Timeline: Ida (Fela) May Andrews: Myron M Felckowski

Ida (Fela) May Andrews

1866 - 1947 (81 years)

1863

1880

1897

1913

1930

1947

Ida (Fela) May Andrews (1866 - 1947)

Date

Event(s)

1863

1863—1871: St Joseph Catholic Church, Ellis, Portage County, WI
About 40 Polish families built Church in Ellis at Poland Corners. In 1871 it was dismanteled and moved to Polonia.

1866

14 Jun 1866—23 Aug 1866: Austro-Prussian War
14 Jun - 23 Aug 1866; Austro-Prussian War of 1866 - Seven Weeks War. Austro-Prussian War over control of Schleswig-Holstein; Italy and some small states support Prussia; Bavaria, Würtemberg, Saxony, Hanover, Baden, the two Hesses support Austria. Prussia invades Hanover, Hesse and Saxony; Prussia defeats Austria at Battle of Königgrätz, where Prussian tactics, technology (needle guns, railways) prove superior. Prussia expands from 19 million population to 23.5 as it absorbs Schleswig-Holstein, Hanover, Hesse, Nassau, the city of Frankfort; it also controls Saxony
23 Aug 1866: Treaty of Prague
23 Aug 1866; Treaty of Prague ended the Austro-Prussian war.

1867

1867: Poland Corners names Ellis, Portage County, WI
Jordan Road (current Highway 66) and County J crossroads are known as Poland Corners, and was named Ellis (after the current mayor of Stevens Point) in 1867. --- Susan Bigalke Chapman's grandfather Theodore Bigalke had a general store in Ellis at the turn of the century. Her father, Chester Bigalke, was born in a house across the street from the general store.

1868

1868: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish
Myron Felckowski and Susan Bigalke Chapman ancestors - (greatgreat-grandparents) Simon and Marianna Felckowski with family, including (greatgrandfather Martin and greatgrandmother Anna). (Arrive in Quebec 16 Jul 1868 and Left Hamburg 7 May 1868).

1870

19 Jul 1870: Franco-Prussian War
19 Jul 1870; The Franco-Prussian War began. Napoleon declared war on Bismarck. Emperor Napoleon III of France declared war on Germany under Otto von Bismarck. Napoleon was defeated in three months and abdicated.

1871

1871: Chicago Fire
8-10 Oct 1871, Great Chicago Fire causes extensive damage to city, over 300 deaths, and over 100,000 were left homeless (about one third of the population of Chicago), as 17,500 buildings over 4.0 square miles of the city was destroyed.
1871: Germany
The German states became a nation.
1871: St. Maria's Catholic Church, Ellis, Portage Couty, WI
Built in Ellis at Poland Corners and was torn down about 1918. Known as St. Maria's or later the Condemned Church. --- Susan Bigalke Chapman's aunt remembered her father Theodore Bigalke, who lived at Poland Corners, helped tear down this unconcencrated Church and the lumber was donated to Stanislaus Church in Stevens Point.
1871—1876: St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ellis, Portage County, WI
Church built in 1867 at Ellis at Poland Corners. In 1871 it was dismanteled and moved to Polonia. It was destroyed by fire in 1875. It was replaced by Sacred Heart Church in Polonia.
1871: St. Casimir Catholic Church, Hull, Portage County, WI
St. Casimir Catholic Church was a mission church built in 1871 in Hull. Re-built in 1913.

1872

1872: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish
Susan Bigalke Chapman ancestors Anton and Michalina (Sobieszczyk) Bigalke (Arrive in NY 26 Apr 1872 from Bremen).
1872: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish
Myron Felckowski's ancestors (great-greatgrandfather) Andrew Izydor and (greatgrandmother) Anna Izydor. (Arrive NY 4 May 1872 and Left Hamburg 29 Apr 1872).

