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Polish Immigrants to Duluth 1870-1875

copyright 1996, Ray Marshall, all rights reserved

Background: Ray Marshall of Minneapolis has about 2,500 names of Polish immigrants to St. Louis County, Minnesota (which includes the city of Duluth) for the period 1870-1895. He attended the 1996 FEEFHS Convention in Minneapolis and offered them to us for posting as a web-base on the FEEFHS Web Site.

Note from Ray Marshall: "Here is my 1870 and 1875 census stuff. I can write an introduction to each document to assist you and searchers with what was going on in Duluth during those periods. I would like to have my name listed as the resource so that in the hopeful event that someone who travelled with my ancestors will show up and provide the village location I am seeking, probably in the Poznan province.

Ray Marshall
Minneapolis"
eMail address: raymarsh@minn.net

St. Louis County, Minnesota Polish Residents

(Note by Ray Marshall: The spelling of the names is that of the census enumerator, thus many names are known to be misspelled. Additionally, the penmanship or microfilm copy was not always clear enough to be certain as to the actual name intended...
 

Minnesota State Census 1870



62 Polish total 

City of Duluth

First Ward..........No Polish Names

Second Ward

5 - 5...John Sobeske...40...Laborer..Prussia
Cathryna...38
Cathryna...11
Mary...7
Andreas...4
Veronica...2
79 -65...Christopher Golez...33...Merchant...Prussia 
189 - 176...Frank Frankowitz...26...Saloon Keeper...Prussia 

Third Ward

6 - 6...Frank Mosolf...49...Laborer...Posen, Ger. [Musolf] 
Mary...56
Martin...24...Laborer
Henry...22
John...20

6 - 7...Bill Kozaszeski...33...Posen, Ger.
Agnes...39
Michael...11
Martin..8
Frank...6
George...4
Jack...2 

7 - 8...Steffen ?Suiger?...36...Posen, Ger.
Anela...36
Michael...9
Peter...8
Frank...2
Joseph Redlark...30...Butcher
Michael Malinkowski...23...Miller
Lawrence W eolski...24...Laborer
Albert Milostan...29...Miller

8-9...Louis Norwika...40...Prussia [Norwiski?]
?Uziffa?...29
Victoria...9
Peter... 6
Agnes...4
Mary...3/12
Korovinski, Mary...65...Laborer
Frank Kulikie...21
Henry Stebner...26
Frank Norviski...28

Fourth Ward..........No Polish Names

Fond du Lac Town..........No Polish Names

Town of Rice Lake

3 - 3...John Manchester...42...Farmer...Poland...[census error]
Mary...35 
Mary...15
Sarah...11
John...6

4 - 4...John Bobinskie...40...Farmer...Poland
?Veries?...38
Anna...14
Theresa...12
Thadeus...10
John...8
Kosiesk...7

5 -5...Peter Nowiski...36...Farmer...Poland
Elizabeth...32
Elizabeth...10
Mary...8

6 - 6...Louis Sauger...33...Farmer...Poland

7 - 7...Adam Orecki...48...Farmer...Poland
Adam...21...Laborer

8 - 8...Thaddeus Nowiski...41...Poland
Sarah...38

14 - 14...John Mosoff...50...Poland [Musolf]
Martin...24

Village of Oneota..........No Polish Names - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 


 

Minnesota State Census 1875



292 Polish total 
City of Duluth 

Quite a bit of the microfilm copies are quite faint and difficult to read. 

First Ward..........No Poles

Second Ward

34...Julie Smith...15...Poland

61...?Antonia? Noviski...13...Poland

74...John Arndt...33...Poland
Elizabeth...60

139...Andrew Marshall...33...Prussia...[Marscalkiewicz]
Mary...26
John...6
Frank...2...Minn.
Mary...1

140...illegible Helisky...m...32...Poland 
illeg...f....26
illeg. f....4
illeg. m....?
illeg. f.....?

183...John Lobaski...45...Poland
Katy...42
Michael...12
Henry...8
Victoria...6

190...Josie Komeski...18...Poland

Third Ward

50...Mike Mikalet...35...Poland
Clara...30
Stanislaus...4
Joe...1...Minn.

51...Illegible. m....40...Poland
Illeg.... m....32
Illeg....f....49
Illeg.... f....7

52...Illeg....m....28...Poland
Illeg.... f....21

53...Frank Hurwiski...40...Poland
Mary...30
Victoria...12

54...Vincent Kolofski...30...Poland
Anna...30
Rosa...2...Minn.

55...Illeg. Dushlo...60...Poland
Mary...40
Mike...8
Henri...7

56...Mathias Firlinsk...53...Poland
Rosa...37

57...Michael Kruski...37...Poland
Illegible... f....43
Illeg....m....6
Illeg....m....4... Minn.
Martin Bannack...17...Poland
Frank...12
Illeg...m....10

58...Stanislaus Janak...27...Poland
Catrine...23

86...Franciska Feherk...28...Poland

103...Louis Martin...40...Poland
Rosa...34
Constance...15
Illegible...m....3...Minn.
Illeg....m....0

104...Jacob Labud...30...Poland
Mary...20
Agnes...2...Illeg.

105...Casper Frankarski...50...Poland
Julia...50

106...Joseph Wosnock...28...Poland
Theresa...18
John...1...Minn.

