Andrew BUKOWSKI

                   BIRTH:
    Birthdate listed as 20 May 1869 in the  Social Security Death Index.  1900 Census of Walker Co. TX gives May 1871 as date of birth. Birthplace also listed as Olendry or Olendry, Pyzderskie, Poznanskiego, Poland.  1930 Census.  1930 Census of Houston, TX gives place of birth as Berlin, Germany.  Alternate birth date : 4 Jan 1892

NOTES:
    1. John Immigrated in 1891
    2. A Houston Chronicle newspaper article at their 69th anniversary lists their marriage date as 19 Jan 1892. However, for her to be 15 at the time of marriage, the year would have had to be 1891. There is no date on the article. It must have been written in January of 1960 or '61. It says he is 92 and she 84 at the time. Dates don't quite mesh. He may have been born in 1867 rather then 1871. I must check records at St. Joseph Catholic Church in New Waverly and census records.
    3. John came to the US when he was young. He first met his future wife at church and then again three weeks later at a community dance. About six months later they married.
    4. John was an immigrant working in the sawmills north of Conroe in the Piney Woods. Soon he opened a mercantile store, a business which flourished until he retired (about 1923 or 24) and they moved to Houston.  The obituary of Ruby Lucille states they moved to Houston in 1922.
    5. They had 9 children, five of whom were still living at the time of the newspaper article. ( More children appear in the census records.)
    6. From humble beginnings and hard work, they thrived. They did not suffer like most during the Great Depression of the 1930's and their children were well educated and prosperous as well. After retirement, they invested in apartment complexes, living off the income from the rental properties. They resided for many years at 2130 North Blvd. not far from Rice University in Houston.
    7. US SS Death Index lists Birth: 20  May, 1869; Death: Aug. 1967; SS#: 450-78-6738-issued in Texas; Place of death: Zip Code 77006, Houston, Harris, TX
    8. IGI Batch #: 6000026; Sheet: 54; Source Call #: 1553321; Type: Film
Ancestral File: Mitchell Vetuski, 12711 Dakar, Houston, TX 77065; Submission AF92-100555
                  

                   NAME:
    Thomas "Tom" BUKOWSKI