1870 census for Two Rivers, Morrison, Minnesota, family #61:
Rosika, Joseph, 38(sic), b. Prussia
Rosika, Eva, 38(sic), b. Prussia
Rosika, John, 6, b. Prussia
Rosika, JuliaAnna, 4, b. Prussia
Rosika, Mary, 2, b. Minn.

1875 MN census for Two Rivers, Morrison, Minnesota, family #21:
Rosk, Joseph, 33(sic), b. Prussia
Rosk, Eve, 33(sic), b. Prussia
Rosk, John, 11, b. Prussia
Rosk, Julia, 9, b. Prussia
Rosk, Mary, 7, b. Minn.
Rosk, Jacob, 5, b. Minn.
Rosk, Joseph, 3, b. Minn.

1880 census for Two Rivers, Morrison, Minnesota, family #18:
Roska, Joseph, head, 43, b. Poland
Roska, Eva, 43, wife, b. Poland
Roska, Julie, 12, dau., b. Poland
Roska, Mary, 10, dau., b. Poland
Roska, Jacob, 8, son, b. Poland
Roska, Anton, 6, son, b. Poland
Roska, Joseph, 3, son, b. Minn.
Roska, Peter, 1, son, b. Minn.
Roska, John, 15, son, b. Minn.
(Details for many children are wrong.)

1885 MN census for Brainerd family #693:
Roscoe, Joseph, 50, b. Germany
Roscoe, Eva, 50, b. Germany
Roscoe, John, 20, b. Germany
Roscoe, Jacob, 18(sic), b. Minn.
Roscoe, Julia, 16, b. Minn.
Roscoe, Mary, 14, b. Minn.
Roscoe, Joseph, 11, b. Minn.
Roscoe, Anthony, 7, b. Minn.
Roscoe, Peter, 5, b. Minn.
Roscoe, Andrew, 3, b. Minn.

1900 census for Brainerd ward 4, family #249:
Rosco, Joseph, head, 62, b. Mar 1838 Germany, m. 35y, imm. 1866
Rosco, Eva, wife, 62, b. Jan 1838 Germany, 7 ch., 6 liv., imm. 1866
Rosco, Jacob, son, 26, b. Jan 1874 Minn.
Rosco, Peter, son, 21, b. Apr 1879 Minn.

1910 census for Brainerd ward 4, family #305:
Rosko, Joseph, head, 72, b. Germany - Polish, divorced
Rosko, Jacob N., son, 42(sic), b. Ill.
Rosko, Henry, son, 27, b. Minn.

1920 census for Brainerd ward 5, family #311:
Rosko, Henry, head, 38, b. Minn.
Rosko, Ida, wife, 38, b. Iowa
Rosko, Joseph, father, 81, b. Germany, imm. 1868

RECORD OF ACTIVITY
OF A PIONEER
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Late Joseph Rosko, Sr., Homesteaded
Near St. Cloud And Later
Farmed Near Brainerd
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AIDED BUILDING N. P. RAILWAY
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Funeral to be Held Saturday Morn-
ing at 8 O'clock at St. Francis
Catholic Church

      Joseph Rosko, Sr., passed away early Thursday morning, at the home of his son, Joseph, 1609 South Seventh street, following an attack of pneumonia.
      Mr. Rosko was born in Poland, near the German border, in 1834. He grew to young manhood and was married there, emigrating with his wife and one child to the United States when 28 years old.
      The family arrived in Chicago during the Civil War, in 1862, and after working in that city for two years, moved to Two Rivers, a settlement near St. Cloud, where Mr. Rosko took up a homestead.
      It is interesting to note that he hauled supplies with an ox team for the building of the Northern Pacific Railway through Brainerd, and moved to this city in 1880, settling on a farm now in the city limits at the south end of Broadway where the family lived until ten years ago. Since that time he has lived with sons in and near Brainerd.
      Mr. Rosko preceded her husband in death eight years ago. Surviving are six sons and one daughter. They are, John Rosko, whose address is unknown, and who has not been heard from for several years; Jacob, farmer near Brainerd; Anthony, a farmer near Gull Lake, Sask., Canada; Joseph Rosko, Jr., employed at the local N. P. Shops; Peter and Henry associated in the garage business in the city, and Mrs. Mary Hohbein, of Seattle, Washington.
      The body was prepared for burial by B. C. McNamara, and will be at the Joseph Rosko, Jr., home on South Seventh street. Services will be held from the home on Saturday morning at 7:30 o'clock, and from St. Francis Catholic Church at 8 o'clock. Interment will be made in the family plot in Evergreen cemetery.
      The sorrowing relatives have the sincere sympathy of the community in their sad bereavement. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch, 06 March 1925, p. 14)