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• {#1} Do you find your relative in our genealogy? Then get in contact with me, we are cousins!
• {#2} Belongs to the Wdowiak family (progenitor: Józef Wdowiak).
• {#3} As of 1 JAN 2024 she has got at least 7 children, 9 grandchildren and 7 great‑grandchildren

Sources

• {#1} Ancestry LLC http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.doviak/2/mb.ashx (MR03494) 21 MAR 2004 Tadeus Doviak
  
  I'm looking for decendents of Joseph Wdowiak and Eva Serafin both born/died Poland. Their children are: Andrew b. 1882 married Caroline Wilk, Jan (John) b. 1891 married Aniela Obara, Conrad (Konrad) married Rose, Valentine married Katie, Julius married Sophie and Thomas married Agatha all born in Poland. Most lived in New Jersey and New York.
  (TJDoviak)
• {#2} Konrad Doviak’s 1930 U.S. Census (MR04336); where: Ancestry.com MR04151 #037
  
  1930 United States Federal Census, Census Place: Garfield, Bergen, New Jersey; Roll: 1312; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 95; Image: 893.0; Lines: 34-41; address: Midland 705, dwelling 6

  • Konrad Doviak, head, rents a house for $25 monthly, male, white, 44 years old, married at the age of 26, did not attend school recently, able to read and write, born in Poland, the same as parents, speaks Polish and English, alien immigrated 1908, dyer’s helper
  • Rosie Doviak, wife, female, white, 37 years old, married at the age of 19, did not attend any school recently, born in Poland, the same as her parents, alien immigrated 1909, doesn’t speak English, unemployed
  • John Doviak, son, male, white, 14 years old, single, did not attend any school recently, able to read and write, born in New Jersey, parents in Poland, speaks English, employed as bakers helper
  • Joseph Doviak, son, male, white, 12 years old, attends school, able to read and write, born in New Jersey, parents born in Poland, able to speak English
  • Helen Doviak, daughter, female, white, 9 years old, attends school, born in New Jersey
  • Sophie Doviak, daughter, female, white, 5 years old, attends school, born in New Jersey
  • Annie Doviak, daughter, female, white, 3+9/12 years old, born in New Jersey
  • Blanche Doviak, daughter, female, white, 1+10/12 years old, born in New Jersey
• {#3} Konrad&Rose and John Wdowiak’s FindAGrave Memorial (MR15962). Find A Grave, Jim Tipton 1995–2013, Ancestry LLC 2013–2024; bibliographic description of the cited fragment: Konrad&Rose’s memorials and photo by JourneysEnd (member 46794248), 26 May 2013; Joseph’s memorial by Richard {surname in private}, 25 Sep 2004; thank you!; where: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111207643 + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111207532 + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9515606
  citation: 20 MAY 2023, Maciej Róg
• {#4} Sophie E. Hover’s Obituary (MR16048), Echovita
  
  With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Sophie E. Hover (Hyde Park, New York), born in Garfield, New Jersey, who passed away on December 26, 2018 at the age of 94. Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of the loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Sophie E. Hover to pay them a last tribute.
  She was predeceased by: her parent Conrad Wdowiak; her daughter Patty Simmons; and her siblings, John Doviak, Joseph Doviak, Helen Komsa and Anne Treuer.
  She is survived by: her parent Rose Gola Wdowiak*; her spouse John*; […]^PRIV. She is also survived by four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.
  * they predeceased her – MR
  citation: 10 JUN 2023, Maciej Róg
• {#5} Sophie E. Hover’s Obituary (MR16049), Sweet’s Funeral Home
  
  Summerville, South Carolina – Sophie E. Hover, 94, a former longtime resident of Hyde Park, died on December 26, 2018 at Summerville Medical Center. She moved to South Carolina to be closer to family.
  Born in Garfield, NJ on April 7, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Conrad and Rose Gola Wdowiak. She was a 1946 graduate of the former St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing and a member of the school’s Alumni Association.
  Sophie was a Registered Nurse in the Pediatrics Department at the former St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie. She retired in 1979.
  A communicant of Regina Coeli Church in Hyde Park, she was also member of the church’s Altar Rosary Society.
  On January 31, 1948 in Garfield, NJ, she married John ‘Jack’ L. Hover. Mr. Hover predeceased her on August 25, 1995.
  Survivors include her […]^PRIV; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; […]^PRIV; and several nieces and nephews.
  In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her daughter, Patty Simmons; two brothers, John and Joseph Doviak; and two sisters, Helen Komsa and Anne Treuer.
  Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm, Wednesday January 2nd at Sweet’s Funeral Home, Rte. 9, Hyde Park.
  A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 am, Thursday, January 3rd at Regina Coeli Church, Rte. 9, Hyde Park. Fr. Michael Morris will be officiating.
  Burial will follow in the family plot in Union Cemetery of Hyde Park.
  citation: 10 JUN 2023, Maciej Róg

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• Rose Gola and her birth may be mentioned in the following sources:
• {#1} U.S. Social Security Death Index, Ancestry LLC, ssdi.rootsweb[.]com
  citation: 4 NOV 2011

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	Konrad Doviak’s 1930 U.S. Census
	Konrad&Rose and Joseph Wdowiak’s Grave

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