Friday, January 15, 2010

Vincent Wicka (Wika)'s Immediate Family

Vincent Wicka (Wika) was born in Pine Creek, Wisconsin. He was born on December 4, 1867 (One record gives the date of 1865). The information which I currently have on Vincent is at best sketchy, incomplete, and may be inaccurate but it is a start. His father was John (Jan) Wicka (Wika). Jan's gravestone is written in Polish. I think it says that he died in May of 1906 at the age of 77. That would mean he was born in 1829.

Vincent siblings include a Rose, wife of Edward Klake from the area of Hawkins and Ladysmith, Wisconsin; a Mrs. John Wierkus (first name unknown) and Philip Wicka who died in May of 1942. He was from St. Phillippis, Montana. (Philip's son, also a Philip was from Wilbaux, Montana) (I do know that my father, Florian Wicka had relatives in Wilbaux, Montana.)

Vincent Wicka married Mary Pronzinski on January 30, 1894. Other tidbits of information include the following. Vincent operated a meat market in Winona, Minnesota for a time. In 1909 he returned to the farm where he was born, a branch valley off of Latch Valley, near Dodge, Wisconsin. He retired from the farm in 1941.

2 comments:

  1. I may have some Polish Parish records for you for Vincents Parents, Please contact me through my Blog site: http://polandpinecreek.blogspot.com/

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  2. Hello Larry,

    I have been away from my blog for awhile. I would appreciate any information you have on the parents of Vincent Wika. I just added a new post of information I recently received. Perhaps you could read that also. I have started a Wika family tree on ancestry.com

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