandfather. As I gathered more records I was able to determine through census records and other newspaper articles that the August Grabowsky named in the above clip was someone that probably is connected to my husband's family but as yet I have been unable to determine just how.

Even not knowing how the other August Grabowsky fits into the tree I was happy to find the following article from a different paper at Old Fulton History.

The Syracuse Journal, Wednesday, April 26, 1905, page 2

8 FAT DUCKS

Mr. Smith Didn't Want Them Around So He Sold Them Unknown to His Wife and Trouble Follows

Mrs. Mary Smith of Sixth North-st. was the owner of eight fat ducks. Her husband had frequently complained about the ducks, advising her to sell them. She refused to do so. A few days ago she discovered that the ducks had disappeared. Lated [sic] she learned that the fowls were in the possession of August Grabosky [sic] of 118 Park-st., a driver on one of the dog catcher wagons of the S.P.C.A.

Mrs. Smith swore out a warrant for Grabowsky, charging him with petit larceny. Grabowsky was arrested early Wednesday morning by Sergeant Silas Bergon and Herman Eabold. In Police court he denied that he had stolen the ducks. It devoloped [sic] that Mrs. Smith's husband had sold the ducks to Grabowsky, whereupon the Justice discharged him.

So it always pays to dig a little deeper!

August M Grabowsky of 118 Park Street Alley was born 8 Aug 1874 in Germany, the son of Julius F Grabowsky and Elizabeth Smith. This family of Grabowsky's seemed to consistently spell their name either Grabowsky or Grabosky.

What was I Doing?

Happy New Year!

With no company today, no kids to babysit, no snow to move and no housework that can't wait I slept late and then decided to read email.

In my email I saw that I had many comments to respond to. A couple were in reference to my resolutions post and I clicked on the link to Western Michigan University, dreaming with anticipation. I did a quick search to find the Tamerson Binns collection, however I searched for Carlisle this time and it appears they may also have copies of the letters from the Bentley Library in Ann Arbor! Do they have the diaries too!? That led to more poking around and I forgot about responding to comments.

WMU is also supposed to have some family or civil war photographs so I went looking for them too. Didn't find them but I started looking at the Civil War diaries that they do have and then at the photos they have. Another link sent me to.......

Seeking Modern Michigan where they have all kinds of good stuff. Found a newspaper collection (need to send link to Miriam!) and then started poking around the cemetery records for Oakridge in Buchanan. In looking for a family member I notice a record for someone with the first name Garnet.

Hey, there's a Garnet in my tree! Did I ever find what I needed on him? What was his name? He married one of the Osborn girls...oh yah, Hoback, Garnet Hoback. So I looked him up and sure enough I was missing some information for him and his wife, Leah P Osborn Mellin Hoback. Found the census records I was missing and the Polk County Missouri Historical Society where I can order there obituaries. Also found a link to there burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Should add them to Find-a-Grave and request a photo.........

Interrupted by a phone call from my sister-in-law, I was reminded that yesterday, I invited several members of my husband's family to work on their tree with me at Ancestry.com and three of the ten (so far) said yes. I figure strike while the iron is hot, so I should be uploading the information, documents and pictures I have to said tree. So I get back to that and I'm adding items I had long ago transcribed from Syracuse papers.

Of course I can't just copy and paste them, I have to read them! And of course reading them leads to questions that I must find the answers to now, while I'm thinking about it!! With his family it is often easier and more rewarding to search by address rather than try and figure out surname spelling variations.

So..... I had this blurb from the newspaper:

The Syracuse Herald, Wed, Feb 4, 1920, pg 6

Town Talk

Frank Barsuch Reported Missing ---
Frank Barsuch, 28, of 2308 Lodi street, is reported missing by his wife. Mrs. Barsuch says that the last time that she saw her husband was Thursday, when he left her in Salina street.

Was Frank ever found!? Enquiring minds want to know so I started a search for the Lodi St address. The first hit I got was from 1940 but being me, I clicked on it anyway, and right there near the top of the page in the delinquent taxes list were Roskopt, Andrew and Margaret at 1o9 Delong Ave and Klotz, Mary at 141 Delong Ave. My father-in-law lived at 108 Delong and both Roskoff and Klotz are names associated with the Grabowski family.

So I opened up my data base of family addresses and they're not there. I have no idea how they fit into the family puzzle so I add them and record the date of the paper.

Found a listing for the birth of a child for Frank Barsuch in July of 1920 so he must of turned up. Oh, wait, there were two men named Frank Barsuch in Syracuse at that time and very close in age. I guess I'll work on untagling them this afternoon!

I hope I find some focus this year!

Breast Cancer Awareness - Florence

October is both Family History Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This month I will be writing about how breast cancer has affected my family. Please join me in raising breast cancer awareness by writing about how breast cancer has affected you and yours.




