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Joined: 10 May 2011 / Female ♀ 		Last Post: 9 Jan 2012
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Posts: Total: 15 / In This Archive: 4 		From: Indianapolis Indiana
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Interests: horses, art, art history, horse racing

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SoaringSoftly   
10 May 2011
Life / Injection Moulding in Poland [21]

Are molding foundries mostly located in a particular area of Poland? My grandfather emigrated from Poland and his first job in the US was as a stove molder in Belleville, Il.. Just wondering if he had experience in Poland and it would give me a clue as to his origins. His brother became a coal miner in the Belleville area.
SoaringSoftly   
19 May 2011
Genealogy / Looking for information on Bonk family that settled in Washington County, Illinois [8]

Looking for information on Bartholomew (or Martin) and Franz Bonk . They bought land in DuBois township,,Washington County, Illinois (near Radom and Posen) approximately 1879. Bartholomew married (Jo)anna Musial and they had twin daughters, Eva and Thecla born Sep 1877 and they were baptized at St Michael the Archangel Church in Radom. Looking for more info on this family .........I think Bartholomew emigrated from Hamburg to Quebec but the passenger list does not state where he was born. Also, looking for more info on Eva and Thecla (Tekla) and (Jo)anna Musial.

Washington County is still very rural and it is difficult to find records even from Illinois Archives.
I believe that Bart and Joanna had four other children before she died in 1882. Bart remarried 11/1883 in another county.
SoaringSoftly   
20 May 2011
Genealogy / Looking for information on Bonk family that settled in Washington County, Illinois [8]

On the ship's passenger list from Hamburg to Quebec, he spelled his last name "Bonk" so I'm assuming this is what he and his brother used in the old country. However, when his first wife, Joanna Musial passed away in Washington County, the name on her tombstone is Joanna "Bak" while later on Bart's it is "Bonk" which I found interesting.