Vincent Ostrowski ¹

   Cause of his death was bronchial pneumonia, hypertension heart disease.

   Other names for Vincent were Vincentum Ostrowski ⁵ and Wincenty Ostrowski.⁸

  General Notes:

Detroit > Savage Rd Belleville (Hojinski) > Harris Rd Belleville > Martz Rd Belleville

Immigrated to the United States from Poznan?, Poland in 1890. Unknown if married Julia in Poland and she came over with him, or wether he met her in the US. Signed his "Declaration of Intention" for naturalization in April 18, 1892 in Clerk of Wayne County, Detroit, naturalized in Detroit 1904. According to 1910 Census he work as a laborer in a laundry at that time.

Hamburg Passenger List shows:
name: Wincent Ostrowski
departure date: April 25, 1890
Destination: Michigan
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Age Year: 30
Gender: Male
Residence: Klein Conja, Preussen (Prussia)
Occupation: laborer
Ship Name: Hamburg
Captain: Krabbo
Ship Type: Dampfschiff
Accommodation: ohne Angabe (no indication)
Port of Departure: Hamburg
Port of Arrival: Hull (Amerika via Liverpool)
Volume: 373-7 I, VIII B 1 Band 082
Family Members with him:
Anton Ostrowski, estimated birth year 1889
Julian Ostrowski, estimated birth year 1863 (shown as a male, but in the NY list shown as Female, must have been Julia)


New York Passenger List shows:
Name: Wincent Ostrowski
Arrival Date: May 12, 1890
Estimated Birth Year: Abt 1860
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Destination: Detroit
Ship Name: City of Chicago
Port of Arrival: New York
Line: 15
Microfilm Serial: M237
Microfilm Roll: M237_548
List Number: 632
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: USA


On naturalization certificate, Vincent's signature appears to be "Wicety Ostroski" with an "x" mark in the middle. This may imply that the native spelling of his name was thus.

From son Waleryan's birth record
Jan 1, 1891:
Lived on 301 Garfield Street, Detroit, Michigan, USA

The Detroit City Index gives his address as:

1893: Ostrowski, Vincent, lab, h 413 Forest Ave.
1894: Ostrowski, Vincent, lab, h 413 Forest Ave.
1895: Ostrowski, Vincent, lab, h 413 Forest Ave.
1896: Ostrowski, Vincent, lab, h 284 Forest Ave.
1897: <same>
1898: <same>
1899: <same>
1902: Ostrowski, Vincent, lab, h 891 Orleans
1903: <same>
1904: <same>
1905: <same>
1920: Ostrowski, Vincent, lab, h 1978 Chopin

Federal 1900 Census gives the following:
Detroit Ward 7, Wayne, Michigan
Adderss: 891 Orleans, Detroit MI
Vincent Ostrowski, 40, born April 1860, married 16 years, born and parents born in Prussia (Preussen), Poland, immigrated in 1890, day laborer in full employment, can't read/write/speak english, rented his house

Julia Ostrowski (Wife), 35, born August 1864, married 16 years, born and parents born in Prussia, Poland, immigrated in 1890, can't read/write/speak english
Waleryan (Son), 9, born December 1890 in Michigan, at school for 9 months of last year, can read/write/speak english
Mary (Daughter), 7, born May 1893 (says 183...) in Michigan
Ladyslaus (Son), 5, born December 1894 in Michigan

** Census also shows a family named Famidowski (sp?) who lived in the same dwelling

Marriage Record 1902:
Listed as laborer for occupation

Federal 1910 Census gives the following:
Detroit Ward 7, District 103
891 Orleans Street, dwelling 49, family # 94
Address: 891 Orleans, Detroit MI
Vincent Ostrowski, 50, 2nd marriage, present marriage 7 years, German Polish born, parents also from German Poland, year of immigration 1890, spoke Polish only, laborer in the laundry industry, worker with 0 weeks of unemployment in 1909, could not read or write, owned his home (mortgaged)

Veronica (Wife), 28, 1st marraige, mother of 6, German Polish, year of immigration 1902, spoke Polish only, could read but not write
Valerian (Son), 19, Michigan, spoke English, laborer in a bran factory (?), worker with 0 weeks of unemployment in 1909, could read and write, did not attend school after Sep 1, 1909
Ladislaus (Son), 17, Michigan, spoke English, could read and write, did not attend school after Sep 1, 1909
Maryanna (Daughter), 13, Michigan, spoke English, could read and write, attended school after Sep 1, 1909
Jan (Son), 8, Michigan, did not attend school since Sep 1, 1909
Martin (Son), 7, Michigan, did not attend school since Sep 1, 1909
Agnes (Daughter), 5, Michigan, did not attend school since Sep 1, 1909
Leon (Son), 4, Michigan, did not attend school since Sep 1, 1909
Albert (Son), 2, Michigan, did not attend school since Sep 1, 1909
Joseph (Son), 1 and 0mo, Michigan, did not attend school since Sep 1, 1909
Paul (Son), 3mo., Michigan, did not attend school since Sep 1, 1909

** The oldest son was 19, which means he would have had to be born in 1891, which is after Vincent immigrated. This would have meant the first wife would have come with him during immigration and that they were still having children when in the USA. This conflicts with some other family stories that his first wife died then he brought over the 4 children.


