Family/Spouse: Weller. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. J. Weller Streck
2. A. Weller
3. C. Weller

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Buddy
• Occupation: Naval Officer, businessman
• Census: 1930, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1935, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1945, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: May 1979, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

From his obituary in the Boston Herald: “Born in Everett, he was raised in Salem. He began his military career as one of the youngest commissioned officers at that time. Mr. Bourgeois was stationed in submarines at Pearl Harbor and later in Washington, D.C., at the National War College. He traveled around the world on many diplomatic trips. His last tour of duty was with the 6th Fleet out of Naples, Italy. After 29 years of service, Mr. Bourgeois retired from the Navy and moved back to Melrose. He began a new career as a businessman, buying the Walter Dyer Leather Shop on Beacon Hill in Boston. At one time, his family owned seven leather shops.”

Census:
5 Green Street

Census:
10 Glendale Street

Residence:
10 Glendale Street

Residence:
20 Chestnut Park

Buried:
Section 66, Site 3965-1

Edward married Helen Marie Glowka in 1944 in Massachusetts, USA. Helen (daughter of Józef Piotr Główka and Katarzyna Ziemba) was born on 25 Feb 1922 in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Mar 2012 in Massachusetts, USA; was buried on 20 Jun 2012 in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Owner, leather store
• Occupation: Servant (1940)
• Census: 1930, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1935, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jul 1940, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1945, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: May 1979, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Dec 2005, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Owned a leather shop (Helen’s Leather) on Charles Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. Also owned stores in Boulder and Connecticut. The Boulder store was run by her brother Bill Glowka. At the time of the 1940 census, Helen was working as a servant in the household of Manuel Glazier, 412 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, Massachusetts.

Census:
412 Commonwealth Avenue

Residence:
10 Glendale Street

Residence:
20 Chestnut Park

Residence:
20 Chestnut Park

Buried:
Section 66, Grave 3965-1

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter
• Occupation: Meat cutter, grocery store
• Occupation: Painter
• Immigration: 1903
• Census: 1920, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1935, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Census:
227 Main Street

Census:
5 Green Street

Census:
10 Glendale Street

Edward married Mary Dugas about 1918. Mary was born about 1891 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Social Security Applications and Claims Index entry for son Edward lists maiden name as “Ougas.”
• Immigration: 1908
• Census: 1920, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1935, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1945, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Census:
227 Main Street

Census:
5 Green Street

Census:
10 Glendale Street

Residence:
10 Glendale Street

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Joseph Peter
• Cause of Death: Bladder cancer
• Occupation: Card stripper, woolen mill
• Occupation: Cobbler, gardener, chicken farmer, textile worker (carder)
• Occupation: Laborer (WPA waterworks project)
• Occupation: Mill hand (woolen mill)
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Research Notes: Various records give his birthplace as Celinów, Mińsk Mazowiecki, or Warszawa. It is likely he was born in Celinów, but gave Mińsk Mazowiecki (the nearest town of any size) or Warszawa (the nearest major city) for convenience. Celinów was in the Mińsk, Mazowiecki parish. A Josef Glowka passed through Ellis Island in July 1913, coming from Nowominsk, Russia, which is now Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland (pronounced “Ma-zo-vyet-ski”) and is located a short distance southeast of Warsaw. It appears he was accompanied by Maryanna Glowka. Perhaps this is his sister. Death certificate gives birthdate of 13 November 1890. WWI Draft Registration gives 1 September 1894. Other records give 1 November 1894. His indexed birth record gives 1893 (with a relatively high record number, meaning late in the year), so I have recorded it as 1 November 1893. 1950 census lists age as 58.
• Immigration: 1913
• Residence: Jun 1917, Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• Census: 1920, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Apr 1920, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Naturalization: 29 Sep 1927, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Apr 1942, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Aug 1946, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1950, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1951, North Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Nov 1952, North Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Feb 1953, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jun 1954, North Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Arrived in US through Ellis Island just before WWI (1913?). In Warsaw, he worked as a cobbler and as a city park service gardener. Left Poland to get away from a bad political situation (perhaps to avoid conscription). Probably lied about his age when he entered the country (or when he got married).

Had several siblings, including one sister in Poland and two (?) in US. Known as “Pa.” Had a big vegetable garden. Was fond of blackberry brandy. Name is pronounced “Gloof-ka” in Polish; means “head” or “big head.”

In 1942, he worked for City Mills in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Residence:
575 High

Census:
Ray Street

Residence:
Maple Street

Naturalization:
Certificate #2496341

Census:
Pine Street

Residence:
39 Pine Street

Residence:
39 Pine Street

Census:
Pine Street

Residence:
39 Pine Street

Died:
Melrose Wakefield Hospital

Józef married Katarzyna Ziemba on 11 Jun 1916 in Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. Katarzyna was born on 29 Dec 1899 in Poland; died on 8 Jan 1971 in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Jan 1971 in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Catherine
• Also Known As: Katie
• Occupation: Helper, cotton mill
• Occupation: Home maker
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Research Notes: Joseph Whalen gives name as “Katerina Zieba.” Husband’s death certificate and obituary of son Victor give “Katharzyna Zemba.” Massachusetts Death Index lists Katharzy M. Glowka. Birth certificate of daughter Amelia lists “Katie Zaba.” Social Security Applications and Claims Index entry for son Edward lists surname as “Ziemba.” Obituary of son William gives surname as “Zenbia.” I have chosen to use “Ziemba” as this is the name on her Petition for Naturalization, which she herself would have completed. Joseph Whalen gives birthplace as Kraków, Poland (but not in Kraków proper). Her Naturalization Petition lists Morki (or Marki), Austria. Marki is just northeast of Warsaw, about 40km from the birthplace of her husband. On the other hand, this area was under Russian, rather than Austrian control from before her birth until the end of the WWI. If there was another Marki/Morki in Austrian-controlled Poland (Galicia), I have been unable to find it.
• Immigration: 23 Apr 1913, New York, New York County, New York, USA
• Census: 1915, Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• Census: 1920, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Apr 1920, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jul 1940, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1950, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1951, North Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Feb 1953, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jun 1954, North Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Before coming to US, lived in a thatched-roof house in dire poverty. Met Joseph Glowka in Fall River (MA/RI) and probably married there. Had relatives there before coming to US. One of her children was a twin, but the other child died at birth.

At the time of the 1915 Rhode Island Census, Katie was a boarder in the household of Mary Hefman.

Emigrated via Bremen, Germany aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II, arriving in New York on 23 April 1913.

1920, 1930, and 1940 censuses all place her birth in 1899. Find-A-Grave entry gives birth year of 1894.

Census:
208 Cross Street

Residence:
Maple Street

Census:
Pine Street

Residence:
39 Pine Street

Census:
Pine Street

Notes:

Family lived in a rented house on Maple Street in Bellingham in 1930.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: His name is given as “Peter Glowka” on his son’s death certificate.

Jan married Anna Leoniak in 1880 in Jakubów, Mazowsze, Poland. Anna (daughter of Marcin Leoniak and Marianna Staszewska) was born in 1859 in Jakubów, Mazowsze, Poland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]