Anthony G. Szoka 1876-1946

Antoni G. Szoka

1887-1946

This family history of Antoni G. Szoka and Antonina Yuskiewecz Szoka has been compiled to honor my grandparents for their dreams in coming to America in search of a better life for their children and their descendants.

Antoni G. Szoka had two other brothers, Ludwig, and Casmir. We are told that the brothers, left Grodno, so that they would not be drafted into the Russian Army. Antoni and Ludwig came to the United States together and Casmir came later.

We know that Antoni and Antonina were born, raised, and married in Grodno, Poland, which is now part of Belsarus. Antoni and his brother Ludwig traveled from Grodno to Antwerp, Belgium. They boarded the Rotterdam and traveled to New York harbor and arrived at Ellis Island on or about 22 January 1908. From New York he traveled to Holyoke, Massachusetts. Antonina Szoka came to the United States on the Red Star Line, steamship "Birma" and departed Latvia from the port of Libau on September 19, 1909 and arrived in New York on September 28, 1909. Antonina was on the "detained alien's list" which was common during that time period waiting for Antoni to come and pick her up. Their home address was listed as 613 South Bridge Street, Holyoke MA. They later moved to Springfield, MA. Eventually they moved to West Suffield, Connecticut when Antoni opened his own business butcher/grocery market.

While is Springfield Mass. Florence Fraska's father told Antoni that he should open a business for himself and took Antoni by horse and buggy throughout the area to pick a site to establish a business. Antoni picked South Grand Street in West Suffield, Connecticut. The original building a 2 story, wooden construction with the butcher/grocery store downstairs and a cigar factory upstairs. The building was destroyed by fire in 19__. The building was rebuilt out of block and stucco construction. The butcher/grocery store was again in 1/2 of the downstairs and the rest of the house was their home. (The building is still standing).

There is some confusion relating to Grodno, Poland and/or Gornica, Russia. The "Declaration of Intention" papers that Antoni G. Szoka signed state that they came from Gornica, Russia. My limited amount of research on Poland's history reveals that Grodno was part of Poland in the 1700's. The first partition of Poland took place in 1772 when Austria, Prussia, and Russia divided the Polish terriory among themselves. Austria seized land in southern Poland; Prussia took land in the west; and Russia took land in the east. As a result, Poland lost about a third of its territory and half its population. More land was divided in 1793, and again in 1795. Later, Austria, Germany, Lithuania, and Russia gave up large amounts of territory to Poland. In 1939, at the begining of World War II, Germany and Russia divided Poland almost in half. Poland again disappeared from the face of Europe. In 1945, at the end of World War II, a new Poland was formed. The Allies took most of the land from Germany, and Russia gave two small areas back to Poland.

The names of Antoni G. Szoka & Antonina Yuskiewecz Szoka have been entered on "The American Immigrant Wall of Honor" at Ellis Island.

In order to complete the family history of Antoni G Szoka I need your help and any information regarding:

Travel from Grodno (how they were able to travel to Antwerp, New York and then Holyoke. Life in Holyoke, Springfield, and later moving to West Suffield. Family life and growing up together in West Suffield. Copies of any documents, pictures, etc. Information on the "in-law-side" of the family.

The purpose of the family tree history is to pass our family history and heritage down to our descendants. The copy of the family history that you have now is only a draft and is no where near completed and without your input, cannot be properly completed. When we have obtained as much information and backgournd as possible I will complete the history, publish it, and distribute it to the family.

Thank you for your time and effor in helping to make this family hsitory possible. Without your help it will not be possible.

