When Mary Czuba was born on 18 April 1890, in Poland, her father, Józef Czuba, was 22 and her mother, Anna Trawa Małecka, was 19. She married Michael Stanislaw Szczepanik on 17 February 1914, in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1913 and lived in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States in 1940 and Portsmouth Township, Bay, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 24 August 1979, in Bangor Township, Bay, Michigan, United States, at the age of 89.
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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.
In 1897, while the Polish were still controlled by the Russian Partition, they created a secret political organization called the National-Democratic Party. Also known as the SDN, they primarily focused on promoting legislative changes and other forms of non-violent resistance. The group was dissolved in 1919 when Poland regained their independence.
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Some characteristic forenames: Polish Jadwiga, Wieslaw, Zdislaw.
Polish:
nickname from czub ‘hair on top of thehead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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