Piotr Paweł Konopacki

He arrived in America in 1860 and was one of the first Polish pioneers in Polonia, Portage County, Wisconsin.

Arrival Year: 1860

Arrival Place: Wisconsin

Primary Immigrant: Konopacki, Charlotte Taczek

Family Members: Wife Charlotte Taczek;With family

Source Publication Code: 8865.9.90

Annotation: Date and port of arrival. Name of ship, date and place of embarkation, place of origin, family members, and ages are also provided.

Source Bibliography: SOPA, ADELINE M. The Kaszuby Region Home of the Polish Pioneers of Portage County, Wisconsin. In Rodziny (Polish Genealogical Society of America), May 1996, pp. 3-7.

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Death Notice

"Stevens Point Journal" 21 Aug 1880

Killed by Lightning

During the prevalence of a light thunderstorm, which passed over the town of Sharon at about 4 o'clock Wednesday morning, a Polander named Peter Konopotski was struck by lightning and instantly killed. He had been up all night with some member of his family who was sick and was just going to bed, when the bolt came through the window knocking one pane of glass out and killing the unfortunate man instantly. Except as here stated, nothing in or about the house was injured, making it one of the most curious freaks of lightning of which we ever heard.