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[home] [surname index] [Wachdorf index] [Wojciechowicz]
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Coletta Wachdorf Howicz born Feb. or March 1915 |
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Siblings
1916-Ruth 1918-Leona 1919-Blanche
after Joe's death, the girls went into the Angel Guardian Orphanage
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married in 1937 to Steve Howicz
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Children
Leona Charlotte Janet Stephen Jr.
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her parents: & |
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his parents: Chester & Josephine Wojciechowicz
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Her paternal grandparents:
Her maternal grandparents: Charles McCormick & Mary Drouen |
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Her paternal aunts & uncles: 1883-Clara Roster & Henry; 1884-Kitty Hochertz & Tony; 1886-Harry H. Wachdorf & Dell; 1888-Edward Wachdorf & Irene; 1895-Lettie Myers & Harvey; 1897-Mae Wachdorf; 1899-Frances Stevens & Frank; 1902-Madge Wachdorf
Her maternal aunts & uncles: Charles, Chester, Mamie & Pearl
Her great-grandparents: John Klein and Christina Alberg Klein |
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Who's who in Coletta's wedding photo, left to right (with the exception of Steve's brother, John Sylvester, everyone seems to be related to Coletta). The two seated on the ground are Marge Kary Wachdorf (wife of Coletta's cousin, Edward Wachdorf Jr.), and Coletta's aunt Madge Wachdorf. Of the three girls, I can only identify the littlest one: Dolores Wachdorf on the left, between bride Coletta and bridesmaid Leona Wachdorf (Coletta's sister). The back row, from left: Coletta's paternal aunt, Lettie Myers, Coletta's sisters Blanche, Leona and Ruth, Coletta's paternal grandmother Anna Klein Wachdorf, Steve's brother John Sylvester Howicz/Wojciechowicz*, bride Coletta Wachdorf Howicz/Wojciechowicz, an unknown woman, groom Steve Howicz/Wojciechowicz, then possibly Coletta's paternal uncle Frank Stevens and her aunt Frances Stevens (nee Wachdorf), then an unknown old man behind two unknown girls who are probably two of the Stevens girls.
*John Sylvester Howicz identified by his son in an email March 2007.
The only paper trail I have for Coletta, besides photographs, consists of the 1920 census, in which she is a child living with her parents on Shields Ave, and the 1930 census, in which she is living with her grandparents, Anton and Anna Wachdorf, on 58th St. One of her daughters got in touch in 2007 and added some information, most of which is on the Howicz/Wojciechowicz page.
