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  1. 1.  LivingLiving

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Louis James WilsonLouis James Wilson was born on 19 Apr 1923 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA (son of Rolland Harvey Wilson and Hildred Rosamond Thurow); died on 30 Oct 2012 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, USA; was buried on 4 Nov 2012 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, USA
    • _UID: 3E4E3619FC89468F95B564A896F706AECC53
    • Graduation: 1941, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Winona Senior High School,
    • School: Sep 1942 to May 1943, Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA; Grinnell College,
    • School: Jun 1943 to Dec 1943, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA; University of Minnesota
    • Military Service: Jan 1944 to Apr 1946; in the Navy,
    • Degree: Jun 1948, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA, Univerisity of Minnesota; Bachelor of Arts
    • Degree: Jul 1949, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA, Univerisity of Minnesota; Bachelor of Science
    • Degree: Jun 1951, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA, Univerisity of Minnesota; Bachelor of Medicine
    • Degree: 14 Jun 1952, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA, Univerisity of Minnesota; Doctor of Medicine
    • Occupation: 7 Jul 1952, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA
    • Ordained: 12 Mar 1961, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, St. Paul's Church
    • Occupation: 19 May 1980, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, USA; family practice physician

    Notes:

    Occupation:
    with his father, Dr. R.H. Wilson as a physician.

    Ordained:
    Deacon, Episcopal Church

    Louis married Miloty Elizabeth Vitosky on 7 Apr 1945 in Hollywood, Broward County, Florida, USA. Miloty (daughter of Joseph John Vitosky and Magdalena\Madelyn Barbara Grych) was born on 20 Oct 1922 in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, USA; died on 31 Jan 2006 in Irving, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried on 3 Feb 2006 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Miloty Elizabeth Vitosky was born on 20 Oct 1922 in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, USA (daughter of Joseph John Vitosky and Magdalena\Madelyn Barbara Grych); died on 31 Jan 2006 in Irving, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried on 3 Feb 2006 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Balch Springs, Dallas County, Texas, USA
    • Residence: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
    • _UID: F556200BC44E405AAE69FF2C98D926282361
    • Graduation: 1941, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; Woodrow Wilson High School
    • Military Service: 7 Sep 1943, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; Enlisted in Navy
    • Military Service: 12 Oct 1943, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; Active Service Entry
    • Military Service: 14 Oct 1945, Great Lakes Naval Station, , Illinois, USA; Separation Date

    Children:
    1. 1. Living
    2. Nancy Louise Wilson was born on 1 Oct 1950 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA; was christened on 1 Nov 1950 in Edina, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; died on 20 Apr 1982 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery.
    3. Living
    4. Living


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Rolland Harvey WilsonRolland Harvey Wilson was born on 30 Apr 1895 in New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village (son of Dr. Clarence Edmund Wilson and Etna Elinor Harvey); died on 11 Jan 1974 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Woodlawn Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: BD019F6AC7AD48B3BAA761C651BBB8E0621B
    • Graduation: 1915, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Winona Senior High School,
    • Attended: 1915-1918, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA; Hamline University
    • Military Service: 1918-1919; in WWI
    • Degree: 2 Sep 1921, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA; University of Minnesota Bachelor of Science
    • Degree: 14 Dec 1922, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA; University of Minnesota Bachelor of Medicine
    • Resided: 1923-1928, Harmony, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA
    • Degree: 17 Jun 1929, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA; University of Minnesota Doctor of Medicine
    • Resided: 1929-1930, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; Marion St.
    • Resided: 1931-1932, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, 1114 W. Broadway; 1114 W. Broadway
    • Resided: 1933-1938, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; 419 Washington St.
    • Resided: 19 Feb 1938-1960, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; 724 Washington St.
    • Resided: 1960-1968, Homer Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, La Moille Village; Queen's Cove

    Notes:

    COMMENCEMENT HONORS AT WINONA HIGH SCHOOL

    Miss Gladys Winter Ranks Highest and Will Be Veladictorian and Rolland Wilson Comes Next and Will Be Salutatorian — Both Residents of Dakota Village— Interesting Announcement by Principal Webster Davis.

