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?

Timeline Josephine Korda-2

Timeline
Josephine Korda-2

1881. 15 March. Josephine Korda-2 born to Anton Korda-3 and Susan Czech-3 of Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

1900. June 13. US Census. Anton Korda-3 family.

1905. June 1. Wisconsin Census. Anton Korda-3 family.

1906. February 19. Married Joseph Swetalla-2 in Stevens Point, WI.

1907. January 3. Birth of daughter Mayme M. Swetalla-1 in Lanark, WI.

1908. September 29. Birth of daughter Amelia A. Swetalla-1.

1910. US Census Joseph and Josephine Swetalla-2 family in Lanark, WI.

1914. February 1. Birth of son Harry Joseph Swetalla-1.

1916. January 29. Birth of son William Anton Swetalla-1.

1917. June 2. Birth of daughter Josephine A. Swetalla-1.

1918. 27 February. Newspaper report of visit to parents' home in Stevens Point. Price of potatoes in Chicago.

1918. October 23. Newpaper report of car tipping over on visit to parents' home in Stevens Point.

1919. March 26. Newspaper report of visit to parents' home in Stevens Point.

1920. January 29/30. US Census, Joseph and Josephine Swetalla-2 family in Lanark, WI.

1920. August 4. Birth of son Joseph Frank Swetalla, Jr.-1.

1928. June 12. Marriage of daughter Mayme M. Swetalla-1 to Edward John Somers-1 at St. Patrick's Church, Lanark, WI.

1930. April 24. US Census, Joseph and Josephine Swetalla-2 family in Lanark Town, WI.

1946. August 27. Death of husband Joseph Swetalla-2.

1949. February 26. Marriage of son William Anton Swetalla-1 to Doris I Jensen-1 in Lanark, WI.

1951. Moved to Amherst, WI.

1965. March 28. Josephine Swetalla [Josephine Korda-2] died in Stevens Point, WI.

1910 Census Joseph Swetalla-2 and Josephine Korda-2 Family

US Census

1910

Wisconsin, Portage County

Lanark Township

• Sweetala, Joseph [Joseph Swetalla-2]. Head. Male, White, 34 years, married 4 yrs. Born in Ger. Polish. Both parents born Ger.Polish. Immigration year 1887(or 2?). Farmer.

• ___, Josephine [Josephine Korda-2]. Wife. Female, White, age 29 years, married 4 yrs. 2 births, both still alive. Born in Wisconsin. Both parents born Ger.Polish.

• ___, Mary [Mayme M. Swetalla-1]. Daughter. Female, White, age 3 years. Born in Wisconsin. Father born GerPolish, Mother in Wisconsin.

• ___, Amelia [Amelia Swetalla-1]. Daughter. Female, White, age 1 yr 6 months. Born in Wisconsin. Father born GerPolish, Mother in Wisconsin.

Joseph Swetalla and Josephine Korda Swetalla Family 1920 Census

US Census

29&30 Jan 1920

Wisconsin, Portage County

Lanark Township

Sweetalla, Joe [Joseph Swetalla-2]. Head. Owns home, mortgaged. Male, White, 49 years of age, Married. Immigration year 1882, Naturalization 1917. Not able to read or write. Born in Germany. Both parents born in Germany. Occupation: Farmer. Own Farm.


---, Josephine [Josephine Korda-2]. Wife. Female, White, 38 years of age. Married. Can read and write. Born in Wisconsin. Both parents born in Germany.


---, Mamie [Mayme M. Swetalla-1]. Daughter. Female, White, 13 years of age. Single. Can read and write. Born in Wisconsin. Father born in Germany. Mother born in Wisconsin.


---, Amelia [Amelia Swetalla-1]. Daughter. Female, White, 11 years of age. Single. Can read and write. Born in Wisconsin. Father born in Germany. Mother born in Wisconsin.


