1907/08 John Korda-2. Two brief mentions.

Stevens Point Journal
21 November 1908

DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT.

George B. Nelson, district attorney, submitted his annual report to the county board. It showed that the disbursements of his office out of the fund known as the district attorney's fund, for the year were $26.6ß, as follows: R.M. Morse, for transcript of testimony in a criminal case, $10.60; John Korda [-2], interpreter, $1; F.E. Halladay, drawing special map in criminal case, $15.

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Gazette
(Stevens Point)
10 April 1907
Kleman Pays Another Fine

On complaint of John Corda [John Korda-2], Joseph Kleman of Rosholt was again arrested Saturday, the charge preferred against him being that he had buried his child without notifying authorities of its death and securing the proper permit. Kleman had walked all the way from this city to Rosholt, a few days before, after being released from the county jail by paying the fine imposed for having buried his wife under the same conditions, and when the sheriff's deputy served the warrant, Kleman was quite seriously ill at his home. He promised to come to town Monday and was granted some leniency. He appeared before Justice Carpenter and was fined $10 and costs, amounting to nearly $20 in all, which he paid. Kleman will now be permitted to follow "the even tenor of his way" unmolested.

1908 John Korda-2 and the case of the runaway girl

Stevens Point Journal
21 November 1908

SHE IS A ROMANCER.
Grewsome [sic] Story Told by Stella Luty in Milwaukee Proves to Have Been Untrue---There Has Been No Murder.

The story told by Stella Luty in the juvinile [sic] court in Milwaukee was not correctly reported in the Milwaukee papers. They stated that she said her father's name was Joseph Luty. As a matter of fact she gave her father's correct name, which is Martin Luty. What she said in Milwaukee in regard to her father selling his farm near Necedah and moving to Junction City and purchasing a farm about a mile and a quarter west of the village in 1907 was also true, but what she said in regard to her father being a heavy drinker and that he had killed her fifteen months old brother, and threatened to kill her mother; that her mother had gone to Chicago, but finally came back and told the father if he wanted to kill anybody, to kill her and not the children; that he had threatened to kill Stella because she didn't work hard enough and that she had to hide in the corn crib to save herself and that her mother had given her $5 to go to Necedah and live with the family on their farm, has been shown to be a string of falsehoods. In the Milwaukee story she even went so far as to give the name of the priest who she said buried the child her father was alleged to have killed.
District Attorney Geo. B.Nelson and Deputy Sheriff Merrill Guyant went to Junction City Wednesday afternoon to investigate the matter, taking John Korda [-2] along in the capacity of interpreter. They first visited the office of town clerk and the Catholic church at the Junction to see if there was any record of the death and burial of the child. None was found, and then they went to the Luty home. Here they found that the father had gone to Milwaukee to bring the daughter home. The mother and her six daughters were there, however, and the mother talked freely and with apparent candor in regard to the matter. Stella's story in regard to the sale of the Necedah farm and the removal to Junction City was corroborated. The only boy, they ever had, she said, died on the Necedah farm nine years ago and there had been no deaths in the family since they came to the Junction. She also denied having had any trouble with her husband or that she was afraid of him or that he had ever threatened her life, or that she had ever gone to Chicago, either alone or with any of the children. Stella, she said, did not want to help the other children in the ordinary duties imposed upon children on a farm and about three weeks ago stole $6 from the house and took the train at the Junction for Necedah. The parents traced the girl to the latter place and both went down there to bring her home. They found she had left Necedah, but they could get no further track of her until her story was published in the Milwaukee papers. The mother said that herself and husband lived peaceably together and that her husband is not a hard drinker. Mr. Nelson has informed the Milwaukee authorities as to the facts in the case.

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Gazette
5 January 1910

From Portgage County District Attorney's financial report of 19 November 1909.
“November 19, 1908. Order No. 8, in favor of John Corda [John Korda-2] for services as interpreter in State v. Martin Luty investigation, $2.00.”

1936 Death of Gusta Korda-2's husband Frank Skibba-2

St Louis County (MN) Death Index

SKIBBA FRANK [Frank Skibba-2]
Date of Death 8/30/1936
Certificate Number 5572
Location EVELETH
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnstloui/192549s4.htm

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Obituary

Stevens Point Daily Journal

11 September 1936

Sketch of Mr. Skibba

An account of the death of Frank Skibba, Sr. [Frank Skibba-2], of Buhl Minnesota, former local resident, who died there on August 20 [sic], appeared in a Buhl newspaper as follows:

"The sudden death of Frank Skibba, Sr., Sunday following favorable reports of his condition Saturday, came as a real shock to the many friends of the family in this community.
"Mr. Skibba was taken to the Eveleth hospital August 22 with a ruptured appendix. Medical aid was clearing up this trouble when a blood clot obstructed the heart, causing his passing Sunday, August 30, and [sic] 10:10 p.m.
"For near[l]y 19 years Mr. Skibba had been employed in the Buhl municipal power house as an engineer, where he was held in the highest esteem for his workmanship and character. His kindliness toward men, women and children, and his cheery word will be missed by all who knew him.
"Services were held Thursday at 9 a.m. in the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart with Rev. Fr. D.V. Patt officiating. A requiem mass was sung by the Sequin sisters. Mrs. Carmela Anderson sang "Ave Marie" during the services.
"Mr. Skibba was born May 7, 1872 in Berlin, Germany. He came to the United States when eight years old.
"At Stevens Point Wis., he married Miss Gusta Korda [Gusta Korda-2] on July 27, 1897. They moved to Buhl in 1908 where they have since made their home. During the last 19 years Mr. Skibba has been employed in the village power house as engineer.
"Surviving with his wife are two daughters, Miss Agnes [Agnes Skibba-1] and Mrs. M. E. Panyan [Emma Mary Skibba-1] of Buhl; four sons, Edward [Edward E. Skibba-1] and George [George William Skibba-1] of Wharton, Texas. Louis [Louis L Skibba-1] of Minneapolis, and Frank, Jr. [Frank Skibba-1], of Buhl. Also there is a sister, Mrs. Lena Jacobs [Helene Skibba-2], Stevens Point, Wis., and a brother, Jacob [Jacob Skibba-2], living in Junction City, Wis.
"Among those from out-of-town attending the rites were Jacob Skibba, Wm. Skibba, Alex Skibba [Alexander Skibba-1, Son of Jacob Skibba-2]Frank Skibba-2], Mrs. R. Brown, Mrs. Joe Gingle and Mrs. John Skibba of Junction City, Wis.; Mrs. Adolph Skibba of Menasha, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Korda [Frank Korda-2]. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Korda [Paul Korda-2] and children of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. August Kirsling [Antoinette Korda-2] and children of Stevens Point, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. August Klaymat, Mr. and Mrs. George Imbertson. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kosloski, all of Hibbing.

