Anastasia Rita Chmielewski, daughter of Józef Chmielewski and Katarzyna Warchol, was born on 22 February 1911 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA . Her birth was recorded in a ledger for the city of Worcester.
The Birth Record of Anastasia Rita Chmielewski – 1911
SOURCE: “Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915,” index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 18 July 2011), entry for Stansilawa Chmielewska, born 22 February 1911; citing Massachusetts Vital Records (deaths, births, marriages) 1911-1915, FHL microfilm 2,409,732; 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 Anastasia Rita Chmielewski . The ledger states:
Anastasia Rita Chmielewski’s birth is recorded on Page 482, No. 705 in the ledger for the city of Worcester,
- Her name was recorded as Stanislawa Chmielewska, a female child born in Worcester,
- She was born on 22 February 1911 and her birth was recorded in January 1912,
- Her father was Joseph Chmielewska [Józef Chmielewski], a laborer from Russia residing in Worcester,
- Her mother was Catherine Warhuk [Katarzyna Warchol] from Austria, residing in Worcester.
According to the American Ancestors website, this birth was recorded in Vol. 600, Page 482, No. 705 in the ledger for the city of Worcester . SOURCE: “Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915,” index and digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 18 July 2011), entry for Stanislawa Chmielewska, vol. 600, page 482, no. 705, Worcester, Massachusetts, born on 22 February 1911; citing Vital Records: 1841-1915, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
This family later changed their surname to Meleski . The child herself changed her given name from Stanislawa to Anastasia Rita . The name change from Stanislawa to Anastasia or Statia was fairly common.
Anastasia Rita Chmielewski was my half first cousin, once removed and the half niece of my maternal grandmother.
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