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

Katarzyna married Józef Piotr Główka on 11 Jun 1916 in Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. Józef (son of Jan Główka and Anna Leoniak) was born on 1 Nov 1893 in Celinów, Mazowsze, Poland; died on 11 Apr 1984 in Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in 1984 in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

1. Josephine Mary Glowka was born on 11 Mar 1918 in Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA; died on 3 Jun 1980 in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA; was buried on 5 Jun 1980.
2. Amelia Katie Glowka was born on 30 Apr 1920 in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Jun 2012 in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried on 3 Jul 2012 in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA.
3. Helen Marie Glowka 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.
4. William P. Glowka was born on 4 Feb 1924 in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Jul 2015 in Ohio, USA.
5. Edward John Glowka was born on 2 Feb 1926 in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Oct 1983 in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA; was buried on 26 Oct 1983 in Notre Dame Des Neiges Cemetery, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
6. Victor Joseph Glowka was born on 27 Aug 1929 in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Aug 2016 in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried on 6 Aug 2016 in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA.
7. C.H. Glowka