    Gladys Winter with an average grade of 95.32 was today declared to be the valedictorian of the class of 1915 of the Winona High school and Holland Wilson with an average grade of 94.68 the salutatorian of the class, by Principal Webster Davis before a general assembly of the student body of the school.
    The honor roll of this year's graduating class oj the High school consists of fourteen students who have performed the work of their High school career with an average grade ibove 90 per cent. This compares very favorably with the honor roll of last year's class, which contained the names of fifteen students out of a class of eighty while this year's class will have only about 60 members.
    Mr. Davis congratulated the school, the faculty and those on the honor roll for the excellent record they had made after his announcement had been received by the student body.

    Winner of First Honors

    Gladys Winter, the valedictorian, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Winter of Dakota, Minn., her father being a fruit raiser. Misa Winter was born in 1897 and, although a student in Dakota, received most of her education in a little, rural, one-roomschool-hoese at Richmond, Minn. There she easily led her class and almost invariably carried off the reward of merit cards. She finished the later years of her grade schooling in Dakota, where she completed her work with high honors under Miss Cora Dickson, now Mrs. Frank Morrisey of Winona.
    Miss Winter is a graduate of the literary course of the Winona High School having completed the subjects of that course with the exceptionally fine average of 95.32. Thruout her school career here she had done tplendid work and taken much interest and active.part in the different interests o£ the High school. She has been on the Radiograph staff and was editor in chief of a recent number. She also did splendid work as a member of the Junior Dramatic society a rear ago.

    Second Honors Winner
    Rolland Wilson, the salutatorion oi his class, is the son of Mr. and Mrs, C . E. Wilson, also of Dakota, Minn. Mr. Wilson was born in 1895, and as a student of Dakota, proved himself very competent in his school work, re ceiying very high marks. He completed his school work there in 1908 under Miss Agnes Hatch, four years before he took up his High school ionrse in Winona. C- B. Wilson, his father, is a physician and surgeon at Dakota. Mr. Wilson will be a graduate of .he classical course of the High school with an average grade of 94.68. Mr. Wilson has proved himself a consistent and excellent student all thru his school career and he has also taken an active interest in the affaiTs of Sis class and school. Conddentally, both Miss Winter and Mr Wilson, both residents of Dakota, started school at the same time and will complete their preparatory school work together with very high grades, the highest of their class, a worthy showing. An interesting feature of the honor roll which those people lead, is the fact that half of its members are boys and half are girls.



    Obituary published in the Winona, Minnesota, Daily News on January 11, 1974.

    Dr. Rolland Harvey Wilson. 78. who retired from medical practice in Winona in 1965, died at 5:10 a.m. today at Commu-nity Memorial Hospital. He had been ill 10 years.
    He located in Winona in July 1929, was appointed Winona County Physician in 1932, serving in that capacity about 15 years, and was elected city health officer in 1950.
    He was a member of the Harmony, Minn., Greenfield Ma-sonic Lodge A.F. & A.M.: Winona Scottish Rite Bodies: Osman Temple of the Shrine St. Paul; a life member of the Winona County Historical Society, honorary member of the American Medical Association and the Minnesota State Medical Society of which he was past president, and served on the Minnesota State Welfare Committee about 20 years and was a member of the Winona County Medical So-ciety. He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and had served as senior warden and vestryman.
    The son of Dr. Clarence E. and Etna Harvey Wilson. be was born at Dakota, Minn., April 30, 1895. He attended Dakota schools, was a 1915 graduate of Winona Public Schools, attended Hamline University. St. Paul, two years and received the degree of medical doctor from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1923. He served in the Army Medical Corps in World War I. On Sept.17, 1921, be married Hildred Thurow at Winona.
    Dr. Wilson practiced in Harmony, Minn., six years. then was at Swedish Hospital, Minneapolis, where he did post graduate work in surgery prior to locating in Winona.
    Survivors are: his wife; three sons, Dr. Louis Wilson, Rushford, Minn.; David D. Wilson, Waukesha, Wis, and Rolland H. Wilson, Jr., Minneapolis: eight grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Earl (Alice) Smith, Winona, and Mrs. Wilfred (Sylvia) Quinlivan, Lakewood, Col.
    Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m., Monday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Rev. A.S. Lawrence, Jr., officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
    There will be no visitation. Fawcett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    A memorial is being arranged.

    Ethnicity/Relig.:
    Episcopalian

    Occupation:
    Physician & Surgeon

    Military Service:
    He departed for Camp Dodge, Iowa, with his brother, Claude, to begin his service on Saturday, 23 Feb 1918.

