Mary Rose Dobek

Female15 July 1903–29 December 1974

Brief Life History of Mary Rose

When Mary Rose Dobek was born on 15 July 1903, in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, her father, Walenty Dobek, was 38 and her mother, Ewa Majkowski, was 33. She died on 29 December 1974, in Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Old Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States.

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Family Time Line

Walenty Dobek
1865–1937
Ewa Majkowski
1870–1939
Maryan Frank Dobek
1898–1921
Mary Rose Dobek
1903–1974
Stanislaus Dobek
1904–1905
Reverend Peter Paul Dobek
1906–1975
Alexander Edward Dobek
1908–1987
Boleslaw John Dobek
1913–1973

Sources (17)

  • Mary Dobek in household of Walanty Dobek, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mary Rose Dobek, "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998"
  • Mary Rose Dobek, "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1904

Age 1

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1910 · Battleship USS Delaware Commissioned

Age 7

"The USS Delaware was commissioned on November 10, 1910. This was ship number six that had been named after the """"first state."""" It was top of the line but during WWI never saw battle."

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Age 20

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Polish Casimir, Wojciech.

Polish and Slovak: from a pet form of a personal name based on Old Slavic dobъ ‘brave, courageous’, as for example Dobeslav (Polish Dobiesław) and Dobemir (Polish Dobiemir).

Slovak (also Ďobek): from a pet form of the personal name Tobiáš (see Tobias ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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