Teodozia came to America at Ellis Island in 1903, arriving from her native Austria along with her 4 grandchildren and her unmarried daughter Jadwiza. The 4 grandchildren were the children of her other daughter, Wanda Skopowska.
Daughter Wanda had married Francis Ostapowitz in Austria and had these children there, but Wanda and Francis did not come to America with their children. It is unknown why they did not come. Yet after their arrival here, Jadwiza, their aunt, raised and cared for these children as if they were her own, along with help and guidance from Teodozia.
The children's surname was "Americanized" and shortened to OSTEN from its original spelling of OSTAPOWITZ at some point after approximately 1910, presumably done by Teodozia or Jadwiza.
These grandchildren were:
James M. Osten (1892-1968)
Wanda F. (Osten) Finley (1894-1979)
Theodore M. Osten (1897-1909)
Hattie E. Osten (1901-1988)
Daughter Wanda had married Francis Ostapowitz in Austria and had these children there, but Wanda and Francis did not come to America with their children. It is unknown why they did not come. Yet after their arrival here, Jadwiza, their aunt, raised and cared for these children as if they were her own, along with help and guidance from Teodozia.
The children's surname was "Americanized" and shortened to OSTEN from its original spelling of OSTAPOWITZ at some point after approximately 1910, presumably done by Teodozia or Jadwiza.
These grandchildren were:
James M. Osten (1892-1968)
Wanda F. (Osten) Finley (1894-1979)
Theodore M. Osten (1897-1909)
Hattie E. Osten (1901-1988)
Teodozia came to America at Ellis Island in 1903, arriving from her native Austria along with her 4 grandchildren and her unmarried daughter Jadwiza. The 4 grandchildren were the children of her other daughter, Wanda Skopowska.
Daughter Wanda had married Francis Ostapowitz in Austria and had these children there, but Wanda and Francis did not come to America with their children. It is unknown why they did not come. Yet after their arrival here, Jadwiza, their aunt, raised and cared for these children as if they were her own, along with help and guidance from Teodozia.
The children's surname was "Americanized" and shortened to OSTEN from its original spelling of OSTAPOWITZ at some point after approximately 1910, presumably done by Teodozia or Jadwiza.
These grandchildren were:
James M. Osten (1892-1968)
Wanda F. (Osten) Finley (1894-1979)
Theodore M. Osten (1897-1909)
Hattie E. Osten (1901-1988)
Daughter Wanda had married Francis Ostapowitz in Austria and had these children there, but Wanda and Francis did not come to America with their children. It is unknown why they did not come. Yet after their arrival here, Jadwiza, their aunt, raised and cared for these children as if they were her own, along with help and guidance from Teodozia.
The children's surname was "Americanized" and shortened to OSTEN from its original spelling of OSTAPOWITZ at some point after approximately 1910, presumably done by Teodozia or Jadwiza.
These grandchildren were:
James M. Osten (1892-1968)
Wanda F. (Osten) Finley (1894-1979)
Theodore M. Osten (1897-1909)
Hattie E. Osten (1901-1988)
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