1876

1876: Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
1876: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Polonia, Portage County, WI
Sacred Heart Church and convent-school buildings were started and completed in 1884. It was built of local stone and capped with parallel steeples. This Church served until 1902, and replaced by larger structure that resembled the European cathedrals. In 1934 it was struck by lightning and partially burned. It was razed and replaced. --- Susan Bigalke Chapman's grandfather Theodore Bigalke told her he helped to re-built the Church.
1876: St. Peter Catholic Church, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI
St. Peter Catholic Church was built by 53 families in 1876. Burndt by fire in 1896. Re-built in 1897.

1882

1882: St. Michael Catholic Church, Junction City, Portage County, WI
Built in 1881/1882. Re-built in 1958.

1883

1883: St. Batholomew Catholic Church, Mill Creek, Portage County, WI
Built as mission Church of St. Michael's Church of Junction City in 1883. Re-built in 1910.

1884

1884: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Fancher, Portage County, WI
Built in 1884 as a daughter parish of Sacred Heart. Re-built as a Gothic revival building in 1905.

1890

1890: St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Galloway, Marathon County, WI
Built in 1890's.
1890: St. Florian's Catholic Church, Hatley, Marathon County, WI
Built in 1890's.

1895

1895: St. Ladislaus Catholic Church, Bevent, Marathon County, WI
Built in 1895.

1896

1896: St John the Baptist Church in Heffron, Portage County, WI
Built in 1896.
1896: St. Bronislava Catholic Church, Plover, Portage County, WI
Built in 1896, re-built in 1911 and demolished in 1999. New Church built in 1991.

1897

1897: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Torun, Portage County, WI
Built in 1897. Re-built in 1949.

1898

1898: Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War
1898: St. Adalbert Catholic Church, Rosholt, Portage County, WI
St. Adalbert Catholic Church built in 1898, as a daughter church of Sacred Heart. Re-built in 1935.

1908

1908: Henry Ford car
Henry Ford begins production of Model T cars in USA

1914

1914—1918: World War I
28 Jun 1914 - 3 Nov 1918, World War I from 1914 to 1918. USA enters war in 1917.

1916

1916: St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI
Built in 1916, established in 1913.

1918

1918—1919: Spanish Flu in USA
The Spanish Flu or "la gripe" spread quickly across the United States. Claims 130 lives in Portage County, WI.
11 Nov 1918: Poland regains independence
11 Nov 1918; Poland

1919

1919: Prohibition
In USA outlaws purchase, sale and transport of alcohol.

1927

1927: First talking movies.
First talking movies

1929

24 Oct 1929: Great Depression
24 Oct 1929, Stock Market Crash

1938

1938—1945: World War II
Sep 1938 - Aug 1945, World War II from 1938 to 1945.

1939

1 Sep 1939: German Invasion of Poland
1 Sep 1939; German Invasion
17 Sep 1939: Soviet Invasion of Poland
17 Sep 1939; Soviet Invasion
28 Sep 1939: Fall of Warsaw
28 Sep 1939; Fall of Warsaw
6 Oct 1939: Polan completely occupied
6 Oct 1939; Poland completely occupied.

1941

7 Dec 1941: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
7 Dec 1941, WWII Japanese attach Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, USA enters war.

1944

1944: Battle of the Bulge
WWII Battle of the Bulge begins to break down Axis position on Western Front.
6 Jun 1944: D-Day
6 Jun 1944, WWII Allies invade Normandy, France.

1945

1945: Warsaw captured
Soviet forces capture Warsaw in January. All German forces are driven from Poland by March. Poland's borders are set by the post-war Potsdam conference; Poland loses territory to the Soviet Union but gains some from Germany.

1947

1947: People's Republic of Poland
Poland becomes a Communist People's Republic after Soviet-run elections.

In memory of Myron M. Felckowski (October 16, 1947 - September 25, 2015).

This website was started in 2005, and Myron's research has been available online since then. In Myron's legacy, his research will continue to remain available to the public.
This original database of Myron's will remain online to 2018 (three years after his death). Since March 2017, Myron's work in progress updated database is available at www.Bigalke.biz/myronfelckowski .
To contact the webmaster, Susan Chapman, please send an email.

