The Warta Family

BOHEMIA 1881

HAID (Bor) in 1881

John Warta, Sr. Passport Photo, 1919

John Warta was born 1 August 1865 in Haid. He was the son of Augustus (Gustav) Warta and Katherina Gottlick. The family emigrated to the US, settling in the Scotch Plains/Plainfield area of New Jersey. John married Mary Louise Morel of Scotch Plains. They had three children all born in Scotch Plains area: Leonie, Clara and John "L". John became a naturalized citizen in 1887 (Elizabeth, NJ) Circuit Court. The youngest child, John L.,was born on 10 August 1891. While John L. was still quite young, his mother died in an influenza epidemic.

John WARTA
Naturalized US citizen: March 2, 1887 in the Court of Common Pleas, Elizabeth, County of Union, state of NJ (Jas.Vosseller, Clerk)

In December, 1987 Leonie Louise Warta CONNOR wrote down her recollections of her early family life for her youngest brother Frank:

"Grandpa was born in Austria, it was then called Neuhof - but on todays maps it is called Hayd - also on his passport. The Wartas were neighbors of the Eylardi. That is where he knew Johanna & Marie Eylardi- Grandpa's mother, Katherine, had another son before she married Augustus Warta. We remember him as Uncle Frank. He had one arm when we knew him, had lost the other one in a train accident. We have a third cousin in Westfield who has a clipping about Augustus (not Complimentary). Grandpa's family settled in Scotch Plains - guess he went to school there. The school was on Park Ave. in Scotch Plains. The family homes were located on Rt.22 - Dad showed them to us before they were down - This is where Grandpa grew up. When he was old enough (he was 10 or 12 when he came to this country) he went to work in a Mill close to Rt.22 .It is now a vacuum cleaner plant. It is set down in a gulley on the road from the Blue Star Shopping Center and Berkeley Heights Road. Dad's mother, Mary Louise Morel, was from Scotch Plain too. Remember Uncle Louis, Mary's only brother. The parents were from Normandy in France. I do not know the year that Grandpa and Mary Louise were married but they had three children in Scotch Plains. Clara, Leonie and John (your Dad). As far as Dad could remember his mother was a cook in a home in Berkeley Heights. He recalled his mother going down the hill to get water from the well and have to carry it back to the house. He also remembered his Morel Grandmother sending him upstairs to see his mother after she had died - Evidently she had pneumonia which developed into T.B. - was a sad memory for him. I do not know when Grandpa went to Hayd Austria and married Johanna - have no records. If Winifred had, they are lost - Dad had always had very good memories of her - Before the families moved to Penna. Dad remembers going to N.Y. with his father to his office- took the train out of Westfield - It is quite probable that Grandpas move to Penna. was through his NY office - he went to work in the Penna Portland Cement Co. I do know that they lived in a house next to the canal - had a picture of Dad in the front yard as a teenager.There was always a blank after that. I do know Dad left home about the age of 16 or 17 and went to work on the railroad. He never said why he left -I do have hazy memories of Grandma Johanna...she died in the flu epidemic of 1917. Grandpa was devastated. Evidently we moved in with Grandpa - Jack was the baby at the time..Uncle Ben Debbie had married Aunt Clara...she died a year later when Winifred was born. That left Mother, Dad and Grandpa to bring up Winifred - hard job - as far as Grandpa was concerned she could do no wrong - Dad remembers some hard times from that period. What year Grandpa went back to Austria and brought Aunt Marie back - We moved to a house in back of the mill - Grandpa had a big house on Main Street in Northhampton - Aunt Marie raised Winifred. Very difficult. She was so spoiled by this time - I was a year younger by this time. When Mother and Dad were first married and came to Penna to live - Virginia, Jack and I were born in a little yellow and brown house back of the mill after Aunt Marie arrived. Dad and Mother met and married in Stevens Point Wisc. and were married there - came back to Penna to see Grandpa who talked Dad into staying and going to work in the mill. Mother was heartbroken....We moved to NJ after Dad had asthma so bad. Dad was in an electrical accident in the mill - can still see him putting ointment on his arms and hands....Mother's parents were born in Warsaw, Poland - Emigrated to the US and moved to Wisconsin in a conestoga wagon."

CENSUS of 1900
Town of Sharon, Portage County, Wisconsin
Szelbracikowski  Frank       35      WI                  (Ger/POL;Ger/POL)  
    "            Pelagia     26      Ger/POL (em1875)     "       "
    "            Victoria     8      WI                   (WI  ;Ger/PO:)  
    "            Andrew       7       "                     "      "
    "            Martha       5       "                     "      "
    "            Eddie        2       "                     "      "   
    "            Rosa         8/12    "                     "      "

CENSUS of 1910
Sharon Township, Portage County, Wisconsin
Supr Dist 7, ED 5- Sheet 13A, 2 May 1910
Shelbraczkowski, Frank   Head    40      WI              GerPolish/GerPolish       Farmer
     “         . Pea-    Wife    36   Ger/Polish(em1875) GerPolish/GerPolish
     “         , Victoria Dau    18     WI               WI/GerPolish
     “         , Andrew   Son    16     WI                "    "    
     “         , Martha   Dau    15     WI                "    "
     “         , Eddie    Son    13     WI                "    "
     “         , Rose     Dau    10     WI                "    "
     “         , Angeline Dau     7     WI                "    "
     “         , Felix    Son     5     WI                "    "
     “         , Rene     Dau     10/12 WI                "    "

