August "Thomas" Tomasz Skiba

255 Hamilton. May have emigrated from Canada; daughter Magdalena (Skiba) Klopotek gave birth to a son in Canada 1867 per 1870 USC.

baptismal record of (THOMAS?) SKIBA, born in Lesno to MATHIAS SKIBA & MAGDALENA MEGIEROWA, on 12/14/1807. Date of baptism - 12/19/1807; sponsors - Joannes (Kosidowski?), Apolonia Popielarski, of Lesno; performed by - xxx at Lesno, Wes t Prussia. GODPARENTS: Joannes (Kosidowski?), Apolonia Popielarski, of Lesno.

CENSUS: 1870 (11/30/2001). 1870 Census. Film #0553225 Wisconsin 1870 Census City of Milwaukee, Wards 1 - 2 Page 113. +THOMAS SKIBA (head) age 50, born abt 1820, Prussia. Occupation: laborer. Both parents are foreign born. Real estate value: not shown. Cannot read nor write. +ROSALIA SKIBA (wife) age 50, born abt 1820, Prussia. Occupation: keeping house. Both parents are foreign born. Cannot read nor write. +ANDREW SKIBA (son) age 25, born abt 1845, Prussia. Occupation: laborer. Cannot read nor write. +THADEUS SKIBA (son) age 20, born abt 1850, Prussia. Occupation: laborer. Cannot read nor write. +PETER SKIBA (son) age 8, born abt 1862, Prussia. At home (no reference to attending school).

CENSUS: 1880. 1880 Index (S-100) Film #xxxx Wisconsin 1880 Census Index xxxxxxxxxxx Vol. 0; ED 96; Sheet 29; Line 38. Film #xxxx. Living at: 255 Hamilton St., Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI. +THOMAS SKIBA (head) age 72, born abt 1808, Prussia. Occupation: none shown. Has a rupture. Cannot read nor write. Parents born in Prussia. +ROSALIA SKIBA (wife) age 65, born abt 1815, Prussia. Occupation: keeping house. Has asthma. Can read & write. Parents born in Prussia.