---, Harry [Harry Joseph Swetalla-1]. Son. Male. White, 4years of age. Single. Can read and write. Born in Wisconsin. Father born in Germany. Mother born in Wisconsin.


---, William [William Anton Swetalla-1]. Son. Male. White, 3 years of age. Single. Can read and write. Born in Wisconsin. Father born in Germany. Mother born in Wisconsin.

----, Josephine [Josephine Swetalla-1]. Daughter. Female, White, 2 years of age. Single. Can read and write. Born in Wisconsin. Father born in Germany. Mother born in Wisconsin.






Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Lanark, Portage, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_2010; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 915.

1930 Census Joseph and Josephine Korda Swetalla Family

U.S. Census

April 24, 1930

Wisconsin, Portage County
Lanark Town

• Swetalla, Joe [Joseph Swetalla-2]. Head, owned home, Head of household, Male, White, 62 years, married, Age at first marriage 40 years, Born in Germany. Both parents born in Germany. Year of immigration 1890. Farmer.
  
• Swetalla, Josephine [Josephine Korda-2]. Wife, Female, White 49 years, Age at first marriage 25 years. Born in Wisconsin. Father born in Germany, Mother born in Poland.
  
• Swetalla, Harry J. [Harry Joseph Swetalla-1]. Son. Male, White, 16 years, Single, Born in Wisconsin. Father born in Germany. Mother born in Wisconsin. Farm laborer.
  
• Swetalla, William A. [William Anton Swetalla-1]. Son, Male, White, 14 years, single.Born in Wisconsin. Father born in Germany. Mother born in Wisconsin.
  
• Swetalla, Josephine A. [Josephine A. Swetalla-1]. Daughter, Female, White, 12 years, Single. Born in Wisconsin. Father born in Germany. Mother born in Wisconsin.
  
• Swetalla, Joseph F. [Joseph Frank Swetalla, Jr.-1]. Son. Male, White, 10 years,Single. Born in Wisconsin. Father born in Germany, Mother born in Wisconsin.

1965 obit Josephine Swetalla née Korda-2

Stevens Point Daily Journal

29 March 1965

Mrs. J. Swetalla

Mrs. Josephine Swetalla [Josephine Korda-2], 84, Amherst, died at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Michael's Hospital, where she had been a patient since Feb. 11.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 Wednesday morning at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Lanark, with the Rev. Alfred Hemmersbach officiating. Burial will take place later in the parish cemetary.

Friends may call at the Jungers Funeral home in Amherst from 2 p.m. Tuesday to 10 a.m. Wednesday. The rosary will be recited there Tuesday night at 8.

Mrs. Swetalla was the widow of Joseph Swetalla [Joseph Swetalla-2], who died in 1946.

She was born in Stevens Point March 15, 1881, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Antone Korda [Anton Korda-3 and Susan Czech-3]. She lived in Stevens Point until her marriage here Feb. 19, 1906. After that she resided on a farm in the Town of Lanark until 1951, when she moved to Amherst.

Her survivors include three sons, Harry [Harry Swetalla-1], Eland, William [William Swetalla-1], Amherst, and Joseph [Joseph Swetalla-1], Bakersfield, Alif.; three daughters, Mrs. Edward (Mayme) Somers [Mayme Swetalla-1], Amherst, and Mrs. Amelia Murphy [Amelia Swetalla-1] and Mrs. Walter (Josephine) Hermans [Josephine Swetalla-1], Milwaukee; 20 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; a brother, Leo Korda [Leo Korda-2], Chicago; and three sisters, Mrs. Gusty Skibba [Gusta Korda-2], Buhl, Minn., Mrs. Sam (Anna) Collier [Anna Korda-2], Flint, Mich., and Mrs. Mae Durand [Mae Korda-2], 661 Prentice St.

A son died in infancy. Three brothers, two sisters and three grandchildren also preceded her in death.

She was a member of St. James' Catholic Church, Amherst, and its Alar Society.