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As follows are recollections of Joseph and Rosa Gainwoski. Contributions to these recollections were made by: John and Anna Page's daughters Elizabeth Jordan and Anna Ulrich and their grandsons Harold, Herbert, and Edward Jordan, and Harry (Bud) and Ray Ulrich.
- Joseph Gainowski was born March 1846 in Germany. He married Rosalina Waywood about 1868. Anna Page (nee Gainowski) is their daughter.
- Rosalia Waywood was born 2 February 1847 in Germany.
- Elizabeth Jordan recalled hearing that Joseph and Rosa Gainowski and their children arrived in Boston first. They lived in a poor and dirty section and didn't like it, so they then went to Chicago.
- Elizabeth Jordan and Anna Ulrich recalled that their grandfather Joseph Gainowski always wanted to go back to Germany. They said the reason the family came to Chicago was because Joseph had a job waiting for him through his great-uncle Joe, who was his sponsor. It is not known who that would be and perhaps it was his uncle and not great-uncle since our Joseph Gainowski was about 40 years old when he came in 1886.
- My notes indicate that Anna, daughter of Joseph and Rosalina Gainowski had an aunt who lived on the north side. The name was Lain or Lizzie Washkofski or Worshoski. This could either be the sister of her mother Rosalia or her father Joseph. Recent information suggests that the Gainowski family and Pajewski family first settled on Chicago's near north side around Division Street. See Address Listings.
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