John lost his mother to breast cancer while he was still in high school and more than 40 years later her death is still hard for him to talk about. I know very little about Florence's illness other than that she had surgery and it was unsuccessful.

There is no history of breast cancer in the family as far as we know. Florence's parents were both born in Italy and we know very little about the family. She worked for many years in a local candle factory and her family has always wondered if the toxins she was exposed to caused her cancer. She died in 1968 and at that time mammography was used only when there was a suspicion of cancer rather than as a screening tool.

Florence's life life was cut far too short. She didn't live to see her youngest child graduate from high school. She missed weddings and the births of many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. I wish I'd had the opportunity to meet Florence, I think we'd have gotten along quite well.

Wordless Wednesday - Harold Grabowski

Harold Grabowski, year unknown

Digital image. Privately held by Apple, [address for private use]. 2009

Wordless Wednesday - Child

Unknown child
most likely a Nardozzi or Grabowski
year unknown

Digital image. Privately held by Apple, [address for private use]. 2009

Helena Grabowski

Helena was John's 2nd great-grandmother. What little I have discovered about her comes mostly from newspaper articles and census records. As is too often the case I started with an obituary.

The Syracuse Herald, Monday, March 22, 1920, pg 18

Mrs Andrew
Grabowske, 83, died Sunday at her home 936 North Salina street, after an illness
of one week. She leaves two sons, Andrew and August Grabowske; three daughters,
Mrs Mary Nelipowitz, Mrs Tina Schwahn (sic) and Mrs Anna Schaknowske; 54
grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. She was born in Germany and had been a
resident of the North Side for 35 years.

Frank H Wenz took the body to the home of Mrs Nelipowitz, 104 Lawrence
street, where the funeral will take place Tuesday at 9:30 A.M. and a half hour
later in the Church of the Assumption. Burial will be in Assumption cemetery.

Her maiden name a puzzle piece yet to be discovered. I tried to see how much I could find out about her and how many of her descendants I could locate. The German names in the older newspapers were spelled however the person at the paper thought they ought to be spelled, which added to my challenge. Searching for the two addresses listed gave me more information and more addresses to search for.

I learned that she was born near Millborg, Germany (which so far I have been unable to locate on any map) and that she married Andrew Grabowski there in November 1858.

The Syracuse Herald, Thurs, Nov 12, 1908

At 9 o’clock this morning Mr
and Mrs Andrew Grabowski were remarried at the Church of the Assumption in
celebration of their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Fredolin Stauble, of Trenton, N.J., the step-son of Andrew Grabowski, Jr.,
at whose house at No. 1208 Park street a reception was held after the wedding.
Mr and Mrs Grabowski were born near Millborg, Germany, and came to this city 26
years ago.

From various census records I learned that she had had 12 children (in 1910, five were still living) and at least six of them emigrated with them to the US between 1882 and 1885. (The notice in the paper would indicate 1882, census records 1885. Some of the children’s records show 1884 or 1886 but I believe they traveled together. I have not yet found there immigration records. Ellis Island did not open until 1892.) So what happened to the other six children? Did they die in infancy or early childhood? Another puzzle piece.

German immigrants settled mostly on the north side of Syracuse and this is where the family made their home. It appears that Helena was a housewife and her husband a laborer. Life certainly wouldn’t have been easy but certainly it wasn’t a bad life either. She saw the marriages of all six of her children and they settled around her on the north side. Beginning in the late 1880’s the grandchildren started coming. More than the 54 listed in her obituary would be born, funerals would take place too. Marriages, births and deaths – the Church of the Assumption would have been a central figure in the family’s life. Several descendants would become priests and at least one would join a convent.

On January 14, 1902 her son, John, died.

The Post Standard, Wednesday, January 15, 1902, pg 6

BLOW CRUSHES SKULL
OF SYRACUSE MAN

John Grabowski is killed while at work on Cazenovia Lake

John Grabowski of North State street, employed by the People’s Ice
Company in harvesting ice on Cazenovia Lake, was struck in the head by the
handle of a windless and instantly killed at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon.

Grabowski was operating the windlass when he met death. He drew out a block
which held it in place, but failed to catch the handle firmly and the weight
caused it to fly around and strike him upon the head. The force of the blow
caused instant death. Coroner Knapp of Cazenovia will make an investigation.

Grabowski was 28 years old and leaves a wife and two children. He was born
in Germany and had lived here about fifteen years.

World War I was doubly hard on the German immigrants as they knew soldiers on both side. I’m not sure how many Helena knew in Germany but in 1914 there was an article in the paper about her daughter-in-law, Rosa Schmidt, widow of her son John, about word she had received about her two brothers being drafted into the German Army.

Helena lost at least two grandsons to the war.

