Stanislaus HORKA

1827 - 29 OCT 1909

• BIRTH: 1827, Rogozno, Posen, Poland
• DEATH: 29 OCT 1909, South Bend, St Joseph, IN

1. +Ignatius HORKA
2.  Joseph HORKA
3.  Pelagria HORKA
4.  Frank HORKA
5.  Antonia HORKA

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[N27701] Stanislaus Horka

Birth 1827
Poland

Death 29 Oct 1909 (aged 81-82)
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

Burial
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Notre Dame, St. Joseph County, IN
Plot Section C, row 18, lot 330
Memorial ID 58375282

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Thanks to contributor #47605922

"Stanislaw Horka, aged 80 years, died Friday afternoon at his home, 806 East LaSalle avenue after a short illness as the result of the infirmities of old. He is survived by the following children: Mrs. Taligia (sic: Pelagia) Wroblewski, Mrs. Taligia Wroblewski, Frank, Harry and Ignatz of this city, and Joseph Horka of Chicago. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the St. Joseph church, Rev. Father Peter Lauth officiating. The interment occurred in the Cedar Grove cemetery."

—South Bend Daily Times, Sat., Oct. 30, 1909

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Rogoźno dates back to a Lechitic (early Polish) stronghold from the 8th-9th century. Its name is of Old Polish origin, and comes from the word rogoża, which means "typha". The oldest known mention in documents comes from 1192. From the mid-12th century it was a seat of a castellan and in 1280 it was granted town rights by Przemysł II. King Przemysł II of Poland was murdered in or near Rogoźno in 1296. According to one tradition he was kidnapped while staying at the town, but was so badly wounded in the process that he was unable to continue the journey, and was killed by his captors at Sierniki a few miles to the east. Rogoźno was a royal town of Poland, administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[1]