Steve’s Genealogy Blog

In grade school I always enjoyed the day that came every year when our teachers would ask what our mothers’ maiden names were. My mother’s maiden surname - Niedziałkowski - always got everyone’s attention because it was so unusual. My own surname - Dańko - hardly raised an eyebrow.
Not until I began studying my family […]

Józefa Skowroński (Josephine Skowronski) married Czesław Pszczółkowski (Chester Pszczolkowski).  They are buried in St. John’s Cemetery in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts with James Paul Carlberg.

The Monument for Chester Pszczolkowski, Josephine Skowronski, and James Paul Carlberg - Front
Photograph copyright 2007 by Louise Gagnon. Used with permission.

The Monument for Chester Pszczolkowski, Josephine Skowronski, and James Paul Carlberg […]

Pawel F. Skowronski, the brother of Alexander Frank Skowronski, is buried with his wife, Marianna H. Zaborczyk, and their great-great grandson, William Ojerholm, in Notre Dame Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

The Monument for Pawel F. Skowronski, Marianna H. Zaborczyk, and William Ojerholm - Front
Photograph copyright 2007 by Louise Gagnon. Used with permission.

The Monument for Pawel […]

Jean B. (Skowronski) Danko, the wife of my uncle, Michael J. Danko, Jr., died in 1996.

The Death Record of Jean B. Danko
SOURCE: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Standard Certificate of Death. City of Worcester. 1996. Volume Unknown. Page 048586. Jean B. Danko.
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My uncle, Michael J. Danko, died in 1981 from prostate cancer.

The Death Record of Michael J. Danko, Jr.
SOURCE: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Standard Certificate of Death. City of Worcester. 1981. Volume Unknown. Page 50576. Michael J. Danko.
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My uncle, Joseph J. Danko, died on 05 Jul 1991 after being stricken on the Fourth of July.

The Death Record for Joseph J. Danko
SOURCE: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Registry of Vital Records and Statistics.
Standard Certificate of Death. City of Worcester. 1991. Volume Unknown. Page 35891. Joseph J. Danko.
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My uncle, Joseph J. Danko, died in 1991.  He is buried in Notre Dame Cemetery where many other Danko and Skowronski relatives are buried.  Click on the link for a PDF copy of the map of Notre Dame Cemetery.

Monument for Joseph J. Danko - Front

Monument for Joseph J. Danko - Back

Military Marker for Joseph J. […]

I’ve been exchanging information about the Skowronski family with a cousin of a cousin, Louise Gagnon.  Yesterday, Louise visited St. John’s Cemetery in Gardner, Massachusetts and Notre Dame Cemetery in Worcester, Massachusetts and sent me copies of the photographs she took there.
I was especially interested in the photographs Louise took of the grave of Sophie […]

While searching the Massachusetts Vital Records on the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) today, I found this record for the marriage of Matthew Emilian and Władysława Dymek.  The parents of Władysława Dymek are very similar to those for Frances Dymek, the wife of Alexander Skowroński, leading me to think that Władysława and Frances were […]

Józefa Skowrońska, the daughter of Franciszek Skowroński and Małgorzata Podeszwa, married Czesław Pszczółkowski in 1908 in Gardner, Massachusetts.

The Marriage Record for Józefa Skowrońska and Czesław Pszczółkowski
SOURCE: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Marriages Registered in the Town of Gardner for the Year 1908. Volume 580, Page 311, No. 90. Czesław Pszczółkowski and Józefa Skowrońska. http://www.newenglandancestors.org.
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