Federal 1920 Census gives the following:
Sumpter, Wayne, Michigan
Street name?
house number FM (farm)
dwelling 41, family 43
Vincent Ostrowski, 59, rented house, year of immigration 1892, naturalized in 1904, can't read/write, born Poland, parents born in Poland, can speak English, farmer on the General Farm, working on own accord, number 41 on the farm schedule

Verna (Wife), 42 (in Error, should be 38), immigration 1896, naturalized in 1904, can't read/write, born Poland speaks Polish, parents born in Poland, can't speak English
Agnes (Daughter), 17, can read/write, born Michigan, can speak English
Leo (Son), 16, can read/write, born Michigan, can speak English
Albert (Son), 14, attended school as of 1919, can read/write, born Michigan, can speak English
Joe (Son), 12, attended school as of 1919, can read/write, born Michigan, can speak English
Paul (Son), 8, attended school as of 1919, born Michigan
Lucy (Daughter), 6, no school yet, born Michigan
Celli (Daughter), 5, no school, born Michigan
Vincent (Son), 3 and 0 months, no school, born Michigan
Helen (Daughter), 1 and 9 months, no school, born Michigan


1930 Federal Census:
Van Buren, Wayne, District 1053
Model School Road
Listed as Paul instead of Vincent incorrectly
Owned property
Lived on a farm
Incorrectly shows born in USA
Farmer on General Farm
Farm schedule 59

Note from a German genealogist about the ship record implying they are from Klein Guja and that further record might be found in the parish of Engelstein:
"

I read in this shiplist "Kl. Couja", not Kl. Conja. But we had no village named Klein Couja in Germany, so I assume it is a misspelling and should mean Klein Guja, a village in former german province of east prussia ( Ostpreußen/ Ostpreussen ) in district of city of Angerburg /Ostpreussen. Klein Couja and Klein Guja sounds in german almost same. Klein Guja is nowadays located in Poland and named Szymanowizna. Members of the former german lutheran church belong to parish of town of Engelstein. Civil registry office also was in Engelstein. LDS church has the churchbooks of Engelstein on microfilm, from years 1693 to 1874 an civil registries from 1874 to 1938. You should take a look in this books, because there was no other town in Germany that sounds familiar like this Kl. Couja in the shiplist
"

Mike Ostrowski had place of death as Belleville, Michigan.

On death certificate, resided at:
1006 Sumpter Street
RFO (?)
Belleville, Wayne, Michigan, USA

Was farmer for 40 years, last working in 1936.

Saint Stephens Catholic Cemetery and Mallett Cemetery
Huron Township
Wayne County, Michigan

Located on Savage and Clark Road

Stones were transcribed by Terry Morin and Edward A. Siedlecki in October of 2000
Copyright by Terry Morin and Edward A. Siedlecki for use by nonprofit organizations or persons.

This is an old cemetery with a number of broken and badly worn tombstones. Church records may show more information than listed here.
^1,7

  Research Notes:

Michael Ostrowski's Internet post says he was born in Purszkow, Poland. However, I have been unable to find his source for this. There is a town similar to this near Warsaw called Pruszków, it may be worth checking for any archives from there just to check if I have a dead end.

St. Albertus baptismal registers are held in the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library

I have checked the Klein Klonia civil records for the time period when Anton would be born, and when Vincent/Julia would be married, and there was no mention of them. There was a Stefan Ostrowski but his parents were different from Vincent's.

Other Internet posts have suggested the towns may be:
Klein Kujan - records only available at the Polish archive, trying to get someone to visit them for me or work directly with the archives.

Klein Konojad - Catholic parish Lemberg, civil office of Kon

  Medical Notes:

Death certificate said the doctor attended the patient between 19 Apr 1939 and 7 May 1939.

Died at 9:45am

  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration, 12 May 1890, New York, NY. ⁹

• Occupation, 1910. ¹ Laundry worker & farmer

Vincent married Julia Radzikowska, daughter of Lukasza Radzikowska and Unknown Wifeoflukaszradzikowska, about 1884 in Prus Poland ^1,2,3.^,4 (Julia Radzikowska was born on 7 Aug 1864 in Germany,^1,2,4 died on 29 Aug 1902 in Detroit, Michigan, USA ^10,11 and was buried on 30 Aug 1902 in Greenwood Cemetery (Aka Sacred Heart Of St Mary Catholic Cemetery), Detroit, MI ¹¹.) The cause of her death was pneumonia.

Vincent next married Weronika Budnik, daughter of Lawrence Budnik and Agatha Anazewska, on 12 Jan 1903 in St. Albertus, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.⁵ (Weronika Budnik was born on 5 May 1882 in Poznan, Poland,^1,12 died on 23 Jul 1946 in Belleville, MI ¹³ and was buried on 27 Jul 1946 in St. Stephen's Cemetery, New Boston, Michigan ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

Names of the witnesses:
Josephus Wasieliwski (or Wasielewski)
Anna Budnik

Reverend F. A. Mueller ⁵