Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868

By jeand

This is based on my Polish family history. The John Woychik mentioned was my great grandfather.

Jean

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Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868 1 - The Plan for Emigration

By jeand on Sun, 01 Feb 2015

The Diary of Susannah Woychik Chapter 1 Sunday, March 8, 1868 Lepszy wrobel w garsci niz golab na dachu It’s better to have a sparrow in your hand,...
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Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868 2 - More plans

By jeand on Tue, 03 Feb 2015

Sunday, March 15, 1868 Tonacy brzytwy sie chwyta The drowning person grasps a razor I find that if I set aside an hour each Sunday afternoon to write...
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Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868 3 -On board ship

By jeand on Wed, 04 Feb 2015

Monday 27 th April Nie chwaldnia przedza chodem slonca Don’t praise the day before sunset I was so busy with packing and last minute things that I...
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Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868 4 - More on Ship

By jeand on Thu, 05 Feb 2015

Sunday May 3 rd Dzy jezeli ludozerca Je nozem i wideleem – to postep? Is it progress when a cannibal uses a knife and fork? I have not felt like...
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Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868 5 - Finally in America

By jeand on Fri, 06 Feb 2015

Friday, Jak ci widza, tak ce pizza How they see you, that’s how they perceive you The steward came up to us. “They want to look at your beauty spots...
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Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868- 6 New Home

By jeand on Sat, 07 Feb 2015

Wszedzie dobrze, ale w domu najlepej Everywhere’s fine, but best at home Not having anything we need to do for the next day and a half, we have been...
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Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868- 7 Settling In

By jeand on Sun, 08 Feb 2015

June 10, 1868 Nozdrowia Good Luck We went outside to view of land in more detail. It was obvious that no crop could come from it in the short term,...
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Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868- 8 Keeping Accounts

By jeand on Mon, 09 Feb 2015

Jeden lubi grac naskryzpeach. A drugi jak munogi smierdza One man likes playing violin, and the other when his feet are smelly Sunday There was no...
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Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868- 9 Meeting the Markhams

By jeand on Tue, 10 Feb 2015

July 12 Niedaleko spade jadlko ad jabloni Apple doesn’t drop far from apple tree Moma took a big flour sack, cut it in two and colored it with coffee...
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Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868- 10 Working for the Markhams

By jeand on Wed, 11 Feb 2015

Kwiat bez zapuchi. Jak czlowick bez duszy A rose without a smell is like a man without a soul August 3 Can you believe it? We needed a fire in the...
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Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868- 11 The End of the Pig and the Cook Stove

By jeand on Thu, 12 Feb 2015

Gose w dom. Bog w dom. A guest in the house brings God in the house. September 27 th . True to his word, and due to the bonus that he got from Uncle...
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Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868- 12 Winter's on the Way

By jeand on Fri, 13 Feb 2015

Nie zawracaj mi glowy, ze jestem zajety Don’t disturb me, don’t you see I’m busy? October 25 th The weather is warm again - like an Indian Summer. We...
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Diary of Susannah Woychik, 1868- 13 Christmas and sending off the diary

By jeand on Sat, 14 Feb 2015

Jak leci? What’s up? November 27 It was down to 6 degrees today. Very cold. No need to worry about our ice house We hear the wolves breaking the...
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