Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Vincent Wika's Young Family

Before starting this quest, I never thought about my grandparents being "young".   It was the census record of 1900 that made me try to conger up an image of them as a young family.  At the time, my grandfather, Vincent was 32 years old and my grandmother, Mary (Prondinzinski) was just 23 years old.  They were married in 1894 and at the time of the census they had three children, Cecilia, age 4, Weronika (spelling at that time) age 2, and Robert, age 1.   They were living in Winona, Minnesota at 858 Chatfield Street.   How many times had I walked by this house without knowing that they had lived in Winona.  Another comment of mine is that the census record is so clearly legible.  The handwriting in those days was impeccable.