JURKEWICZ Family History
- 1st Generation: Alexander J. Jurkewicz1 (1888-1965)
- 2nd Generation: Catherine Eva (Jurkewicz) Grahl2 (1917-1974)
Alexander J. JURKEWICZ, Sr.1 (1888-1965)
1. Alexander "Alex" J. Jurkewicz, Sr.1 was born March 19, 1888, in Russian-occupied Poland. He immigrated to America in either 1907 or 1910 and married Eva Edith (Loueberg/Cobug), also a Polish immigrant, who had immigrated about 1896. They started their family in New York with 5 daughters and then moved to Michigan where they had at least another 4 children, perhaps as many as a total of 13:
| 1A. | Helen Jurkewicz | (1913) | -- | -- |
| 1B. | Victoria Jurkewicz | 29 Jul 1914 | Jan 1984 | (69) |
| 1C. | Emily Jurkewicz | (Nov) 1915 | -- | -- |
| 1D. | Estella Jurkewicz | 21 Nov 1917 | (4 Mar 1999) | (81) |
| 1E. | Catherine Eva Jurkewicz2 | 21 Nov 1917 | 2 Jun 1974 | (56) |
| 1F. | Alexander J. Jurkewicz (Jr.) | 2 Jan 1923 | 18 May 2002 | (78) |
| 1G. | John J. Jurkewicz | 14 Aug 1925 | 27 Dec 1937 | (12) |
| 1H. | Alice W. Jurkewicz | 21 Jul 1926 | 17 Nov 1998 | (72) |
| 1I. | Doris Jurkewicz | 1928 | -- | -- |
By 1920, the Jurkewicz family relocated to Ford Village in Ecorse Township, Wayne County, Michigan, just south of Detroit.[Cen 1920] By 1930, four more children joined the family which had relocated to nearby Wyandotte City at 1117 7th Street. Alex was then working as an auto worker.[Cen 1930]
Eva Edith (Loueberg/Cobug) Jurkewicz died on February 28, 1950, the day before her 56th birthday, in Trenton, Wayne County. She was buried in Monguagon Township, Wayne County, on March 3, 1950.[Dth 1950]
Alex moved west to Sonoma County, California, in the early 1950s, with his daughter Alice and her son. His daughter Catherine and her family moved there around 1955 or 1956. Son Alex Jr. and daughter Stella also moved to Sonoma County.
Alex J. Jurkewicz died on July 25, 1965, in Sonoma County, California. He was 77 years old.
- Cen 1920: Jan 1920 Census, 94 North Line, Ford Village, Ecorse Township, Wayne County, Michigan
- Cen 1930: 4 Apr 1930 Census, 1117 7th Street, Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan
- Dth 1950: Michigan Deaths and Burials (1800-1995), Wayne County, Michigan
Estella (JURKEWICZ) MORALES (1917-1974)
1D. Estella "Stella" Jurkewicz was born on November 21, 1917, along with her twin sister, Catherine, in New York. Her family moved to Wayne County, Michigan, when she was a toddler. She is recalled to have been married to a Sampson at the time that her twin sister Catherine wed in 1943. She later married Sam Morales and had three children:
| 1D1. | Melody/Melanie Morales | -- | -- | -- |
| 1D2. | Sammy Morales (Jr.) | -- | -- | -- |
| 1D3. | Marty Morales | -- | -- | -- |
Stella's twin sister Catherine and younger siblings, Alice and Doris, moved to Sonoma County, California, in the mid-1950s. Stella and family moved their later and settled near Shiloh Road in Windsor.
Stella (Jurkewicz) Morales is recalled to have died at the age of 46 (about 1963 or 1964).
- Cen 1920: Jan 1920 Census, 94 North Line, Ford Village, Ecorse Township, Wayne County, Michigan
- Cen 1930: 4 Apr 1930 Census, 1117 7th Street, Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan
Catherine Eva (JURKEWICZ) GRAHL2 (1917-1974)
1E. Catherine Eva Jurkewicz2 was born in New York on November 21, 1917, along with her twin sister, Stella. Catherine moved to Wayne County, Michigan as a toddler, grew up there and married Arthur William Grahl, Sr. on December 22, 1943, in Belleville, Wayne County. She was 26 years old and he 33. They had two children:
| 1E1. | Ardith Kay Grahl3 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1E2. | Arthur William "Billy" Grahl, Jr. | 26 Sep 1948 | 10 Oct 2010 | (62) |
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Catherine Eva (Jurkewicz) Grahl died on June 2, 1974, in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, at the age of 56 years. She was buried at Pleasant Hill Memorial Park in Sebastopol.
- Cen 1920: Jan 1920 Census, 94 North Line, Ford Village, Ecorse Township, Wayne County, Michigan
- Cen 1930: 4 Apr 1930 Census, 1117 7th Street, Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan
Alexander J. JURKEWICZ (Jr.) (1923-2002)
1F. Alexander J. Jurkewicz (Jr.) was born on January 2, 1923, in Michigan, likely in Wyandotte, Wayne County. He married Geneva Bernice (Jackson), probably in Michigan, and had five children:
| 1F1. | Carol Jurkewicz | -- | -- | -- |
| 1F2. | Alexander Jurkewicz (III) | -- | -- | -- |
| 1F3. | John Jurkewicz | -- | -- | -- |
| 1F4. | Patty Jurkewicz | -- | -- | -- |
| 1F5. | Marion Jurkewicz | -- | -- | -- |
The Jurkewicz family likely moved from Michigan to Sonoma County, California, in the early 1950s, along with Alex's sister, Catherine (Jurkewicz) Grahl, and her family. They lived along Turner Road in Analy Township on the outskirts of Sebastopol.
Alexander J. Jurkewicz (Jr.) died on May 18, 2002, in Sonoma County. He was 79 years old.
Geneva Bernice (Jackson) Jurkewicz died seven years later on May 2, 2009, in Sonoma County. She was 83 years old. She had been living in Geyserville.
- Cen 1930: 4 Apr 1930 Census, 1117 7th Street, Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan
Alice W. (JURKEWICZ) PERRY (1926-1998)
1H. Alice W. Jurkewicz was born on July 21, 1926, in Michigan, likely in Wyandotte, Wayne County. She had a son in Michigan and moved along with her father to Sonoma County, California, in the early 1950s. She later married Jack Perry, a farmer/rancher in Cotati.
| 1H1. | David Mellinger/Meninger | -- | -- | -- |
Alice W. (Jurkewicz) Perry died on November 17, 1998, at the age of 72. She had been living in Cotati at the time.
- Cen 1930: 4 Apr 1930 Census, 1117 7th Street, Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan
Doris (JURKEWICZ) SAMPSON (1928-)
1I. Doris Jurkewicz was born about February, 1928, in Michigan, likely in Wyandotte, Wayne County. She married Harold Sampson and had at least two children:
| 1I1. | Bobby Sampson | -- | -- | -- |
| 1I2. | Debbie Sampson | -- | -- | -- |
- Cen 1930: 4 Apr 1930 Census, 1117 7th Street, Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan