Adam Piekuta (1854 - 1926)

Born 9 Dec 1854 in Robakowo, Schrimm, Posen, Preußen

Ancestors

Husband of Stanislava (Paprzycka) Piekuta — married 19 Feb 1879 in Wilhelmshorst, Posen, Preußen, Deutsches Reich

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1926 at age 71 in Chase Township, Lake, Michigan,USA

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Biography

It was believed that Adam had died in Reed City, Michigan, in 1912. However, while looking into old Census records pertaining to my other Great grandfather, Anton Nimcheski (Niemczewski), I found Adam not only alive in 1920, but, living next door to the Nimcheski family, in Newkirk Township, Lake County, Michigan. Thanks to the 1920 Census. Mary Piekuta had married Edward Kotarski, in Luther, Michigan, back in 1903, and the Nimcheski family settled in Luther, after Immigrating to the US from Poland, via Ellis Island, in April of 1908. Adam died in Lake County, Michigan, in 1926, and is supposed to be buried some where in Reed City.

Thanks to FindAGrave member , Meauwataka, for making this possible -

"This is the only information we had on your 2X great grandfather when we were doing research on him. Pieputa, Adam b. Dec 1853 in Poland; d. 7-10-1926 at Chase. Buried in the Poor Farm Section.

The Poor Farm was a house in Chase, Michigan that housed Poor People. They could stay there rent free as long as they contributed to the farming or household chores. The Death Record shows that he was a farmer so he probably helped with the farming to help the other people that lived there. Also shows that he died of lack of nourishment with something to do with his throat swelling. Probably a food allergy as we know it today. I believe there were about 20-30 people living there at any given time. It closed down in 1942 and people that lived there had to be relocated to other places. The ones that died there were buried in the Poor Farm Section of Chase Township Cemetery, with a burial plot and burial provided by the County. There are no markers in that section. It's just several plots with several people in there."

• Marriage

Catholic parish - Tulce - entry 4 / 1879 Adam Piekała (24 years old) Stanislava Paprzycka (19 years old) Civil registry - Kleszczewo [Wilhelmshorst] - entry 4 / 1879 Adam Piekuta (born 1854) father: Simon Piekuta &mother: Hedwig Nowak, Stanislava Paprzycka (born 1860) father: Peter Paprzycki & mother: Margarethe Matuszczak

Sources

• Birth & Baptism - "Deutschland, Preußen, Posen, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1430-1998", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FZH-GPJZ : 10 May 2022), Simon Kekuta in entry for Adamus Kekuta, 1854.
• 1900 US Census- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS9M-45P : accessed 27 July 2022), Adam Piekhita in household of Charles Barghorn, Dover township Luther village, Lake, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12, sheet 3A, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,724.
• 1920 US Census- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M8GC-8LQ : 2 February 2021), Household of Adam Piekuta, 1920.
• Death- "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9M2G-HKC : 23 February 2021), Entry for Adam Pickuta, 1926.
• Burial - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196595340/adam-piekuta: accessed 31 October 2023), memorial page for Adam Piekuta (Dec 1853–10 Jul 1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 196595340, citing Chase Township Cemetery, Chase, Lake County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Meauwataka (contributor 48513981).

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