Saturday, June 28, 2008

Dabkowski

1920 Record

Anthony (Antoni) Dabkowski (1868) immigrated from Poland in 1888. Married Frances (Franciszeka) Dombrowska Mrozinski (1872) who immigrated in 1886.

When Anthony married Frances, she was a widow with five children; Adam, Steve, Josephine, Eva and Joseph.

Anthony and Frances went on to have four children of their own; Zygmunt, Anthony(1902), Stella (1903), Genevieve (1909) and Wanda(1912).

Anthony & Frances along with their children resided at 2708 Cambria Street in the Port Richard Section of Philadelphia. The house was three stories and contained four bedrooms and one bathroom which was added on later. Prior to the addition of the bathroom, the family used an outhouse in the backyard which still stands today. The house was purchased for 5,000 dollars.

Anthony's occupation in 1920 was a Blacksmith.

1930 Record

There a few differences in the 1930 as oppose to the 1920 census record. Anthony was a leather worker. His son Anthony was a Philadelphia Police Officer and residing in the house was Anthony's wife, Mary (1906) and Stella's husband, Anthony Zysk (1896). Anthony Zysk was listed as working in a Plush Mill.

Anthony Dabkowski (1868) is the father of Stella Dabkowski Zysk (1903) who is the mother of Alfred Zysk (1930) who is the father of Joseph Zysk (1959) who is the father of my sons.

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