Our Family History by Myron M. Felckowski (1947-2015). Family tree database updated July 27, 2015.

Families of Portage County, Wisconsin

This family tree contains families which are not directly related to Myron's paternal/maternal families which are Felckowski/Feltz/Filtz and Kawlewski/Kawleski.

The relationships exist to families which married Myron's paternal/maternal families.

	Date	Event(s)
1	1863	1863—1871: St Joseph Catholic Church, Ellis, Portage County, WI About 40 Polish families built Church in Ellis at Poland Corners. In 1871 it was dismanteled and moved to Polonia.
2	1866	14 Jun 1866—23 Aug 1866: Austro-Prussian War 14 Jun - 23 Aug 1866; Austro-Prussian War of 1866 - Seven Weeks War. Austro-Prussian War over control of Schleswig-Holstein; Italy and some small states support Prussia; Bavaria, Würtemberg, Saxony, Hanover, Baden, the two Hesses support Austria. Prussia invades Hanover, Hesse and Saxony; Prussia defeats Austria at Battle of Königgrätz, where Prussian tactics, technology (needle guns, railways) prove superior. Prussia expands from 19 million population to 23.5 as it absorbs Schleswig-Holstein, Hanover, Hesse, Nassau, the city of Frankfort; it also controls Saxony 23 Aug 1866: Treaty of Prague 23 Aug 1866; Treaty of Prague ended the Austro-Prussian war.
3	1867	1867: Poland Corners names Ellis, Portage County, WI Jordan Road (current Highway 66) and County J crossroads are known as Poland Corners, and was named Ellis (after the current mayor of Stevens Point) in 1867. --- Susan Bigalke Chapman's grandfather Theodore Bigalke had a general store in Ellis at the turn of the century. Her father, Chester Bigalke, was born in a house across the street from the general store.
4	1868	1868: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish Myron Felckowski and Susan Bigalke Chapman ancestors - (greatgreat-grandparents) Simon and Marianna Felckowski with family, including (greatgrandfather Martin and greatgrandmother Anna). (Arrive in Quebec 16 Jul 1868 and Left Hamburg 7 May 1868).
5	1870	19 Jul 1870: Franco-Prussian War 19 Jul 1870; The Franco-Prussian War began. Napoleon declared war on Bismarck. Emperor Napoleon III of France declared war on Germany under Otto von Bismarck. Napoleon was defeated in three months and abdicated.
6	1871	1871: Chicago Fire 8-10 Oct 1871, Great Chicago Fire causes extensive damage to city, over 300 deaths, and over 100,000 were left homeless (about one third of the population of Chicago), as 17,500 buildings over 4.0 square miles of the city was destroyed. 1871: Germany The German states became a nation. 1871: St. Maria's Catholic Church, Ellis, Portage Couty, WI Built in Ellis at Poland Corners and was torn down about 1918. Known as St. Maria's or later the Condemned Church. --- Susan Bigalke Chapman's aunt remembered her father Theodore Bigalke, who lived at Poland Corners, helped tear down this unconcencrated Church and the lumber was donated to Stanislaus Church in Stevens Point. 1871—1876: St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ellis, Portage County, WI Church built in 1867 at Ellis at Poland Corners. In 1871 it was dismanteled and moved to Polonia. It was destroyed by fire in 1875. It was replaced by Sacred Heart Church in Polonia. 1871: St. Casimir Catholic Church, Hull, Portage County, WI St. Casimir Catholic Church was a mission church built in 1871 in Hull. Re-built in 1913.
7	1872	1872: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish Susan Bigalke Chapman ancestors Anton and Michalina (Sobieszczyk) Bigalke (Arrive in NY 26 Apr 1872 from Bremen). 1872: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish Myron Felckowski's ancestors (great-greatgrandfather) Andrew Izydor and (greatgrandmother) Anna Izydor. (Arrive NY 4 May 1872 and Left Hamburg 29 Apr 1872).
