John Bennick and Josephine Novitski of Jersey City, N.J.
I am searching for information concerning John Bennick
( Joannes Bieniak ), who came to America from Germany some time before 1887, and who married Josephine Novitski(Josepha Nowicki). They had a daughter named Magdalena(Sophie) Bennick in Jersey City, N.J. on Jan. 20, 1887. She was baptized there at St. Anthony's of Padua Roman Catholic Church on Feb. 13, 1887. The Godparents were Josephus(Joseph) Borowski and Ludovica Nadolska.John Bennick and Josephine Novitski moved to Great Hill Road in Seymour, CT. between 1905 and 1908. Their daughter, Sophie, married John C. Klosenski ( Klosienski, Klosinski, Kloshlinski ) at St. Augustine's Church in Seymour, CT. on June 11, 1905. They lived in Seymour and Oxford, CT. John C. Klosenski died in 1936 and Sophie died in 1958. John C. Klosenski was the s/o John Kloshlinski and Pauline Baudski(?), and was of Russian Poland.
I am searching for information concerning John Bennick and Josephine Novitski, concerning their time in America prior to 1887 when they found themselves in Jersey City, N.J., and information concerning their family origins in Germany and Russian Poland respectively. If anyone can help, please e-mail me.