{"id":14186,"date":"2011-07-04T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T07:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=14186"},"modified":"2011-07-09T00:09:12","modified_gmt":"2011-07-09T07:09:12","slug":"the-birth-of-walter-p-markiewicz-%e2%80%93-1917","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/14186","title":{"rendered":"The Birth of Walter P. Markiewicz &#8211; 1917"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walter P. Markiewicz, son of Stanis\u0142aw J. Markiewicz and Antonina Lewandowska, was born on 15 August 1917 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA .\u00a0 His birth was recorded in a ledger for the city of Worcester.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/VRB-Markiewicz-Walter-1917-Crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14187\" title=\"The Birth Record of Walter P. Markiewicz - 1917\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/VRB-Markiewicz-Walter-1917-Crop.jpg\" alt=\"The Birth Record of Walter P. Markiewicz - 1917\" width=\"630\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/VRB-Markiewicz-Walter-1917-Crop.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/VRB-Markiewicz-Walter-1917-Crop-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/VRB-Markiewicz-Walter-1917-Crop-1024x205.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Birth Record of Walter P. Markiewicz &#8211; 1917<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Worcester, Massachusetts, Births, vol. 642, page 630, no. 3390, Walter Markiewicz, 1917; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts, microfilm #141.<\/p>\n<p>The image above is a composite image from the ledger, cropped to emphasize the information for Walter William Dymek .\u00a0 Click on the link for a PDF copy of the birth record of <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/VRB-Markiewicz-Walter-1917.pdf\">Walter P. Markiewicz<\/a> .\u00a0 The ledger states:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Walter P. Markiewicz&#8217;s birth is recorded in vol. 642, page 630, no. 3390 in the ledger for the city of Worcester,<\/li>\n<li>His name is recorded as Walter Markiewicz, a male child born in Worcester,<\/li>\n<li>He was born on 15 August 1917 and his birth was recorded in January 1918,<\/li>\n<li>His father was Stanley Markiewicz [Stanis\u0142aw Markiewicz], a moulder from Poland residing in Worcester,<\/li>\n<li>His mother was Antonina Rejbodzanka [Antonina Lewandowska] from Poland, residing in Worcester.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The microfilm copy was poor, as evidenced by the images shown here .\u00a0 Fortunately, the photocopy I have is readable, even though portions of the digital image are not.<\/p>\n<p>The spelling of the mother&#8217;s maiden name on this record (Rejbodzanka) differs significantly from that on other records from the same time period: Ljwoda, Leiwoda, and Levodzauki .\u00a0 My best guess at this time is that the actual surname is Lewandowska.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walter P. Markiewicz, son of Stanis\u0142aw J. Markiewicz and Antonina Lewandowska, was born on 15 August 1917 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA .\u00a0 His birth was recorded in a ledger for the city of Worcester. 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