After finding Damian Niedzialkowski’s Naturalization Records, I discovered that, during the Naturalization Process, Damian changed his name to Damian Cosky.<\/p>\n
This surname change was not unusual. My Chmielewski relatives changed their surname to Meleski, and my Dziura relatives changed their surname to Dziurzynski. Other Niedzialkowski relatives changed their surnames to Niedzialkoski, Niedzial, and Newman. I’ve also learned that other Niedzialkowskis changed their surname to Sunday (a translation of the name).<\/p>\n
The surname change from Niedzialkowski to Cosky revealed why Damian seemed to disappear from the Worcester, Massachusetts records after his naturalization, leading me to speculate that he and his family moved away from Worcester. Knowing that he changed his name, I’ve been able to determine that he and his wife remained in Worcester, appearing with the surname Coski in City Directories and other records.<\/p>\n
The Social Security Death Index includes the following entries for Damian and his wife Caroline:<\/p>\n
Name:\u00a0 Damian Cosky
\nBirth Date: 15 May 1895
\nDeath Date: May 1967
\nSocial Security Number:\u00a0 017-09-0781
\nState or Territory Where Number Was Issued:\u00a0 Massachusetts
\nDeath Residence ZIP Code: 01606<\/p>\nName:\u00a0 Caroline Cosky
\nBirth Date: 16 Dec 1897
\nDeath Date: Dec 1981
\nSocial Security Number:\u00a0 030-12-8047
\nState or Territory Where Number Was Issued:\u00a0 Massachusetts
\nDeath Residence ZIP Code: 01606<\/p><\/blockquote>\nFurther, the Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003 includes the following entry:<\/p>\n
Name:\u00a0 Caroline A Cosky
\nCertificate:\u00a0 055881
\nDeath Place:\u00a0 Worcester
\nDeath Date:\u00a0 22 Dec 1981
\nBirth Date:\u00a0 16 Dec 1897<\/p><\/blockquote>\nInformation from Damian’s naturalization records provides clues for additional research, including clues to immigration records, Polish church records, Massachusetts vital records, Massachusetts land records, and Massachusetts court records. I still don’t know if or how Damian Niedzialkowski is related to me, but this additional information gives me hope that I’ll be able to discover the answer to these questions.<\/p>\n
Written for the Carnival of Eastern European Genealogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Copyright \u00a9 2008 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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