Alfred Wladyslaw Sonczalla (1916 - 1983)

Born 18 Jun 1916 in Des Lacs, Ward, North Dakota, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lorraine Lucille (Pratt) Sonczalla — married 1939 in Pine City, Minnesota, United States [uncertain]

Husband of Marie Janet (Berge) Sonczalla — married 12 Jun 1965 in Ladysmith, Rusk, Wisconsin, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1983 at age 66 in Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Alfred Sonczalla is Ruthenian.

Alfred Sonczalla is Polish.

Military

Dept of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File: Enlistment Date 24 Nov 1942 and release date: 10 Dec 1945. ^[1]

U.S. WWII Army Enlistment record: born: 1916, White, Citizen, nativity state: ND, state: WI, county: Rusk, enlist date: 10 Nov 1942, state: WI, enlist city: Milwaukee, term of enlist: for the duration of the war or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law, component: enlisted men, source: civil life, education: grammer school; Civil Occupation: Unskilled garage laborers and car washers and greasers; married, height: 66, weight: 150. ^[2]

NARA, Statement of Service: Service #36281920; Army of the U.S. from 24 Nov 1942 to 10 Dec 1945 ^[3]

Census

1920 Census: Tolgen, Ward County, ND pg. 6A (Sonczilla, Albert; HH) ^[4]

• Albert Sonczalla age 35, imm:1891, Na:1919, Austria/Austria/Austria, Farmer
• Annie age 27, Imm:1912, Na:1919, Austria/Austria/Austria
• Alfred age 3 6/12 ND
• Frank age 1 5/12 ND
• Frances age 1 5/12 ND

1930 Census: Thornapple, Rusk County, WI pg. 4B ^[5]

• Albert Sonczalla ge 48, imm:1910
• Annie age 38, imm: 1913
• Alfred age 13
• Frank age 11
• Frances age 11

1940 Census: Thornapple, Rusk County, WI pg. 3B (with mother) ^[6]

• Anne Sonczalla age 48, Poland
• Alfred Sonczalla age 23, ND
• Frank Sonczalla age 21, ND
• Rose Sonczalla age 26, ND

1950: Ladysmith, Rusk, WI ^[7]

• Alfred Sonczella 33 Head, ND, Evaporating Milk/Creamery
• Lorraine L Sonczella 27 Wife WI
• Thomas A Sonczella 8 Son WI

Obituary

"Alfred Sonczalla, 66, Ladymith, died Feb. 27 at Rusk County Memorial Nursing Home. He had had cancer for four years. Born June 18, 1916 in Lone Tree, N.D., he was the son of Albert and Anna Sconzalla. He moved to Rusk County in 1920. He was a member of the Air Force from 1942-1946. He was affiliated with Hope Lutheran Church. He was united in marriage to Marie Lelm in June, 1965. Survivors include his wife, Marie; one son, Thomas Sonczalla of Prescott, Ariz.; one stepson, Terry Lelm, Ladysmith; and one stepdaughter, Faye Lelm Dickerson, Colfax, Iowa; five grandchildren; one brother, Frank Sonczalla, Ladysmith; and three sisters, Carolina Foltz, Palm Springs, Calif., Frances Forham, Palm Springs, Calif., and Roseann Ekman, Holland, Mich. Funeral services were held at Hope Lutheran Church March 2, with Pastor Gerhard Bretheim officiating. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery under the direction of McElravy-Geier Funeral Home." ^[8]

Burial

Riverside Cemetery, Ladysmith, Rusk, Wisconsin ^[9]

DNA

Y-Haplogroup: R-M198 (or R1a)

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005.
3. ↑ USAF discharge papers in possession of profile manager
4. ↑ 1920 Census: Year: 1920; Census Place: Tolgen, Ward, North Dakota; Roll: T625_1343; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 227; Image: 226
5. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Thornapple, Rusk, Wisconsin; Roll: 2611; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0033; Image: 269.0; FHL microfilm: 2342345
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7JB-7KF : accessed 20 October 2016), Anne Sonczalla, Thornapple Town, Rusk, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-34, sheet 3B, family 54, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4521.
7. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Ladysmith, Rusk, Wisconsin; Roll: 5088; Sheet Number: 72; Enumeration District: 54-22
8. ↑ Snippet from unknown newspaper source in possession of profile manager S.D.
9. ↑ http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=sonczalla&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=122085473&df=all&

• Certificate of Birth: State of North Dakota; 12139

• Death Certificate: State of Wisconsin; MAR-483004172

• Social Security Death Index; "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9ZS-P27 : 20 May 2014), Alfred Sonczalla, Feb 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).