    Rolland married Hildred Rosamond Thurow on 17 Sep 1921 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA. Hildred (daughter of Louis Henry Thurow and Emma Lenore Staack) was born on 25 Sep 1897 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was christened on 24 May 1898 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; died on 30 Aug 1993 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Woodlawn Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Hildred Rosamond ThurowHildred Rosamond Thurow was born on 25 Sep 1897 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was christened on 24 May 1898 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA (daughter of Louis Henry Thurow and Emma Lenore Staack); died on 30 Aug 1993 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Woodlawn Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA
    • _UID: CF324DF6C0734746ABCE6CF9814BB3D4353D
    • Graduation: 1915, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; Winona High School
    • Graduation: 6 Jun 1917, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; Winona Normal School
    • Occupation: 1917-1919, Sanborn, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA; Music Supervisor, Sanborn Schools,
    • Occupation: 1919-1921, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; 3rd grade teacher, Jefferson School

    Notes:

    (Medical):She had influenza in November of 1918. Her mother, Mrs. Emma Thurow, had to travel to Sanborn, MN, because of her illness.

    Residence:
    End of King Street, next to Lake Winona, thence to LaMoille, MN, thence to St. Anne's Hospice

    Notes:

    Married:
    AArticle from the Winona Republican Herand, 17 Sep, 1921, p.4

    Winona Girl Is Married Here Today

    Miss Hildred Thurow Becomes Bride of Holland Harvey Wilson of Minneapolis, Formerly of Dakota.

    A PRETTY wedding was solemnized this afternoon at 3 30 • o'clock at the home of Mr -and Mrs. Louis Thurow when their daughter, Hildred, became the bride of Rolland Harvey Wilson of Minneapolis. The ceremony was performed before an improvised altar of ferns and tall baskets of gladioli, the Rev. George S. Keller, rector of St. Paul's church, officiating.

    Miss Gertrude Thurow of Minneapolis, a sister of the bride, acted as maid of honor. Benjamine B. Souster of St Paul, a fraternity brother of Mr. Wilson, was best man. Little Audrey Thurow, niece of the bride, was flower girl, and carried a basket of Ophelia roses.

    Mendelssohn's wedding march was played by Miss Izetta Werner, while the bridal party took their places at the altar. The bride wore a gown of cream point lace over cream satin and carried a shower bouquet.

    Following the ceremony, a wedding dinner was served to 35 immediate relatives and friends.

    The bride is a graduate of Winona Teachers college and for the past two years has taught in the Winona public schools.

    Mr. Wilson is the son of Dr and Mrs. C E Wilson of Dakota, Minn, and is a junior in the medical college o£ the University of Minnesota. He is a member of Phi Beta Pi fraternity.

    Out-of-town guests included Dr and Mrs. C E Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wilson, Miss Sylvia Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith, all of Dakota, Benjamin B Souster of St Paul, Josh Armstrong of Minneapolis, and Miss Gertrude Thurow o! Minneapolis.

    Mr' and Mrs Wilson will spend the remainder of the month in the North and after November 1 will be at home at the Elmherst apartments, Minneapolis.

    Children:
    1. 2. Louis James Wilson was born on 19 Apr 1923 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA; died on 30 Oct 2012 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, USA; was buried on 4 Nov 2012 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA.
    2. David Donn Wilson was born on 11 Dec 1925 in Harmony, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA; died on 27 Sep 1991 in Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA.
    3. Living

  3. 6.  Joseph John VitoskyJoseph John Vitosky was born on 15 Feb 1899 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA (son of Joseph Vitovsky, Jr. and Frances Anna Hubacek); died in May 1961 in , , Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA, Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: ACF1EA0A2C2849099FCD158527690E411CFE

    Notes:

    May 24, 1961; Dallas Morning News
    Requiem Mass for Joseph John Vitosky, 65, of Dallas, a retired café owner and operator, will be celebrated Wednesday in St. Edward's Catholic Church, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John P. Brady as celebrant. Rosary was recited Tuesday. Burial will be in Calvary Hill Cemetery.
    Mr. Vitosky died unexpectedly Monday in Valliant, OK, while on a fishing trip. A native of Alma, Ellis County, he had been a bank employee in Kaufman County before coming to
    Dallas 35 years ago.
    Survivors are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Miloty Wilson of Winona, MN, and Mrs. Betty Sneed of Dallas; his mother, Mrs. Frances Anna Vitosky of Dallas; three sisters, Mrs.
    Mary Kopcek, Mrs. Rose Bozek and Mrs. Millie Nunally of Dallas; four brothers, William, Roger, Edward, and Frank Vitosky of Dallas, and five grandchildren.
    Pallbearers will be George Hamilton, Alfred Zapp, B. J. Sebastian, Tommy Collum, Lonnie Collum, and Johnnie Frith.

