St. Peter's Cemetery in Stevens Point, WI

St Peter's Cemetery, Stevens Point, WI.

Anton & Suzanna Korda's-3 Grave to the right of the tree,

first row with respect to Old Wausau Road.

1897 Registration of Marriage: Gusta Korda-2 and Frank Skibba-2

Marriage Record No. 115 [or 116]

1. Full name of husband, Francis Skiba [Frank Skibba-2]
2. Name of the father of husband, James Skiba [Jacob Skibba-3]
3. Name of mother of husband before marriage, [Cecilia Klonowska-3]
4. Occupation of husband, Farming
5. Residence of husband, Junction City, Portage Co. Wis.
6. Birthplace of husband, Prussian Poland Europe
7. Full name of wife previous to marriage, Augustina Korda[Gusta Korda-2]
8. Name of the father of wife, Anthony Korda [Anton Korda-3]
9. Name of the mother of wife before marriage, Susanna Czech [Susan Czech-3]
10. Birthplace of wife, City of Stevens Point, Wis.
11. Time when marriage was contracted, July 27, 1897
12. The place, town or township, and county, where marriage was contracted, St. Peters Church, Stevens Point, Wis.
13. The color of the parties, White
14. By what ceremony contracted, Roman Catholic Rite
15. Names of subscribing witnesses, Bernard Skiba [Bernarnd Skibba-2], Josephina Korda [Josephine Korda-2]
16. Name of person pronouncing marriage, Lucas J Pescinski
17. Residence of person last named, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
18. Date of certificate or affidavit of marriage, 27th day of July 1897
19. Date of registration, 28 [th day of July] 1897
20. Any additional circumstances,[blank]

Source: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Pre-1907 Wisconsin Marriage Record, Portage County, Vol. 3, Page 53.

1918 October. Josephine Korda-2, Auto tips over.

Gazette

Stevens Point

23 October 1918

AUTO TIPS OVER

Mr. and Mrs. Jos Swetala [Joseph Swetalla-2 and Josephine Korda-2] and their five children drove up from Lanark last Saturday and all except Mr. Swetala remained over Sunday to visit at the home of her parents, Anton Korda and wife [Anton Korda-3 and Susan Czech-3], 661 Prentice street.

On their way to town the Swetala family had a mishap which might have been very serious but resulted in only slight injuries to the youngest child. Just before reaching the sharp turn in the road at the new concrete highway a short distance north of the Wisconsin River Paper & Pulp Co. mill, the car was slowed down to a speed of five or six miles but [approaching?] the curve, it tipped over and spilled out the occupants. Practically the only damage done to the auto was the breaking of the windshield, smallpieces of glass striking the baby on the side of its head and barely cutting the skin. All the others escaped without injury.

1918 February. Josephine Korda-2 visits Stevens Point

The Gazette

Stevens Point

27 February 1918

Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Swetala [Joseph Swetalla-2 and Josephine Korda-2] and son and daughter drove up from Lanark last Sunday behind Joe's fast stepper and visited several hours with the lady's parents, Anton Korda and wife [Anton Korda-3 and Susan Czech-3] on Prentice street. Two of Mrs. Swetala's brothers who live in Chicago write that there is a serious shortage of potatoes in that city, purchases at grocery stores being limited to a peck, for which the price is 65 cents, or at the rate of $2.60 per bushel. Who gets the big profit?

1884 Birth Record of Antoinette Korda-2

Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service

Birth Record Details

Last Name: Cordak (sic)

First Name: Anton F (sic)

Day: 02 Month: June Year: 1884

County: Portage

Reel: 0239 Record: 002067

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Last Name: Cordah [Corda or Korda]

First Name: [first name in record, note same date of birth given in Antoinette Korda-2's obituary]

Sex: F

Date of Birth: 2 Jun 1884

Parents: Anton Cordah [Anton Korda-3], Susan Check [Susan Czech-3]

Birthplace: Stevens Point, Portage Co., WI

Siblings: 2 girls, 1 boy

Box: 3

Folder: 2

Record No.: 87

Source: Stevens Point Genealogical Society

copy of the actual record, you can contact UWSP Archives, Room 506, 900 Reserve Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481, 715-346-2586 or archives@uwsp.edu for costs

