Apolonia "Pollie" Marianna Duray

1885 (18 Aug) Apollonia Duraj (born 1839 Prussia),Marianne Duraj (born 1864 Prussia), Antonie Duraj (born 1876 Prussia) & Josef Duraj (born 1878 Prussia), arrived in New York from Hamburg, Germany on the ship "Moravia".

Frank Duray was born on Oct. 6, 1859, in the vicinity of Szklana Huta and Kosczyny, Poland, to Wojciech and Apolonia Stoltman Duray. After the death of his father, his mother, Apolonia, came to the United States through the efforts of her brother, Walenty Stoltman, who was already here. Apolonia brought with her, her family of five children — three boys and two girls. Her son, Josef, married Frances Sikorski at Warsaw, N. Dak, and lived in Ardoch, N. Dak, later moving to Elkhorn, Wis. (Walworth County). Peter married Cecelia Grzadzielewski and farmed in the Forest River, N. Dak. area. Maryanna married Wojcech Bazia (Bazey) and they farmed in the Warsaw area, retiring to a little acreage just south of Minto. Antonia married John Grievers and they farmed in the Warsaw area. Frank Duray, the oldest son of Apolonia Stoltman Duray, 22 years old on his arrival in the United States, first worked in a syrup factory in Chicago, III. He came to North Dakota the next year to join the rest of the family. In 1886, Frank (Franc) Duray married Marianna Stencel, a daughter of Michael and Augustina Stubinski Stencel, at Warsaw. She was born Dec. 18, 1871, in Biolystok, Poland, and came to the United States with her parents at the age of seven. After their marriage, the couple lived and farmed in the Warsaw area until 1920 and then located one mile east of Ardoch, N. Dak., and where they continued farming until their retirement in 1937, when they moved to Warsaw to reside until death. Frank Duray died Nov. 27, 1938, at the age of 79; Marianna died Aug. 21, 1941, at the age of 70. They are both buried at St. Stanislaus Cemetery at Warsaw. The couple had 16 children — two died in infancy; the others, Mrs. John F. (Martha) Gerszewski, Mrs. Laurence (Frances) Czapiewski (deceased), Leo (deceased), Minnie (deceased), Mrs. John (Bibian) Kamrowski, Martin (deceased), Elizabeth, Edward (deceased), Walter (deceased), Bill, Mrs. Earl (Dorothy) Howard, Frank (deceased), Julian, and Sylvester. (Walsh Heritage - vol.4)