Karol Janik, Julia and Joseph Kwiatkowski

I am still on my quest to prove whether or not Julia, married to Karol Janik was the sister of Alfreda Mazurkiewicz. My hope was if I found Julia's obituary or death certificate it would state her maiden name or something more about her family. These records did not. See posting on 28 Feb 2010. Under Julia's father's name it just said "Pantera". So then I set out to see if I could find a certificate for one of Julia's sons, to find her maiden name. I found a listing in the Chicago death indexes for a Joseph Kwiatkowski who died 14 Jul 1952. I ordered the death certificate to see if this was Julia's son. It was! This Joseph Kwiatkowski lived at 3451 W Hirsch St. He was a glass blower at a glass factory. He was buried by his mother Julia in St. Adalbert's cemetery. His father is also buried in the family plot. Karol Janik is also in the plot. And another Julia Janik that died in 1928 is in this plot. (I have no idea who she is, but wish I did.) His parents were listed as "Walter Kwiatkowski and Julia Pontera," His wife Stephanie was the informant.

So I did searches in multiple databases. The surname Pontera or Pantera show up as Spanish or Filipino names, or as immigrants from those countries. But Julia was Polish. So now I have another surname to search for, but am still at a loss for proving or disproving Alfreda and Julia, or Alfreda and Karl or Adam and either Julia or Karl could be in-laws. Still trying to figure out these family relationships.

If you know this Kwiatkowski family, or any Kwiatkowski family from Chicago, I'd love to hear from you.