Robert and Olga 25th Anniversary

Planning Team Letter - July 30, 2012

  

 KONSELA COUSINS GATHERING

 Saturday, August 18, 2012

Dear Cousins,

Welcome to all of you who have signed up for the Konsela Cousins Gathering!!! We have in store for us a whole day to see cousins again—those we know and those we don’t know. And there is no other purpose for the day than having fun getting to know each other.

Breaking News Part II: Dorfplan von Tscheschen 1944

Ok, I realize that this is from 1944, but I am positive that the Obieglos and Kondzielas came from this village. There are Obieglos galore listed here.  Also a Lebek and a Kondziela.  If you look at some of

Lambert & Mary (Konsela) Thoma

Married at Saint Boniface Church in Waumandee on April 26, 1944.  Does Anyone know who their attendants were?  I remember Sokoloski's but not sure of spelling or first names.

**BREAKING NEWS!!!**

If you can call something that happened about 150 years ago that. :-D I just got information that there was at least one son and daughter that did not

Part of a Family

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.  Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.
-Jane Howard

Can you identify this clan?  What year was this photo taken?  I just love those scarves which also doubled as dish towels!

I guess mom, Mary Konsela, was always the photographer. Who's got the chicken on their head?

I put a bunch of censuses and stuff up for you guys if you're interested. I didn't want to clutter up the

A book mentioning Robert and a "bonus" book mentioning a couple of you! :-D

I found a book that mentions Robert. I know that it also mentions

Who's Missing From This Photo?

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   Marge NicolaiJune 18, 2012 3:31 PM

   I've got this picture in storage! Mom and Dad sat down with me one day when she came to the beauty salon and we sat in the dryer chairs and I wrote down everyones names on the back in order. Grandma was pregnant at the time.

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   Marge NicolaiJune 18, 2012 3:31 PM

   Notice Grandpa's the only one smiling!! LOL

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   Ann MatcheyJuly 1, 2012 8:58 AM

   This is kind of a test to see if I can post,,, Here is who I think they are, back row: Valentine, Olga, Romeo, middle row: Rose, Grandma Olga, Leo (Nick), Grandpa Robert, Lillian, Jennie on Grandma's lap and Joe on Grandpa's lap, Mary would by the gestating baby and August not thought of yet. I think I might be correct about the names but Lillian and Rose just a guess because I went by height and age. Any corrections?

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   Brian KonselaJuly 2, 2012 4:50 PM

   I think August (Dad) was thought of, Grandma is pregnant.

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   Ann MatcheyJuly 2, 2012 4:59 PM
   No I think she was pregnant with Mary, your dad is the youngest. Did you see the picture I posted of Olga and Jennie? It ended up on the main page, don't know how to move to the picture section, maybe Bev can do that.
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   Ann MatcheyJuly 2, 2012 9:16 PM

   Picture was taken June 26, 1923, Olga's wedding day the same day the picture of Olga and Jennie picture was taken, I posted that picture and that is what was written on the back.

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   Brian KonselaJuly 2, 2012 10:07 PM
   I forgot how many kids there were & I don't remember all of the names.
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   Ann MatcheyJuly 2, 2012 10:24 PM
   If you go under the tab "look who's coming" all the siblings are listed and there are 10 with your dad being the youngest. by the way, that is a very nice picture of your mom and dad.
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Prizes

The Planning Team is planning on giving prizes at the Konsela Cousins Gathering.  I would like to donate a few items, namely a

This is the grave for Rosine/Rosa (Lybeck) Kondziela, Robert's mother. It probably is also the grave for Franz/Frank, Robert's dad. This picture was posted on ancestry.com in 2009 by a descendant of Ignatz "Nick" Konsella, Robert's brother.  This is the description that they posted with it:  

Marker for Rosa Kondsiela in the St. Boniface Catholic Church cemetery in Waumandee, Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Almost completely unreadable, now is it is worn and covered in lichen. Perhaps the two small stones on either side mark the resting places for Rosa and Franz.

 

Directions for Cleaning Stones

Harry Allen

For those of you that don't know who I am, I am Joe Konsela's grandson, and Patricia Konsela's son, Joe Heath. I have been doing a lot of stuff with genealogy over the past year and have been graciously granted rights to post on here because I have a few things that you guys might be interested in.  I thought that something that you guys might be interested in was the Harry Allen story. I've heard that some of you used to visit him from time to time.

I'll give you a progression of the stories and facts as they developed for me.

My grandpa told a very interesting story about Harry saying that

Robert Konsela Auction

Winona Republican-Herald

Friday, October 12, 1951

Page: 17

 Submitted by Bev Thoma Keltner - the largest print I could get.  You might try copying and pasting the image into a Word document, then resize it and print.  It worked well for me.  Much easier to read.

Robert Konsela Obituary

Copied from Winona Newspaper Project and submitted here by Bev (Thoma) Keltner. 

Winona Republican-Herald

Thursday, January 18, 1951

Page: 4

Section: None

Robert & Olga Konsela Certif of Marriage

Notice the Full Name of the mother of the wife:  Johanna Obieglo, (nee Libeck or Liberk).  I had to click on the image to enlarge it  and then click again to get a nice large image.  I received this from Bob & Vivian last week.  Vivian said that this is proof that Robert and Olga were first cousins.  So could the other posted documents (Death Certificate & Olga Konsela Obituary) be wrong?????

