Our Family History

This website is dedicated to the memory of Jan Karol "John C." Bambenek (1891-1966) and Leokadia Weronika "Laura V." (nee Pellowski) Bambenek (1892-1946), Kashubian Americans who made their home at 578 East Fifth Street in Winona, Minnesota.

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Kashubia

Kashubia is a region in northwestern Poland, home to about 200,000 people today, with a language and a culture that most Poles do not understand. Kashubia is where our family came from. We are not only Polish American - we are Kashubian American.

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Winona

The Kashubian Capital of America. The Polish sociologist Stefan Ramult published this observation in 1898. Winona remains the capital of Kashubian American culture to this day. Wiele z tej treści można również uzyskać w języku polskim.

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