CENSUS OF 1900
Allen Township, Borough of Northampton, Northampton, PA
EnumDist 95 SuprDist 3  Sheet 1
John Warta      Head  Aug 1865  34 Apprentice Chemist (US 1879) Austria
Johanna Warta   Wife  Jan 1870  29                    (US 1895) Austria
Clara Warta     Dau  July 1886  13                              New Jersey
Leonie Warta    Dau   Nov 1888  11                              New Jersey
John L. Warta   Son   Aug 1891   8                              New Jersey

CENSUS OF 1910
(20 May 1910)
Allen Township, Northampton Borough, Northampton, PA
Dwelling: Canal Street
John    Warta   Head     44       Ass. Superintendant Cement Mill  (US 1882)    Austria
Johanna Warta   Wife     39                                        (US 1895)    Austria
Clara   Warta   Dau      22                                                     US
John    Warta   Son      18       Chemist Cement Mill                           US

CENSUS OF 1920
(3 January 1920) EnumDist 143    SuprDist 7   Sheet 3
2236 Main Street,  Allen Township, Borough of Northampton, Northampton, PA
John   Warta   Head  54  Austria   US 1879      Asst.Supr.Cement Works
Mary   Warta   Wife  46  Austria   US 1919

CENSUS OF 1920
(10 January 1920) EnumDist 143   SuprDist 7   Sheet 13
Canal Street (Private Road), Allen Township, Borough Northampton, Northampton, PA
John L.      Warta  Head  28   General Foreman Cement Works  NJ  (F. born Austria;  M. born: France)
Victoria  A. Warta  Wife  27                                 WI  (F. Wisconsin; M. Warsaw, Poland)
Leonie L.    Warta  Daur   5                                 PA
Virginia A.  Warta  Daur   3 10/12                           PA
John F.      Warta  Son    1 10/12                           PA

CENSUS of 1930
ED 20-165  SuprDist 8 Sheet#9B
April 14, 1930
Chestnut St. Union, New Jersey
WARTA, John      Head   38              NJ    Gasoline Distribution
  “  , Victoria  Wife   37              WI
  “  , Louise     Dau   15              PA
  “  , Virginia   Dau   14              PA
  “  , John F     Son   12              PA
  “  , Quentin   Son     9              PA
  “  , Walter    Son     2 11/12        NJ
  “  , Francis   Son     1 3/12         NJ

CENSUS of 1930
Springfield, Union County, NJ
WARTA   John          Head     64
WARTA   Marie         Wife     56
DEBBIE  Winifred F.   Gr.Daug  17

Ellis Island Records
" SAALE" Arr. 7 June 1895 from Bremen Johanna Eylardi S 24 Germany
"THE PRESIDENT WILSON" Arr. 29 December 1919 from Trieste (Dep. 7 December 1919) John Warta 54 Nat.Citizen Elizabeth, NJ 1887 Mary Warta Wife 46

Ellis Island Records

" SAALE"     Arr. 7 June 1895 from Bremen 
Johanna Eylardi     S    24    Germany

"THE PRESIDENT WILSON"   
Arr. 29 December 1919 from Trieste (Dep. 7 December 1919)
John Warta                    54      Nat.Citizen Elizabeth, NJ 1887
Mary Warta    Wife            46

Johanna Eylardi arrived in New York on 7 June 1895 aboard the SAALE out of Bremen. The Eylardi family were neighbors of the Warta family in Haid. It is not known when John married Johanna, but it was prior to the Census of 1900. In that Census, John and Johanna Warta "Wife" and the three children are living in Allen Township, Northampton Borough, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. John's age is listed as 33 and Johanna's as 29. John's ocupation is "Apprentice Chemist" with the Cement Mill.

In the Census of 1910 the family is still residing in Northampton. John's occupation is now listed as "Assistant Superintendant Cement Mill". It is thought that Johanna died sometime in 1917.

John Sr. returned to his birthplace in 1919 his passport states "Personal Business". It seems that he was returning to wed Marie Eylardi (Johanna's sister). John and Marie (Mary) arrived in New York City on 29 December 1919 from Trieste aboard THE PRESIDENT WILSON

In the Census of 1920, John and Marie (Mary) are residing by themselves in Northampton where John's occupation is listed as "Asst.Superintendant Cement Works"

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Mary Louise Morel & John Warta, Sr.

Children of John Warta & Mary Louise Morel

Leonie, Clara, John

c.1891

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John Warta, Sr. & Johanna Eylardi

"Grandma" Johanna

Leonie, Clara, and John

Northhampton, PA

John Warta and Mary (Marie) Eylardi Warta

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John Warta & Victoria Shallbrack

Census of 1900
Town of Sharon, Portage County, Wisconsin
Szelbracikowski  Frank       35          
                 Pelagia     26          
                 Victoria     8          
                 Andrew       7           
                 Martha       5           
                 Eddie        2           
                 Rosa         8/12

CENSUS OF 1920
(10 January 1920) EnumDist 143   SuprDist 7   Sheet 13
Canal Street (Private Road), Allen Township, Borough Northampton, Northampton, PA
John L.        Warta      Head  28 General Foreman Cement Works    NJ      (Father: Aust.;  Mother: France)
Victoria  A.   Warta      Wife  27                                 WI      (Father: WI; Mother:Warsaw,Poland)
Leonie L.      Warta      Daur   5                                 PA
Virginia A.    Warta      Daur   3 10/12                           PA
John F.        Warta       Son   1 10/12                           PA