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Photos
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 | Felix Witkowicz from his 2012 obituary From: Dignity Memorial, 30 Oct 2012 | 26 Nov 2020 | |
 | Felix Witkowicz - Military Portrait From: Flag honors T5 Felix Witkowicz, D-Day squad leader SouthCoastToday, 24 Aug 2014 | 26 Nov 2020 | |
 | Postcard: SS Patrica 1905 Postcard of SS Patricia on which Leon Witkowicz travel from Hamburg to New York in 1902. The SS Patricia was built in 1899 by AG Vulcan for the Hamburg America Line. I was relatively small at 560 ft long, 62 ft wide and 13,000 gross tons, accommadating accommodation 62 1st-, 184 2nd-, an 2,143 3rd-class passengers. After only a few voyages, it caught fire on 15 Nov 1900 and floundered. It was rebuilt in 1900 to 13,424 tons capacity and again in 1910 to14,466 tons and 408 2nd and 2,143 3rd-class passengers. It’s last passenger voyage Hamburg-New York was 27 November 1913, last voyage, Hamburg-New York. In 1914 it was chartered by the German government as a transport to Tsingtao (German China). Near then end of WW1 (1919) she surrendered to the US who used her as a Naval Transport until 1920 she was transferred to Great Britain where she was operated by Ellerman Lines until 1921 when she was scrapped. This link gives General Information provided to passengers of Norddeutscher-Lloyd steamship lines 1888-1889. | 25 Nov 2020 | |
 | SS George Washington SS George Washington was built in 1907–1908 by AG Vulcan of Stettin, Germany for North German Lloyd. Intended for Bremen to New York passenger service, she was named after the first President of the United States as a way to make the ship more appealing to immigrants who then made up the majority of transatlantic passengers. On her maiden voyage in June 1909, sailing from Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg, she was the third-largest ocean liner in the world capable of accommodating nearly 2,900 passengers, with 900 divided between first and second class and the balance as third class or steerage. First class accusations were sumptuously appointed. She garnered some fame while voyaging to New York in 1912. On the morning of 14 April, the, crew observed a large iceberg as the ship passed south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. After recording the ship's position, the George Washington radioed a warning to all ships in the area. The White Star steamship Titanic, some 250 nautical miles (460 km) east of George Washington's position, acknowledged receipt of the warning, Twelve hours later on 15 April, George Washington received garbled transmissions from the Titanic stating she'd struck the iceberg. Four hours later, Titanic broke apart and sank, killing roughly 1500 of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew; the most famous maritime disaster to this day. In 1917, George Washington was coverted into a transport ship for WW I. She hauled over 40,000 troops to and from the war and in 1919 and 1920 twice carried U.S. President Woodrow Wilson to France for the Paris Peace Conference ending the war. She returned to passenger service in 1921 until, showing her age, she was retired in 1932. In 1941, the United States Maritime Commission refitted and renamed her the USS Catlin to serve in WW II, but quickly finding her coal-fired engines too slow to protect against submarine attack, she was decommissioned again a year later. George Washington was permanantly retired in 1947. She remained tied to a pier at Baltimore until a fire damaged her in 1951, and she was sold for scrap. This link gives General Information provided to passengers of Norddeutscher-Lloyd steamship lines 1888-1889. | 25 Nov 2020 | |