    Joseph + Magdalena\Madelyn Barbara Grych. Magdalena\Madelyn (daughter of Lawrence Grych and Apolona "Paula" Fojut) was born on 22 Sep 1896 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 16 Nov 1986 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA, Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Magdalena\Madelyn Barbara GrychMagdalena\Madelyn Barbara Grych was born on 22 Sep 1896 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA (daughter of Lawrence Grych and Apolona "Paula" Fojut); died on 16 Nov 1986 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA, Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 3EF8D722DFF44A138418EA70220C0376FCFF

    Children:
    1. 3. Miloty Elizabeth Vitosky was born on 20 Oct 1922 in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, USA; died on 31 Jan 2006 in Irving, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried on 3 Feb 2006 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery.
    2. Betty Jo Vitosky was born on 15 Jan 1925 in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, USA; died on 22 Jan 2015 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried on 27 Jan 2015 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA, Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Dr. Clarence Edmund WilsonDr. Clarence Edmund Wilson was born on 21 Nov 1860 in New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA (son of James Gardner Wilson and Sarah Brown); died on 27 Feb 1925 in New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village; was buried in New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village, Dakota "Brown" Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village; physican and surgeon
    • _UID: BA16F905A6E541B8BE978EE463CF3640C1E8
    • Graduation: 5 Nov 1896, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Chicago Independent Medical College

    Notes:

    From The History of Winona County Minnesota, compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, Editor in Chief, Assisted by William Jay Whipple, Reviewer of Manuscripts and a Large Corps of Local Contributors, Illustrated, Volume II, Chicago, H.C. Cooper Jr. and Co., 1913 (Copy in Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul), page 910:

    Clarence E. Wilson, M. D., a physician and surgeon of Dakota Village, was born in New Hartford township, this county, November 2!, 1860, son of James G. and Sarah (Brown) Wilson. After receiving his preliminary education in the public schools, he entered the Chicago Independent Medical College from which he graduated in 1896. Since his graduation he has kept abreast of the latest developments in therapeutics and pathology by taking post-graduate courses in 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905 and 1910. After his completion of his course, Dr. Wilson opened an office in Dakota where he has since successfully continued in practice. Aside from attending to his medical practice, Dr. Wilson has been more or less identified with the agricultural interests of the county, and at one time owned a good farm. Dr. Wilson belongs to Pickwick Lodge, No. 110, A. F. and A. M., and to the Modern Woodmen of America, at Dakota. Dr. Wilson was married May 19, 1884, to Edna Harvey, who was born in Winona county, July 15, 1866, daughter of Fletcher and Rachael Harvey. Dr and Mrs. Wilson have six children, five of whom are still living. They are: Sibyl (deceased), Vida, Alice, Claude, Rolland and Sylbia. Vida is now Mrs. Daniel Luther, of La Crescent,.Minn., and has two children. Alice is now Mrs. Earle Smith, of Dakota village, and has three children. Rolland attends the Winona high school.

    (Medical):"rhuematism," flu 2 years before death, depression?. Was said to have contracted tetanus.

    Clarence married Etna Elinor Harvey on 19 May 1884 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA. Etna (daughter of Fletcher Clyde Harvey and Mary Virginia McAnally) was born on 15 Jul 1866 in , Winona County, Minnesota, USA; died on 16 Mar 1942 in , Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Pleasant Hill Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Bush Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Etna Elinor HarveyEtna Elinor Harvey was born on 15 Jul 1866 in , Winona County, Minnesota, USA (daughter of Fletcher Clyde Harvey and Mary Virginia McAnally); died on 16 Mar 1942 in , Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Pleasant Hill Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Bush Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 8BA00FAC1D3744E2A8CC5A3FAB9212FDB99F

    Notes:

