Martin Banack (abt. 1856 - abt. 1890)

Born about 1856 in Poland

Husband of Katy Burke — married Sep 1878 in Sacred Heart, Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota

Died about 1890 at about age 34 in Minnesota, United States

Biography

Martin was born about 1856 in Poland. He immigrated to the United States in July 1864, via New York and was naturalized in Duluth, Minnesota on 10 August 1883.^[1]

Martin and Katy's son, Jan, was born on 4 May 1884. He was baptized at St. Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Duluth.^[2]

In 1885, Martin was living in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota with his wife Kate and their three children. Nearly every other household recorded on the same census pages was also Polish.^[3]

In about 1885, Martin homesteaded in Itasca County, Minnesota (now southeastern Koochiching County). On 12 April 1889, Martin was granted 131.75 acres. According to family story, it cost $131. His wife, Kate, remained in Duluth as she was sick at the time.^[4][5]

He passed away about 1890. He may have died in a logging accident near International Falls, Koochiching County, Minnesota.^[4]

Research Notes

Duluth City Directory 1886 Franciszek Banack, Brakeman, 219 3rd St. Rice's Point Patrick Banack, 2 E. 8th St. Note: My Banack connection seems to have died out over a few years. Martin Banack, b. about 1856, immigrated in 1864 (must have been with his parents), and married Katy Burke (Borowiak) in 1880 in Duluth. Duluth was beginning to be a boom town in those days. They had three children, Mary, Pauline and Jan, all of whom died by 1893, it appears. Not sure about Mary. Martin died about 1890. I think he died in a logging accident up by International Falls, MN. What he was doing up there when the family was in Duluth, probably, he was just logging for the winter/spring which was when that was mostly done.

Katy was only thirty in 1890 so she must have married someone else, but I haven't bothered to do a rigorous search as she is not in my direct line. Her father, Walenty Borowiak was a brother or cousin of my gggf, Jan Borowiak who came to Duluth in 1867. The 1886 Duluth City Directory says that there was a Franciszek Banack, a brakeman, living at 219 Third Street on Rice's Point, and a Patrick Banack living at 2 East Eight Street. No further info on those two.

Sources

1. ↑ Naturalization Records CONT 10 Aug 1883 CONT Book D, No. 87 CONT CONT Final Papers: Book 1. No. 248. Official Record found in the Courthouse of St. Louis County, Duluth, Minnesota.
2. ↑ Baptisimal Record of Jan Nepomeck Banack, born 4 May 1884, St. Mary Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, Duluth, Minnesota (Polish parish).
3. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQXR-KXH : 20 February 2021), Martin Banick, Duluth, St Louis, Minnesota; citing p. 32, volume St Louis, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,754.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Cindy Kriske Peterson, whose great-grandfather was Martin's half brother, researching Musolf's and others from Gnesen. Living in Salol, MN, in 1999.
5. ↑ Martin Banack, Land Patent Certificate no. 9462, Minnesota vol. 75, pg. 119, General Land Office.

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