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NOWASKY FAMILY HISTORY

In 1831, Carl Nowacki was born in Cekzin, a small village in West Prussia, which at the time was part of the vast German Empire. Today, that same village is in Poland, and is known by the Polish name of Cekcyn.

Around 1864, when he was in his early thirties, Carl married Louise Krzigan. They had 4 children that I know of, all born in Germany: Emilie (1865), Bertha (1867), Carl (1870) and Herman (1873). Sometime about 1880, they all immigrated to America and settled in the Gravesend and Parkville sections of Long Island, NY, which would eventually be incorporated into the city of Brooklyn.

Carl Sr. and Jr. eventually changed their names to Charles, and Emilie changed hers to Amelia. By the time Charles Jr. married Barbara Kellner on June 7, 1896, everyone was spelling the surname as Nowasky.

Charles Sr. became an American citizen on October 20, 1890. He and Louise were living at 258 Newkirk Avenue with Charles Jr. and Barbara when Louise died on February 20, 1903, from kidney disease. She was 67 years old. They buried her in an unmarked grave in The Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn. A year later, on May 24, 1904, Charles Sr. died from a pistol shot wound of the abdomen. This information is from his death certificate. I have been unable, so far, in finding out how or why he was shot. He was 73 years old. He is buried with Louise in Evergreens Cemetery.

For more information about the children of Charles Sr. and Louise, click on "Children of Charles and Louise Nowasky" in the panel on the left.

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