Weronika WOJAKIEWICZ
Abt 1871 - 1927 (~ 56 years)-
Name Weronika WOJAKIEWICZ Born Abt 1871 Gornica, Poland Gender Female Reference Number 11296 _UID 69941D14F0574D9E8C206AB2CB4AFBD40C6D Died 2 Feb 1927 Chicago, Ill Buried Saint Adalbert Cemetery Nile IL Person ID I11296 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 May 2014
Family Maciej (Mathis) KARP, b. 8 Dec 1869, Poland , d. 29 Jul 1942, Chicago, Ill (Age 72 years) Married 6 Nov 1895 St. John Cantius Church--Chicago, Ill Children 1. Stanley KARP, b. 8 Apr 1905, Chicago, Ill , d. 28 Jan 1988, Covington, Indiana (Age 82 years) 2. Agnes (Agatha) KARP, b. 1899, Chicago, Ill , d. Chicago, Ill 3. Bertha KARP, b. 16 Jan 1900, Chicago, Ill , d. Chicago, Ill 4. Mary KARP, b. 1896, Chicago, Ill , d. Chicago, Ill 5. Henry KARP, b. 18 Jan 1898, Chicago, Ill , d. Chicago, Ill 6. Walter KARP, b. 1903, Chicago, Ill , d. Chicago, Ill 7. Edward KARP, b. 17 Feb 1907, Chicago, Ill , d. Chicago, Ill 8. Andrew KARP, b. Dec 1897, Chicago, Ill , d. After 1900 census, Chicago, Ill Last Modified 17 May 2014 Family ID F2869 Group Sheet
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Notes - Veronica Wojakiewic (various spellings: Bojakowicz , Wojakiewicz, Wojacowiz, Brunisowa Wojakewizt ) Galica, Austria
Veronica Nojakiewiez B:10 Mar 1880 Gornica, Poland D:2 Feb 1927
Name: Veronica Karp
[Veronica Nojakiewiez]
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1880
Birth Place: Gornica, Poland
Death Date: 2 Feb 1927
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 5 Feb 1927 Cemetery Name: St. Adelberts
Death Age: 46
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Female
Father Name: John Nojakiewiez
Father Birth Place: Gornica, Poland
Mother Name: Agala
Mother Birth Place: Gornica, Poland
Spouse Name: Matthew Karp
occupation: housewife; edcation: unknown; Born around 1871 in Austria - Poland.
Weronika came to the United States around 1891(1900 Chicago census)(1890; according to the 1910 Chicago census)(1890; according to the 1920 Chicago census).
Maciej Karp married Veronica Bojakowicz on 11-6-1895 at St. John Cantius Church--Chicago, Ill.
The young family is listed in the 1900 census living in Chicago, Illinois. According to the 1910 census she has been married for fifteen years she bore seven children and only six children surviving. one of her children may have died or murdered by her husband (Mathias).
According to family folklore Sophie return to Poland in her old age, because of her abusive alcoholic husband, Mathias Karp. Returning to Poland is unlikely because she has a death certificate listed in the State archives as dying in Chicago.
Dziennik Chicagoski Death Notice Index 1890-1929
Weronika Wojakiewicz Karp died on 2 Feb 1927 and buried on 3 Feb 1927.(She was only 44-years-old). Three daughters are listed in her obituary;
obit name: Rozanska, Berta (Bertha)
obit name: Ivers, Marjanna (Mary)
obit name: Breitenstein, Agnieszka (Agnes)
After her death, her youngest children (in their teens and early twenties) went to live with their older siblings (in their late twenties and early thirties), as Mathias was an abusive alcoholic.
- Veronica Wojakiewic (various spellings: Bojakowicz , Wojakiewicz, Wojacowiz, Brunisowa Wojakewizt ) Galica, Austria