Brief Life History of Otto Chester
When Otto Chester Borkowski was born on 11 December 1919, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Fred Borkowski, was 39 and his mother, Mollie Stankevitz, was 34. He had at least 1 son with Mavis Adeline Salewski. He lived in Beaver, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States for about 20 years. He died on 25 November 2015, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Otto Barkowski in household of Fred Barkowski, "United States Census, 1940"
- Otto Borkowski in entry for Noble Walton and Alvin P Tetting, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
- Otto Borkowski in household of Fred Borkowski, "United States Census, 1930"
Spouse and Children
1919–2015 Male
1924–2017 Female
Children (1)
1953–2009 Male
Parents and Siblings
1880–1942 Male
1885–1968 Female
Siblings (7)
1906–1971 Male
1907–1982 Female
1910–1984 Male
1915–2009 Female
1917–1996 Female
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1920
Age 1
1920 · First Electric Blow Dryers Invented
Age 1
1944 · The G.I Bill
Age 25
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Wieslaw, Andrzej, Jacek, Janusz, Piotr, Ryszard, Slawomir, Witold, Beata, Bogdan, Boguslaw, Casimir.
Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from any of various places called Borki, Borkowice, or Borek, all named with Polish bór ‘pine forest’, or from Borków, which derives from the personal name Borek + the possessive suffix -ow.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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