Waterloo Region Generations
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John Sowa

Male 1905 - 1954  (49 years)


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  • Name John Sowa 
    Born 22 Jan 1905  , Poland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-357029 
    Died 14 Feb 1954  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Saint Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I357029  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Family Rozalia "Rose" Dziadzia,   b. 1896, , Poland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1973, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 1926  , Poland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Tadeusz "Ted" Sowa
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F253042  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John Sowa, PRESTON, John Sowa, 223 Water St., Preston, a well-known Preston resident for the past 24 years, died at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, early Sunday morning. In his 68th year, the late Mr. Sowa had been ailing for 10 months and was critically ill in hospital for the past week. A native of Poland, where he was born Jan. 22, 1905, Mr. Sowa, was married there in 1926 to Rose Sliwa, who survives. A cupola attendant by occupation, he was employed in that capacity with Clare Bros. He was a member of St. Clement's RC Church. Surviving are his wife, a son, Ted of Preston; abrother, Walter, in Poland; three sisters, all in Poland, Mrs. lgnaclous (Victoria) Wroclawski; Mrs. Angela Czaka and Mrs. Mary Bora, and a brother-in-law, Ignasious Wroclawski, of Guelph. The body is at the Stager-Pass, Ltd., funeral home until Tuesday, at 9: 30 a.m., then will be removed to St. Clement's RC Church, for requiem mass at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in St. Clement's Cemetery.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record 15 Feb 1954 pg 5

  • Sources 
    1. [S2489] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - St. Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery Internet Link.
      Sowa/ Father/ John/ 1905 - 1954/ Dziadzia/ Mother/ Rozalia/ 1896 - 1973/ Babci.

    2. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of John Sowa - 15 Feb 1954 pg 5.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Jan 1905 - , Poland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1926 - , Poland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Feb 1954 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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