Person:Albert Przetacznik (1)

Albert Przetacznik, also known as Woissol Przetscnik, lived in Poland in the last half of the 1800s. He married Catherine Sowina, also known as Katrina Sowa. They had at least one child, Anthony Przetacznik, born 24 Dec 1880. Anthony immigrated to the United States, probably in the 1890s, and settled in Detroit, Michigan.

Anthony Przetacznik's death certificate

1.   Marriage certificate for Anthony Przetacznik and Marcella Kisiel, in Michigan. Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995. (FamilySearch Record Search)
   21 Apr 1902.

   The certificate lists Anthony's parents as Albert Przetacznik and Catherine Sowina, and Anthony's birthplace as Poland. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675359

2.   Death certificate for Anthony Przetacznik, in Michigan Death Records, 1897-1920, on Seeking Michigan website
   17 Feb 1906.

   The certificate lists Anthony's parents as Woissol Przetscnik and Katrina Sowa, and the birthplace of all three as Austria. (In 1795 Poland had been partitioned between Russia, Prussia, and Austria and was "officially" non-existant as a nation for the next 123 years.) http://seekingmichigan.org/discover/death-records-1897-1920

3.   Wiktionary and Wikipedia.

   Przetacznik is the Polish name for plants of the genus Veronica. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/przetacznik It seems to be a fairly common Polish surname; the plants are edible so perhaps the name was originally given to those cultivating or subsisting on them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_%28plant%29