More about Marianna Klosak and Joseph Wojtas family

I have learned a lot more about the family that brought our Bronislawa Sanetra over.  I just still don't know the exact connection, or if their family (descendants) knows what happened to Bronislawa. Marianna was married, had a one year old child named Anna and appears to have gone back to Poland just to get my relative Bronislawa.  I know it was about 10 days one way travel, but to do this, I believe she must have really been related to my family. I am still trying to find descendants, hoping someone will remember hearing about Marianna going to Poland to get a 9 and a half year old girl after a 7 year wait and then not finding her parents, in Feb 1911. Bronislawa Sanetra's grandmother was a Klosak. We are thinking the 7 year wait was due to medical reasons. Because as Rosalie and Adam were boarding the ship, they were told Bronislawa could not go, but she could travel later with a relative. Here is a summary of what I have learned about the Wojtas descendants:

Joseph Wojtas was the son of Valentini Wojtas and Anremae Sajner according to his marriage record. But since his brother John and sister Sophia (Zophia) all had a daughter named Anna, I am thinking the mother's name was probably Anna. On John's marriage record the mother's name was spelled Aunae. Joseph and John Wojtas were both married in Holy Cross Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also their children were baptized there, up until 1915. Then I learned from Joseph's obituary that he also had a sister named Sophia Wojtas, with the married name of Filipek, in South Dakota. I've been able to find a number of records for the family. One thing of interest was more Klosak connections. Also interesting, was that Joseph Wojtas daughter Anna, who was born in Minneapolis, was living in Poland at the time of her fathers death, in Apr 1964, apparently unmarried. How wonderful there were still connections to Poland! I wonder if Anna knew any of my family in the United States or any of my Klosak's in Poland in the 1960's?

Descendants of Valentini Wojtas and Annie Sajner in the United States:
1. Sophia Wojtas (1885-1965) married John Filipek ( b.abt 1888)  6 Jul 1909 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
     1. Mary 1911
     2. John 1912-2004
     3. Stanley 1915-2001
     4. Joseph 1924
     5. Frank 1925-2006
     6. Anna 1926
     7. Amelia 1928
2. Joseph Wojtas (1887-1964) married Maryanna Klosak(1882-1923)  10 Jan 1910 Holy Cross Church, Minneapolis
     1. Anna b. 1910 (not married, went to Poland)
     2. Julianna b. 1911 married Edmund Joseph Letourneau 1910-1975
     3. Rose Rita b.1913-1985 married John Frank Capko b. abt 1915.
     4. Carolina b.1915-1969 married Carl Ersbo 1915-1995
Then Joseph married a lady named Agnes (between 1923 when Maryanna died to 1927 when Mary was born) who had two children John and Rose Thon. Joseph and Agnes also had a child named Mary.
        5. John Thon married Ann abt 1940
        6. Rose Thon married a Mr. Olson
        7. Mary Wojtas married a Mr. Harmon
3. John Wojtas (1888-1939) married Maryanna Sandak,(b. abt 1894) (daughter of Adalbert Sandak and Regina Klusak) 20 Jan 1913 Holy Cross Church, Minneapolis
     1. Anna b.1913
     2. Stephania or Stella b. 1915
     3. Joseph b. 1921
     4. Robert b. 1926

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Minneapolis Tribune, 28 Apr 1964 pg. 20

1935 South Dakota State Census from familysearch.org