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Name: Walter Michael "Ladislaus" Lesinski ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}
Sex: M
Birth: 24 JUL 1896 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA ^{1 2 4 5 6 8 10}
Death: 15 SEP 1964 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA ⁹
Burial: Holy Sephulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Oakland, MI.
Residence:
1. 1900 in Detroit Ward 16, Wayne, Michigan, USA. ⁸
1. 1910 in Detroit Ward 16, Wayne, Michigan, USA. ²
1. 1920 in Detroit Ward 16, Wayne, Michigan, USA. ⁴
1. 1930 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. ^{5 7}
1. 1935 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. ¹
1. 1940 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. ¹
1. in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. ¹⁰
Person Id: I385
Tree Id: 615404

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Parents

Father:

Michael Lesinski: Birth: BET 4 SEP 1864 AND 1867 in Sroda, Posen, Germany now Sroda Wielkopolska, Wielkopolskie, Poland. Death: 12 DEC 1941 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA

Mother:

Josepha "Josephine" Braciszewska: Birth: ABT 1874 in Germany. Death: BET JUL 1896 AND OCT 1897 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA

Family
Marriage:

Married: Lillian Anna "Lillie" Ewald on 23 JUN 1920 at Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA.
Lillian Anna "Lillie" Ewald: Birth: 19 JAN 1897 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA. Death: 19 JUN 1999 in Clinton Twp., Macomb Co., Michigan, USA

Children:

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Sources

1.	Title: 1940 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01888; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 84-1573 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
2.	Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Detroit Ward 16, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: T624_687; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0244; FHL microfilm: 1374700 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
3.	Title: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 Page: Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 154; Film Description: 1920 Wayne Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;
4.	Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Detroit Ward 16, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: T625_815; Page: 34A; Enumeration District: 506 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
5.	Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Page: 51A; Enumeration District: 0837 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;
6.	Title: Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
7.	Title: U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
8.	Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Detroit Ward 16, Wayne, Michigan; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0171; FHL microfilm: 1240753 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
9.	Title: U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
10.	Title: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Page: Registration State: Michigan; Registration County: Wayne; Roll: 2032600; Draft Board: 20 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;

Notes

Note: Walter Lesinski was baptized July 26, 1896, 2 days after his birth, at St. Francis d'Assisi Church, 4500 Wesson Ave, Detroit. His baptismal name was Ladislaus Lesinski, son of Michael and Josephine (Bracisznewski) Lesinski, both German-born immigrants. His godparents were Lawrence/Laurentius Bracisznewski and Catherine Wroblewski. This is recorded in Vol. I, page 70 of the church's records.
His marriage to Leocadia Ewald is recorded in St. Josephat church records where his parents are shown as Michael and Anastasia Braciszewska - Anastasia was actually Walter's stepmother, the sister of his birth mother, Josephine. His date of birth is shown in these records as 7/24 rather than 7/29 (his military records also show his birth day as 7/24).
Walter served in the US Naval Reserve as a fireman 3rd Class. He enlisted at Detroit 7/17/1918 for 4 years; he was honorably discharged 9/30/1921 at Great Lakes, IL. He was described in his discharge papers as being 5'4" 130 lbs, with brown eyes and a ruddy complexion. He worked in maintenance much of his life and was employed at St. Brigid's Church, Detroit at the time of his death. He and his wife and daughter resided at 13960 Ward Ave, Detroit for many years, later in Redford and Royal Oak, MI before moving to Clinton Township.
Walter Lesinski died at Sinai Hospital, Detroit the result of cancer of the tonsil and metastatic carcinoma of the neck. He is buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI; section 4, lot 424, grave #4. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Ted C. Sullivan Funeral Home.

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