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Frank Pokrywfka

Male 1889 - 1965  (75 years)


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  1. 1.  Frank Pokrywfka was born 1 Dec 1889, Rzeszon, Galicia, Austria; died 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-143930
    • Residence: 1963, 79 Strange St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Separated 55 Years, Sister Sees Brothers

    A 60-year-old Polish - born woman who spent five years in a forced labor camp under the Russians finally met her two Kitchener brothers over the weekend - after 55 years.

    "It's the happiest day of my life," smiled Frank Pokrywka, 73, of 79 Strange St., one of the brothers.

    "It's wonderful," said her other brother Vincent Pokrywka, 70, of 42 Moore Ave. "We ,are all getting old and I never thought we would ever see each other again."

    The trip to the .United States to see her son and to Canada to see her brothers has been a life-long dream for Mrs. Rudolf (Eva) Rauth. It only began to take shape eight years ago when she started to save for the trip.

    KEPT IN TOUCH

    The two brothers left Poland when their sister was five years old. They have kept in touch all through the years, except for a 10-year period during and immediately after the war, when they lost contact with her.

    The loss of contact wasn't surprising since the German and Russian invasions of Poland resulted in her family fleeing from one end of the country to the other.

    In 1939 Mrs. Rauth fled with her four children from Russian occupied Poland into German-occupied Poland. In 1943 when the Russians started advancing, they attempted to :flee deeper into Germany.

    But the Russians caught them and on their return to Poland, she and her two sons, one eight and the other 11 years old, spent the next five years in forced labor working in the fields for as long as 15 hours a day, seven days a week.

    "Occasionally we would get a Sunday off," she said.

    LOST CONTACT

    Meanwhile, she had lost all contact with her husband, a German, who had been captured by the Russians.

    It was only in early 1950 she was allowed to enter West Germany. There she was reunited with her husband who had been just released by the Russians.

    But talk of war and hardship vanished over the weekend as all the Pokrywka relations gathered at 79 Strange St. to celebrate the reunion in typical Polish style. Mrs. Rauth will now spend a holiday in Pittsburgh, Pa., with her son, Stanley, before returning to West Germany, whey she and her family now live.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record 8 Jul 1963

    Frank — Catherine Trafidlo. Catherine was born 1896, , Austria; died 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Antony Pokrywka  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jun 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Stanley James Pokrywfka  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Aug 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Feb 1998, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 4. Frank Pokrywka  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 5. Mary Pokrywfka  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Apr 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 6. John Leo Pokrywfka  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Oct 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Nov 2008, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 7. Paul Pokrywfka  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 Nov 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Feb 1945, , Germany.
    7. 8. Victoria Theresa Pokrywfka  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Mar 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. 9. Helen Pokrywfka  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Nov 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jun 2014, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. 10. Albert Pokrywfka  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 May 1927, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. 11. Gerold Pokrywfka  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Apr 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Apr 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. 12. Harry Pokrywfka  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Oct 1933, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Dec 2010, Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States.
    12. 13. Betty Delores Pokrywfka  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Dec 1934, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Dec 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. 14. Yvonne D. "Bonnie" Pokrywfka  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Jun 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Dec 2014, Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Antony Pokrywka Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jun 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-145224


  2. 3.  Stanley James Pokrywfka Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born 5 Aug 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Feb 1998, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Stanley James Porter
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146145


  3. 4.  Frank Pokrywka Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146568


  4. 5.  Mary Pokrywfka Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born 6 Apr 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146569


  5. 6.  John Leo Pokrywfka Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born 1 Oct 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Nov 2008, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: John Leo Porter
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146587


  6. 7.  Paul Pokrywfka Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born 21 Nov 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Feb 1945, , Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Military: WW2
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146603
    • Misfortune: 1945; killed in WW2


  7. 8.  Victoria Theresa Pokrywfka Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born 26 Mar 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-148928


  8. 9.  Helen Pokrywfka Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born 8 Nov 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jun 2014, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-148929


  9. 10.  Albert Pokrywfka Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 May 1927, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151430


  10. 11.  Gerold Pokrywfka Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born 17 Apr 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Apr 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151484


  11. 12.  Harry Pokrywfka Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born 10 Oct 1933, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Dec 2010, Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Harry Porter
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151486


  12. 13.  Betty Delores Pokrywfka Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born 25 Dec 1934, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Dec 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151546


  13. 14.  Yvonne D. "Bonnie" Pokrywfka Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born 18 Jun 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Dec 2014, Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151547



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