Joseph Frank Ligocki was born on 19. Mar. 1885 at Istebna, Teschin District, Schlesien Prov., Austria. He married
Susanna Kawulok in 1911 at Church of the Good Shepherd, Istebna, Teschin District, Poland. Joseph Frank Ligocki died on 24. Jan. 1960 at Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyoming, at age 74; coronary thrombosis. He was buried on 27. Jan. 1960 at Sheridan Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyoming. Joseph Frank Ligocki white, fair complexion, height 5 feet, 9 inches, weight 165 lbs. hair, light brown, eyes blue. Main, a steamship. Built 1899 at Hamburg, Germany by Blohm and Voss. Owned by North German Lloyd. 10.058 tons. 500. 1 x 58 x 36 Scrapped in 1925. 1910Istebna, a village founded on the side of MT. Zloty Gron in the 17th century. The commune of Istebna also includes the villages of Koniakow and Jaworzykna. These 3 villages constitute a real haven for the folk art of the Silesian Beskid, so well promoted by the folk song and dance ensembles 'Koniakow' and 'Jaworzynka.' They are also home to such folk artists as Zuzanna Kawulok and Jozef Broda of Istebna. 1910 1911 Emigrated from Bremen, Germany. The U.S. Department of Labor, Certificate of Arrival December 16th, S.S. Main Witnesses: JohnK. Kohut and Thomas Kobielus 1912 1913 lived in Kooi. 1914 1915 1916 1917 Legocki family still living in Kooi. Joseph was working for the Kooi coal mine. Suzanne his wife, works for single man, men who were did not marry or are waiting for their wives to join them in America. She does their washing, cooking, and cleaning, for extra money which will help the family get by. In late spring the family moves out of the barracks like home to their own place on Lower Dry creek (Frank Belus ranch). There they planted wheat and other grains, anddid the threshing by hand. They used implements for threshing that had been used for generations in Europe. 1918 Lower Dry Creek, Joseph Legocki wasrenting the farm rather than owning the land. He worked during the winter months at the coal mine, during the summer he would farm his place. January 25, athird child was born to the family. A daughter to be named Elizabeth (Betty). Suzanne's daughter Anna, aged thirteen, left the family and moved back to Kooi to live with Suzanne's sister, Elizabeth Sikora. 1919 Joseph is still working for the Kooi mine in the winter, and farming during the summer. Elizabeth and Paul Sikora are living in Kooi. Paul works as a shop man for the coal company. During the fall of 1919 the family moved to another farm that was located on Six Mile creek, near Ranchester, Wyoming. The family had ten or twelve head of cows and used the milk for their own use or sold it to the neighbors. The winter of 1919 was particularly hard and several of the cows died because of lack of food. Joseph stayed in Kooi during the winter months and the mother and children kept the farm together. December 26th saw the birth of the second son Antonio (Andy) Legocki. Susie Legocki was six years old and was ready to start school. She walked from the farm into Ranchester where the school was located. She had learned the family's native tongue so knew very little English when she started school. The weather was so rough that winter the little girl did not attend many sessions. 1920 Census Ranchester-Parkman, Sheridan Co., Wyoming. February. 3rd. Joe Ligocki.....age 39.....b. Austria Susie...............33 b. Austria Annie.....dau......?.....b. Austria Susie.....dau......6.....b. Wyoming. Joe.......son......4.....b. Wyoming. Elizabeth.dau......2.....b. Wyoming. Andy......son......2/12..b. Wyoming. Joseph Legocki is still employed at the Kooi mine. He works during the winter months when the demand forcoal was greatest. He continued to work the land during the summer months. The mine would work a few days during the summer and Joseph would listen for theblast from the mine whistle to tell him that it was operating that day and time to report to work. The summer of 1920 the family move to a place on Dry creek (Thomas Place.) The house was located about half a mile west of the Roberts placed on Dry creek. The house sat on the south side of the creek. 1921 Dry Creek, Thomas Place October 13, public sale advertised in newspaper at Burlington Stock Yards, Ranchester, Wyoming. 1922 the fa.