Josephine POLKA

1896 - 1981  (84 years)

• Name	Josephine POLKA
  Birth	23 Dec 1896	Falls Co., TX   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name Variation	Josephine Riess
  Baptised	27 Dec 1896	St Mary's Catholic Church, Bremond, Robertson Co., TX   [1]
  	28 Sep 1981	Houston, Harris, TX   [2]
  Person ID	I50	Main Tree
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2006

  
  

  Father	Albert POLKA,   b. 11 Nov 1861, House 39, Gawrzylowa, Rzeszow, Galicia, Poland d. 08 May 1921, 4:30 PM in St Joseph's Infirmary, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Anna Mary MADUZIA,   b. 07 Dec 1867, House 9, Pilznionek, Rzeszow, Galicia, Poland d. 19 Jan 1949, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 81 years)
  	07 Feb 1887	St Mary's Church, Bremond, Robertson Co., TX   [1]
  Land Bought	12 Dec 1895	Lot 4, Block 6, Bremond, Robertson Co., TX   [3]
  	Annie Polka bought the south half of lot 4, block 6 in Bremond. She paid $25.00 for the lot.
  Land Bought	28 Jul 1896	66.33 Acres, Robertson Co., TX   [4]
  	This was listed under the name Albert Polk.
  Land Bought	19 Nov 1896	100 acres, Falls Co., TX   [5]
  	Albert Polka bought 100 acres from R. W. Herne and wife M. W. Herne for $700.00. Albert paid $500.00 cash and a promissory note for $200.00 bearing 10% interest to be paid 12 months from this date.
  Land Sold	13 May 1902	100 acres, Falls Co., TX   [6]
  	Albert and Annie sold the 100 acres that was bought 11-19-1896 to Louis Duhr for $950.00 cash. Louis Duhr was the husband of Albert's sister Maria.
  Land Bought	05 Aug 1903	85 acres, New Waverly, Walker Co., TX   [7]
  	Anna Polka bought 85 acres, 1 miles south of New Waverly from S. and F. M. Campbell for $1500.00. Albert did not sign this contract. A promissory note listed the payments as $50.00 down, $700.00 due on Dec 1, 1903, $250.00 due on 1st of Dec 1904-1905. The last 3 payments bore 8% interest.
  Land Sold	01 Dec 1903	20 acres, New Waverly, Walker Co., TX   [8]
  	20 acres of the 85 acres of land bought from Campbell on 5 Aug 1903 was sold to Cecilia Mexa Nowakowski, wife of Martin Nowakowski.
  Land Bought	01 Oct 1910	195 acres, New Waverly, Walker Co., TX   [9]
  	Albert and Annie bought 195 acres, 3 miles SE of New Waverly. The land was bought from Jno. A. and Mary E. Kee for $2400.00. They paid $100.00 as a down payment and signed a promissory not bearing 10% interest for the remaining $2300.00.
  Land Bought	01 Oct 1919	12-1/8 acres, Marlin, Falls Co., TX   [10]
  	Albert bought 12-1/8 acres of land situated 1-1/4 miles east of the court house in Falls Co.
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Raymond Adam RIESS,   b. 14 Aug 1896, Houston, Harris, TX
  	Y  [11]
  Children	+ 1. Florine Lena RIESS,   b. 1919, TX + 2. Dorothy Marie RIESS,   b. 03 Apr 1920, Houston, Harris, TX d. 16 Aug 2009, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 89 years) + 3. Lucile Beatrice RIESS,   b. 01 Aug 1923, Houston, Harris, TX + 4. I.A. RIESS
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Dec 1896 - Falls Co., TX - 28 Sep 1981 - Houston, Harris, TX  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Maduzia Family - 1955 Front row left to right; John B. Maduzia, Rosalie Maduzia Lucas, Stella Maduzia Warhol and Josie Polka Riess, back row, left to right; Joseph Frank Maduzia Jr., Mary Polka Maduzia and John Stash - 1955
  		Lucille, Sophie, Josie Polka From left to right; Josephine Polka Riess, Sophie Polka Reed, Lucille Polka Matell
  		Raymond and Josie Polka Reiss
  		Anna Polka Family Anna Maduzia Polka and her nine children. Left to right; Agnes Polka Smock, Adam Edward Polka, Sophia Polka Reed, Alice Polka Weber, Anna Maduzia Polka, Victoria Polka Wick, Josie Polka Riess, Beatrice Polka Grimmell, Marion Polka, Lucile Polka Matell, Circa 1940

  
  

  Documents

  1900 US Census - Falls Co TX 1900 United States Census Justice Precinct 2, Falls Co, Texas Albert and Anna Polka Family

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] St Mary's Catholic church, Catholic Church Records - Bremond. [S69] Newspaper-Hou Chron, obituary. [S15] Deed-Robertson Co,TX, Book 33, pg 26. [S15] Deed-Robertson Co,TX, Book 33, pg 585. [S17] Deed-Falls Co, TX, Vol 14, pg 555. [S17] Deed-Falls Co, TX, Vol 32, pg 345. [S18] Deed-Walker Co, TX. [S18] Deed-Walker Co, TX, vol 18, pg 366. [S18] Deed-Walker Co, TX, Vol 33, pg 76. [S18] Deed-Walker Co, TX, vol 107, pg 363. [S12] Maria Doloris Jacob, Verbal- Maria Smock.