Felix Bober-2, Poland locations

From his WWI draft registration card (5 June 1917), we have the birthplace of Felix Bober-2 in Poland, Russia as "Mlava":


This looks like: Mlawa which is the county seat of Mlawa. Here is the city's official website.

Here a link to Mlawa County's official website's page about its history.

We have Felix's town of last residence in Russia (Race or People: "Polish") from the S.S. Zeeland's ship manifest (11 April 1908) as "Smjewo":




In one of the Mlawa county's ten administrative districts ("gmina"), Stupsk, we find seven villages or settlements with hyphenated names that include "Zmijewo":

Żmijewo Kościelne, Żmijewo-Gaje, Żmijewo-Kuce, Żmijewo-Podusie, Żmijewo-Ponki, Żmijewo-Szawły and Żmijewo-Trojany


Here is a Google map with directions from Mlawa to Zmijewo-Kuce.

Felix Bober-2, arrival in US

Manifest of Alien Passengers

S.S. Zeeland sailing from Antwerp

Date of arrival: April 11, 1908

Name in full: Bober, Felix [Felix Bober-2]

• Age: 17
• Sex: f [sic!]
• Able to read/write: yes/yes
• Nationality: Russia
• Race/People: Polish

Last Permanent Residence:

• Country: Russia
• City/Town: Smjewo [Sinjewo?]
• Name/address of nearest relative in country whence alien came: Father Franz Bober, Smjewo [Sinjewo?]

Other information

• Final destination: NY, Brooklyn
• Ticket to final destination: Yes
• Passage paid by...: Self
• In possession of...:$15
• In US before: No
• Going to join a relative: Cousin, Fam. [address ditto from person above, Brooklyn NY, illegible]

Description:

• Height: 5 ft 1 in
• Complexion: fair
• Hair color: [?, not black, not blond, not brown, not grey]
• Eye color: brown

Here is the link to the record at Ellis Island

Samuel Collier & Lilian Winifred Marsden Marriage

Marriage in the Register Office

in the district of Barton upon Irwell

in the County of Lancaster

27 June 1908

Samuel Collier-2

• 19 years
• Bachelor
• Rope runner
• Residing at 62 Brook Road Flixton
• Father: Samuel Collier-3 (stone quarryman), deceased

Lilian Winifred Marsden-2

• 19 years
• Spinster
• Shop assistant
• Residing at 161 Moorside Road, Flixton
• Father: George Marsden-3 (umbrella salesman)

Witnesses: George and Jessie Marsden [George Marsden-3, Jessie Emma Thomas-3]

Una Collier-1, Birth Record, 1908

Certified Copy of Entry of Birth

1908 Birth in the Sub-district of Stretford in the County of Lancaster

• When born: 3 Aug 1908
• Where born: 16 Brighton Grove, Flixton
• Name: Una [Una Collier-1]
• Sex: Girl
• Father: Sam Collier [Samuel Collier-2]
• Mother: Lilian Winifred Collier, formery Marsden [Lilian Winifred Marsden-2]
• Occupation of father: Labourer
• Informant: L.W. Collier, mother, residing at 16 Brighton Grove, Flixton
• Date of registration: 31 Aug 1908
• Registrar: Christopher Yates

Una Collier-1 Baptism Record 1908

Baptism
Date: 30 Sept 1908
Parish Church of Flixton [St Michael], in the County of Lancaster

• Child's Christian Name: Iona (sic) [Una Collier-1]
• Parents' Christian Names: Samuel [Samuel Collier-2]and Lilian Winifred [Lilian Winifred Marsden-2]
• Parents' Surname: Collier
• Abode: Brighton Grove
• Quality, Trade or Profession: Labourer
• Ceremony performed by: A.W. Smith (?), Rector
  
  
  Source: Microfilm: p. 378 Flixton, St. Michael, MFPR 2094

Samuel Collier-2 Canadian Census 1911

Date: 21 June 1911
Residence: Queen St., Brampton, Peel, Ontario

Samuel Collier-2
Head, married, birth month December, birth year 1889 (sic, 1888!), 22 years, English, immigration 1910, Presbyterian, Laborer in green house, 60 hours per week

Winafred (sic) [Lilian Winifred Marsden-2]
Winafred (sic), wife, birth month April, birth year 1889, age 22, English, immigration 1910, Presbyterian.

Una Collier-1
Daughter, single,birth month Aug, birth year 1909 (sic, 1908!),Age 2, English, immigration 1910, Presbyterian.

Jessie Collier-1
Daughter, single,birth month Nov, birth year 1910,Age 6/12, English, immigration 1910, Presbyterian.

Source:
Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. Microfilm reels T-20326 to T-20460.