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• Residence: 1995, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
• Residence: 2005, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
• Residence: Jul 2015, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

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• Also Known As: Bill
• Census: 1930, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jul 1940, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jun 1942, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Dec 2005, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
• Residence: Mar 2012, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jun 2012, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Lived across from Pa. Moved to Boulder, Colorado to run a leather store for Helen Glowka.

Census:
Pine Street

Residence:
39 Pine Street

Residence:
635 Mohawk Drive, Apt 320

William married Patricia Elaine Torre on 20 Nov 1949 in Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Patricia (daughter of Angelo Mario Torre and Anna F. Ruocco) was born on 24 Dec 1925 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 Jul 2005 in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Emma
• Also Known As: Pat
• Research Notes: Social Security Applications and Claims Index and SSDI list birth date as 23 Dec 1925. Lists name as Emma Elana Torre, Patricia Emma Glowka, Emma Alice Torre. Obituaries of brother Pat and sister Adeline list name as Emma, as do 1930 and 1940 census entries.
• Census: 1930, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1935, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Nov 1944, Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Moved to Boulder in 1979.

Census:
128 Bennington Street

Census:
789 Saratoga Street

Residence:
131 Chittich Road

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• 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]

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• 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:

• Occupation: Bench hand (A and Z Chain Company)
• Occupation: Chauffeur
• Occupation: Proprietor, retail jewelry company
• Residence: Jun 1917, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• Census: 1930, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1935, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Nov 1944, Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Residence:
18 Tobey Street

Census:
128 Bennington Street

Census:
789 Saratoga Street

Residence:
131 Chittich Road

Angelo + Anna F. Ruocco. Anna was born about 1899 in New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Obituary of her son Frank (Francis) gives her name as Annie. Social Security Applications and Claims Index entry for daughter Patricia lists surname as Ruocco, as does obituary of daughter Adeline. Boston Globe obituary of Patricia lists surname as Rocco.
• Census: 1930, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Both parents born in Italy.

Census:
128 Bennington Street

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]