John Jacob Kostka

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John Jacob Kostka

Polish: Jan Jakub Kostka, German: von Kostka
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stężyca par., Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: 1941 (92-93)
Pike Lake, Marathon County, WI, United States
Place of Burial: Bevent, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Jan Kostka and Luiza Kostka
Husband of Natalia Wojakowska
Father of Teofilia Kostka; Bernard Joseph “Barney” Kostka; Frank Kostka; Stanislaw Kostka; Joseph Barney Kostka and 1 other
Brother of Franciszek Kostka; Katarzyna Jozefina Kostka; Henryka (Henrietta) Peplińska; Marianna Kostka and Augustyn Ignacy Kostka

Occupation: farmer
Managed by: Dale Nelson
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About John Jacob Kostka

Jan Kostka, his wife Natalia and their two children, Teofila and Bernard departed first from Bremen, Germany and then from Southampton, England and arrived in New York, NY on Apr 3, 1875 aboard "The Neckar"


He left Poland for America in 1875 with his wife and two children. They arrived in New York, NY on Apr 3, 1875 on SS Neckar.

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John Jacob Kostka's Timeline

1848
1848
Stężyca par., Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
1867
1867
Poland
1873
August 7, 1873
Karpno, Lipusz / Kościerzyna, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
1881
1881
Pike Lake, Marathon County, WI, United States
1884
1884
Pike Lake, Marathon County, WI, United States
1885
October 25, 1885
Pike Lake, Marathon County, WI, United States
1888
1888
Pike Lake, Marathon County, WI, United States
1941
1941
Age 93
Pike Lake, Marathon County, WI, United States
1941
Age 93
Saint Ladislaus Cemetery, Bevent, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States