Agnes’ maiden name was Misiorek. Her mother’s name was (Wiktorya) Victoria. She had two brothers, John (Jan) and Paul (Pawel). Victoria, John and Paul took the ship Rhein and arrived in this country June 6, 1913 in Baltimore.
Victoria was born about 1870 in Poland and died February 3, 1938 in Macoupin county. John was born June 28, 1884 and died March 5, 1950 in Sangamon county. Paul was born June 21, 1895 and died August 1980 in Taylorville. They are all buried in the Girard Cemetery in Section H.
Paul’s draft registration puts him in Wenona Il, on June 5, 1917. He was a miner for the Wenona Coal Co. John’s draft registration puts him in Wenona Il, on September 12, 1918. He was a miner for the Wenona Coal Co. as well. From both of these documents it would appear that they all were living together with their mother, Victoria. The Wenona Coal Co. operated from 1883 to 1925.
In the 1920 Census, Victoria and John lived in Greenridge. I have yet to find Paul in that census. John was employed as a miner. In viewing the original census document, I discovered the Senalik’s living there but recorded with a misspelled name. None of the Misiorek’s appear in the 1930 Census. I can only assume that their name was misspelled on that document.
In his later years, John lived in a small building behind John F. Senalik’s house on Indiana Ave. in Springfield.
From the Social Security Death Index I discovered that Paul was later employed by a railroad. Since he lived in Taylorville, I am guessing that he worked for the Chicago & Illinois Midland which maintained shops to maintain their steam power until about 1955.