Hadra / Chadra Family 2004 Mail
Hadra, Chadra, Swiechowska, Malec, Kosowski and Majerczyk Families
We are seeking descendants and relatives of the following surnames: Chadra, Hadra, Kosowski, Majerczyk, Malec, Swiechowska, and Seredinka.*SEE Correspondence on this Family. Please contribute by email: contact Dennis Chadra at artlover@chadra.com
Correspondence 2004
MESSAGE:
October 23, 2004"Hi. My name is Christine Shad and I've been trying to find information on some of my decendants when I came across your web site. My great-greatgrandparents were Vencil and Agnes (Uher) Malec, who were married in Cook County IL in the 1870's.
By the 1880 census they had moved to Madison, Dane County, WI. On their marriage certificate Vencil's last name looks like it's spelled: Malez, although it also looks like there's a "t" tacked on to the end. We always thought that the original spelling of their last name was "Maletz", but no one knows for sure.
On an online 1911 Madison directory, Agnes is listed as Aneska and Vencil's brother and his wife are listed as John and Agnes Malec. Both brothers were shoemakers. Vencil and Agnes had 8 children: Anton b. 1870, Marie b. 1874, Carl (Cully) b. 1878, Aloysius (Alois) b. 1880, Francis b. 1882, Emil b 1883, Agnes (my great grandmother) b. 1885 and Emealie b 1887. Agnes (or Aneska) & Vencil Malec were both from Bohemia and that's all we know about our Bohemian heritage.
I know nothing about either Venicl's or Agnes' parents. Does any of this tie in with anything that you know? I'd appreciate any information that you may have."
Thank you, Christine Shad Proud Parent of PFC David, United States Marine Corps cjuuls@bellsouth.net
MESSAGE:
April 21, 2004
"I know that they (Malec) lived near Krakow amongst cousins and that there are cousins that are more than likely still there. As I continue my search, I will let you know what I find. If memory serves me both my Great-Grandfather and my Great-Grandmother were born in Krakow.
I will hopefully have this information by the end of the week. My mother has papers at home to go through. As I said, I'll let you know if I find anything." Many thanks! Alena Courjaud
MESSAGE:
April 19, 2004
"Hello, I'm writing you from Canada as I was searching for our family name Malec and your request came up. Paul Malec was my great-grandfather, emigrating from Poland to New York (approx 1903)- birth place is unknown at this time. He married Franceska and had 3 children Wiktoria (born Austria), Paulina (Poland) and Franck (Poland). Some information that we have is that he may have owned a gas station in New York.
Pauline (my grandmother) emigrated to Canada with her husband Alexandre Courjaud and young son Alexandre Paul from France.
Should you have any information on any of these people, please contact me immediately. We are just beginning our search so any information would be valuable." Alena N. Courjaud acourjau@ford.com
REPLY:
Alena, My great uncle's daughter, Aleksandra Hadra , married Stanislaw Malec (SEE BELOW)
Jozef Hadra Family "Wsi Grobowski" near Wieliczka Poland
a.. Jozef Hadra married Wanda Anitek b. ? - d. 1979 or 1980. Children;
a.. Aleksandra Hadra b. 1914 married Stanislaw Malec b. 1904
a.. Zosia Malec b.? married? to unknown
a.. Olenka Malec b.?
b.. Basia (Barbara) Malec b. Nov 13, 1951 married? to unknown
a.. Michael b.?
1914 - Jozef Hadra married Wanda Anitek. Jozef Hadra was killed in WWI in 1914. He left a pregnant wife who later had a baby girl named Olenka (Aleksandra Hadra?). Jozef Hadra and Wanda lived together only 6 months and never saw each other again. Their daughter, Olenka (Aleksandra Hadra?) married Stanislaw Malec, they had two daughters, Zosia and Basia. Zosia is a dentist and has one daughter, Olenka. Basia works for the railroad and has a son, Michael.
After many years uncle Frank Hadra wrote to Wanda Hadra and she gave Zosia Debowski his address to America.
April 4, 1950 - Aleksandra Hadra Malec writes to her Uncle Frank Hadra in America saying that her daughter, Zosia Malec, is a sickly child but she is happy to have her.
September 1951 - Aleksandra Hadra Malec writes to her Uncle Frank Hadra in America and thanks him for the greetings, photograph and dollar. The photograph made her feel so very happy she felt a closeness. She offered her sympathy for the death of his wife, Anna Hadra. She writes of this time of year there is more work to be done than in winter. The Cherries in their orchard had to be picked in order to have money for taxes the rates are quite high. She tells that she is not very well and cannot walk too much.They must go to town daily since they do not store their produce.
December 30, 1951 - Aleksandra Hadra Malec writes to her Uncle Frank Hadra in America saying that she has a second daughter born Nov 13 named Basia Malec. She thanks God for their health and pray that they will be able to raise their children.
1980 - Wanda Hadra wife of Jozef Hadra died
1994 - Zosia Malec works as a Dentist and her sister Basia (Barbara) Malec works for the railroad.
Hope this helps. Dennis Chadra, Grandson of Frank Hadra / Chadra
artlover@chadra.com
MESSAGE: February 16, 2004
"I'm sure new to genealogy. It doesn't seem to be as easy as I imagined! Thank you so much for the Kosowski information. I don't see any connection yet, but it is another piece of the puzzle.
The confusing part is that while my family came over as Kosowski's in 1903, once here they changed their name to Schmidt. We didn't even know about the Kosowski part until a few months ago, when we saw the ship's list. So if they were Schmidt's or Kosowski's in Prussia, we don't know.
One question. Most of the Kosowski information I find seems to be for Jewish families. Our family is Roman Catholic, although my great grandmother (who married Joseph Kosowski and was named Marie Leskowski evidently spoke Yiddish at times, according to my Mom. Is Kosowski a common Jewish name?
Thanks again, and best to you!" Dan Sanders belalugosi57@yahoo.com
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