Maryjanna Jakubowska
1884-1941
Born: New York, USA
Died: Saint Hyacinth Cemetery, La Salle, Dimmick Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States
1884-1941
Born: New York, USA
Died: Saint Hyacinth Cemetery, La Salle, Dimmick Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States
<div><p><font size="4">1545 5th Street, La Salle (Ward 4), La Salle County, Illinois; Mary Anna Jakubowski (1884 - 1941) </font></p><p><font size="4">I had forgotten the steps in the sidewalk, but Cousin Dorothy and I sat on the top two and would guess the color of the next car to come up the hill from the state highway. The rose bushes are gone. The broad steps to the porch and the entranceway are the same.<br><br>The tall structure on the side was a saloon when grandmother lived at 1545. The entire side yard was a vegetable garden. The property is quite deep and went to the back. Just beyond the building next to grandmothers was a steep drop to the railroad tracks. Steam engine trains, of course. I was terrified of being caught on the bridge when one passed underneath because of the smoke and sound. The bridge is just the other side of the tall house.<br><br>Grandmother's house seemed far bigger to me in my youth. And there is a lovely side porch in the back and there was a freestanding summer house. The other side of the house was totally flowers including the very tall holyhocks and others of that type as well as medium and low flowers. It was a wall of blooms.</font></p><p><font size="4">Still thinking of grandmother's house, the summer kitchen was a complete one-room structure with peaked roof and a concrete sidewalk in front of it. The wood burning cast iron stove was housed in the back and a table and chairs were in the front. It really was used all summer long for dining whether stove use was involved or not.</font></p><p> </p></div>