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About Joseph Vincent Efta, Sr.
Joseph and Ann Efta
Joseph Efta was born in Poland. His parents were Jacob Efta and Victori Mrozek. He had three brothers Ignac, John, Sr., and Jacob. This is the branch ofthe Efta family that carries on the Efta name in the Greenbush area. Joseph and Ann came to Roseau County from LeSueur County in 1903. They homesteaded on the NE 1/4 Section 9 Barto Township. Their children were Joseph B. 18931977 (Victoria Blawat), John (Lucy Stanley (Peplinski), Tony (Crisco), Frank (?), Pauline (John Marciniak of Barto Township), Vema (John Marciniak after her sister died), Ann (Miller), Mary (Ponke), Adam, Alphonsius and Elizabeth became a nun. In 1907, all of the family except for Joseph B. went to Wibaux County, Montana, to homestead. Tony was 18 and not old enough to homestead unless he was married. So he married a Kryzsko who was related to the Marciniaks. Her father, Frank Kryzsko, was a dray man in Greenbush and hauled coal for the dredges. Joseph, more commonly known in our area as J. B. Efta, remained on the family homestead. He married Victoria Blawat (1900-1994) the daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Blawat and had six children: Alex, James, Edward, Raymond, Irene and Teresa. In 1929, 1. B. and Victoria also moved to Montana, but they retained ownership of the homestead. In 1936, after many years of drought, the grasshoppers were the last straw, and J. B.'s family moved back to Greenbush. J. B. would never complain about too much rain. Part of the crop might drown, but there would always be some crop and there would be feed for the livestock. Alex (Clara Hanka) had three children: Lou Allen, Cary, and Patrick. James (Bernice Bialke) had three children: James, Jr., Elaine, and Virginia. Edward and Leona (Kalka) had five children: Renee, Myles, Debbie, Mary and John. Raymond and June (Szymanski) had eight children: Robert, Charles, Patricia, Julie, Jacqueline, Elizabeth, Kathleen and Laurie. Irene (Jim Walter) had seven children: Larry, Joe, Ivy, Valerie, Nola, Carolyn, Ilene. Teresa (Ernie Vatthauer) had three children: Jimmy, Joan, and Kim. 1. B. Efta was on the schoolboard for District 15 for several years and his son James G. Efta was on the Greenbush schoolboard. James, Edward, and Raymond farmed and raised their families in Barto Township. Raymond lives on the place their grandfather homesteaded. Submitted by Myrna Sovde.
Source: Edward Efta. See John Efta, Sr. history.
1885 census John E Efta (born 1838 Poland/Prussia), Catharine Efta ((born 1839 Poland/Prussia), Ammy Efta (born 1838 Poland/Prussia), Ignatius Efta (born 1875 Poland/Prussia), Joseph Efta (born 1878 Poland/Prussia), John Efta & Mary Efta are living at Lexington, Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
1895 census John Afta (born 1840 Poland), Agusta Afta (born 1848 Poland), Annie Afta (born 1870 Poland), Ignatius Afta (born 1876 Poland), Joseph Afta (born 1879 Poland), John Afta & Mary Afta are living at Derrynane, Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
1895 census Joseph Afta (born 1855 Poland) & Hannah Afta (born 1861 Poland), John Afta (born 1884 Minnesota), Pauline Afta (born 1886 Minnesota), Frank Afta (born 1888 Minnesota), Antone Afta (born 1890 Minnesota), Hannah Afta (born 1892 Minnesota), Mary Afta (born 1893 Minnesota) & Joseph Afta (born 1894 Minnesota) are living at Derrynane, Le Sueur County, Minnesota. Also living with them are Thomas Ginther (born 1841 Poland), Hannah Ginther (born 1852 Poland), Mary Ginther (born 1881 Poland), Annie Ginther (born 1882 Poland), Frank Ginther (born 1891 Minnesota), John Verkos (born 1825 Poland) & Rosala Verkos (born 1835 Poland).
1895 census Jacob Afta (born 1858 Poland) & Margaret Afta (born 1865 Poland) are living at Derrynane, Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
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Joseph Vincent Efta, Sr.'s Timeline
| 1853 |
March 1853
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Studzienice, Bytów, Polska (Poland)
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| 1881 |
October 9, 1881
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Upiłka, Lipnica / Bytów, Pomorskie, Poland
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| 1883 |
June 23, 1883
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Choniec, Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
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| 1885 |
August 26, 1885
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New Prague, MN, United States
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| 1886 |
November 14, 1886
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Lexington, Le Sueur, Le Sueur County, MN, United States
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| 1888 |
December 14, 1888
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Minnesota, United States
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| 1891 |
February 12, 1891
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Lexington,, Le Sueur, Le Sueur County, MN, United States
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| 1893 |
February 16, 1893
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Minnesota, United States
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