1903 Registration of Marriage: Antoinette Korda-3 and August Kirschling-3

Marriage Record No. 162

1. Full name of husband, August K. Kirsling [August Kirschling-2]
2. Name of the father of husband, August Kirsling [August Kirschling-3]
3. Name of mother of husband before marriage, [Elisabeth Zynda-3]
4. Occupation of husband, Foreman of Exploration
5. Residence of husband, Stockton
6. Birthplace of husband, Alban, Portage Co., Wis.
7. Full name of wife previous to marriage, Antonine Korda[Antoinette Korda-2]
8. Name of the father of wife, Anthony Korda [Anton Korda-3]
9. Name of the mother of wife before marriage, Susanna Czech [Susan Czech-3]
10. Birthplace of wife, Stevens Point, Portage Co., Wis.
11. The color of the parties, white
12. No. and date of license, [blank]
13. Time when marriage was contracted, 29 June, 1903
14. The place, town or township, and county, where marriage was contracted, St. Peters Church, Portage Co., Wis.
15. By what ceremony contracted, Roman Catholic Rite
16. Names of subscribing witnesses, John Kirsling [John Kirschling-2], Josephine Korda-2
17. Name of person pronouncing marriage, Lucas J Pescinski, Roman Catholic Priest
18. Residence of person last named, City of Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin
19. Date of certificate or affidavit of marriage, September First, 1903
20. Any additional circumstances,[illegible] by License

Source: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Pre-1907 Wisconsin Marriage Record, Portage County, Vol. 3, Page 305.

1910 Paul Korda-2 visits Stevens Point

Stevens Point Journal

23 July 1910

Paul Corda [Paul Korda-2] of Chicago arrived Sunday morning for a visit of a couple of weeks with his relatives [Anton Korda-3] on Prentice street.

1912 Agnes Meets Paul Korda-2's Family

The Gazette

Stevens Point

24 July 1912

Miss Agnes Mason [Agnes Muszynski-2] of Chicago visited for a couple of weeks at the Corda [Anton Korda-3] home on Prentice street. Paul Corda [Paul Korda-2], who is employed in the big city, was also here for a short visit.

1915 October visit in SP by Paul Korda-2's wife and son

The Gazette

Stevens Point

27 October 1915

Mrs. Paul Corda [Agnes Muszynski-2] and son, Raymond [Raymond Korda-1], and brother, Harold [Harold Muszynski-2], who had been spending five weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Corda [Anton Korda-3], on Prentice street, returned to their home in Chicago Saturday.

Stevens Point Journal

22 August 1919

Frank Corda [Frank Korda-2]of Chicago is spending a week's vacation in the city at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Corda [Anton Korda-3], 661 Prentice street.

1918 Death of Marie Mitz-2, wife of Frank Korda-2

The Gazette

6 November 1918

Young Mother Dies

A telegram from Chicago last Saturday brought the sad information that Mrs. Frank Korda [Marie Mitz-2] died in that city that morning, a victim of influenza. The funeral was held in that city yesterday. Mrs. Korda leaves her husband [Frank Korda-2] and a three year old son [Irwin Korda-1]. Mr. Korda, who is also laid up with the prevailing epidemic, is a former Stevens Point boy and son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Korda-3, 661 Prentice street. The deceased lady visited local relatives a few years ago. Mr. Korda left for Chicago on Saturday night's train and remained for the funeral.

July 1927 Frank Korda-2 family visits Stevens Point

Stevens Point Daily Journal

27 July 1927

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Korda-2 and three children[Irwin Korda-1, Frank Korda-1, Dorothy Korda-1] and Miss Martha Kirschbond (sic) [Martha Kirschbaum-2] of Chicago, the latter a sister of Mrs. Korda [Clara Kirschbaum-2], motored to this city for a week-end visit with the Anton Korda-3 family, 661 Prentice street. Other guests at the Korda home are his niece, Mrs. M. E. Panyan[Emma Mary Skibba-1, wife of Matthew Emmett Panyan-1] and two children [Catherine Panyan-0, Elizabeth Panyan-0] from Buhl, Minn.

1961 Frank Korda-2, death certificate

State of Illinois

Medical Certificate of Death

State File Number 56022

Registration District No 16.10

Place of Death: County of Cook, Inside city limits of Chicago

Length of stay in Chicago: 50 years

Name of Hospital: Presbyterian-St. Luke's

Length of hospital stay: 18 days

Usual residence: Illinois, Cook County,City of Chicago

Length of stay in Chicago: 50 years

Street address: 4940 Parker Ave.

Name of deceased: Frank A. Korda-2

Date of death: August 1, 1961

Sex: Male

Race: White

Marital status: Married

Date of birth: March 9, 1891

Age at last birthday: 70

Usual occupation: Executive

Kind of business: Paint

Birthplace: Stevens Point, Wis.

Citizenship: US

Father's full name: Anton Korda-3

Mother's full name: Susan Chezc (sic) [Susan Czech-3]

Was deceased ever in US armed forces? No

Social security number: 323-10-6595

Informant: Carole Carlson--clerk,

Relationship: hospital records

Immediate cause of death. Bilateral necrotizing bronchopneumonia

Interval between onset and death 5-7 days.

