Follow the family stories through the people, photographs and records that connect the Samuel, Wistuba, Rudy and Okulewicz branches.
Frank and Theofilia Sophie Samuel
The Samuel family account follows two generations of Frank Samuel and the family’s life in Sayreville. Read the individual accounts of Frank Samuel Sr. and Theofilia Sophie Samuel, including naturalization evidence, names in the records and the questions that remain about their European origins.
Frank and Viola
The accounts of Frank E. Samuel, the younger Frank, and Viola Wistuba Samuel bring together their wedding report, census household, family photographs and travel photographs. The Wistuba family account follows Viola’s parents and sisters. Conflicting dates remain attached to the records that report them.
Joseph and Frances Rudy
The Rudy family account follows the Sayreville household and the evidence connecting it to the Okulewicz family. Read the individual accounts of Joseph S. Rudy and Frances Okulewicz Rudy. Joseph’s parents and the family’s earlier origins remain open questions.
The Okulewicz family
The Okulewicz family account compares census households, obituaries and sibling evidence for Charles and Anna’s family. It explains what supports Frances’s parentage and why Anna’s maiden surname and the family’s exact ancestral locality remain unresolved.
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