Richard Charles Szoka

email to Richard C. Szoka

Photographs of the children of Anthony & Antonina Szoka

**List of the Antoni G. Szoka Family**
Reg	First Name	DOB - DOD	Place of Birth	State and Country	Last Residence
1	Antoni G. Szoka	September 1887 - July 3, 1946	Grodno	Poland	West Suffield, CT USA
2	Antonia Yuskiewecz //	September 1887 - May 27, 1986	Grodno	Poland	Springfield, MA USA
3	Alexandra (Alice)	December 13, 1910	Holyoke	MA US	Springfield, MA USA
4	Sarah	December 13, 1910	Holyoke	MA US	Suffield, CT USA
5	Helena	September 3, 1912	West Suffield	CT US	Suffield, CT USA
6	Bernice	February 2, 1914	West Suffield	CT US	West Suffield, CT USA
7	Sophie	May 1, 1917	West Suffield	CT US	Windsor Locks, CT USA
8	Charles Anthony	November 13, 1919 - February 18, 1989	West Suffield	CT US	West Suffield, CT USA
9	Edward J. Szoka	October 13, 1921 - April 29, 1988	West Suffield	CT US	Enfield, CT USA
10	Joseph E.	September 21, 1923	West Suffield	CT US	Suffield, CT USA
11	Stanley C.	April 6, 1927	West Suffield	CT US	Suffield, CT USA
12	Anthony G. Jr.	April 26, 1928 - 1998	West Suffield	CT US	West Suffield, CT USA

**Children of Alexandra (Alice) SZOKA Kreczko**
Reg	First Name	DOB - DOD	Place of Birth	State and Country	Last Residence
1	Teresa Ann Kreczko	1925	Springfield	MA US	MI USA
2	Irene Ann Kreczko	1941	Springfield	MA US	MA USA

**Children of Sarah SZOKA Skowronski**
Reg	First Name	DOB - DOD	Place of Birth	State and Country	Last Residence
1	Joseph J. Skowronski Jr.	1931	Suffield	CT US	AZ USA
2	Helene Skowronski	1937	Suffield	CT US	Enfield, CT USA

**Children of Helena SZOKA Osowiecki**
Reg	First Name	DOB - DOD	Place of Birth	State and Country	Last Residence
1	Chester Osowiecki	1933	West Suffield	CT US	Suffield, CT USA
2	Donald R. Osowiecki	1936	West Suffield	CT US	Suffield, CT USA
3	Sally Ann Osowiecki	1943	West Suffield	CT US	CT USA

**Children of Bernice SZOKA Zukowski**
Reg	First Name	DOB - DOD	Place of Birth	State and Country	Last Residence
1	Henry E. Zukowski Jr.	1933	West Suffield	CT US	CT USA
2	Michael Zukowski	1940	West Suffield	CT US	Enfield, CT USA
3	Ronald Zukowski	1946	West Suffield	CT US	NM USA

**Children of Sophie R. SZOKA Krajewski**
Reg	First Name	DOB - DOD	Place of Birth	State and Country	Last Residence
1	Robert Pacewicz Sr.	1941	West Suffield	CT US	CT USA
2	Raymond Pacewicz	1942	West Suffield	CT US	OK USA
3	Sandra Pacewicz	1944	West Suffield	CT US	NM USA
4	John A. Krajewski Jr.	1960	West Suffield	CT US	CT USA

**Children of Charles Anthony SZOKA**
Reg	First Name	DOB - DOD	Place of Birth	State and Country	Last Residence
1	Richard Charles Szoka	1946	Hartford	CT US	Somers, CT USA

**Children of Edward J. SZOKA**
Reg	First Name	DOB - DOD	Place of Birth	State and Country	Last Residence
1	Roy Szoka	1945	Enfield	CT US	South Windsor, CT USA
2	Karyn Szoka	1952	Enfield	CT US	Ohio USA

**Children of Joseph SZOKA**
Reg	First Name	DOB - DOD	Place of Birth	State and Country	Last Residence
1	Ronald Szoka	1946	Suffield	CT US	Agawam, MA USA
2	Celeste Szoka	1949	Suffield	CT US	Suffield, CT USA

**Children of Stanley SZOKA**
Reg	First Name	DOB - DOD	Place of Birth	State and Country	Last Residence
1	Debra Susan Szoka	1951	Suffield	CT US	Suffield, MA USA
2	Gail Ann Szoka	1953	Suffield	CT US	Suffield, MA USA

**Children of Anthony G. SZOKA**
Reg	First Name	DOB - DOD	Place of Birth	State and Country	Last Residence
1	Holly Ann Szoka Stevenson	1953	-	NM US	Manchester, MA USA
2	Anthony G. Szoka III	1956	Suffield	CT US	MA USA

Last updated on Friday, March 5th, 1999

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