8	1876	1876: Telephone Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. 1876: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Polonia, Portage County, WI Sacred Heart Church and convent-school buildings were started and completed in 1884. It was built of local stone and capped with parallel steeples. This Church served until 1902, and replaced by larger structure that resembled the European cathedrals. In 1934 it was struck by lightning and partially burned. It was razed and replaced. --- Susan Bigalke Chapman's grandfather Theodore Bigalke told her he helped to re-built the Church. 1876: St. Peter Catholic Church, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI St. Peter Catholic Church was built by 53 families in 1876. Burndt by fire in 1896. Re-built in 1897.
9	1882	1882: St. Michael Catholic Church, Junction City, Portage County, WI Built in 1881/1882. Re-built in 1958.
10	1883	1883: St. Batholomew Catholic Church, Mill Creek, Portage County, WI Built as mission Church of St. Michael's Church of Junction City in 1883. Re-built in 1910.
11	1884	1884: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Fancher, Portage County, WI Built in 1884 as a daughter parish of Sacred Heart. Re-built as a Gothic revival building in 1905.
12	1890	1890: St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Galloway, Marathon County, WI Built in 1890's. 1890: St. Florian's Catholic Church, Hatley, Marathon County, WI Built in 1890's.
13	1895	1895: St. Ladislaus Catholic Church, Bevent, Marathon County, WI Built in 1895.
14	1896	1896: St John the Baptist Church in Heffron, Portage County, WI Built in 1896. 1896: St. Bronislava Catholic Church, Plover, Portage County, WI Built in 1896, re-built in 1911 and demolished in 1999. New Church built in 1991.
15	1897	1897: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Torun, Portage County, WI Built in 1897. Re-built in 1949.
16	1898	1898: Spanish-American War Spanish-American War 1898: St. Adalbert Catholic Church, Rosholt, Portage County, WI St. Adalbert Catholic Church built in 1898, as a daughter church of Sacred Heart. Re-built in 1935.
17	1908	1908: Henry Ford car Henry Ford begins production of Model T cars in USA
18	1914	1914—1918: World War I 28 Jun 1914 - 3 Nov 1918, World War I from 1914 to 1918. USA enters war in 1917.
19	1916	1916: St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI Built in 1916, established in 1913.
20	1918	1918—1919: Spanish Flu in USA The Spanish Flu or "la gripe" spread quickly across the United States. Claims 130 lives in Portage County, WI. 11 Nov 1918: Poland regains independence 11 Nov 1918; Poland
21	1919	1919: Prohibition In USA outlaws purchase, sale and transport of alcohol.
22	1927	1927: First talking movies. First talking movies
23	1929	24 Oct 1929: Great Depression 24 Oct 1929, Stock Market Crash
24	1938	1938—1945: World War II Sep 1938 - Aug 1945, World War II from 1938 to 1945.
25	1939	1 Sep 1939: German Invasion of Poland 1 Sep 1939; German Invasion 17 Sep 1939: Soviet Invasion of Poland 17 Sep 1939; Soviet Invasion 28 Sep 1939: Fall of Warsaw 28 Sep 1939; Fall of Warsaw 6 Oct 1939: Polan completely occupied 6 Oct 1939; Poland completely occupied.
26	1941	7 Dec 1941: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 7 Dec 1941, WWII Japanese attach Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, USA enters war.
27	1944	1944: Battle of the Bulge WWII Battle of the Bulge begins to break down Axis position on Western Front. 6 Jun 1944: D-Day 6 Jun 1944, WWII Allies invade Normandy, France.
28	1945	1945: Warsaw captured Soviet forces capture Warsaw in January. All German forces are driven from Poland by March. Poland's borders are set by the post-war Potsdam conference; Poland loses territory to the Soviet Union but gains some from Germany.
29	1947	1947: People's Republic of Poland Poland becomes a Communist People's Republic after Soviet-run elections.