Olga Obieglo Konsela Obituary

This obituary was copied from the Winona Newspaper Project website.  I used the Advanced Search, typed in Robert Konsela and checked Search in All Publications.  Notice Jennie Miemietz in the obituary.  To read other posts and comments on this topic, click on:   Cousins to Begin With, Cousins to Begin With - Documentation, and Grandma Konsela's Certificate of Death.  Has anyone solved this mystery?

Barbara Konsela

This is a photo received some time ago from Anna Konkel.  Please refer to the blog entry sent from Shirley to learn more.

Konsela Family Picture at Lillian's Wedding

Konsela Family at Lillian's wedding.  Will someone identify family members in this photo ?

August Konsela Solemn Communion

Dad on his Solemn Communion with Grandpa and Grandma.

Here’s the picture of Mum & dad’s wedding. The person right next to Mum is her brother Clifton Knutson, the other 3, I don’t know but will find out.  --Brian.

 ("Mum and Dad" in this case are Myrna and August on their wedding day, November 25, 1954.)  When you find out Brian who the other 3 are, we will add their names.  I suspect the one by your dad may be Don Konsela because as I recall, he told me he was your dad's "best man" at his wedding.  Ask your dad about the shivaree... http://www.waywordradio.org/shivaree/   or http://www.shivareehats.com/tradition.htm

I just found this out this morning:  The people in the wedding pic that I sent are from left to right are:  Marian Knutson,  Mum’s sister, Clifton Knutson, Mum’s brother, Mum & Dad, Cousin Donald Konsela and his sister, Cousin Ruth. 

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Here’s another pic of the wedding party at a later date, the same people......just a couple of years older.
 

This a picture of the whole family taken the same time as the second wedding picture. I think this is the last time we all got together for a picture.    Back row from left to right is Tod, Terry, Dean, Becky, Brian, Julie, Carol, Ivan, Dad, Jean and Mum 

Robert & Vivian Lisowski

Robert & Vivian Lisowski

65th Wedding Anniversary

May 19, 2012

Jim and I visited Bob & Vivian last week.  We heard all about the wonderful party their children put on for them.  They assured us that they did not want a party, but they were so excited to tell us all about it.

+ BARBARA KONSELA +

Our cousin Shirley Ann Konsela Grenawalt answered a question which was on the minds of many of us when she wrote the following:

Barbara Konsela was born on November 30, 1919 and died on

IDENTIFICATION TIME AGAIN

Here are more photos for you to identify.  These are photos from Anna Konkel which should give you a great clue to begin with.

1905 CENSUS DOCUMENTS

I thought most of you would find this interesting.  There is much we can learn from these two documents.  I will comment on them once I have time to print them out and study them more.  Each document is its own scan so you should be able to make them larger by clicking on them.

COUSINS TO BEGIN WITH - DOCUMENTATION

I have found these two documents that would prove grandma and grandpa were first cousins.  Now we just have to figure out where the name "Miemietz" came from for great grandmother Obieglo?

When you add documents or pictures you have to do a "POST" rather than a comment.  I would have preferred to add it to the "Cousins to begin with" so all that information would stay together.  Does anyone have another suggestion of how to keep this more organized here?  Bev, should I be doing it differently.  I could email it to you and you could put it where it better belongs???

From Yesterday's Winona Daily Paper

Elmer Duellman of Elmer’s Auto and Toy Museum turned his home in Fountain City, Wis., into a museum of vintage cars and toys in 1994. Today, his collection includes

Joe and Alvina Konsela family picture

starting from left :
 Pat - Tom -Marge- Al-Bernedette-Sue-Bob-Maryjane-Alvina(Mom) Joe (Dad)

Helpful Hints for Posting a Message

Welcome to all new Bloggers.  If you are reading this message you should give yourself a big

1940's picture of G & G

This is just a copy of the picture click for larger view.

THE HOME PLACE

I found this old scan I did of a very damaged slide which belonged to our mom.  I have rescanned it so the resolution is again compromised.  Nonetheless, there is

Kondziela Hamburg Passenger List

This document was provided to us by Joe Heath (Uncle Joe's grandson - Patricia's son).  Thank you, Joe.

Anton Obieglo Landmap 1914

This document was provided to us by Joe Heath (Uncle Joe's grandson - Patricia's son).  Thank you, Joe.

Obieglo Hamburg Passenger List

This document was provided to us by Joe Heath (Uncle Joe's grandson - Patricia's son).

Entire Robert & Olga Family

Here's the rest of the family - all ten children.  Would someone please name them?
(Click on no comments, one comment, etc. to post.)

Ancestry.com

Just in time for the Konsela Cousin Gathering, Ancestry.com has offered free searching.  But only from July 4 through the 8th.  I just discovered that quite by accident today.  Wish I had known two days ago!
Bev (Thoma) Keltner

Montana, Buffalo Cty 1896 Plat Map

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Received from Joe Konsela (Patricia Konsela McKinley's son.)  Thank you, Joe!  Click on image to enlarge.  Click on enlarged image, again, for further enlargement. 

Du Du

I can still hear Grandma singing "Ya, ya, ya, ya ....."
Do du?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlYaA3HdYvk&feature=fvwrel

Bill Thoma

Some of the cousins you remember...

Here are some cousins to identify.  I find it interesting how the names come back.  I don't know who Ray Lisowski is, but I know