    Religion:
    Methodist

    Children:
    1. Sibyl Gertrude Wilson was born on 9 Aug 1886 in New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village; died on 19 Jul 1887 in New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village; was buried in New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village, Wilson Cemetery.
    2. Vida Virginia Wilson was born on 2 Oct 1887 in New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village; died on 13 Oct 1969 in Davis, Yolo County, California, USA; was buried in Davis, Yolo County, California, USA, Davis Cemetery.
    3. Alice Lillian Wilson was born on 23 Feb 1890 in New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village; died on 17 Nov 1977 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Pleasant Hill Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Bush Cemetery.
    4. Claude Edward Wilson was born on 14 Mar 1892 in , Winona County, Minnesota, USA; died on 21 Mar 1968 in , Kitsap County, Washington, USA.
    5. 4. Rolland Harvey Wilson was born on 30 Apr 1895 in New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village; died on 11 Jan 1974 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Woodlawn Cemetery.
    6. Sylvia C. Wilson was born on 5 Jul 1897 in , Winona County, Minnesota, USA; died in Oct 1978 in Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA.

  3. 10.  Louis Henry ThurowLouis Henry Thurow was born on 14 Sep 1860 in Kolberg, , Pomerania, Germany (son of William Thurow and Wilhelmina Voght); died on 26 Dec 1943 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; proprietor, Thurow box company
    • _UID: 0293EABA7ED54401859603B38741F1CA2519
    • Immigration: 1877
    • Residence: 1912-1937, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, 153 Harriet Street

    Notes:

    From The History of Winona County Minnesota, compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, Editor in Chief, Assisted by William Jay Whipple, Reviewer of Manuscripts and a Large Corps of Local Contributors, Illustrated, Volume II, Chicago, H.C. Cooper Jr. and Co., 1913 (Copy in Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul), page 694:

    Louis H. Thurow, extensive box manufacturer, was born in Pomerania, Germany, September 14, 1860, son of William and Wilhelmina (Voght) Thurow. He received a good education in the old country and learned his trade as a cabinetmaker. At the age of eighteen he came to Winona from Germany, and secured work in a flour mill for several years. Then he entered the employ of the Bohn Manufacturing Co., and remained in its employ for twenty-seven years. In 1907 he started a box manufacturing plant at 625 West Tenth Street. The business grew immediately, and is now one of Winona's large industries. The present shops are located on West Third street, at the corner of Wilson. Mr. Thurow is the sole owner and proprietor. He manufactures wooden boxes, box "shocks," crates, beer and soda cases, window and door frames, poultry coops and the like. Mr. Thurow is a member of the Dryads and of the Eureka Club. The subject of this sketch was married in May, 1885, to Emma Staack, daughter of M. Staack. Mr. and Mrs. Thurow have seven children: Herbert, Otto, William, Clara, Laura. Gertrude and Hildred. William Thurow died in Germany, in 1870, at the age of forty-six years. His wife Wilhelmina died in Germany, in 1911, at the age of sixty-eight. Louis H. was the only one of the family who came to America.

    From the Winona Republican-Herald, 6 Mar 1907, p. 3:

    AN INDUSTRY FOR WINONA

    A Small Factory is to be Operatin in
    This City by Two
    Local Men
    ---------
    MAKE EUREKA MOP WRINGER

    The Device is Practical One and is
    Being Received With Much Favor
    --- Many of the Machines Are Now
    in Use Here.
    ---------
    A new manufacturing industry is now being started in Winona on a small scale with every prospect that it will grow to much larger proportions. The gentlemen back of the enterprise are L. Thurow and Arthur J. Smith, and the article which they have started to make is the Eureka mop wringer. The device is a practical one and has already found much favor with those who have given it a trial. It is the invention of Mr. Thurow. The first machine was made in WInona about four months ago.
    The many good points of the device and the favor with which it has been received have encouraged Messsrs. Thurow and Smith to engage in its manufacture. Up to the present time they have had the machine made at some of the woodworking plants in the city, but now they have decided to engage in its manufacture themselves, and have accordingly proceeded to the erection and equipment of a small factory budiling and expect to begin making the mop wringers in a about a week or two. The factory builing is located on West Howard street and is a frame structure 20 by 35 feet in size and two stories high. The manufacturing business will be carried on on the ground floor and the second floor will be used for storage. An electric motor will furnish the desired power.
    There are already fifty of these machines in use in WInona and these are creating a demand for more. At the courthouse and the Winona they are in use. A few shipments have been made outside the city. Withe the completion and equipment of the factory building an endeavor will be made to push the sale of the machines, and it is expected the business will grow very considerably in the near future.
    The Eureka mop wringer is buildt and designed for speed, durability, service and strength. With it a a wonderful pressure is produced with only light leverage power aided by four rollers. Large rollers spread the mop and small rollers regulate the speed. The machine is being made in three different sizes, ten inch for flat or residnece use, twelve inch a medium size for general work, and the large fourteen inch for all around work. The movement of the mop thru the rollers is produced by turning a small crank, doing away with the use of both feet and also the strain of the back. The two main rollers of the wringer are of hardwood. The first or feed roller is deeply corregated as to more easily raise the mop thru the rollers. Both rollers are deeply grooved on each side crossways so to prevent the water from flowing over the edges of the pail. The pail may be quickly changed or emptied without moving any part of the wringer.

