Wladyslawa “Lottie” PIERZYNSKI

31 MAY 1884 - 14 FEB 1919

• BIRTH: 31 MAY 1884, Poland
• DEATH: 14 FEB 1919, South Bend, St Joseph, IN

• MARRIAGE: 1 MAY 1905, St Hedwig Catholic Church, South Bend, IN

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[N27989] Wladyslawa “Lottie” Pierzynski Matuszkiewicz

Birth 31 May 1884
Poland

Death 14 Feb 1919 (aged 34)
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

Burial
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Notre Dame, St. Joseph County, IN
Plot Unidentified location within cemetery.
Memorial ID 183192350

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According to the 1900 census of South Bend, Indiana, "Ladoslova" Pierzynski was living with her parents, Alexander and Antonia Pierzynski. They all were born in Poland and had immigrated in the 1890s. Alexander, aka Xavier, died in 1903. (St. Hedwig Catholic Church record; WPA, "Indiana, Index to Death Records")

On May 1, 1905, Rev. George Kolesinski, assistant pastor of St. Hedwig Catholic Church in South Bend, Indiana, married Anton Matuszkiewicz and Wladyslawa Piersynski. The applications they filed with the county include the following information: Tony, a laborer in South Bend, was born June 12, 1878 in Poland to Michael & Agnes Ponzukowiak Matuszkiewicz. Wladyslawa, a housekeeper in South Bend, was born May 31, 1884 in Germany to "Savar" & Victoria Elesko Pierszynski (sic*). It was the first marriage for both Tony and Wladyslawa.

According to the 1910 census of South Bend, the household of Anton and Lottie "Matuszkevics" included sons Frank and Ferdinand, and Lottie's mother, Antonia "Prezinzska".

South Bend Tribune, Sat., Feb. 15, 1919, p. 5:
"Mrs. Lottie Matuszkiewicz, 36 years old, wife of Anthony Matuszkiewicz, 415 South Scott street, died Friday. She had been ill for five months. Besides her husband, the following children survive: Helen, Clementine, Ferdino (sic), Stanley, Valley (sic), and Frankie. The deceased came to South Bend from Poland 30 (sic) years ago. She was married here in 1915 (sic)."Funeral services will be held Monday at St. Hedwige's Polish Catholic church, Rev. Anthony Zubowicz officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Grove cemetery."

The 1920 census of South Bend lists Anton "Mascovitz"; his children (in birth order): Helen, Freddie, Clemens [Clementine], Valera, Frank, and Stanley; and Anton's mother-in-law Antonia "Perziusko".

According to the 1930 census, Antonia continued to live with and help care for her grandchildren. Antonia died in 1938. (obituary)

*In 1883, in Poland, Franz Xaver Pierzynski, born in 1850 to Valentin & Therese Paliski Pierzynski, married Antonia Wiktorowski born in 1860 to Michael & Marie Jablonski Wiktorowski. (Poznan Marriage Indexing Project.

Family Members
Parents
Franz Xavier Pierzynski
1859-1903

Antoinette Pierzynski
1853-1938

Spouse

Anthony Matuszkiewicz
1878-1955 (m. 1905)

Gravesite Details No extant grave marker with her name.