Josephine Orlowski

Brief Life History of Josephine

When Josephine Orlowski was born on 22 August 1892, in Poland, her father, Kazimierz Charles Orłowski, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Malgorzata Zwolinska, was 26. She married Boleslaw Chmielewski on 14 November 1915, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 9 April 1975, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Niles, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Boleslaw Chmielewski
1893–1987
Josephine Orlowski
1892–1975
Marriage: 14 November 1915
Lillian Josephine Chmielewski
1919–1999
Stanley Chmielewski
1920–1925
Alfreda Chmielewski
1922–2005
Roman Chmielewski
1926–2001
Richard Chmielewski
1932–

Sources (18)

  • Josephine Chamielewski in household of William Chamielewski, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Parish Birth Record - Jozefa Orlowska
  • Jozefa Orlawska, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"

World Events (8)

1893 · The World's Columbian Exposition

The  Chicago World's Fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to construct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the inventions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France. 

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.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Polish Andrzej, Witold, Czeslawa, Jacek, Janusz, Juliusz, Lucjan, Ludwik, Maciej, Marzena, Pawel, Zbigniew.

Polish and Jewish (from Poland) (Orłowski): habitational name for someone from any of numerous places in Poland called Orłów, Orłowo, or Orły, named with Polish orlów, possessive case of orzeł ‘eagle’.

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

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