Otto Theodore Salewski

1864 - 1945  (80 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Otto Theodore Salewski
  Gender	Male
  Born	14 December 1864	Baden, Germany   [1, 2]
  Immigration	1884  [1, 3]
  Naturalization	22 October 1899	Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA
  Occupation	Farm Hand (1894-1899), Laborer (1900), Coal Yard Laborer  [4]
  Cemetery	Woodmere Cemetery, Section A, Lot 201  [2, 5]
  Death Notice	Detroit Free Press, June 3, 1945, Section 4, page 4, column 2 DEATH NOTICES SALESKI--June 2, 1945. Otto Saleski, beloved husband of the late Louise Saleski; dear father of Mrs. Bertha Watson, Mrs. Augusta Rees, Mrs. Ann Walters, Mrs. Grace St. Onge, Mrs. Edna Blondell, Mrs. Lena Clark and the late Mrs. Mamie Walker. Thirteen grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral from John J. Heelon’s Funeral Mansion, 540 West Grand Blvd., Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
  Residence(s)	Jul 1892-Jul 2, 1901: Sharon town, Litchfield, Connecticut 1901-02: 987 24th?, Detroit, MI 1904-8: 549 Magnolia, Detroit, MI 1910-13: 850 Hubbard Ave., Detroit, MI 1920: 120 Roosevelt Ave., Detroit, MI 1940: 3428 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI  [1, 4, 6]
  Died	2 June 1945	Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA   [2]
  Buried	Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA   [2]
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  Person ID	I7900	Lisa's Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 July 2016

  
  

  Father	Carl Wilhelm “Charles” Salewski,   b. 15 May 1836, Kloesterchen (Klasztorek), Marienwerder, Westpreussen, Germany ,   d. about 1905  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Julianne Gerbinski,   b. 7 June 1838, Otłówko (Kleine Ottlau), Gardeja, Kwidzyn, Pomerania, Poland ,   d. 5 March 1914, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	20 October 1861	Niederzehren, Marienwerder, West Prussia, Prussia   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F15	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Louisa Gehrens,   b. 8 November 1865, Baden, Germany ,   d. 6 March 1912, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA  (Age 46 years)
  Married	about 1888  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Bertha Salewski,   b. 8 October 1888, Germany   2. Augusta Anna Salewski,   b. 3 May 1892, Sharon Town, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA ,   d. 11 May 1954, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA  (Age 62 years) + 3. Minnie Salewski,   b. 20 February 1894, Sharon town, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA ,   d. 27 April 1929, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA  (Age 35 years) + 4. Grace Dorothy Salewski,   b. 24 January 1898, Sharon Town, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA + 5. Louise Ann “Elizabeth” Salewski,   b. 18 November 1895, Sharon town, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA ,   d. 1971  (Age 75 years)   6. Grace Dorothy Salewski,   b. 24 January 1898, Sharon town, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA + 7. Edna A. Salewski,   b. 24 March 1899, Sharon town, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA ,   d. 12 March 1988, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA  (Age 88 years)   8. Salewski,   b. before 1900 + 9. Lena Salewski,   b. 11 October 1900, Sharon town, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA ,   d. 1994  (Age 93 years)   10. Salewski,   b. after 1901,   d. before 1910  (Age < 7 years)
  Family ID	F5454	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 2 June 1945 - Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA Buried - - Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  May have arrived in Baltimore in March 1883 aboard the Hermann. He appears to have been traveling alone.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1868] . [S1404] Find A Grave. [S1869] 1883. [S1869] . [S2005] Woodmere Cemetery Research. [S1870] . [S1867] . [S2480] .