Other significant conditions contributing to death but not related to the terminal condition given above:

Chronic peritonitis due to ruptured diverticulum

Right empyema

Autopsy: yes

Disposition: Burial 8-4-61

Cemetary: St. Joseph

Location: River Grove, Ill.

Funeral director: Wm. C. Smith & Sons,

2500 N. Cicero Ave

Chicago, Ill.

Leo Korda, Carpenter for his country

The Gazette

Stevens Point

15 May 1918

p. 1

Carpenter in Navy

Leo Korda-2, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Korda-3, 661 Prentice street, has enlisted in the naval reserve as a carpenter and will report soon at the Great Lakes Naval Training station. He was formerly in the employ of B.V. Martin, the local contractor, but went to Chicago last fall and had since been employed in the sash and door factory of Noll & Wolf. Recently a call went out for 1,000 carpenters for the navy, and Leo was quick to respond. He was accepted Monday at the Chicago recruiting office and on Tuesday arrived in Stevens Point to visit his parents until Friday and to secure his discharge from the local exemption board. He was registered in this county and it was necessary for him to get a release from his obligation under the selective service law. He will go into the navy as a carpenter, with a chance to advance, and will be in active service for the period of the war. After a short training period at Great Lakes he will be assigned to duty constructing naval base canterments (word?) on home or foreign soil or on board some fighting vessel.

Leo Korda-2 on Furlough from the Navy

The Gazette

Stevens Point

1 Jan 1919

p. 2

Sailor on Furlough

Leo F. Korda-2, chief carpenter in

the navy, is visiting at the home of

his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton

Korda-3, 661 Prentice street while on

a 15-day furlough.The young man

entered the naval service last spring

as a carpenter and spent four months

at Eastleigh, England, where he as-

sisted in the construction of buildings

comprising the big American naval

aviation station. While there he was

promoted from first class carpenter to

chief carpenter. During his stay

abroad he also visited London and

Liverpool and was in France for three

[illegible]. He will report at Pelham Bay,

[illegible] at the end of his furlough

[illegible] to be released from the

[illegible] thereafter.

Leo Korda and wife visit Stevens Point, July 1920

The Stevens Point Journal

9 July 1920

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Korda-2 of Chicago arrived in the city Saturday for a visit at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Korda-3, 616 Prentice street. Mr. Korda returned to Chicago today, but Mrs. Korda will remain for a couple of weeks.

1895 Birth Record Jennie Susan Korda-2

Wisconsin historical society

Wisconsin genealogical research service

Birth Record Details

• Last Name: Corda
• First Name: Jennie S
• Day: 04 Month: February Year: 1895
• County: Portage
• Reel: 0240
• Record: 001171

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Birth registration

• Last Name: Korda
• First Name: Susana [written above in record: "Jennie Susie Corda", Jennie Susan Korda-2]
• Sex: F
• Date of Birth: 4 Feb 1895, 8 a.m.
• Parents: Anton Korda-3. Susana Czech [Susan Czech-3]
• Birthplace: Stevens Point, Portage Co., WI
• Siblings: John, Augusta, Josefine, Antonia, Paul, Frank, Leo [John Korda-2,Gusta Korda-2, Josephine Korda-2, Antoinette Korda-2, Paul Korda-2, Frank Korda-2, Leo Korda-2. Note: Anna Korda-2 not listed]
• Box: 5
• Folder: 4
• Record No.: 195

Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wispags/resources/birth-k.htm

For copy of the actual record, you can contact UWSP Archives, Room 506, 900 Reserve Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481, 715-346-2586 or archives@uwsp.edu for costs.

1920 US Census, Anton Korda-3 family

US Census

12 January 1920

Stevens Point

Portage County, Wisconsin

661 Prentice St., home owned, free of mortgage

Corda, Anton. [Anton Korda-3] Head.

• Male, white, 70 years, married.
• [18]74 immigration. Naturalization status: al,
• Able to read and write: no
• Self and both parents: born in Poland; mother tongue, Polish.
• Able to speak English: No.
• Occupation: laborer in paper mill.

Corda, Susie. [Susan Czech-3] Wife.

• Female,white, 62 years. Married.
• [18]74 immigration. Naturalization status: al,
• Able to read and write: no
• Self and both parents: born in Poland; mother tongue, Polish.
• Able to speak English: No.
• Occupation: none.

Corda, Mamie [Mae Korda-2], Daughter.