    From the Winona Republican-Herald, 17 Oct 1907, p. 8:

    INDUSTRY OF BOX MAKING
    ---------
    Has Been Started in Winona and Ap-
    pears to Have Bright
    Future
    ---------
    STARTED BY LOUIS THUROW

    If it Secures the Home Patronage it
    Deserves it Should Become a Very
    Successful Undertaking - On West
    Howard Street
    ---------
    A manufacturing industry which has been started on a small scale but for which there appears to be a large field if the encouragement of home patronage is bestowed is being carried on by Louis Thurow at 625 West Howard street. Mr. Thorow has engaged in the manufacture of boxes. He has since the winter been associated wtih A.J. Smith in the making of patent mop wringers, and now the box making will be carried on at the same place, but it is expected to enlarge the industry considerably.
    While Mr. Thurow has been interested in this business for some little time the work has been done by Charles Beeman, but now Mr. Thorow has resigned his poisition with the Empire Lumber company and is giving his whole time to this work. At present Mr. Beeman is not there owing to an injury he recently received to one of his fingers, but when he has recovered from this he will return.
    The box factory is now at work on a large order received from the Interestate Packing company for crates for its products. The demand for these creates will be more or less permanent and will alone give quite a little business to the factory. THre are many other manufacturing institutions here which use a good many boxes in the shipment of their product and Mr. Thurow proposed to docnuct his buisness in such a way as to merit and receive this patronage.
    The quarters at present occupied on West Howard street are a two story barn. The lower floor of this has been fitted up into a workshop, and the upper floor is used for storage. For the present it is large enough to meet needs, but if the business grows enlarged quarters will be provided as necessary. Mr. Thorow, who has carefully looked over the ground, figures that there is plenty of business in this line in Winona to give steady employment to at least eight hands and he hopes to work up to the point where this number will be engaged.
    Meanwhile the manufacture of the mop wringers will not be abandoned. An extended writeup of these wringers and their particular merits was given in these columns last spring. There are quite a number of these wringers now in use in Winona and they have received the hearty endorsement of those using them. As their merits become better known outside the city the demand for them is expected to increase. As yet they have been but little represented on the road. But by pushing their sale the number to be made could be increased quite materially
    Many a large manufacturing institution has grown from such a small beginning as this and Winona desires to encourage small as well as large manufacturing institutions.

    (Medical):He lost four fingers of his right hand in an accident with a circular saw in his box company on 6 Oct 1910 according to a story in the Winona Republican-Herald on 7 Oct 1910, p. 3.

    Immigration:
    From Germany

    Louis married Emma Lenore Staack on 24 May 1883 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA. Emma (daughter of Mathias Staack and Mary Peterson) was born on 23 Dec 1859 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; died on 7 Nov 1941 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Emma Lenore StaackEmma Lenore Staack was born on 23 Dec 1859 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA (daughter of Mathias Staack and Mary Peterson); died on 7 Nov 1941 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 37075AFD780C42BA94B75CD281C12C3A369C

    Notes:

