Oswald
Gramens
Born in Sompolno, Konin, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Ancestors 
Son of Julian Fryderyk Gramens
and Wanda Gramens
Husband of
Zofia Helena (Rutkowska) Gramens
— married
1914 in Brzeziny, Powiat brzeziński, Łódzkie, Polska
Descendants 
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Oswald Gramens has Prussian Roots.
Oswald Gramens was born 17th July 1892 in Sompolno, Poland (at the time of his birth, Congress/Russian Poland), as son to Julian Gramens and Wanda Gramens (abt.1856-1933).[1][2]
He married Zofia Rutkowska and had three sons and one daughter with her.[3][1]
Oswald Gramens was of German ethnicity, but considered himself Polish and held Polish citizenship.[3] [1]
He and his wife moved around, but eventually, they ended up in Łódź. There, he recieved his diploma as Master Tailor from local Cech Krawców (En. Guild of Tailors). He eventually started his own Tailoring Workshop.[1][4][5]
During WWII, he registered in the Deutsche Volksliste, possibly as cathegory II: Deutschstämmige, for his family's protection[6]. This unfortunately, ended up with all of his sons being drafted into the Wehrmacht. Each of them deserted and gave themselves up to the other side as soon as they could. Except for the youngest, who had been recaptured and imprisoned.[3]
Timeline
- 17 July 1892 Oswald is born in Sompolno town, Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland as son to Julian Fryderyk Gramens (1853-1918) and Wanda Gramens (1856-1933).[1]
- 23 January 1895 his sister Ottylia Gramens (abt.1885-1895) passes in Sompolno town, Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.[7]
- 1914 Oswald weds Zofia Helena (Rutkowska) Gramens (1893-1965) in Brzeziny, Brzeziny County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland (at that time, Congress/Russian Poland).[8]
- 20 February 1916 Zofia Helena (Rutkowska) Gramens (1893-1965) and Oswald's son Henryk Gramens is born in Poltava (Полтава), Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine (at the time of his birth, Poltava Governate, Russian Empire).[1]
- 14 June 1918 his father Julian Fryderyk Gramens (1853-1918) passes in Sompolno.[9]
- 17 September 1918 Zofia Helena (Rutkowska) Gramens (1893-1965) and Oswald's son Tadeusz Gramens is born in Brzeziny town, Brzeziny gmina, Brzeziny County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland (at that time, Congress/Russian Poland).[1]
- Sometime after 1921 Zofia Helena (Rutkowska) Gramens (1893-1965) and Oswald's son Lesław Gramens is born.[8]
- 16 November 1931 Zofia Helena (Rutkowska) Gramens (1893-1965) and Oswald's daughter Lili (Gramens) Gołębiowska is born.[8]
- 1933 is the year that his mother Wanda Gramens (abt.1856-1933) passes in Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States. She is buried at the Alpine Cemetery.[10]
- 1939 Sometime during the WWII, Oswald is registered in the Deutsche Volksliste.[6]
- Sometime during the WWI, his son Lesław Gramens passes on the Eastern Front.[8]
- 1945 Oswald is considered "Hostile Element" and has to apply for replacement ID.[11]
- 1946 after the law is changed, Oswald is persecuted for criminal liability for deviation from nationality. He risks 10 years in prison and loss of all of his property.[6]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Scanned address card (Karta adresowa 118) at Search the Archives/Szukaj w Archiwach. Archives: Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi, Collection: Akta miasta Łodzi, Reference clode 39/221/0/4.12/24625, [Spis ludności Łodzi] Grajman - Graul.
- ↑ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1883-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6MQ-V8V : 2 March 2021), Wanda Gramens, 1921; citing Immigration, NARA microfilm publication T840 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,312,467.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Personal recollection of events as told to Magdalena Bożyk by her mother as remembered 4 Sep 2021.
- ↑ Registered Tailoring Workshop at Ziolona Street 10A, owner Oswald Gramens - (Pl. Zakład krawiecki przy ul. Zielonej 10A, właściciel Oswald Gramens) at Search the Archives/Szukaj w Archiwach, Archives: Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi, Collection: Akta miasta Łodzi, Referense Code: 39/221/0/4.19/112167
- ↑ There is a notice in Łódzki Dziennik Wojewódzki. 1935-01-15 no 2on page 23 (11 of the scanned document) on how Oswald Gramens had lost his Master Tailor diploma. The document is uploaded at Digital Liblary - Regional Materials of Lodz Land. Site provided by Biblioteka Cyfrowa Regionalia Ziemi Łódzkiej przy Wojewódzkiej Bibliotece Publicznej Łodzi.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Act in the criminal case against: Oswald Gramens, father’s name: Julian, date of birth: 17-07-1892, accused of accepting the German nationality list, i.e., an act from art. 1§1 of the decree of 28-06-1946. Court Case Files of District Court Court in Łódź 1945-1950. IPN Ld 107/5193. https://www.inwentarz.ipn.gov.pl/showDetails?id=1183599&q=oswald%20gramens&page=1&url=[|typ=0], Found at the Archival Inventory of the Institute of National Remembrance
- ↑ Death act of Ottylia Gramens, Archive: State Archive in Poznań Branch in Konin, Fonds: Civil status records of the Evangelical-Augsburg Parish in Sompolno (Koło Powiat), Book of births, marriages, deaths for year 1895, Reference code: 54/858/0/-/99
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Unsourced family tree passed down to Magdalena Bożyk and Krzysztof Błaszczyk
- ↑ Akta stanu cywilnego Parafii Ewangelicko-Augsburskiej Sompolno (powiat kolski), Księga akt urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów za 1918 rok, akt nr 51 https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/jednostka/-/jednostka/31492553?_Jednostka_delta=20&_Jednostka_resetCur=false&_Jednostka_cur=6&_Jednostka_id_jednostki=31492553. Found at Search the Archives/Szukaj w Archiwach
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101284117/wanda-gramens: accessed 01 April 2023), memorial page for Wanda Gramens (1856–1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101284117, citing Alpine Cemetery, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Wendy Hudson (contributor 47327293).
- ↑ Files on the issue of a substitute personal ID based on Article 23 of the decree of February 28, 1945, on the exclusion of hostile elements from Polish society: Oswald Gramens, father’s name: Julian, date of birth: 17-07-1892. Passport Department of Municipal Command of the Citizens’ Militia in Łódź. IPN Ld PF8/597. https://www.inwentarz.ipn.gov.pl/showDetails?id=1164134&q=oswald%20gramens&page=1&url=[|typ=0], Found at the Archival Inventory of the Institute of National Remembrance
See also
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Volksliste
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_National_Remembrance
- https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU19450070030 (Decree of February 28, 1945, on the exclusion of hostile elements from Polish society.)
- https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU19460410237 (Decree of June 28, 1946 on criminal liability for deviation from nationality during the war of 1939-1945)
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Gramens-8 and Gramens-2 appear to represent the same person because: Oswald Gramens is my and Magdalena Bożyk great-grandfather.
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