Husband: Peter John Kowalsky
Born: Jan-12-1886 in Germany 1,2
Died: Dec-10-1974 3,1
Buried: in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3
Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4
Census: 1920, 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
Resided: 1912 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 2
Immigrated: 1892 or 1898 5,6
Occupation: 1930 mechanic in steel mill
Father: Peter Kowalsky
Mother: Mary A. Salba
Wife: Alpha Louise Gaston Also known as: Alpharetta Gaston 7 Married: Dec-25-1912 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8
Born: Jan- 3-1889 in Harrison Co, WV 9,2 Died: Jan-29-1972 3 Buried: in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3 Census: 1920, 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1900 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Father: Hiram J. Gaston (1866 - 1934) Mother: Anna Lee Highland (1871 - 1934) Notes
F Child 1: Frances Kowalsky Born: Jan- 6-1914 in Harrison Co, WV 4,6 Died: Dec-13-1991 4 Census: 1920, 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Ralph Riddle b. Sep-19-1908 d. Sep- -1985 Married: Nov-20-1933 in Philippi, Barbour Co, WV 10
F Child 2: Genevieve Kowalsky Born: Jan- 6-1914 in Harrison Co, WV 2,1 Died: Nov-22-2000 1 Resided: in Lebanon, Lebanon Co, PA 1 Resided: 1933 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2 Census: 1920, 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5 Husband: Charles Wilbur Duty b. Apr-16-1915 d. Jul-18-1993 Married: Sep-16-1933 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11
M Child 3: Edward Kowalsky Born: ca 1918 6 Census: 1920, 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
F Child 4: Helen Kowalsky Born: ca 1922 5 Census: 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
F Child 5: Anna Kowalsky Born: Aug-29-1923 3 Died: Dec-25-1984 3 Buried: in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3 Census: 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Melvin Clifford Hardman, Jr. b. Oct- 4-1921 d. Oct-28-1962 Married: Dec-23-1943 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 12 Husband: ___ Miklewski
Sources: (1) Social Security Death Index. (2) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (3) Cemeteries of Clark District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. (4) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (5) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (6) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. (7) Marriage record of daughter. (8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Peter John Kowalsky, 26, b. in Germany, res. Fairmont, son of Peter & Mary A. Kowalsky; and Alpha Louise Gaston, 23, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Hiram J. & Anna L. Gaston. Married Dec 25 1912 in Clarksburg. MR p. 206. (9) Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, There appear to be two entries for this birth. (1) Page 183, entries for Upper District of Harrison County, the child is identified as Alpha Gaston, white female, born alive as a single birth on Jan 3 1889. Father: H. J. Gaston. Mother Anna L. Gaston. Informant: Father. (2) Page 198, entries for Grant District of Harrison County, the child is identified as Alfaretta, white female, born alive as a single birth in January 1889 (date not specified). Father: H. J. Gaston, farmer. Mother: Annie L. Informant: Father. (NOTE: The existence and misinterpretation of these multiple entries has resulted in the one birth being incorrectly reported by genealogists as the birth of twins having similar names. While her name appears in her marriage record as Alpha Louise Gaston, she is identified in her daughter's marriage record as Alpharetta Gaston.) (10) Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV. (11) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Charles Wilbur Duty, 21, b. Apr 16 1912 in Harrison Co, res. Mt. Joy Pennsylvania, son of Elery & Zela (Koon) Duty; and Genevieve Kowalsky, 19, b. Jan 6 1914 in Harrison Co, res. Clarksburg, dau of Peter John & Alpha (Gaston) Kowalsky. Married Sep 16 1933 in Clarksburg. (Note: Husband's birth date was misstated in the marriage record; the SSDI shows his birth date as Apr 16 1915.), MR p. 141. (12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Melvin Hardman Jr, 22, b. Oct 4 1921 in Clarksburg, res. Clarksburg, son of Melvin & Artie (Fittro) Hardman; and Anna Kowalsky, 21, b. Aug 29 1922 in Clarksburg, res. Clarksburg, dau of Peter John & Alpharetta (Gaston) Kowalsky. Married Dec 23 1943 in Clarksburg. (Note: The bride's name appears twice in the record, once as "Ann" and once as "Anna." Her birth date is reported in "Cemeteries of Clark District," p. 281, as Aug 29 1923.), MR p. 84.