History

Changes in Suffield, 1900-1920

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Suffield was spared a devastating impact of the Industrial Age when the town voted against The Hartford and New Haven Railroad running tracks through it in the early 1840s.

History

Our Polish Heritage

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My parents, Amiel Zak and Mary Anne Kelly, were married in Sacred Heart Church but agreed to raise their children in the Polish Roman Catholic Church, St. Joseph’s.

Organizations

Polish Heritage Society

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The purpose of the Polish Heritage Society is to collect and preserve physical items and intangibles that represent the values, culture, and traditions our ancestors brought from their homeland in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s.

Organizations

Suffield Polish Veterans

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The Veterans Memorial in the center of Suffield includes the names of at least twenty men of Polish descent who served in the United States Army during World War I. Some of those men were foreign-born Poles who had emigrated from the land that Austria, Germany, and Russia partitioned in 1795. Only a few had become American citizens by the time The Great War started. Some others listed on the memorial were first-generation Polish Americans born to immigrants who had come to America around the turn of the 20th century. Information about these men is complicated to find, so it is difficult to know if they were citizens or not and if they volunteered or were drafted into service. One can only guess what may have motivated these men to serve our country.

History

Our Polish Heritage

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The purpose of the Polish Heritage Society (PHS) is to collect, preserve and perpetuate the culture and history of our ancestors.

History

Polish Heritage News

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The United States recognizes Polish-American Heritage in October, so there is no better time for the Suffield Polish Heritage Society (PHS) to meet again.