Family and Descendants of the Late Joseph and Josephine (Czapiewska) Wrobel!

Joseph and Josephine Wrobel

Our Website continues with Robert's GGGF Joseph Wrobel (born November 14, 1844 in Tuszkowy, Poland) and GGGM Josephine (Czapiewska) Wrobel. The majority of the information was obtained from the 1872 - 1982 Rouble Family Book done up by Dorothy Rouble and the Rouble Reunion Committee.

New information that was not in the book is about Joseph Wrobel's parents who where Paul Wrobel (1815-1881) and Marianna (Treder) Wrobel that lived in Poland. Also our search found that he had a two brothers and a sister. His sister's name was Augustiana Wrobel and she was born September 11, 1863 in Skwierawy, Poland. Some where along the way his brother John changed his name from Johan and he was born January 4, 1847 in Skwierawy, Poland and his death was February 15, 1909. You can check his obituary. Joseph's second brother August was born June 25, 1858 in Skwierawy, Poland and he remained single.

Joseph and Josephine (Czapiewska) Wrobel came to Canada in 1872 from West Prussia with a six-month old daughter named Marianna who was lost at sea during the trip. They sailed from Bremen on May 18, 1872 on the ship named "Agda" arriving in Quebec on July 29, 1872. Their destination was marked for Renfrew, Ontario.

Country to which they severally belonged was West Prussia.
Total number of people on board ship: 336

225	People over fourteen years of age.
73	Children under fourteen years.
38	Babies.

Josephine's Parents, Michael Czapiewska (Born August 30, 1818 in Poland and Died October 17,1909 in Renfrew) and Ann (zywicki) Czapiewska (Born in 1826 in Poland and Died September 1,1912 in Renfrew) and other family members came with them on the same ship, along with a number of families of familiar names such as: Mask, Narlock, Voldock, Bachinski, Rekowski, Stubinski, Keiser, Konopacke, Cybulski, Letterski, and Schulfer. Some of these families were destined for Renfrew also.

The picture of the house is where Joseph and Josephine lived in after they came to Canada in 1872 and the land which they purchased then was Crown Land at the time; it was on Lot 1, Concession 5 in the Township of Admaston (in the Pucker Street section).

As of 1982 Frank Stufko owned the farm land. The house was moved out to the Ferguslea in 1927 to the farm of Patrick Enright, whose house had been destroyed by fire. The Enrights lived in it from 1927 to 1945, then they sold the farm to Wilson McIntyre who still resided in it in 1982.

The Wrobel name had been changed to Rouble sometime in the early 1900's according to the records from St. Francis Rectory, as was the name Czapiewska to Chapieski, Mosko to Mosco, Milewska to Meleskie, and Knopik to Kenopic.

Again as a reminder, we choose to represent the generations by the following enumerations:

• Great Great Grand Father or Mother; e.g., GGGF - GGGM
• Great Grand Father or Mother; e.g., GGF - GGM
• Grand Father or Mother; e.g., GF - GM
• capital letters for the first generation; e.g., A., B.
• numbers for the second generation; e.g., 1. - 2. - 3.
• small letters for the third generation; e.g., (a) - (b) - (c) - (d) - (e)
• roman numerals for the fourth generation; e.g., (i) - (ii) - (iii) - (iv)
• triple small letters for the fifth generation; e.g., (aa) - (bb) - (cc)
• family members that are not part of our genealogy; e.g., 1z. - 2z. - 3z.

Among the Wrobel Descendants we have four Sisters in the Religious Order. They are:

Sister Elizabeth Rouble

"Sister Elizabeth Rouble entered the Convent of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph in Kingston in November of 1929. Her apostolic assignments with the order were many and varied: Director of Dietary Services at Hotel Dieu, Kingston; Superior of the Kingston Community; President of the Governing Board and member of the Management and Executive Committees of the Board. Medical-Moral Committee, and the Kingston Health Sciences Complex Council; and in June 1975 she was appointed Provincial Superior, a position in which she served capably until 1981 when she was appointed to St. Catharines in Polson, Montana, to serve as Superior. In August of 1981 she attended the Rouble Family Reunion and , later that month, Sister Rouble celebrated her Golden Jubilee. She is well known as a devout woman of faith, whose untiring zeal, sound judgment, keen perception and delightful sense of humorous are but a few of her outstanding attributes."

Sister St. Anthony Kenopic

"Irene, known as Sister St. Anthony, entered the Convent of the Sisters of Saint Joseph in Pembroke in 1932. She taught school in various places, finishing at Our Lady of Fatima School in Renfrew. She has retired from teaching and is staying on at St. Joseph's Convent in Renfrew, Ontario. Sister St. Anthony, celebrated her Golden Jubilee on June 26, 1982 in Pembroke."

Sister Anastasia Rouble

"Anastasia,Formerly known as Sister Ambrose. entered the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph on February 2, 1933. On August 17, 1937 she made her final profession and remained in the Diocese of Pembroke serving at Renfrew Villa and Douglas until 1948. She was then missioned to Radville, Saskatchewan in their Hospital and Mission Home. From 1970 she was given charge of managing the Dietary Department and working as Office Manager for their home. In 1979 she was appointed Acting Administrator. At present she is working as Office Manager for the Marion Home on a part-time basis in Radville. Sister Anastasia enjoys working with the elderly."

Sister Brigid Kenopic		Rev. Terry Alexander Sirosky
Sister Brigid Kenopic entered the Sisters of Service Community on January 21, 1942. In 1942 she resumed her nursing career in Alberta, where she remained for 38 years. Sister Brigid returned to St. Catharines, Ontario September of 1980 to be with the Senior Sisters of her Community.		Rev. Terry Alexander Sirosky son of Mrs. Anthony Mask and the late Alexander Sirosky was ordained on October 9, 1982 in Our Lady of Fatima Church, Renfrew.

Joseph Wrobel - Robert's GGGF

Joseph married Josephine Czapiewska who was born in 1848 daughter of Michael Czapiewska and Ann Zywicki. They had a family of ten children. Joseph - Deceased November 27, 1900 at age 55 years. Josephine - Deceased April 4, 1931 at age 83 years.

Marianna - passed away in 1872 at the age of 6 months.
Margaret - was born 1873 first marriage John Mosko (born November 18, 1891), son of George Mosko and Anna Exonda on January 12, 1891
Francis - was born January 19, 1875 married Josephine Milewska
John - was born January 27, 1877
Albert - was born April 18, 1879
Joseph Jr. - was born December 31, 1880 and passed away May 30, 1900 at age 19 at work in the mines near Sudbury, Ontario. You can read Joseph, Jr. and his mothers obituary
Paulina - was born June 17, 1883; Passed away November 3, 1892 at age 9 years.
Catherina - was born March 26, 1885
Anne - was born March 22, 1887; Passed away October 29, 1892 at age 5 years.
Peter - was born October 1. 1889

The Joseph and Josephine Rouble Family Tree Quilt.

This beautiful quilt made on a white background features the original names of Joseph and Josephine in the center and the family tree branches off in all directions.

Each branch of the family had its own color with each set of descendants in a lighter or darker color of the original names.

Close to 1,000 names were written on the quilt with colors of red, blue, green and others making a colorful pattern. The quilt was intended to be raffled as a special prize is being kept for family showers, parties and weddings. Those not named will find it fascinating to read the various names inscribed.

This beautiful quilt took years to research, over a year to quilt and arrange and is certainly a piece of art.

Agnes and Genie Rouble were the two who originated the quilt and they can be proud of such a great contribution to the Rouble family descendants.