Ludwig GORCZYCA

21 AUG 1886 - 6 SEP 1969

• RESIDENCE: 1918, 2416 West Orange, South Bend, IN
• OCCUPATION: 1918, Laborer - Studebaker
• BIRTH: 21 AUG 1886, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland
• DEATH: 6 SEP 1969, South Bend, IN

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[N16553] Tarnobrzeg is a city in south-eastern Poland (historic Lesser Poland), on the east bank of the river Vistula, with 49,419 inhabitants, as of December 31, 2009.[1] Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Podkarpackie) since 1999, it had previously been the capital of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship (1975-1998). Tarnobrzeg lies in the Sandomierz Basin, and directly borders the town of Sandomierz. Its history dates back to the year 1593, when it was granted Magdeburg rights, and belonged to the Tarnowski family. For centuries Tarnobrzeg remained a small town, which did not develop until the post-World War II period, when it became center of an industrial area, based on rich sulfur deposits.

LUDWIK GORCZYCA
Nat Intent Vol 40 pg 190; # 18751; born 21 Aug 1886 Tarnobrzeg, Poland; lived 2416 W Orange.
Age 52, medium complexion, blue eyes, mixed hair, 5'10, 174 lbs. Last foreign residence Prajajor
Yugoslavia. Emigrated port of Bremen, arrived port of Baltimore 7 May 1913 on vessel SS Neckar,
North German lloyd Line of Bremen. Wife: Anna born 20 Jul 1888 Jordanow Poland.
Children:
Anna b] 12 Jun 1912 Minneapolis MN

Birth: Aug. 14, 1887
Poland
Death: Sep. 6, 1969
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

Ludwik Gorczyca, 82, of 2416 W. Orange St., died at 6am today in Osteopathic Hospital after a brief illness. He had been an employee of the Studebaker Corp. for thirty-eight years, retiring in 1955. He was born on August 14, 1887, in Poland, coming here forty years ago. In 1938 he married Anna M. Traczyik, who survives. Friends may call from 7 to 9pm Sunday and 2 to 9pm Monday at Kaniewski & Sons Funeral Home, 3402 Lincoln Way West. Services will be held at 9am Tuesday in St Mary’s Polish National Catholic Church, Rev. Joseph Zawistowski, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in St Joseph Cemetery. He was a member of the St Joseph Society of the Church.

Parents: Valerie Gorczyca (1866 - 1939)
Spouse: Anna M. Gorczyca (1888 - 1979)
Burial: Saint Joseph Cemetery, South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN
Plot: P.C. 7

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