    Mrs. Louis Thurow Dies at Age of 82

    Mrs. Louis H. Thurow, 81, 101 Harriet street, died at 1:45 a. m. today at her home after an illness of about a year. She had been more seriously ill the past few days. Formerly Miss Emma Staack, daughter of Mathias and Mary (Petersen) Staack she wus born in Winona December 23, 1859, and lived here all her life. She was a member of the First Congregational church, Winona Chapter No. 141, Order of the Eastern Star, and Winona County Old Settlers Association. She took much interest, in needlework. Mr. and Mrs. Thurow observed their 68th wedding anniversary May 24, 1941. Survivors are her husband; three sons, Herbert, Winona; Otto, Fresno, Calif., and William J., Winona; four daughters, Mrs. D. W. Hiestand (Clara), Fairhope, Ala.; Mrs. J. A. Phillips (Laura), Winona; Gertrude, Beverly Hills, Calif., and Mrs. R. H. Wilson (Hildred), Winona; 14 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Welty, Winona, and Mrs. Mathilda Lindow, Berkeley, Calif., and two brothers, Richard Staack, Sioux City, Iowa, and Edward Staack, Chicago. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

    Children:
    1. Herbert Richard S. Thurow was born on 8 Feb 1884; died on 13 May 1969 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Woodlawn Cemetery.
    2. Clara Thurow was born on 13 Aug 1885 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; died on 13 Jan 1966 in Ojai, Ventura County, California, USA.
    3. Laura M. Thurow was born on 11 Nov 1887 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; died on 3 Sep 1990 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Woodlawn Cemetery.
    4. Otto Fredrick Thurow was born on 17 Jul 1889 in , , Minnesota, USA; died on 31 May 1974 in Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA; was buried in Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA, Liberty Veterans Cemetery.
    5. Gertrude Helen Thurow was born on 18 Feb 1891 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; died on 13 Oct 1976 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA.
    6. William Julius Thurow was born on 7 Feb 1893 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; died on 7 Feb 1978 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Woodlawn Cemetery.
    7. 5. Hildred Rosamond Thurow was born on 25 Sep 1897 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was christened on 24 May 1898 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; died on 30 Aug 1993 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Woodlawn Cemetery.

  5. 12.  Joseph Vitovsky, Jr.Joseph Vitovsky, Jr. was born on 14 Mar 1872 in Veselá, Slušovice, Moravia, Czech Republic (son of Joseph Vitovsky, Sr. and Anna Jedlicka); died on 21 Jul 1947 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; was buried in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery.

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    • _UID: 5EB6706682954841A9DD9488FBC974309442
    • Passport Issued: 18 Oct 1901

    Notes:

    Came to U.S. when he was twelve. Came through Galveston. Boat sank in ocean. Other ship rescued it. Sand was under boat. Came to U.S. because of taxes to King. Couldn't make enough to eat.

    Joseph married Frances Anna Hubacek on 28 Jan 1896 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA. Frances (daughter of John C. (Jan) Hubacek, Sr. and Frantiska Slovacek) was born on 21 Jul 1876 in Velikova, Zlinsky, Moravia, Czechoslovakia; died on 9 Sep 1965 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; was buried on 11 Sep 1965 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Frances Anna HubacekFrances Anna Hubacek was born on 21 Jul 1876 in Velikova, Zlinsky, Moravia, Czechoslovakia (daughter of John C. (Jan) Hubacek, Sr. and Frantiska Slovacek); died on 9 Sep 1965 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; was buried on 11 Sep 1965 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 86BA24932C8F464AA703BD1490D62975C1E8
    • Immigration: 1885

    Children:
    1. Frank Joseph Vitovsky was born on 31 Oct 1898 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 5 Oct 1992 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA.
    2. 6. Joseph John Vitosky was born on 15 Feb 1899 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died in May 1961 in , , Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA, Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum.
    3. John Rudolph Vitovsky was born on 14 Aug 1901 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 25 Mar 1959 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery.
    4. Mary F. Vitovsky was born on 13 Nov 1902; died on 18 Jun 2003 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; was buried in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, Myrtle Cemetery.
    5. Edward Adolf Vitovsky was born on 5 Feb 1904 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 12 Apr 1968 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried on 13 Apr 1968 in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, USA.
    6. William Frank Vitovsky was born on 26 Dec 1906 in Alma, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 21 Mar 2006 in Canton, Kaufman County, Texas, USA.
    7. Frances Vitovsky was born in 1908; died in 1912 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA.
    8. Emilia Adella (Betty) Vitovsky was born on 21 Jan 1911 in Alma, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 19 Jan 1967 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, USA.
    9. Leslie Roger Vitovsky was born on 29 Jun 1915; died on 13 Sep 1981 in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, USA; was buried in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, USA, Kaufman Cemetery.
    10. Rose Marie Vitovsky was born on 26 Mar 1918 in Kemp, Kaufman County, Texas, USA; died on 3 May 1973 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery.