Syracuse Herald, Nov 21, 1918, pg 3, col 2

Corp. Fred Grabowski, Company D, Eighth Machine Gun battalion, was killed in action Sept. 27. He is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. August Grabowski, no 122 Culbert street, to make the supreme sacrifice. His brother, John A Grabowski, Company A, Seventh infantry, was killed in action June 23d. Another brother is at Camp Dix.

It would be nice to have a more personal account of her life written by someone who knew her but for now the records from various census and newspapers are all that we have. I have traced many of her descendants in some cases to seven generations and the outline tree generated fills 10 pages. There are still many, many pieces left in the puzzle that I will revisit on another day.


This oriiginaly appeared at The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree on 1 July 2006. It's is yet another post that I really need to follow up on.

Adolph Niemann

I mentioned in an earlier post that newspapers can fill in a lot of information but that much of what we find is sad. Sad hardly describes the life of John’s great-uncle.

Adolph C. Niemann was born in Germany about 1883 and immigrated to the US between 1900 and 1902. By 1908 he had married Sadie Raash and their son Adolph H. was born. I have found the family on the 1910, 1920 and 1930 census records. By 1930 Adolph owned his own home. Prior to finding the family in the newspaper it seemed the Adolph was living the American dream.

On Christmas Eve 1929 Adolph H. Niemann died at the age of 21. The paper does not record the cause, I found nothing about an accident, just a brief funeral notice.

The death notice for his mother, Mary A. Niemann, is found Jan. 27, 1931.

On June 3, 1931 I found another brief funeral notice, this time for his wife Sadie, at only 41 years of age.

Sometime between his wife’s death and 1934 his daughter Eleonor married James Devine……………and his daughter Anna died. As yet I have not found the newspaper record of either of these events. So how do I know about his daughters?

By 1934, Adolph was living with his sister and brother-in-law, Adam & Jennie Weis. His death made the paper in a big way. He was said to be despondent over his arrest after an automobile accident. I think he just had had enough of life.

The Syracuse Herald, July 23, 1934, pg 4

Hit – and – Run Driver Hangs Self at Camp

Adolph Nieman Found a Suicide: Despondency Blamed

Believed to have been despondent following his arrest on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident, Aldoph Nieman, 51, of 216 Grumbach Avenue, ended his life yesterday by hanging at his camp on Chittenango Creek.

Nieman was arrested early Saturday morning after the automobile he was driving collided with a car operated by Louis Barricci of 305 John street, at Butternet and Lodi Street. He was arrested after a chase.

Yesterday, he had invited ushers of Holy Trinity Church to spend the day with him at his camp, situated across the creek from the nearest road. He had indormed his guests to toot horns of their automobiles when they arrived and that he would row a boat across to meet them.

They arrived about 10:30 A.M., carried out instructions, but received no response. Following a trail through the woods in a roundabout way, the guests reached the camp and found Nieman hanging from a beam.

Sergt. Earl E Stickles and Sergt. Elmer C LaPoint of Oneida Barracks and Dr Nelson O Brooks, coroner of Madison County, were summonded. They cut Nieman down and Coroner Brooks issued a verdict of suicide.

Nieman, who was a machinist employed at the Pierce, Butler and Pierce Company, had pleaded not guilty when arraigned in Police Court Saturday morning. He was released on a bond of $1,000 for his appearance in police court today.

He is survived by one daughter, Mrs James Devine, and three sisters, Mrs Adams Weis, Mrs August Korthas, and Mrs Frank Grawboski.

The body was taken by Carl J Ballweg, funeral director, to the home of Nieman’s sister, Mrs Weis, 216 Grumbach Avenue, where funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 o’clock. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery..

This originally appeared at The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree on 8 January 2006. Here are some of the newspaper articles about the family.

Syracuse Herald, Thursday, December 26, 1929, pg 24

Adolph H Niemann, 21, son of Mr and Mrs Adolph C Niemann, who died Tuesday, will be buried Friday. The funeral will be conducted at 2 o'clock from the family home, 404 Carbon Street and a half hour later from Friedens Evengelical Church by the Rev. William S Bauer. He was a life resident of Syracuse and was employed at the Onondaga Pottery Company five years. Surviving relatives include, besides his parents, two sisters, the misses Anna and Eleonor Niemann.


The Syracuse Herald, Jan 27, 1931, pg 22

NIEMANN - On the 26th, inst., MARY A NIEMANN. Survived by one son, three
daughters, a sister, and two brothers. Funeral from the home of her daughter, Mrs August Korthas, 113 Heir Avenue, Wednesday at 9 o'clock and Holy Trinity Church at 9:30. Internment Assumption Cemetery. Friends invited.


