Timeline: Henry W. Young: Myron M Felckowski

Henry W. Young

1819 - 1864 (45 years)

1819

1829

1840

1850

1861

1871

Henry W. Young (1819 - 1864)

Date

Event(s)

1825

1825: Railroad
First public railroad in Britian in 1825.

1830

1830—1831: Military revolt
Military revolt in protest at Russian erosion of the Kingdom's political autonomy and civil liberties.

1840

1840: Steam-Driven Flour Mills
In the 1840's flour milling was transformed by the introduction of steam-driven mills.

1844

1844: Morse Code
Samuel Morse patents telegraph in USA in 1844. The first transatlantic telegraph cable is laid in 1858,

1845

1845: Irish Potato Famine
Irish Potato Famine

1848

1848: Feudal System abolished
Revolutions in Austria, France, Germany and Italy. Serfdom anachronistic feudal order is abolished throughout the Austrian Empire.
1848: California Gold Rush
California Gold Rush
1848: Wisconsin
26 May 1848, Wisconsin becomes 30th state.

1854

1854—1856: Crimean War
Crimean War - Austria forms an alliance with Prussia and amasses an army in Galicia and Transylvania threatening Russia who then withdraws from Walachia and Moldavia.

1857

1857: Immigrant to Portage Co, WI - 1st Polish
Michael von Koziczkowski with wife Franciszka and 7 children, first documented Polish settlers to Portage County, Wisconsin. (Arrived in NY on 4 Sep 1857; Left Hamburg on 7 Jul 1857).
1857: St Martin Catholic Church, Ellis, Portage County, WI
Built in Ellis (Poland Corners) and organized by German and Irish settlers, and later attended by Polish settlers. (Current church building erected in 1866).

1858

1858: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish
Adam Klesmit (Kleinschmidt) with with Josefina and 2 children, Joseph Platta with wife Marianna and 4 children, and John Zynda with wife Clara and 6 children. (Arrived in NY on 9 Aug 1858 from Bremen).
1858: Immigrants to Wilno, Renfew Co, Canada - Polish
76 Poles (16 families) left Bremen on 6 Jun 1858 on ship Heinrich arrived in Quebec on 26 Jul 1858

1859

1859: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish
37 people: Christian Dzwonkowsky with wife Josephine and 3 children, Casimir Lukaszewitz and wife Veronica (and her parents Stanislaw and Margaretha Konopacki), Franz Wojak with wife Catherine and 1 child and (and his parents Anton and Antonia Woyak and 5 children), Joseph Jadzewski with wife Josephine and 2 children, Joseph Green (Greniz) with wife Dorotha and 3 children, and Jacob Werachowski with wife Pauline (and her father Mathias Rzepinski and sister Theodosia) and 5 children. (Left Hamburg on 15 Jun 1859 to Quebec).
1859: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish
Peter Kronopeski was identified as also coming in 1859, or the next year, from Winona, Minnesota. And also arrived in 1859: Daczyk and Kruzycki.
1859: Immigrants to Winona, MN - Polish
First Polish Settlement in Winona. Jacob and Franciszka von Bronk with 4 sons from Wiele; Michael and Barbara Konkel with daughter and 2 sons; left Hamburg on 14 May 1859 on the ship Elbe and arrived in Quebec. By 1860 census they were living in Winona, MN.

1860

1860: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish
Kuklinski, Narloch, Sikorski and Szulfer families.

1861

1861—1865: USA Civil War
USA Civil War from 1861 to 1865. Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Three Polish young men from Portage County served in the Civil War: John Fierkus, Jacob Gosz and John Platta.
1861: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish
Susan Bigalke Chapman ancestors Jan Gilmeister and his mother Elizabeth (Ostowski) Gilmeister. (Left Hamburg 29 Jun 1961 to Quebec).
1861: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish
Cisewski, Fierkus, Gosz, Kiedrowski, Kleman, Klopotek, Lipski, Paulubicki, Prominski, and Szelbraczkowski families, with additional Lukaszewicz and Rzepinski families.

1862

1862: Homestead Act
Homestead Act guarantees 160 acres to each farmer willing to cultivate and improve land in the West for five years.

1863

1863—1864: Revolt
Another revolt against Russian rule is defeated and the Kingdom annexed to Russia.
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.

1864

1864: Danish-Prussian War
Prussia and Austria defeat Denmark over control of Schleswig-Holstein, and then feud over who will be in charge
1864: St Joseph Catholic Church, Ellis, Portage County, WI
Built by Polish families in 1864 in Ellis (Poland Corners). First rural Catholic Church in WI. Dismanteled and relocated to Polonia in 1871.

