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From: "Dianne Erickson" <>
Subject: Re: [POSEN] Frank Surdyk and his wife
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 18:53:25 -0500
References: <000001c44b40$5c4a9b80$6501a8c0@vnnyca.adelphia.net>


Well, I certainly did an EXCELLENT job of writing today. Groan. I don't
even want to reread the original ...

I think the Posen reference in Milwaukee demonstrates that the Surdyks are
probably from Posen. I once found another website showing that even today,
a large group of Surdyks can be found in Poznan. The family letter that I
have that discusses Milwaukee cousins may refer to this family as Frank's
cousins. I tried in Milwaukee to connect Frank to the family and went
through all early death, birth, and marriage records and could not find a
way to get in. Frank is sort of by himself in Babcock--with all those kids
and no wife?

In order to find the marriage and death records for Frank's other children,
besides Joseph, I would need to write to several different counties and need
to narrow the dates. I know clerks cannot look in general for the marriage
of Stephen Surdyk of Kalamazoo, Michigan. I hoped by posting that on some
day in the future, someone might recognize Steve or George or the women and
let me know the approximate marriage dates or death dates. In any of those
records could be the name of Frank's wife.

Thanks for all help. Perhaps having just years of 1945 and 1948 would be
specific enough for ordering death records.

Dianne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay and Diana" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 4:02 PM
Subject: RE: [POSEN] Frank Surdyk and his wife


> Dianne: As Frank is already naturalized in 1900, I would be checking the
> Wood County courts for his naturalization papers. At that time there may
> not have been information about his family, but with luck his date and
> port of immigration may be listed.
>
> Have you checked his children's death records for their mother's name?
>
> Am I understanding that you are discounting any connection to the
> Milwaukee Surdyks BECAUSE they were from Posen? If so, reconsider that
> connection.
>
> Diana Grzelak Needham
>
> There is always a song for those who wish to sing
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dianne Erickson [mailto:]
> > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 1:43 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: [POSEN] Frank Surdyk and his wife
> >
> > Thank you for all help. Joseph, I think you found him, and now we
> know he was widowed
> > by 1900. Since there is no 1890 census, now I am going to need to
> locate that elusive
> > marriage record for my great-grandparents or that ship record or
> something else to find
> > Frank's wife.
> >
> > Dianne
> >
> >
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