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From "History of Trempealeau County,"
compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, Chicago and Winona, H.C. Cooper,
Jr., CO., 1917, page 574:
"Peter C. Skroch, a well-known business man of Independence, agent for
the G. Heileman Brewing Company, of La Crosse, was born in German
Poland, Aug. 12, 1864, a son of John and Mary (Sobota)<sic>
Skroch. The father, John Skroch, a native of German Poland, came
to the United States in 1882 and, settling in Trempleau County, Wis.,
bought a farm in Lincoln Township, where he resided until 1900 when he
retired to Independence.. He died Jan 14, 1916, aged 84 years.
his wife Mary died Dec. 25, 1911, at the age of 63. Peter
C. Skroch was reared on the home farm in Lincoln Township and lived
there until his marriage. He then engaged in mason work in
Indpendence. In 1889 he accepted his present position as agent fo
the G. Heileman Brewing Company, of La Crosse. Since 1892 he has
held the office of assessor in Independence. He is a stockholder
and was one of the organizers of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, of
Independence. A member of the Catholic church, he has been
secreatary of the Congregation Sts. Peter and Paul for five years.
He is president and was one of the
organizers of Sts. Peter and Paul Society, having held the office of
president
seven years. This society is a branch (No. 14) of the Polish
Union
of America. In politics Mr. Skroch is a Democrat. Mr.
Skroch was
first married Sept. 8, 1892, to Mary Sygula, of Burnside Township, who
died
in 1900 at the early age of 28 years. She left two children:
Mary, now Mrs. John Klink, of Independence; and Rosa, a clerk in
Garthus' store in this village, who resides at home. June 6,
1904, Mr. Skroch married for his second wife Rosa Firlus, of St. Paul.
Of this union, there are
six children: Aloysius, Clara, Martha, Alphonse, Helen, and Clarence."
From Peter Schrock, son of Aloysius on 22 August 2005: "Peter born in
1864 was my grandfather. My Father has told me many stories about him
as a beer distributor for Heileman. My father did tell me he was with
his dad until then end administering morphine to ease the agony of
cancer."
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