Brief Life History of Alexander Joseph
When Alexander Joseph Langowski Sr. was born on 22 February 1898, in Sopris, Las Animas, Colorado, United States, his father, Joseph Charles Langowski, was 42 and his mother, Frances Kohney, was 34. He married Margaret Mae Roeschlaub on 9 December 1919, in Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Las Animas, Colorado, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 27 November 1969, in Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Alex Langowski, "United States 1950 Census"
- Copy of Certificate of Birth for Frances Louise Langowski
- Alexander Jol Langowski, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1902
Historical Boundaries: 1902: Las Animas, Colorado, United States
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Andrzej, Bronislaw, Faustyn, Krzysztof.
Polish: variant of Łęgowski, a habitational name for someone from a place called Łęg, Łęgi, or Łęgowo, named with łęg ‘water meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Story Highlight
My silver trumpet
About 1960, our family visited our relatives in Colorado. We visited grandpa Langowski, at his house above Sopris. As we were about to leave, he asked us to wait, as he returned into the house. Whe …
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