108...Joseph Russell...30...Poland
Illegible f....23
Illeg. f....3...Minn.
Illeg. f....1

109...Illeg. Helaski...46...Poland
Mary...30
Anna...15
John...14
Stephen...11
Joseph...6
Effie... 6
Mary...4

110...John Pataloski...50...Poland
Mary...45..
Julia...16
Peter...13

111...Stephen Simyn...34...Poland
Illeg. f....38
Michael...13
Peter...10
Frank...8
Bolanof...4
Lorin...2

112...Nicholas Fisher...34...Poland
Mary...30
Josie...4
Geo....0...Minn.
Mary...0

114...John Pelinoski...36...Poland
Mary...35

116...John Galek...24...Poland
Swinka...23
Mary...2
John...0...Minn.

Fourth Ward

15...August Hoppa...34...Prussia
Louise...36
John...13
Charles...2...Minn.

46...John Bucholz...28...Poland
Hadwarge...42
Jacob...5...N.Y.

49...August Polski...36...Poland
Mary...23
Joseph...2...Minn.
Anna...0...

50...Julius Qually...33...Poland
Hilda...29
Julius Jr....3
Albert...2
Eva...0...Minn.

52...Martin Garkoski...49...Poland
Paulina...34
Padnesia (f.)...7
Jacob...5
John..1...Minn.

57...Peter Seifort...50...Prussia
Anna...49
Katie...12
Mary...11
Jacob...6

58...George Miller...33...Poland
Mary...19
Charles...1...Minn.

60...Anthony Grims...31...Poland...[Gramza]
Mary...24

61...Joseph Redlock...33...Poland
Kate...25
Mary...2...Minn.
George...0

67...John Polski...32...Poland
Ula...32
Stanislaus...3...Minn.
Sophia...2

70...V. Heroski...42...Poland [Walenty Chorzewski]
Ada...31
Sarah...7
Augusta...2...Minn.

73...Wallington Bowrke...46...Prussia...[Walenty Borowiak]
Katey...15
Augusta...11

75...Nicodemus Makriskowski...33...Poland
Katy...20

76...Frank Burgski...33...Poland
Antoine...28
Joseph...10
John...8
Oleula...3...Minn.
Frank...0

77...Frank Trader...55...Prussia
Barbara...50
Barbara...15
Maggie...12
Matilda...3

78...George Smith...38...Poland
Franceska...27
George, Jr....3

82...Lorenz Dolenski...34...Poland
Anna...32
Julie...8
Peter...6

83...[blank] Kaminski...48...Poland
[blank]...28
Frances...5...Minn.
[blank]...2
John...0
M....30...Poland
John Bulaski...29
Madelaine...23

90...John Hozeski...28...Poland
Paulina...35
Frank...5
Katy...4...N.Y.
Joseph...2...Minn.
John...0

91...[blank] Blozinke...50...Poland
Peter...13
Antony...11

92...John Mix...50...Poland
Mary...43
Joseph...13
John Jr....10
Julie...5

151...Peter Datka...34...Poland
Agnes...29
Lorenz...8
Agnes...6
Mary...5
Michael...0

152...Gotleib Krause...30...Poland
Paulina...22...
Herman...2...Minn.
Anna...0

153...Joseph Novak...52...Poland
Katy...40
John...18
Genevieve...15
Ida...10
Katy...8
Peter...7...N.Y.
Adam...4

154...Charles Repinski...29...Poland
Julia...22

155...Geo. Bolaski...32...Poland
Frances...27
Ignaz...6
Geo. Datka...45

158...Frank Makowski...63...Prussia
Rowena...35
Frank...11
Augusta...8
Mary...5
Rudolph...3

159...Christopher Sabat...43...Prussia
Annie...39
Samuel...17
Pauline...11
Ernest...4
Orro...3...Canada
Henry...1

Town of Duluth..........No Poles

Town of Fond du Lac.......... No Poles

Town of Oneota..........No Poles

Town of Rice Lake 

1...Borowiak, John...53...Prussia
Mary...55 
George...15 [Wojciech Borowiak]

2...Manuchiski, John...50...Prussia
Sophia...41 
Sophia...14 
Bornau (m.)...7...Ohio 
Amy...2...Minn. 

3...Plotzniki, Bartolome...56...Prussia
Gertrude...45 
Frank...25 
Joseph...12 
Henry...5 

4...Smith, Frank...30...Prussia 

9...Horwitzki, Lucas...40...Prussia 
Josepha...30
Victoria...13 
Peter...11 
Agatha...8 
Mary...6...Minn. 
John...2 
Marabeskai, Bika...64...Prussia. 

12...Sobiecki, John...51...Prussia 
Catharine...45 
Michael...12 
Andrew...9 
Veronica...6...Minn. 

13...Heleski, John...38...Prussia 
Catharine...34 
Adam...15 
John...12 
Stephen...9 
Joseph...7 
Eva...7 
Mary...5 

14...Nickel, Fred...38...Prussia

15...Dulinski, John...26...Prussia 

17...Milenarick, John...50...Prussia...
[Mylynarek] Josepha...47 
Martin...15 
Petronella...12
Simon...10 
Joseph...8 
Sophia...6 
Edgar...4 

18...Musolf, Frank...53...Prussia 
Maria...56 
John...27 

19...Musolf, Henry...25...Prussia 
Maria...24 
Stanislaw...2...Minn. 
John...1

20...Mussolf, Martin...33...Prussia 
Rosa...18 

21...Horka, George...45...Prussia 
Rosa...43... 
Stephen...14 

22...Grams, John...36...Prussia 
Julia...24 
Frank...1...Minn. 

23...Trader, Frank...33...Prussia 
Katie...17 

24...Lepack, Martin...26...Prussia
Josephina...24 
Agatha...1.Minn. 

25...Grams, Stephen...27...Prussia
Stanislaw...18 

26...Shimankewich, John...28...Prussia 

27...Koshlakeivich, Stanislaw...33...Prussia
Mary...26