{"id":1992,"date":"2007-12-03T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T07:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/03\/grandfather-the-steel-worker\/"},"modified":"2007-12-03T00:01:36","modified_gmt":"2007-12-03T07:01:36","slug":"grandfather-the-steel-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/1992","title":{"rendered":"Grandfather, the Steel Worker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By 1940, my grandparents had moved again, and my grandfather&#8217;s occupation had apparently changed again.<\/p>\n<p>Kostanty and Helen A. Niedzialkowski are listed in the 1940 Worcester Directory published by R.L. Polk &#038; Co.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Worcester Directory 1940 Entry for Kostanty and Helen Niedzialkowski\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/DWO-1940-Niedzialkowski-Kostanty-C.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1990\" style=\"width: 468px; height: 84px\" height=\"84\" alt=\"Worcester Directory 1940 Entry for Kostanty and Helen Niedzialkowski\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/DWO-1940-Niedzialkowski-Kostanty-C.jpg\" width=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Worcester Directory 1940 Entry for Kostanty and Helen Niedzialkowski<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: Massachusetts City Directories, Worcester 1940, page 704, Kostanty Niedzialkoski; digital image, Ancestry.com (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ancestry.com<\/a> : accessed 01 December 2007); citing Polk&#8217;s Worcester (Worcester County, Mass.) City Directory Vol. 1940 XCVII. 1940. Boston, MA: R.L. Polk &#038; Co.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the link for a <a id=\"p1991\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/DWO%201940%20Niedzialkowski%20Kostanty.pdf\">PDF<\/a> copy of the Worcester Directory 1940 Entry for Kostanty and Helen Niedzialkowski. The brief record states the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kostanty Niedzialkowski was a steel worker who resided at 18 Huntington av,<\/li>\n<li>his wife&#8217;s name was Helen,<\/li>\n<li>his daughter, Natalie V. worked as an office secretary for Dorothy W. Carruth and resided at 18 Huntington av<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My grandfather&#8217;s occupation as a steel worker may or may not be different than that of a press operator as described in earlier directories. Again, he may have worked at Worcester Pressed Steel, but the place of employment was not listed in this directory.<\/p>\n<p>As of 1940, my Aunt Natalie was employed as an office secretary for Dorothy W. Carruth. The directory entry for Dorothy W. Carruth states that Ms. Carruth was a lawyer doing business from 332 Main, Room 316.<\/p>\n<p>The residence, 18 Huntington Avenue, is the same as my grandfather&#8217;s first address when he immigrated to America and settled in Worcester. The building was probably owned by his uncle, Frank Niedzialkoski.<\/p>\n<p>The name Damiano Niedzialkowski again appears in the directory. He may or may not be related to my grandfather, but the circumstantial evidence indicates that he is probably a distant relative.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Copyright \u00a9 2007 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kostanty and Helen A. Niedzialkowski are listed in the 1940 Worcester Directory published by R.L. 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