Józef Kazimierz Stoltman

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Joseph Stoltman and his wife, Anna Dulek, came from Europe to America and their first stop was at Stephen' s Point, Wis. In 1879 they came to Pulaski Township and filed a claim. In 1880 they brought their family and all of their belongings, which consisted of 2 oxen, 5 cows and calves, wagon, walking plow, feed oats, and enough lumber to build an 18 x 20 home. They came to Grand Forks by train, then took a steamboat down the Red River to Acton. They built their house and a sod bam. They broke some land and planted it to oats, which turned out good. They had a family of 14 children. Seven of them died in the 1882-83 epidemic of diptheria. Surviving were Peter , John, Joe, Alex, Adam, Mary and Anna. Joseph had one of the first threshing rigs here. Joseph had been bom in 1831 and he died in 1921, after retiring to Warsaw in 1915. His wife had been born in 1834 and died in 1924. His son Adam took over his farm. John took the tree claim. Joe went to Canada. Alex farmed nearby. Mary married Dom Kiedrowski. Anna becam e a nun. (Walsh Heritage - vol.1)

Joseph Stoltman, grandfather, was born in 1834 and died in 1921. He came to Walsh County in 1879 and filed a homestead — Tree Claim and Preempt. In the spring of 1880 he brought his wife, Anna Dulek, and her family to Grand Forks. She was born in 1843 and died in 1924. They came to Grand Forks by train and then took the steam boat to Acton, about 35 miles north of Grand Forks. Joseph brought enough lumber to build a 14 x 20 shack; oxen, cattle (5 head), a wagon, a walking plow, feed and all of their personal belongings. From Acton they went to their new farm, one mile east of Warsaw. The land was all in sod and they plowed enough to seed some oats for feed. They built the 14 x 20 home and a sod barn. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stoltman had 13 children. However, in 1892 or '93, a diphtheria epidemic hit the area and seven of their children died. Their son, Adam, remained on the homestead. Son, John, got the tree claim which was three miles north of Warsaw and son, Peter, got the preempt which was by the Salt River, east of Warsaw. In a few years he sold the land and purchased the farm in Secton 35, Pulaski Township, in 1897 where he lived until 1935 when Victor and Dorothy moved. That farm is now occupied by Gregory Stoltman and his wife — a third generation offspring. (Walsh Heritage - vol.4)

1880 census Joseph Staltman, Anna Staltman, Frank Staltman, John Staltman, Mary Staltman, Peter Staltman, Joseph Staltman, Theresa Staltman, Alex Staltman, Adam Staltman & Anna Staltman are living at Walshville, Grand Forks County, Dakota Territory, United States.