A Tale of Two Priests

In furtherance of the commemoration of a new Bishop of Rome, I offer the story of two priest, linked together by their church.

First, the Rev. John F. Szukalski.  He was the elder brother of Theofil Szukalski, (Featured Profile #23) and Marion Szukalski (Featured Profile #24), and the brother-in-law of Charles Stachowiak (Featured Profile #22).  He was the priest in charge of building Ss. Cyril and Methodius Church and was it's first pastor:

From Milwaukee Journal, April 7, 1915, p.2

After Fr. Szukalski had passed away, Rev. Bronislaw Celichowski was appointed to replace him as pastor.  Fr. Celichowski was the brother of Walter Celichowski (Featured Profile #13).

History of Milwaukee City and County, by William George Bruce and Josiah Seymour Currey, The S. J. Clark Publishing

 Co., 1922, Vol. 3 p. 320.

Fr. Celichowski died December 30, 1951.  His obituary can be found at "Fr. Celichowski Had Served Three Milwaukee Churches," Milwaukee Sentinel, Jan. 1, 1952, p. 1.

Featured Profile #24 - Marion Szukalski

Marion A. Szukalski (1875 - 1957)

From Memoirs of Milwaukee County, (1909) edited by Jerome Anthony Watrous, page 233:

It appears that Marion continued to run the Szukalski Hardware Store. At some point the store did not move, but the street and number changed from 1027 Windlake Ave. to 1412 W.  Lincoln Ave.   When his son Marian F.  joined the business, the store became known as "Szukalski & Son Radio."  Marian F. was an early ham radio operator who, in 1923, became one of the first Milwaukeeans to contact Europe by short wave radio. A photograph of the store can be found here, and photograph of one of their products,can be found here. Both were taken by  taken by Roman Kwasniewski, Featured Profile #21.

After Marion and his son died, his wife, Mary (Plachin) Szukalski continued on running the store.  She did not die until 1974 at the age of 94. Based on the obituary of her uncle, Anton Chrapikowski, published in the Manitowoc Herald Times on June 30, 1934, her family was of noble descent* and came from Vinna (?) on the Polish-Lithuanian Border.  Her uncle had to flee the country in 1863 because of his involvement in a foiled attempt to over-throw the Czar.

*This may give somewhat of a wrong impression.  The feudal system in Poland was not the same as the feudal system in western Europe.  Because of this, the percentage of "noble" families (to the total population) in Poland is much higher than in England or France.

Relation to Nearest Featured Profile (Teofil Szukalski, Featured Profile #23):  Brother

Path From Nearest Featured Profile:  Teofil Szukalski > brother, Marion Szukalski

Status Update - March, 2013

Family Names Added Since Last Update:

Augustynowicz

Borzyszkowski

Bossacke

Buth

Buzala

Czezek

Drzycimski

Fojut

Gaudynski

Hajewski

Jamrozy

Klebanski

Kolassa

Kubiera

Kuczkowski

Kuczynski

Kuich

Kwitek

Marczykowska

Mezydto

Plachin

Plucinski

Prill

Prokop

Przybysz

Rhodin

Rosa

Ryczkowski

Rylska

Rzatkiewicz

Schweda

Siewert

Sobczyk

Szramka

Tasiecki

Walentowicz

Wardynski

Waskowiak

Wegner

Zupkowski

 Profiles Added Since Last Update:  286

New Intra-Connections  (Lucht to Fons):

118)   .... Franz Muzolf > father, Petrus Paulus Mulzof > father, Jacobus Mulzof > brother, Adalbert Mulzof > daughter, Catharina (Mulzof) Prill > daughter, Catharine (Prill) Lukaszewski > daughter, Franciszka (Lukaszewski) Cesarz > husband, Leo Cesarz > brother, Teodor Cesarz > wife, Helen (Buretta) Cesarz > sister, Martha (Buretta) Brodowski > daughter, Clara (Brodowski) Konicke ....

119)  .... Joseph Stachowiak > brother, Charles [Chester] Stachowiak > wife, Anna (Szukalski) Stachowiak > brother, Marian Szukalski (I) > son Marian Szukalski (II) > wife, Victoria (Drozniakiewicz) Szukalski > Frank Drozniakiewicz (II) > father, Frank Drozniakiewicz > wife, Cecelia (Komorowski) Drozniakewicz > sister, Anna (Komorowski) Ruszkiewicz > husband, Lawrence Ruszkiewicz > brother, Wallace Ruszkiewicz ....

120)   .... Marian Szukalski (I) > daughter, Jeannette (Szukalski) Bandlow > husband, William Bandlow > brother, Ervin Bandlow > wife, Monica (Pettke) Bandlow > sister, Ann (Pettke) Kulwicki > son, Arthur Kulwicki ....

121)  .... Thomas Jagodzinski > daughter, Hedwig (Jagodzinski) Pryba > daughter, Julia (Pryba) Papelbon > husband, Frank Papelbon > mother, Catherine (Teska) Papelbon > brother, Walter Teska > wife, Hattie (Janowiak) Teska > brother, Edmund Janowiak > wife, Anna (Wozniak) Janowiak > sister, Veronica (Wozniak) Ratkowski > husband, Stanley Ratkowski ....

122)  .... Anna (Wozniak) Janowiak > sister, Mary (Wozniak) Lukaszewski > husband, Vincent Lukaszewski > brother, Stanley Lukaszewski > wife, Mary (Serocki) Lukaszewski > sister, Johanna (Jennie) (Serocki) Mogilka ....

PCN: 8.2

(For an explanation of the PCN - "Project Completeness Number") see Status Update - February, 2012 and Status Update - March, 2012)

Historical Numbers:

March, 2013:  8.2

February, 2013: 2.1
January, 2013:  8.0

December, 2012: 3.29
November, 2012: 6.0

October, 2012:  12.25

September, 2012:  6.4
August, 2012: 3.89
July, 2012:  4.57

June, 2012:  7.75
May, 2012:  9.33

April, 2012:  16.67

March, 2012:  16

February, 2012:  12.8

January, 2012:  19

Newly-Discovered Changed Names:

None

New Alternate Spellings:

 

 Bandlow Bandlov

Bednarek Bernarek

Budzbanowski Budsbanofski

Gaka Gazke Galazka

Gorecki Guretzke

Hoppe Hopp

Kukielonka Kukielczonka

Lukaszewski Wkaszewski Zukoszewski

Mezydlo Mezydto

Mulsof Mulzow Nucolf

Prill Pryll

Rybarczyk Rubarczyk

Wegner Wagner

Zeniecki Zyniecki

Zurawski Zuraski