Victoria Alecia Wasilewska

Brief Life History of Victoria Alecia

When Victoria Alecia Wasilewska was born on 24 December 1890, in Słucz, Szczuczyn, Białystok, Poland, her father, Jan Wasilewski, was 30 and her mother, Teofilia Mordasewicz, was 20. She married Alexander Piotr Chmelewski on 18 July 1911, in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 6 January 1966, in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Piotr Chmelewski
1890–1976
Victoria Alecia Wasilewska
1890–1966
Marriage: 18 July 1911
Walter Alexander Chmelewski
1912–1966
Janina Alexandra "Jane" Chmelewski
1916–1989
Stefanja Dolores “Stella” Chmelewski
1920–2009
Alexander Peter Chmelewski Jr.
1921–1985
Irene Evelyn Chmelewski
1931–1981

Sources (5)

  • Victoria Chmeler, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Mrs Victoria Chmelewski, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
  • Victoria Chmelewski in household of Alex Chmelewski, "United States Census, 1940"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1900 · First U.S.  Navy Submarine Constructed

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1910 · The BSA is Made

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Polish Krzysztof, Piotr, Andrzej, Bogdan, Bronislaw, Dorota, Eugeniusz, Jacek, Jadwiga, Janina, Jozef, Kazimierz.

Polish: habitational name for someone from Wasilew in Masovian Voivodeship, named with the personal name Wasil .

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

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