JOSEPH FELTMAN

Joseph Feltman was born in Poland on January, 14, 1857 in Poland. Joseph immigrated to the U S. at the age of 18 in about 1875 and settled in Perham, MN.


There is a Joseph Feldman age 17 who arrived September 17, 1873 in the port of New York, he came from Germany and is listed as a painter. It is not known if he was traveling alone or with friends or family the family listed previously was that of Wieland.

Joseph worked on a railroad for four years and then he came to North Dakota in 1878 where he filed homestead in Pulaski Township.

He returned to Perham, MN, and married Eleanor Czapiewski on May 5, 1879 and on their honeymoon came back to North Dakota bringing with them their total belongings: two oxen, one cow, a cat and their clothing.

Eleanor Czapiewski was the daughter of Anton Czapiewski and Maryanna Plata and according to the ships manifest when her family came she was born 1865 in Prussia. I didn’t locate the birth record of Eleanor, but most of her siblings were born in Ossowo, Wiele Parish, Poland.

Joseph and Eleanor were on the 1880 census living next to Eleanor’s parents.

Joseph filed land claims in 1888 and there was also a Henrik Feldman who filed earlier in 1882 and 1883 and was living in Pembina in 1880.

FELDMAN JOSEPH 800 03/15/1888
FELDMANN HENRIK 607 01/20/1882
FELDMANN HENRIK 2111 07/10/1883

Other possible spellings are FELDMAN, FELDMANN, FELTDMAN, FELTMAN

There are possible parents of Joseph who were living in Perham in 1880. Andrew and Catherine Feltman came to the United States with the Frank Bucholz Sr. family from Krakow, Poland.

The Feldman’s had two children, a daughter Mary and a son Joseph. Mary was born in Krakow, Poland, in 1850. She married Frank Walkowski in the year of 1867 at the age of 17.

The Feltmans settled on the east side of Gorman Township by the Gorman-Corliss border, on a homestead along the Toad River, near the Frank Walkowski homestead.

Their son Joseph was never married. He moved to Minto, North Dakota to work in the harvest fields. He moved in the fall of the year and built a sod house to live in until he was settled. He is buried in North Dakota. Other Feltmans also moved to North Dakota to work in the fields.

From East Otter Tail County History Volume II 1994

Joseph Feltman died March 27, 1947 in Walsh County, North Dakota. Eleanor died March 12, 1963 in Walsh County, North Dakota.

The Feltmans were active in the Catholic Church. They raised a family of 6 sons and 4 daughters: Elizabeth, Emma, Veronica, Alexander, Joseph, Dominick, Izydore, William, Konstanty, and Angela.

Children of Joseph Feltman and Eleanor Czapiewski are:

1. Elizabeth Dominica Feltman, born November 14, 1880 in Dakota Territory; died July 18, 1973 in Minto, Walsh County, ND. She married Louis F. Reszka October 17, 1899 in St. Stanislaus Church, Warsaw, ND; born July 24, 1874 in Cincinnati, Ohio; died February 09, 1953 in Minto, Walsh County, ND.

2. Emma E. Feltman, born October 15, 1881 in Dakota Territory; died March 1976. She married John J. Mach; born September 1883 in Michigan; died 1964.

3. Frank Feltman, born 1883 in Dakota Territory.

4. Veronica Feltman, born February 1885 in Pulaski Twp, Walsh County, North Dakota. She married Greskowiak.

5. Alexander F. Feltman, born March 27, 1886 in Pulaski Twp, Walsh County, North Dakota; died October 25, 1965 in Walsh County, North Dakota. He married Agnes Mach; born October 1886 in Michigan; died 1970.

6. Joseph M. Jr. Feltman, born March 11, 1887 in Pulaski Twp, Walsh County, North Dakota; died December 14, 1943 in Walsh County, North Dakota. He married Selma Schuster; born October 16, 1892; died June 28, 1975 in Walsh County, North Dakota.

7. Dominic J. Feltman, born February 27, 1891 in Pulaski Twp, Walsh County, North Dakota; died March 25, 1967 in Walsh County, North Dakota. He married Josephine Rudnik October 25, 1939; born October 25, 1917.

8. Izydora Feltman, born July 1892 in Pulaski Twp, Walsh County, North Dakota; died 1958. He married Augusta Wosick; born April 15, 1900; died March 16, 1993.

9. William Feltman, born May 1894 in Pulaski Twp, Walsh County, North Dakota; died 1976.

10. Konstanty Feltman, born February 27, 1896; died August 09, 1988. He married Julia (Duray) Wosick; born November 12, 1903; died April 18, 1988.

11. Angeline Feltman, born November 13, 1897 in Pulaski Twp, Walsh County, North Dakota; died August 06, 1943 in Walsh County, North Dakota.