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Joseph Repinski & Elizabeth Strojk
Today, November 4th is the 123rd Anniversary of the marriage of my paternal great grandparents.
Joseph P. Repinski and Elizabeth Strojk were married on November 4, 1896 in Polonia Wisconsin.
Joseph was born on November 8, 1873 in Chicago, Illinois.
He was the 1st born of 2 sons of Simon Repinski and Anna Cysewska.
He had one brother, Felix, born in 1875.
Elizabeth Strojk was born on November 15, 1878 in Polonia Wisconsin.
She was the 1st born of 21 children of John M. Strojk and Mary Orlowska.
Her 20 siblings were as follows in order of their birth:
John Jr. Stroik
1880
Frank P Stroik
1881
Frances Stroik
1882
Maggie Stroik
1883
Ella Stroik
1885
Martha Stroik
1886–1910
Charley Stroik
1886
Felix Stroik
1887
Leo or Louis Stroik
1889–1889
Nick Stroik
1892
Joe Stroik
1892
Alexander Stroik
1893
Dominik Stroik
1896
Mike Stroik
1896
Bernard Stroik
1898
Peter Stroik
1899
Regina Stroik
1900
Ignatz Stroik
1902
Veronica Stroik
1902–1903
Teodozyia Stroik
1907
Joseph and Elizabeth would go on to have twelve children, with their sixth child, Conrad (Clarence) being my grandfather.
Their children in order of birth:
Mary Repinski
1898–1898
George Repinski
1899
Edward Anthony Repinski
1901
Pearl Repinski
1903
Lloyd Repinski
1905
Conrad (Clarence) Repinski
1907
Clara B Repinski
1909
Dorothy Repenski
1911
Theodora Repinski
1913
Alwine Repinski
1914
Evelyn Repinski
1918
Regina Repinski
1920
Elizabeth died on October 7, 1952 as the result of a fall on the front porch of their home in Stevens Point.
The story my father tells is that she was walking out of the house on to the porch and a broom that was on the porch had been wedged between the screen door and the floor....and when she opened the door, she tripped on the broom and fell, breaking a few of her rib bones.
The doctor wrapped her body in tight bandages to help stabilize the broken bones and thus immobilize that area of her torso so the bones could mend with time.
A few days after being wrapped, the pain continued to worsen and she felt she was suffocating and she was taken back to the hospital where as the doctor started to remove the wrapping, she sighed heavily and said "Oh my Lord..Thank God" and passed away.
It was found that one of the broken bones had pierced her heart and one of the bones had pierced one of her lungs and she had been bleeding internally and the pain had been so great that the doctor was amazed she had lived even that long after the initial wrapping.
She truly died of a "broken heart".
Joseph died on March 20, 1957 after a short illness brought on by an infection that resulted in Gangrene to one of his legs.
I have not been able to determine the exact number of descendants of Joseph and Elizabeth but I estimate that it they are the progenitors of at least 400 human beings that were born from the time of their marriage 123 years ago to the present day.
That is just one of the many reasons to note this anniversary as without this couple meeting, myself and at least 399 other people would never have been born.
Happy 123rd Anniversary great grandpa and grandma!
Sources:
family search.org
Geni.com
Wikitree.com
Findagrave.com
Byron Felkowski family research
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