The Syracuse Herald, June 3, 1931, pg 24

NIEMANN - In this city, June 3, SADIE J, wife of Adolph C Niemann, aged 41 years. Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Anna F and Eleonor S Niemann; two sisters, Mrs Harvey O Hirsch and Miss Lillian Rausch. Funeral from the family home, 404 Carbon Street, Saturday at 2 P.M. and at Frieden's Evangelical Church at 2:30 P.M. Friends invited. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Black & White & Read All Over

I read it in the news! Newspapers have been a mainstay of my research for the last several years. From the items I've found I've filled in huge chunks of my family's history.

One of my biggest newspaper finds was actually a transcription posted on the Ontario County, NY GenWeb site. It was a legal notice that listed the heirs of Laura Carter. At the time I had no idea who she was but there were a couple of names that I recognized. From that brief newspaper posting I had a starting point for further research that allowed me fill in many branches of my Hall family tree that I previously knew very little about. I originally wrote about that find here.

One of my most fun trips through the newspaper archives was researching the history of my grandparents house. I "knew" it had been an orphanage at one time. It turned out it was the Syracuse Baby Camp. Take a peek at what I wrote, it's a piece that I'm quite pleased with (except for the lack of source citations).

The Wreck of the Flyer was a local bit of history that I was unfamiliar with. I was surprised that I'd never heard the story as a cousin was the fireman that was killed in the wreck. Since I wrote about it originally, I've found several more articles and the original newspaper reports and I should write a follow up. I cross the tracks just south of the site of the wreck and have told the story to students several times so my family history is their local history.

John has no interest in genealogy and his sisters knew very little. I took out a subscription to the archives of the local paper and found more than I thought possible. Obituaries helped me sort all the August's and Adam's. The other items were mostly sad. I've written about Helena Grabowske and the loss of three of her sons. Then there was the sad tale of Adolph Niemann that played out in the paper over several years. I have dozens of transcriptions that I made detailing the public record of his family. I have posted a couple of them and may post others in the future.

My family hasn't been written about very often but some of the items I've found have been gems. I found the article announcing my mother as salutatorian of her class. I also found a wedding announcement that listed Mom as the maid of honor. I asked her about the yellow chiffon dress that was described and she demanded "HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT!" lol Mom and chiffon, not something I ever would have pictured! I also found several articles about my father's science fair entries.

There have been many other interesting finds. In looking through my archive I found it interesting that I haven't written about any of these finds in about a year. I'll have to get more of the transcriptions published here soon.

This was written for the 57th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy to be hosted by Jasia at Creative Gene.

Maria Niemann Alien Registration

One of John's cousins just sent me the Alien Registration Card of his great-grandmother, Maria Klotz Niemann, that she received from another cousin. This is the only picture of her that I have and it is the first record I've seen where her name is recorded as Maria rather than Mary. Loose inside the card was a picture of a younger man which is in the third scan. I am guessing that it is her son, Adolph. It lists her address as 113 Hier Ave, Syracuse, NY so she would have been living with her daughter and son-in-law, Anna & August Korthas.




Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, NY
1931-01-26
Mrs. Niemann, Native of Germany, Dead

Mrs. Mary Niemann, widow of Carl Niemann, died today at her home, 119 Hier Avenue, after a long illness. She was born in Germany and had lived in this country 28 years. Mrs. Niemann was active in Holy Trinity Church circles, and was a member of the Altar Society and Pour Souls' Union.
Surviving are one son, Adolph Niemann; three daughters, Mrs. Adam Weis, Mrs. August Korthas, and Mrs. Frank Grabowski, and a sister, Mrs. John Schwartz; two brothers, Robert and George Klotz, and 15 grandchildren.

Burial Assumption Cemetery.

November 12, 1908

The Syracuse Herald
Thursday, November 12, 1908

At 9 o’clock this morning Mr and Mrs Andrew Grabowski were remarried at the Church of the Assumption in celebration of their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Fredolin Stauble, of Trenton, N.J., the step-son of Andrew Grabowski, Jr., at whose house at No. 1208 Park street a reception was held after the wedding. Mr and Mrs Grabowski were born near Millborg, Germany, and came to this city 26 years ago.



Andrew and Helena Grabowski were my husband's great-great-grandparents. When I started working at sorting out the Grabowski's of Syracuse's this little bit of information helped greatly.

I still have to figure out where Millborg was.

Older Articles

I decided to start a seperate blog just for genealogy. I will continue to post articles of general interest at The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree and link to them here.

All articles written prior to December 2006 can be found here.

Some of my favorites:
Syracuse Baby Camp - The history of my grandparents house and my struggle to find it

Thank You Veterans - My Mom was an Aerographer's Mate and a cousin served on the Robin Moor

The Wreck of the Flyer - Some Fulton / DL&W Railroad history with a family connection


And some short Biographies of some ancestors:
Thomas David Berry
Michael Camfield
Tamesin Hall
Hannah Lewis Glover
Helena Grabowski
Adolph Niemann