Biographies from The History of Columbia County,
Wisconsin, 1880 


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From The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, 1880,
publ. by Western Historical Company, Chicago, Page 936

FRANK YANKO, grocer; was born in Bohemia, March 14,
1844; came to Chicago in 1854; one year later removed
to Portage, where he resided until 1865, when he
removed to New Lisbon and engaged in clerking; in
September 1877, Mr. YANKO returned to Portage, and
engaged in the grocery and liquor business.  He was
married in Portage, May 16, 1870, to Amelia HANULE,
born in Bohemia; they have four children living -
Edith, Anna, Louis, and Clara, and have lost two -
Willie and Emma.  Mr. Y. is a member of the German
Catholic Church; was elected Alderman of the First
Ward in April 1880.  His father, Frank YANKO, died at
Kilbourn June 27, 1858, and his mother is now a
resident of Portage.

Page 936-937

GEORGE YULE was born in Northumberland County,
England, May 3, 1837; he came to America in the spring
of 1853, with is parents, George and Elizabeth YULE,
who settled at West Point, in this county, on Sec. 18,
where he lived until 1877, when he was elected
Register of Deeds, and was re-elected in 1879; he had
been Chairman of the Town Board and assessor prior to
his election to the present office.  He married
Isabella SUMMERS, at West Point, Dec. 25, 1861; she
was born in Northumberland Co, Eng.; they have seven
children - Albert, Willie, Anne J., Fred., Addison E.,
George, Jr., and an infant son.

Page 937

REV. JOHN IGNATIUS ZAWISTOWSKI was born in Russian
Poland, Aug. 11, 1822; he was educated at the
University at Warsaw; he finished his theological
education in Paris, France, remaining there from 1841
to 1845; his first ordination for minor orders was at
the Polish capital, in 1840; he frequented the
University at Paris, and repeated also, his studies to
a private instructor there; he left Paris July 27,
1845, and went to Bavaria; was ordained priest Dec.
19, 1846; was in the convent at Wurzburg.  In 1847 he
was called to the convent at Rattzburn, Bavaria; he
went to Rome in 1851, and was sent to the East Indies
as an apostolic missionary by the Propaganda; he
arrived at Bombay, E.I., April 4, 1851; he remained
there until June 13, 1855, when he returned to
Bavaria, and remained there until 1857, he then came
to Buffalo, N.Y., and remained there until May 1866,
then removed to Long Island, N.Y.; he came to
Wisconsin Sept. 21, 1869; he lived in various places
in this State before locating at Portage, which he did
July 12, 1879.

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