Joseph
W
Gierat
Born in Cicero, Cook, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Antoni Gierat
and Agnieszka (Kalinowska) Smolak
Brother of
Venceslaus Gierat, Marie (Gierat) Leschinski, Rosalia Gierat, Leokadia (Gierat) Czerwinski, Victoria (Gierat) Butler and John A. Gierat
Husband of
Josephine (Monczynski) Kukielski
— married
13 Jun 1925 in Cook, Illinois, United States
Father of
Leonard John Gierat
Died
at age 23
in Cicero, Cook, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jun 2021
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Biography
Joseph Gierat was born in Cicero. His father died less than 5 months after his birth. His mother remarried and it is under his stepfather's name that Joseph is listed in the 1910 Federal Census. In 1920, when he was 16, his mother then also deceased, Joseph was living with his stepfather, and working as a coremaker for Western Electric. In the 1923 Cicero city directory he was listed living at 5002 W. 29th St in Cicero. He married Josephine Monczynski on 13 Jun 1925. Two years later, they had a son, Leonard, born 20 September 1927. Joseph died less than four months afterwards.
Sources
- United States Federal Census Year: 1910; Census Place: Cicero, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_238; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 1539; FHL microfilm: 1374251 listed as Joseph "Smola"
- United States Federal Census Year: 1920; Census Place: Cicero, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T625_359; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 62
- "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21J-2S62 : 28 November 2018), Joseph Gierat and Josephine Monczynska Or Maczynska, 13 Jun 1925; citing Marriage, Cook, Illinois, United States, citing Cook County Clerk. Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 101984741.
- U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Ancestry.com
- Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 Ancestry.com
- Find A Grave: Memorial #217899354
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