Thomas Stanislowski, Jr.

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Thomas Stanislowski was born in Poznan, Poland, Oct. 17, 1844. He spent his early life in that country, coming to the United States in 1863 as a youth. He settled first in Winona, Minnesota, where he married Marcia Ann Stencil in 1872. Marcia Ann was the daughter of Jacob and Margaret Stencil. She was born in Poland in 1846. Her first home in this country was in Winona. When the great influx of settlers started rolling into eastern North Dakota, Thomas Stanislowski and his family were in the front ranks. His son, Joseph, was a year and a half old when they crossed the Red River at Fisher's Landing. They had two oxen and a wagon carrying all their possessions and a walking plow. Thomas and Marcia came to North Dakota in April 1886, and took out a homestead claim in April, 1887, in Ardoch Township. This land is still lived on by descendants. Thomas and Marcia had one son and three daughters, Joseph Stanislowski, Frances (Mrs. Andrew Babinski), Dominica (Mrs. Max Lizakowski), and Stella (Mrs. Joseph Riskey). One son, Frank, died in Winona in 1875. John died in 1921. Marcia Stanislowski died on December 1932. Her husband, Thomas, died 16 days after her death, in January, 1933. They had been married more than 60 years. Both are buried in St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Warsaw, N . D. (Walsh Heritage - vol.1)[http://www.walshhistory.org/publications/walsh-heritage/Walsh-Herit...]