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	1825	1825: Railroad First public railroad in Britian in 1825.
2	1830	1830—1831: Military revolt Military revolt in protest at Russian erosion of the Kingdom's political autonomy and civil liberties.
3	1840	1840: Steam-Driven Flour Mills In the 1840's flour milling was transformed by the introduction of steam-driven mills.
4	1844	1844: Morse Code Samuel Morse patents telegraph in USA in 1844. The first transatlantic telegraph cable is laid in 1858,
5	1845	1845: Irish Potato Famine Irish Potato Famine
6	1848	1848: Feudal System abolished Revolutions in Austria, France, Germany and Italy. Serfdom anachronistic feudal order is abolished throughout the Austrian Empire. 1848: California Gold Rush California Gold Rush 1848: Wisconsin 26 May 1848, Wisconsin becomes 30th state.
7	1854	1854—1856: Crimean War Crimean War - Austria forms an alliance with Prussia and amasses an army in Galicia and Transylvania threatening Russia who then withdraws from Walachia and Moldavia.
8	1857	1857: Immigrant to Portage Co, WI - 1st Polish Michael von Koziczkowski with wife Franciszka and 7 children, first documented Polish settlers to Portage County, Wisconsin. (Arrived in NY on 4 Sep 1857; Left Hamburg on 7 Jul 1857). 1857: St Martin Catholic Church, Ellis, Portage County, WI Built in Ellis (Poland Corners) and organized by German and Irish settlers, and later attended by Polish settlers. (Current church building erected in 1866).
9	1858	1858: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish Adam Klesmit (Kleinschmidt) with with Josefina and 2 children, Joseph Platta with wife Marianna and 4 children, and John Zynda with wife Clara and 6 children. (Arrived in NY on 9 Aug 1858 from Bremen). 1858: Immigrants to Wilno, Renfew Co, Canada - Polish 76 Poles (16 families) left Bremen on 6 Jun 1858 on ship Heinrich arrived in Quebec on 26 Jul 1858
10	1859	1859: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish 37 people: Christian Dzwonkowsky with wife Josephine and 3 children, Casimir Lukaszewitz and wife Veronica (and her parents Stanislaw and Margaretha Konopacki), Franz Wojak with wife Catherine and 1 child and (and his parents Anton and Antonia Woyak and 5 children), Joseph Jadzewski with wife Josephine and 2 children, Joseph Green (Greniz) with wife Dorotha and 3 children, and Jacob Werachowski with wife Pauline (and her father Mathias Rzepinski and sister Theodosia) and 5 children. (Left Hamburg on 15 Jun 1859 to Quebec). 1859: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish Peter Kronopeski was identified as also coming in 1859, or the next year, from Winona, Minnesota. And also arrived in 1859: Daczyk and Kruzycki. 1859: Immigrants to Winona, MN - Polish First Polish Settlement in Winona. Jacob and Franciszka von Bronk with 4 sons from Wiele; Michael and Barbara Konkel with daughter and 2 sons; left Hamburg on 14 May 1859 on the ship Elbe and arrived in Quebec. By 1860 census they were living in Winona, MN.
11	1860	1860: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish Kuklinski, Narloch, Sikorski and Szulfer families.
12	1861	1861—1865: USA Civil War USA Civil War from 1861 to 1865. Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Three Polish young men from Portage County served in the Civil War: John Fierkus, Jacob Gosz and John Platta. 1861: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish Susan Bigalke Chapman ancestors Jan Gilmeister and his mother Elizabeth (Ostowski) Gilmeister. (Left Hamburg 29 Jun 1961 to Quebec). 1861: Immigrants to Portage Co, WI - Polish Cisewski, Fierkus, Gosz, Kiedrowski, Kleman, Klopotek, Lipski, Paulubicki, Prominski, and Szelbraczkowski families, with additional Lukaszewicz and Rzepinski families.
13	1862	1862: Homestead Act Homestead Act guarantees 160 acres to each farmer willing to cultivate and improve land in the West for five years.
14	1863	1863—1864: Revolt Another revolt against Russian rule is defeated and the Kingdom annexed to Russia. 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.
15	1864	1864: Danish-Prussian War Prussia and Austria defeat Denmark over control of Schleswig-Holstein, and then feud over who will be in charge 1864: St Joseph Catholic Church, Ellis, Portage County, WI Built by Polish families in 1864 in Ellis (Poland Corners). First rural Catholic Church in WI. Dismanteled and relocated to Polonia in 1871.