  7. 14.  Lawrence GrychLawrence Grych was born on 27 Jun 1867 in Grabiny, Straszecin Parish, , Poland (son of Josephus Grych and Marianna Augustyn); died on 21 Aug 1959 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery.

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    • _UID: C07FE2B441C74460A302866263A70487A3D6
    • Immigration: 5 May 1881, New York City, New York County, New York, USA

    Notes:

    The following obituary indicates that Larry Grych was born in Vienna, Austira. His second wife's naturalization papers, however, indicate that Larry was born in Hrabin, Poland. This may be a variation of Polish spelling for Grabin, or Grabinny so we are sticking with Grabinny as his birthplace so far.

    These same naturalization papers also indicate that Larry entered the country in New York on May 5, 1881, but we have not yet been able to find a passenger manifest in 1881 showing him as a passenger.

    After migrating to Bremond, Robertson County, Texas, where there was a considerable settlement of Polish immigrants and specifically some from the Grych family, Larry did move to Ennis, Texas, and he initially took a job with the railroad there. He apparently lost his leg in a railroad accident and then started his cafe in Ennis.

    Obituary from Ennis Daily News, 8-21-1959:

    Headline:
    Larry Grych, 92, Dies Today In Dallas

    Text:
    Larry Grych, 92, who had been residing in Dallas for the past seven years with a daughter, Mrs. Flora Brown, died at 1 a.m. today in a Dallas hospital after a long illness.
    Grych was born June 22, 1867 in Vienna Austria and came to the U.S.A. at the age of 14 settling in New York. He moved to Bremond when he was 16 years old and started working for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
    At the age of 18 he moved to Ennis and lived here until seven years ago when he moved to Dallas. He was a charter member of the BofRT.
    He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Joe Vitovsky, Mrs. Brown and Miss Leona Grych, all of Dallas; one stepdaughter, Miss Agnes Grych currently of Paris, France: one stepson, Frank Grych of Chicago; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren, one half-brother, Henry Borek of Midland; one half-sister, Mrs. Kate Borkouek of Bremond; a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives.
    Rosary will be recited tonight at 8 p.m. in the Bunch/Funeral Chapel.
    Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Jon's Catholic Church with interment in St. Joseph's cemetery.

    Lawrence married Apolona "Paula" Fojut on 21 Jan 1891 in , Robertson County, Texas, USA. Apolona (daughter of Joseph Fojut and Michalina "Minnie" Jezak) was born on 4 May 1872 in Salem, Cook County, Illinois (?)/Salem, Marion County, Illinois; died on 20 Jun 1913 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; was buried in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Apolona "Paula" FojutApolona "Paula" Fojut was born on 4 May 1872 in Salem, Cook County, Illinois (?)/Salem, Marion County, Illinois (daughter of Joseph Fojut and Michalina "Minnie" Jezak); died on 20 Jun 1913 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; was buried in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: BF84A2738A5A4A9489C8B1FE7D8587FFA239

    Notes:

    Ethnicity/Relig.:
    Polish (Gene Kridler Letter 5-20-91)

    Children:
    1. Joseph (Josef) Grych was born on 30 Nov 1891 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 27 Jan 1920 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA; was buried on 31 Jan 1920 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA, Holy Cross Cemetery.
    2. Flora Julia Grych was born on 4 May 1894 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 30 Jul 1978 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA.
    3. 7. Magdalena\Madelyn Barbara Grych was born on 22 Sep 1896 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 16 Nov 1986 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA, Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum.
    4. Veronia (Wensulka) Grych was born on 1 Jun 1899 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 9 Jan 1901 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA.
    5. Clara Grych was born on 2 Jan 1902 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 29 Jan 1902 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA.
    6. Stephanie Grych was born on 7 Apr 1904; died on 18 Jun 1904.
    7. Leona Ellen Grych was born on 16 Jan 1910 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 2 Jul 1999 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried in Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas, USA, Rockwall Memorial Cemetery.



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