Gallery of
John Wesnofske
(1869-1948)&
Johanna Manelski
( 1877 -1939)Old Country Rd.
Hicksville, NY
John and Johanna
(circa 1913)
With the Jackson automobile.
Unknown person in shadow over John's left shoulder
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John & Johanna
Anton Manelski
Farmer John's market truck
Brothers picking potatoes
Working with the mules
Children Len, Mary working the farm
Mother Johanna feeding the fowl
Anton Manelski
Father of Johanna Manelski
May 21, 1916 - Syosset, L.I.
Wife Mary was murdered in August 1906 while in the midst of baking blackberry pies in her kitchen. The murder remained unsolved although suspicion was first cast on a coachman from the estate of a wealthy neighboring lawyer of NYC and then on three strangers passing though the very rural area. The house was found ransacked and $1000 was said to have been taken from a closet in the the house
The Manelski couple had been renting a farm on East Williston Ave that became the property in 1913 for the site of the new Wheatley Hills Golf Club.
Farmer John Wesnofske's
Speedwell truck
(Sept 15, 1915)
Oldest son Joseph and and farm hand Bill Gordon
loading produce for market at his Hicksville farm. The farm was located at today's intersection of Old County Road and the east side of today's Wantagh State Parkway.
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John & Johanna
Anton Manelski
Farmer John's market truck
Brothers picking potatoes
Working with the mules
Children Len, Mary working the farm
Mother Johanna feeding the fowl
5 Wesnofske Brothers Picking Potatoes
Summer (1919)Left to right: Leonard, Remi, Joseph, Vincent (back to camera). Louis
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John & Johanna
Anton Manelski
Farmer John's market truck
Brothers picking potatoes
Working with the mules
Children Len, Mary working the farm
Mother Johanna feeding the fowl
Cultivating the fields
(1917)
Oldest son Joseph cultivating with two mules. Mules were known
to be difficult and stubborn. Family folklore records these creatures
as having been exceptionally difficult to manage.
Daughter Mary Wesnofske
Picking Apples In the Orchard
October 1915 - An aerialist extraordinaire
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BELOW: Farmhand Bill Gordon (l.) and
son Leonard Wesnofske (r.) 'cornstacking'.
Picking Apples In the Orchard
October 1915 - An aerialist extraordinaire
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BELOW: Farmhand Bill Gordon (l.) and
son Leonard Wesnofske (r.) 'cornstacking'.
Johanna in daily feeding of a few
of her
chickens and geese.
(Feb 1915)
The Homestead
June 1919
In the 1930's, John & Johanna built a new Tudor style brick home next door. The nest was emptying and times were getting tough in the Depression.
BELOW: From the Aug. 27, 1933
New York Times
P 17 - Real Estate Section