• Female,white, 21years, Single.
• Able to read and write: yes.
• Self: born in Wisconsin. Both parents: born in Poland; mother tongue, Polish.
• Able to speak English: Yes.
• Occupation: Laborer in paper mill.

Source:

Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Stevens Point Ward 4, Portage, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_2010; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 82; Image: 1126.

1930 US Census, Anton Korda-3 family

US Census

Stevens Point, City

Portage County, Wisconsin

April 14, 1930

661 Prentice Street

Home owned, valued at $3000

Anton Korda-3

• Head of Household, Male, White, 80 years, Married (age at first marriage 25 years [Note they married in 1875]), Not able to read and write. Able to speak English.
• Place of birth: Poland (crossed out), Danzig. Both parents born in Poland.
• Language spoken in home before coming to US: Polish
• Year of immigration to the US: 1875
• Naturalization: First Papers
• No occupation

Susan Korda [Susan Czech-3]

• Wife, Female, White, 71 years, Married (age at first marriage 18 years [Note they married in 1875]), Not able to read and write. Able to speak English.
• Place of birth: Poland (crossed out), Danzig. Both parents born in Poland.
• Language spoken in home before coming to US: Polish
• Year of immigration to the US: 1875
• Naturalization: First Papers
• No occupation

Mae Durand [Mae Korda-2]

• Daughter, Female, White, 32 years, Divorced (age at first marriage 25 years), Able to read and write. Able to speak English.
• Place of birth: Wisconsin. Both parents born in Poland.
• No occupation

Mildred Durand-1

• Granddaughter, Female, White, 4 years and 9 months.
• Place of birth: Wisconsin. Both parents born in Wisconsin.

Obituary, Susan Czech-3

Stevens Point Daily Journal

21 January 1939

Obituary

Mrs. Anton Korda

Mrs. Anton Korda [Susan Czech-3], 80, one of the early day residents of Stevens Point, died Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the family home at 661 Prentice street. Mr. and Mrs. Korda, who were married nearly 64 years ago, were among the city’s longest married couples.

Mrs. Korda became ill on December 23 and had been confined to bed since. Her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Swetalla [Josephine Korda-2], and a granddaughter, Mildred Durand [Mildred Durand-1, daughter of Mae Korda-2], were with her at the time of her death.

A native of Germany, Mrs. Korda, whose maiden name was Susan Czech [Susan Czech-3], was born on September 20, 1858. She came to this country in 1875, the same time Mr. Korda [Anton Korda-3] came, and the couple were married a month later in New Jersey. They continued to live in New Jersey for two years and then came to Stevens Point, in 1877, residing here continuously since. Mr. Korda worked in logging camps and saw mills for a time and then entered the employ of the Wisconsin River and Pulp company. Mr. Korda, who is now 90 years of age, was retired 10 years ago on pension after working for the paper company for 40 years. He was a sizemaker.

The Kordas located at the present Prentice street address 56 years ago when the surrounding property was woods and the Indians inhabited the neighborhood. They were the parents of 10 children, nine of whom survive.

Surviving are her husband [Anton Korda-3],

the nine children,

Paul, Frank and Leo Korda[Paul Korda-2,Frank Korda-2,Leo Korda-2] of Chicago.

Mrs. Gussie Skibba [Frank Skibba-2, Gusta Korda-2] of Buhl, Minnesota,

Mrs. Joseph (Josephine) Swetalla [Joseph Swetalla-2, Josephine Korda-2] of Amherst.

Mrs. August (Antoinette) Kirschling [August Kirschling-2, Antoinette Korda-2] of Stockton,

Mrs. Sam (Anna) Collier [Sam Collier-2, Anna Korda-2] of Flint, Michigan,

Mrs. John (Genevieve) Kubjak [John Kubiayk-2, Jennie Korda-2 ] of Oshkosh, and

Mrs. May Durand [Mae Korda-2] at home;

the granddaughter, Mildred Durand [Mildred Durand-1], who had also made her home with her grandparents; 42 other grandchildren, the oldest of whom is John Korda [John Korda-1, Son of John Korda-2], 39, of Stevens Point; 26 great grandchildren, the oldest 18 and the youngest two weeks, and two brothers, Mathias Czech [Mathias Czech-3], age 95, of Sharon, and Paul Czech [Paul Czech-3], 75 residing on Union street. A son, John Korda, Sr.[John Korda-2], died in 1914.

Mrs. Korda was a member of the Rosary society of St. Peter’s church. Known as “Grandma” by all who knew her, her numerous friends included persons of every age. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o’clock at St. Peter’s church. The body is at the Prais funeral home and will be taken to the family home Sunday noon. The rosary will be said tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the funeral home and Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock at the Korda home.