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Leokadja “Loretta” <I>Nowakowski</I> Dobrowolski

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Leokadja “Loretta” Nowakowski Dobrowolski

Birth
Poland
Death
13 May 1947 (aged 51)
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Linden, Union County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
Plot
D, Sec. 7 Lot 32 (according to old record book)
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Loretta was born in 1895 in Kodyc, Poland to Joseph and Mary Nowakowski. There is little known about her life in Poland, but Loretta her youngest child recalled her saying that she worked in a cigar factory in Poland. She came to the United States in 1912, she arrived in Philadelphia, PA. She later met and then married Casimir Dobrowolski on July 4th, 1915 in St. Hedwig's Church. She gave birth to three children in Pennsylvania, Victoria, Joseph, and Helen. The family moved to Newark, NJ sometime between 1920 and 1921. There Loretta gave birth to seven more children, Stanley, Chester, Edward, Michael, Marie, Bertha, and Loretta (in that order.) Michael, Marie, and Bertha died as babies. After giving birth to her tenth child she became very weak. She loved the outdoors and would often walk the streets of Newark. Loretta recalls that on Christmas eve when she was able she used to travel the Jewish Delicatessen in Newark and get Herring for Christmas dinner. She suffered a stroke sometime in the early 1940s. She remained confined to her home in Newark for the later days of her life. She suffered two more strokes before passing away in 1947. Before she died she became a grandmother to Patricia, the child of her oldest daughter Victoria.
Loretta was born in 1895 in Kodyc, Poland to Joseph and Mary Nowakowski. There is little known about her life in Poland, but Loretta her youngest child recalled her saying that she worked in a cigar factory in Poland. She came to the United States in 1912, she arrived in Philadelphia, PA. She later met and then married Casimir Dobrowolski on July 4th, 1915 in St. Hedwig's Church. She gave birth to three children in Pennsylvania, Victoria, Joseph, and Helen. The family moved to Newark, NJ sometime between 1920 and 1921. There Loretta gave birth to seven more children, Stanley, Chester, Edward, Michael, Marie, Bertha, and Loretta (in that order.) Michael, Marie, and Bertha died as babies. After giving birth to her tenth child she became very weak. She loved the outdoors and would often walk the streets of Newark. Loretta recalls that on Christmas eve when she was able she used to travel the Jewish Delicatessen in Newark and get Herring for Christmas dinner. She suffered a stroke sometime in the early 1940s. She remained confined to her home in Newark for the later days of her life. She suffered two more strokes before passing away in 1947. Before she died she became a grandmother to Patricia, the child of her oldest daughter Victoria.

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  • Created by: RJKing
  • Added: Jun 9, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38133823/leokadja-dobrowolski: accessed ), memorial page for Leokadja “Loretta” Nowakowski Dobrowolski (9 Dec 1895–13 May 1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38133823, citing Mount Calvary Cemetery, Linden, Union County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by RJKing (contributor 47117440).