The Birth of Alexander Skowronski
The second child of Alexander Skowronski and Frances Dymek was named Alexander. He was born in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. His birth is recorded on line 510 of the Birth Register, which I found on the website of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
The Birth Record for Alexander Skowronski
SOURCE: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Births Registered in the City of Pittsfield for the Year 1908. Alexander Skowronski. Volume 574, Page 123, Number 510. http://www.newenglandancestors.org.
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth Record for Alexander Skowronski. The record states that:
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Alexander Skowronsky, a male child, was born on 24 Aug 1908 at 13 Waconah Street, Pittsfield
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His birth was recorded on line 510 of page 123 of volume 574 of the Birth Register for the City of Pittsfield for the year 1908 and was entered in the register on 15 Sep 1908
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His father was Alexander Skowronsky, a laborer born in Poland
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His mother was Frances Dimeck, born in Poland
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His parents’ residence was 13 Waconah Street, Pittsfield
As is typical for the Vital Records Registers for Massachusetts for this period of time, there are a number of names spelled in ways that don’t agree with later records:
- Alexander Skowronsky = Alexander Skowronski
- Frances Dimeck = Frances Dymek
- Waconah St = Wahconah St
It took me a while to figure out the name of the street where Alexander was born. To figure out the correct spelling of the name, I went to Stephen Morse’s website and explored the 1910-1940 Census Street Finder: Obtaining Streets in the 1910 to 1940 Census in One Step.
After choosing the 1930 census for Pittsfield, Massachusetts, I looked at the street names listed for each Enumeration District. There, I found the name Wahconah Street, which I then checked out a MapQuest.
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:19 pm
[…] 2. ALEXANDER FRANK SKOWRONSKI (FRANCISZEK) was born 02 Feb 1886 in Gradi, Lomza, Russia-Poland, and died 04 Jan 1970 in Hahnemann Hospital /Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He married FRANCES DYMEK 19 Feb 1906 in Woonsocket, Providence Co., Rhode Island, daughter of JOSEPH DYMEK and BRONISLAWA GOLASH. She was born 03 May 1888 in Poland, and died Jun 1963 in Massachusetts. Children of ALEXANDER SKOWRONSKI and FRANCES DYMEK are: i. ADAM SKOWRONSKI, born 24 Dec 1906, Gardner, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; died 28 Dec 1906, Gardner, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. ii. ALEXANDER SKOWRONSKI, born 24 Aug 1908, Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. 5. iii. BENJAMIN STANLEY SKOWRONSKI, SR., born May 1910, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. 06 Nov 1998, Memorial Hospital /Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. 6. iv. EDWARD ALEXANDER SKOWRONSKI, b. 20 Aug 1912, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. 29 Aug 1995, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. 7. v. CHESTER STANLEY SKOWRONSKI, born 17 Dec 1914, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. 22 Jan 2005, St. Camillus Nursing Center /Whitinsville, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. 8. vi. JEAN BARBARA SKOWRONSKI, b. 31 Mar 1917, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. 18 Oct 1996, Memorial Health Care /Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. vii. FRANCIS SKOWRONSKI, b. 26 Oct 1919, 16 Dorchester St. /Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. Bef. Apr 1930. viii. SOFIE SKOWRONSKI, b. 1926; d. 1926. […]