 | SS Bremen The SS Bremen (second of the name, first ship was scrapped in 1876) was built by F. Schichau of Danzig for the Norddeutscher-Lloyd line. At 525 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 10,500 GRT, the ship was very small by today's standards, with accommodations for 250 first class, 300 second class, and 1600 steerage passengers. Her maiden voyage was 5 Jun 1897 from Bremen to New York with a stopover at Southampton. On 30 Jun 1900, she was badly damaged in a dockside fire at the NDL pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. The fire was started by spontaneous combustion of a bale of cotton. After the fire she was rebuilt and lengthened to 575 ft, her tonnage increased to 11,540 GRT. She reentered service in Oct 1901. On 20 Apr 1912, while sailing from Bremen to New York City, Bremen passed through the debris field left by the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Passengers and crew reported seeing hundreds of bodies floating in the water as well as many deck chairs and pieces of wood. Since there was already a ship specially chartered by White Star line to retrieve any bodies, the Bremen did not stop. Bremen was laid up during World War I. After the war she was given to the British P&O line as part of the war reparations. Two years later she was sold to the Byron S.S. Co. and renamed Constantinople, and operated on the Piraeus-New York City route. By 1924, she was renamed King Alexander. She was scrapped in 1929. This link gives General Information provided to passengers of Norddeutscher-Lloyd steamship lines 1888-1889. | 25 Nov 2020 | |
 | Picture of Immigrants aboard the SS Patrica entering New York Harbor 10 Dec 1906 | 23 Nov 2020 | |
 | Stephen A Chmiel Tribute Video | 23 Nov 2020 | |
 | Stephen Anthony Chmiel | 23 Nov 2020 | |
 | Melvina Jenkins Kaylor | 3 Nov 2020 | |
 | Jerry M Kaylor | 3 Nov 2020 |
Documents
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 | WW II Draft Registration Card: John Joseph Wikowicz | 28 Nov 2020 | |
 | Birth Record: Jan Witkowicz | 28 Nov 2020 | |
 | WW II Draft Registration Card: Boleslaw Leon Witkowicz | 28 Nov 2020 | |
 | Birth Record: Boleslaw Witkowicz 1909 | 28 Nov 2020 | |
 | Obituary: Mary Osenkowski Witkowicz 2018 | 26 Nov 2020 | |
 | Birth Record: Mary Osenkowski 1918 | 26 Nov 2020 | |
 | FTFRHA To Dedicate Garden To WWII Veteran | 26 Nov 2020 | |
 | Obituary: Felix S. Witkowitz | 26 Nov 2020 | |
 | WW II Draft Registration Card | 26 Nov 2020 | |
 | Flag honors T5 Felix Witkowicz, D-Day squad leader | 26 Nov 2020 |
Headstones
Individuals
| ID | Last Name, Given Name(s) | Born/Christened | Location | Last Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I1470 |
 WITKOWICZ, Leon |
b. Abt 1875 | Poland  | 29 Nov 2020 |
| I1477 |
WITKOWICZ, Mary Anna |
b. 15 Jan 1911 | New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA | 28 Nov 2020 |
| I22 |
SYLVIA/SILVIA, Gilbert S. |
b. 6 Jan 1911 | Massachusetts | 28 Nov 2020 |
| I1476 |
WITKOWICZ, Boleslaw Leon |
b. 21 Feb 1909 | New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA | 28 Nov 2020 |
| I1475 |
WITKOWICZ, Jan/John Joseph |
b. 13 Mar 1907 | New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA | 28 Nov 2020 |
| I1669 |
KOCUR, Antoni |
b. 1898 | Poland | 28 Nov 2020 |
| I1471 |
KOCUR, Antonina Maryanna |
b. 25 Dec 1880 | Poland | 28 Nov 2020 |
| I151 |
OSENKOWSKI, Maryanna |
b. 4 Feb 1918 | New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA | 26 Nov 2020 |
| I1667 |
HAMOT, Agnieszka |
26 Nov 2020 | ||
| I1666 |
OSENKOWSKI, Stanislaw |
26 Nov 2020 |
Families
| ID | Father ID | Father's Name | Mother ID | Mother's Name | Married | Last Modified |
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| F9 | I22 | SYLVIA/SILVIA, Gilbert S. | I1477 | WITKOWICZ, Mary Anna | 1933 | 28 Nov 2020 |
| F509 | I1666 | OSENKOWSKI, Stanislaw | I1667 | HAMOT, Agnieszka | 26 Nov 2020 | |
| F454 | I1472 | WITKOWICZ, Josef/Joseph Mieczyslaf | I1480 | DOMIJAN, Mary | 10 Jan 1921 | 25 Nov 2020 |
| F353 | I1661 | KURGAN, Jozef | I1662 | Marya | 23 Nov 2020 | |
| F451 | I1462 | CHMIEL, Franciss? Antoni? | I894 | SKOWRON, Helena | 23 Nov 2020 | |
| F447 | I1448 | CHMIEL, John/Jan | I1449 | KURGAN, Mary/Marya | 8 Aug 1911 | 23 Nov 2020 |
| F110 | I1423 | KAYLOR, William Walter | I976 | NEWMAN, Mattie E. | 14 Mar 1907 | 12 Nov 2020 |
| F297 | I1432 | KAYLOR, Samuel | I1660 | LOGSDEN, Sally J | 23 Jun 1874 | 4 Nov 2020 |
| F150 | I1659 | ROBINSON, Ezekiel | I1431 | KAYLOR, Pollie | 15 Feb 1872 | 4 Nov 2020 |
| F116 | I1658 | CLIFT, John B | I1433 | KAYLOR, Isabinda | 23 Dec 1873 | 4 Nov 2020 |