Sypniewskis in Wisconsin
GENERATION ONE:
Marcus Sypniewski had the following children:
GENERATION TWO: Martin Sypniewski (Sypneski in 1900 census)was born about November 1867 (1900 U.S. Census) in L~odz, Abramcow, Poland (then part of Russia). His parents were born in Russia, according to the census records. He immigrated to the United States in 1889, and most likely entered through Castle Garden Immigration Processing Center. He married circa 1887 to Verona Boschi. Verona was born December 1868 on a farm near Lodz, Poland (then part of Russia). Her parents were listed as being born in Russia in the census.
Martin and Veronica's children were:
Verona (nee Boschi) Sypniewska had relatives in Detroit and Chicago. The family lived in the Syracuse/Buffalo area of New York. By the 1900 census they were living in Three Lakes, Oneida County, Wisconsin. The 1900 census shows the family living in Gagen Town, Oneida County, Wisconsin. The family relocated to the Vancouver, Washington area sometime prior to 1902, when Verona died in childbirth and the family split up. Verona's tombstone says "Verona Sypneski 1868-1902." The 1920 census shows Martin Sypniewski in Chula Vista, San Diego County, California. Martin died in California in 1925, when his car was struck by a train.
Wincenty Sypniewski lived in L~odz, Poland. Wincenty was killed in Poland in 1933. Wincenty had 7 children:
SYPNIEWSKI I HAVE FOUND IN WISCONSIN:
THE SYPNIEWSKI PLOT in ST. MARY CATHOLIC CEMETARY, Manitowoc, Wisconsin:
JADWIGA SYPNIEWSKI died June 26, 1900, and is buried in St, Mary's Catholic Cemetary, Manitowoc (Manitowoc County), Wisconsin. This cemetary is located on the southeast corner of 18th and Division Street. One section is used by St. Mary's Church and the other is used by the Sisters of Saint Mary's Home (Felician Sisters) for nuns and for those people living in the home who are without family.
Sister Mary Theodorette Sypniewski, of Wisconsin, died at the age of 91 years, on December 8, 2001, at the St. Joseph Congregational Home at 1300 Maria Drive, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481 (built in 1902). She was a Sister of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis, Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Theodorette was born on January 10, 1910, in Poland. She was the daughter of Andrew Sypniewski and Frances Mlodzieniak. In 1912 their family traveled from Poland and settled in Chicago, Illinois. She was a noviate of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis on August 10, 1926. She made her final vows on August 9, 1933. She was a teacher in Chicago elementary and high schools. In Stevens Point, she taught at St. Peter School from 1927-1929. She also did catechetical work in California for 20 years.
Her sister, Frances Sypniewski lives in Sierra Vista, Arizona (see: The Portage County Gazette, December 1, 2001).
This page was last updated on August 3, 2006
Submitted by Al Akerson
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