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In tracing The Vincent Dziurzynski Family, I immediately found that the name Dziurzynski itself created many obstacles. For instant, the spelling was not easy for the port clerks to decipher because of the language barrier. This is what I have, starting with the WWII Draft Card Registration for Vincent, dated September 18, 1918 in Fayette County, PA. His address was listed as Jones Street without a house number in Everson, PA. He was born May 13, 1877, in Poland, the town is not mentioned. His last name on the draft card was misspelled during transcription and is listed as Dzierozynski. This was my 1st encounter with various spellings of his surname. His Naturalization date is July 3, 1914. Although, the census states he arrived in 1901,I have only been able to trace him as a passenger arriving in the Port of New York on August 24, 1928. That's several years from his initial immigration to the USA.
The 1910 Census lists 7 persons living at 115 Jones St. in Everson,PA. They are Vincent and wife, Marcella plus five children, Stanley, Josephine, Frank, Matthew, and Sofia.
The 1920 Census reflects 16 persons at 311 Jones Street, Marcella has since passed away as of May 18, 1918. Three more children have been added for Marcella and Vincent, they are Albert, Casimier and Annie. Vincent is now married to Helen and the family has increased to 16 members. Vincent and Helen have added one more child of their own to the family, his name is listed as William Dziurzynski (Boleslaw in 1930). Helen came into this marriage with 5 children of her own, they are Walter, Stella, Joseph, Valerie and Mary with the surname Gosztyla.
In the 1930 Census there are 7 members residing at 325 Jones St. They are Vincent, Helen and 5 children - Casimier and Boleslaw (William in 1920) Dziurzynski, plus Joseph, Valerie, and Mary Gosztyla. My question is where were the other children? The older children are assumed to be on their own i.e., Stanley is 28 yrs old and married to Helen, Josephine is 26 yrs old, Frank is 24, Matthew is 22, Zofia is 21, Walter and Stella would be 19 yrs old. What happened to Albert, and Annie who would be about 16 and 12 yrs old respectively and too young to be on their own in 1930? I will update this as I gather more information.
I have the dates of the birth and death of all the children. What I don't have is Vincent's birth PLACE nor the date and place of death, I also don't have Marcella's (wife #1)date and place of birth other than Poland, however, her date of death is May 18, 1918 in Pennsylvania. Helen's (wife #2) date of birth is May 27, 1887 born in Poland (town/area unknown) and her date of death is August of 1967 in Everson, PA .
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