John Niedzial, son of Franciszek Niedziałkowski and Czesława Bonislawska, was born on 07 June 1914 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA . His birth was recorded in a ledger for the town of Sterling.
The Birth Record of John Niedzial – 1914
SOURCE: SOURCE: “Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915,” digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 20 June 2011), Birth of John Niedzialkosky, vol. 624, page 509, no. 10, Sterling, Massachusetts, 07 June 1914; citing Vital Records: 1841-1915, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
The image above is a composite image from the ledger, cropped to emphasize the information for this child . Click on the link for a PDF copy of the birth record of John Niedzial . The ledger states:
- John Niedzial’s birth is recorded in Vol. 624, Page 509, No. 10 in the ledger for the town of Sterling,
- His name was recorded as John Niedzialkosky, a male child born in Sterling,
- He was born on 07 June 1914, and his birth was recorded on January 1, 1915,
- His father was Frank Niedzialkosky [Franciszek Niedziałkowski], a farmer from Poland residing in Worcester,
- His mother was Stacia Bonislawsky [Czesława Bonislawska] from Poland, residing in Worcester.
In this record, the family was using an intermediate form of the surname they would use in later years . In Poland, the surname was spelled Niedziałkowski, but at this time the family was using the spelling Niedzialkosky . Later, they spelled the name Niedzialkoski . The child named in this record, however, would later shorten the surname to Niedzial.
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