Agnes V Wozniak

Female20 January 1896–28 November 1981

Brief Life History of Agnes V

When Agnes V Wozniak was born on 20 January 1896, her father, Vincent Wozniak, was 23 and her mother, Franciszka "Frances" Lato, was 26. She married Peter Frank Lewien on 16 October 1916. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wisconsin, United States in 1981. She died on 28 November 1981, in Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Frank Lewien
1896–1966
Agnes V Wozniak
1896–1981
Marriage: 16 October 1916
John Frederick Lewien
1921–1998
Ann Lewien
Catherine Lewien
1923–1983
Steve John Lewien
1929–2003
Joseph Vincent Lewien
1931–2009

Sources (3)

  • Agnes V Wozniak Lewien, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Agnes Lewien, "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997"
  • Agnes Lewien, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 October 1916
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 2

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment

    Age 11

    The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.

    1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

    Age 23

    The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Polish Tadeusz, Miroslaw, Wladyslaw, Zofia, Zygmunt, Andrzej, Casimir, Dariusz, Halina, Janusz, Kazimierz, Wasyl.

    Polish (Woźniak): derivative or patronymic from the occupational or status name term woźny ‘beadle, city official’ (see Wozny ).

    Polish (Woźniak) and Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): derivative of Polish woźny in its original sense, ‘carrier’, from wozić ‘to carry’, hence an occupational name for a carter, driver, or coachman.

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

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