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| Format | Manuscript |
|---|---|
| Creator | Szymanski Reiter, Agnes Anna |
| Title, Manuscript | Documents and photographs associated with Agnes Anna Szymanski Reiter, 1901–1999 |
| URL | Description of Contents |
| Abstract | Agnes Anna Szymanski was born June 29, 1901 in Lauenburg, Pomerania, Germany (now Lębork, Poland). She immigrated with her cousin Helena Formella Ebel to the United States in 1923, settling in Chicago, Illinois, with her cousin and sponsor Jacob Ebel. In 1930 she married Joseph J. Reiter, a real estate and insurance business owner. The couple had one child, daughter Agnes Marie Reiter Dzombak, born Feb. 17, 1931. Joseph Reiter died in 1936, and in 1938, Agnes traveled to Germany for a visit and with the hope to remain there, but relatives warned her of the impending war, and she returned to Chicago. She worked as a supervisor of the stenographer pool at US Rubber until her retirement in 1966. Her daughter Agnes Marie Reiter married William Dzombak on Nov. 2, 1953, and settled in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Agnes Szymanski Reiter died on August 5, 1999, and is buried in St. Vincent Cemetery, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. |
| Call Number | FH Reiter |
| MKI Terms | Family histories/ Letters/ 20th century |