Albert J. Rudnik

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Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930: 1871 (17 July) Alber Rudnick born: Studzienig, Prusia (son of Thomas Rudnic & Caroline Stongora) and Mary Kukulski (daughter of Alexander Kukulski & Francisca Rarnick) married at Pine Creek, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

RUDNIK HISTORY - Albert Rudnik came first to America from West Prussia. He came to Pine Creek, Wis. There were some of his cousins, John Rudnik and his family and the Leon Brunk family. Albert worked around Pine Creek, earned money and sent for his brother, Michael. By the time the fare card arrived, Michael was taken into the army. Then the father sent the youngest son, Louis Rudolph. He was born in 1858 and came to America in 1873 to Pine Creek, Wis. He was fifteen years of age. Two years after Louis came, Albert decided to go and find if North Dakota lands were low in price and good fertile land as was told to him.

ALBERT RUDNIK FAMILY - Albert Rudnik was bom Feb. 4, 1846, in Bitow, Poland. He came to the United States in 1870 and settled in Wisconsin. There he met Marianna Kukolsky, who was born Dec. 8, 1857, at New Lisbon, Wis. They were married in Wisconsin in 1871. In 1882 they move d to North Dakota and homesteaded on a farm between Minto and Warsaw. They had six children, five of them were born in Wisconsin and one in Nort h Dakota . Two died at birth in Wisconsin and one died in infancy. Of the remaining three children , two died during a diphtheria epidemic around Minto in 1887. The survivor, Eva Rudnik married Jack McDonald in Grafto n in 1903. It is not known how Mr. and Mrs. Rudnik came from Wisconsin to North Dakota, but it was probably by train. They were member s of St. Stanislaus Church of Warsaw for many years. Around 1900 they retired from farming and moved to Grafton. It is not known whether Mr. Rudnik held any public offices, however, he could speak not only English, but also German and Polish. Many of the farmers around the Minto and Warsaw are a who had difficulty with the English language would come to him with thei r financial and legal problems and he would take them to some banker or lawyer or abstractor in Grafton to get the help and advice they needed. He did this many times and for many people. Albert Rudnik died at Grafton March 3, 1923. Marianna Kukolsy Rudnik died in a Fargo hospital on Feb. 11, 1931. The y are both buried in St. Stanislaus Cemetery at Warsaw.