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From: "Dianne Erickson" <>
Subject: Re: [POSEN] SURDYK, Frank and his wife
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 19:00:12 -0500
References: <Sea2-F8pCx1fO4HKfYf0002c029@hotmail.com>


That's my Frank!

Thank you. Mary looks like the easiest to track. I think I might be able
to find a marriage record for August and Mary and Mary's death record. I
will take some wild guesses by year for the marriage and hope the clerks
don't charge me too much. From another website, I know when she had
children. I hope she reported the name of her mother on her marriage
record.

Dianne

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lianne Muhl" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 4:57 PM
Subject: RE: [POSEN] SURDYK, Frank and his wife


> Dianne,
>
> In the 1910 census, I found a Frank Surdick, age 70, born in
Germany/Poland,
> spoke Polish, widowed, immigrated in 1883? or 1885? (my eyes are not
> working well). He is listed as living with Mary and August Seebruck (and
> children) in Remington, Wisconsin (on a farm). ED 189, Sheet 10B.
>
>
> Also:
>
> Frank Surdick found in:
> Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907
> Document number:ÊÊ3462 ÊÊÊÊDescription number:ÊÊ2 ÊÊÊÊ
> Number of acres:ÊÊ160.0000 ÊÊÊÊAccession number:ÊÊWI3680__.400 ÊÊÊÊ
> Patentee Surname:ÊÊSurdick ÊÊÊÊPatentee given name:ÊÊFrank ÊÊÊÊ
> State name:ÊÊWisconsin ÊÊÊÊ
> Volume:ÊÊ3680 ÊÊÊÊPage number:ÊÊ400 ÊÊÊÊ
> Land office:ÊÊWausau ÊÊÊÊAliquot part reference:ÊÊSWSE ÊÊÊÊ
> Section number:ÊÊ28 ÊÊÊÊ
> Township:ÊÊ21 North ÊÊÊÊRange:ÊÊ3 East ÊÊÊÊ
> Meridian or special survey area:ÊÊFourth Principal Meridian ÊÊÊÊ
> Misc. document number:ÊÊ5859 ÊÊÊÊ
> Title transfer authority:ÊÊHomestead Entry Orig. ÊÊÊÊ
> Combined signature date:ÊÊAug. 12, 1896 ÊÊÊÊ
> Multiple patentees:ÊÊN ÊÊÊÊMultiple warrantees:ÊÊN ÊÊÊÊ
> Signature:ÊÊY ÊÊÊÊCanceled document:ÊÊN ÊÊÊÊSubsurface rights reserved:ÊÊN
> ÊÊÊÊ
>
>
> Frank Surdick found in:
> Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907
> Document number:ÊÊ3462 ÊÊÊÊDescription number:ÊÊ1 ÊÊÊÊ
> Number of acres:ÊÊ0.0000 ÊÊÊÊAccession number:ÊÊWI3680__.400 ÊÊÊÊ
> Patentee Surname:ÊÊSurdick ÊÊÊÊPatentee given name:ÊÊFrank ÊÊÊÊ
> State name:ÊÊWisconsin ÊÊÊÊ
> Volume:ÊÊ3680 ÊÊÊÊPage number:ÊÊ400 ÊÊÊÊ
> Land office:ÊÊWausau ÊÊÊÊAliquot part reference:ÊÊNESW ÊÊÊÊ
> Section number:ÊÊ28 ÊÊÊÊ
> Township:ÊÊ21 North ÊÊÊÊRange:ÊÊ3 East ÊÊÊÊ
> Meridian or special survey area:ÊÊFourth Principal Meridian ÊÊÊÊ
> Misc. document number:ÊÊ5859 ÊÊÊÊ
> Title transfer authority:ÊÊHomestead Entry Orig. ÊÊÊÊ
> Combined signature date:ÊÊAug. 12, 1896 ÊÊÊÊ
> Multiple patentees:ÊÊN ÊÊÊÊMultiple warrantees:ÊÊN ÊÊÊÊ
> Signature:ÊÊY ÊÊÊÊCanceled document:ÊÊN ÊÊÊÊSubsurface rights reserved:ÊÊN
> ÊÊÊÊ
> Metes and bounds:ÊÊN ÊÊÊÊFractional section:ÊÊN ÊÊÊ
>
>
> Lianne Muhl
> Houston, TX
>
>
>
> >From: "Dianne Erickson" <>
> >To:
> >Subject: [POSEN] SURDYK, Frank and his wife
> >Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 12:23:14 -0500
> >
> >I am trying to find out whether FRANK SURDYK came to America with just
> >himself and his children and whether his wife died in Poland.
> >
> >Frank lived from 1838 to 1919 and died in Babcock, Wisconsin. The church
> >archivist has searched records for Frank but to no avail. No wife is
> >listed as being buried with Frank.
> >
> >His children are as follows:
> >
> >1. Mary Seebruck, 1867-1945, lived in Babcock
> >2. Frances Knoll, buried in McMillan
> >3. Joseph, March 19, 1875 to April 14, 1940; married Margaret Poppenfus
> >(daughter of Michael Poppenfus and Mary Schmiegel) on June 27, 1900. A
> >search of civil and church records in Tomah fails to turn up this
marriage
> >record. A search of church records in surrounding areas, including Adams
> >County also fails to turn up this record.
> >4. Steven--last known to be in Kalamazoo, Michigan; his descendants
still
> >live there, I think
> >5. George, 1876-1948, buried in Tomahawk, Wisconsin.
> >
> >(source: my late grandmother's notes)
> >
> >My great-grandfather is Joseph Surdyk, later spelled Surdick. I always
> >heard he came to America when he was about six or seven. On his death
> >certificate, his mother's name is blank, but Frank is filled out as his
> >father.
> >
> >Frank supposedly has cousins in Milwaukee. I searched in the Surdyk
> >records in Milwaukee, but I cannot find the connection. Milwaukee
Surdyks
> >are listed as coming from Posen.
> >
> >I would greatly appreciate the following help:
> >
> >How can I find the ship record?
> >Do I have any cousins on this list that might have marriage records for
> >Frank's children?
> >Would anyone mind looking for Frank Surdyk of Babcock, Wisconsin in the
> >1900 census? I never seem to have time to go to the library and get
those
> >reels.
> >
> >If I could locate Joseph's and Margaret's marriage record, I could find
> >Joseph's mother's name, but I cannot figure this out; my late grandmother
> >insisted her parents were married in Tomah and that it was a Catholic
> >wedding.
> >
> >It seems unlikely that Frank came to America as a widower and raised all
> >those kids by himself. But what happened to Mrs. Frank? Perhaps she
died
> >before my grandmother was born in 1910 but still might have come to
> >America, and we just don't know anything about her.
> >
> >Thank you.
> >
> >Dianne
> >
> >
> >
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>
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