"Miss Mary Rokoski entertained with a pretty shower last evening at the home of her mother on Second Avenue and Evergreen in honor of her sister, Miss Frances Rokoski, whose marriage to Mr. David Bosley, Jr., will take place on Saturday morning at St. Casimir's Church. The guests were the Misses Anna Black, Frances and Anna Malinowski, Fay Thomas, Ida and Anna Truesdale, Martha Maholick, Elsie Oberdick, Mrs. R. Childre, Mrs. M. J. Hines, and Mrs. P. J. Rokoski."
---- under SOCIETY --- The Leavenworth Times, Thursday Morning, November 20, 1919, page 5

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1920 CENSUS --- dated January 12

Name: Frances Rokoski
[France Rokoske]
[France Rakoski]
Age: 59
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Poland
Home in 1920: Leavenworth Ward 6, Leavenworth, Kansas
Street: Second Avenue
House Number: X
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1884
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Poland
Mother's Birthplace: Poland
Native Tongue: Polish
Able to Speak English: Yes
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Naturalization Status: Papers Submitted
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Frances Rokoski 59 Head
David Basley Jr 22 Son-in-law - b. KS
Frances Basley 22 Daughter --- b. KS

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1930 census

Name: Mark Bosley
Birth Year: abt 1923
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age in 1930: 7
Birthplace: Ohio
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1930: Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Map of Home: Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Street Address: Chesterland Avenue
Ward of City: 3
Block: Tract L-W-15
House Number: 2203
Dwelling Number: 467
Family Number: 729
Attended School: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Kansas
Mother's Birthplace: Kansas
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
David Bosley 31 Head - b. Kansas
Frances Bosley 31 Wife -- b. Kansas
Mark Bosley 7 Son -- b. Ohio
David Bosley 4 Son -- b. Ohio
Mary Rokorki 35 Sister-in-law -- b. Kansas

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--the Rokoski Family in the 1895 Kansas state census --

1895 Kansas state census

[ROKOSKI]
Name: Francis Rathkofski
[Rokoski]
Census Date: 1 Mar 1895
Residence County: Leavenworth
Residence State: Kansas
Locality: Leavenworth
Birth Place: Poland
Family Number: 945
Gender: Female
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1859
Race: White
Household Member(s) (Name) Age
V Rathkofski 49 -- b. Poland, a miner (Valentine Rokoski)
Jno Rathkofski 16 -- b. Poland, a miner
Wm Rathkofski 11 - b. Illinois
Thos Rathkofskie 7 - b. Colorado
Tony Rathkofski 5 -- b. Kansas
Francis Rathkofski 36 -- b. Poland
Louisa Rathkofski 14 -- b. Illinois
Mary Rathkofski 1 -- b. Kansas

The parents & older children came to Kansas from Colorado.

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Contributor: Ann Gardner (47547734)