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

Jennie and Robert Pogreba wedding picture

I think the first man is my dad's brother Allie, then mopm's sister Mary Konsela Thoma, Mom: Jennie Konsela, Dad: Robert Pogreba, dad's sister Dorothy Pogreba Sokolosky, mom's brother Joe Konsela

Olga and Jennie on Olga's wedding day

Here is a picture of Olga and my mom Jennie Pogreba, on the back it says "1923 on my wedding and Jennie 5 months old June 26th".  I guess this would give a date to the family picture because to me it looks like the same clothes are worn. Taken on Olga's wedding day?

COUSINS TO BEGIN WITH

I remember being told that grandma and grandpa (Olga and Robert) were first cousins.  Do we have genealogy records to show that this is so?  Does anyone have more information on this?

Robert Konsela Farm House Near Waumandee

The first photo is a scan of a scan of a photo that Myrna & Augie sent me.  The bottom one is a sepia version of the same pic.  Maybe someone from Augie's family could scan the actual photo and post a much better quality photo.

Bev (Thoma) Keltner

Helpful Hint - Blog Archive

The Archives are found on the left hand side of the Blog.  Scroll down to see the Blog Archive.  When you click on an orange down arrow, you will see

Grandma Konsela's certificate of death

Olga Obieglo Konsela's Wedding Dress

Does anyone know anything about Grandma Olga's wedding dress?

June 25th Letter From Planning Team

June 25, 2012

Dear Cousins,

By this time you have all received and read the June 1^st letter and felt the energy that is building for the Konsela Cousins Gathering on 8/18/12.   We are pleased with the positive response we’ve received and look forward to hearing from cousins we haven’t yet heard from.    More and more we are convinced this will be a memorable gathering whose pictures and mementos will hold a prominent place in the scrap books, picture boxes and CDs of cousins and their descendents. 

It's countdown time

Let's all keep the faith for good weather and a wonderful showing of all our cousins on August 18th.  Let's all count down the days until we will have loud chatter of excitement on that day that will shake Arcadia like a tornado!!

June 1 Letter to Cousins

 June 1, 2012
Dear Cousins and Siblings,

This letter is from four of us, all your cousins and siblings:  Barb Pasala, Gene Pogreba, Marge Nicolai and Mary Jane Konsela.  We will tell you how the idea of a “Cousins Gathering” originated.  We four had the opportunity to meet in Chicago last summer in August, 2011, and had lots of fun talking with each other about how our lives moved from one thing to another over the years.  As we talked I saw us look intently

Preparing Decorations

Jim Keltner awes Mary Jane Konsela and Al Konsela with his 3D design.

Diane Konsela, Al's wife, enjoys tracing decorations from a template.

Donald Konsela cuts out paper doll decorations.

Donald Konsela displays his finished product to his sister, Ruth Forster, and cousin Mary Jane Konsela.

Bev Thoma Keltner's husband, Jim, views his handiwork.

Ruth Konsela Forster works hard.

Al Konsela showing his logo cutout.

A few Konsela cousins met at Al and Diane's house on Saturday and began preparing decorations for the Konsela Cousin Gathering.  It was like a mini reunion and what great fun we had!  We can't wait for "the real" Konsela Cousin Gathering on Saturday, August 18th in Arcadia.  If you are interested in volunteering, check out the Volunteer Tab on the Home page.

Links You May Find Interesting

In the left hand column you will find links of interest.  The Winona Newspaper Project was discovered by Bill Thoma.  He located a copy of Robert Konsela's Auction on the site.  I discovered

Mystery Photo

Could this be Robert and Olga (Obieglo) Konsela?

This is a photo, taken with a digital camera, of a professional photograph.  The original photo is not mine.

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