1910 Bridget Connolly 24 Servant of McDonnald family pg. 423
10. Francis Joseph Sieczkowski
Alias:
Frank J. and/Friday/
Lived in an area called "Sheilley" and wentto Barnes Business College when he
first moved to Omaha. (SHE-le) First resident on Poplar (or Priece) and 61
(or 63). Then new house at 4316 Burt.
My Grandpa Haack died when my Dad was a little boy. He went out in the
snow to bring in the garbage can, then fell over dead with a heart
attack.
Residence 144 Campbell St., Dayton, OH
Enlistment: US Navy Reserve Forces, Cincinnati Recruiting station- 28 Jun 1918Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Ill to 11 Nov 1918
Landsman for Machinist's Mate (Aviation) 136 days.
Honorable discharge 10 Jan 1919 Lack of funds
called to active duty 29 June 1918Volume #20-220242-220242 of 248539
You had asked about Grandpa. He is 76, and his birthday is December 15.
My grandparents, on the Williams side lived in rural Ohio, right along
the banks of the Ohio River. I think the area had a name, but my memory
right now has faltered. Grandma Williams died when I was 13, which was
37 years ago. She had a form of Alzheimer's, although it was just called
senility then. She was 88 years old at her death. Grandpa Williams
lived about one month later, then died of a burst appendix. It was
weird, because he had never been sick a day of his life. People said he
died of a broken heart. Both of them were illiterate. Very simple
people, who had a very simple faith. they were both buried in a little
country graveyard, on the side of a hill, deep in the hill country of
southern Ohio. It was a Protestant church. I remember hearing the
church bells ring out, accompanied by the mooing of cows. Very peaceful.
They didn't move around much. At one point when Grandma Haack was a
young girl, they moved just across the river for Grandpa to work. A few
years later, they moved back. He was a tenant farmer. Rented land from
a big farmer. Rented a horse to pull his wagon. He worked the fields by
hand. Every morning he would rise before sunrise, hitch up the horse and
wagon, then walk the rutted dirt road out to his land. Grandpa didn't
trust the "big" stores who sold things in closed packages. He would make
the store owner open the coffee can and measure, to make sure he was
getting the right amount. he wore overalls, with the left leg always
turned up a little higher. He was a quiet, solitary man. Couldn't stand
noise or crowds. He was also embarrassed that he couldn't read.----
1920 census
house #142 visit 145
40 years/ rented
couldn't read or write
farm laborer, working out
--1910 census
30 years old/ married 6 yrs.
Rent house
Grandma was a gardener and quilter. She could make anything grow, and
her porch was filled with myriads of flowers. Her quilts were warm and
beautiful. There were two things I didn't like about visiting them: the
pit toilet that was filled with spiders, flies, and bees, and the coal
burning stove which roared like the fires of hell when they opened the
door.---
1920 census
Laura/ 32 yrs.
could read and write----
1910 census
Laura R. 23 years old 2 kids