Came to San Francisco from Germany in 1903. Estimated from her Death Certificate stating that She had been in this City, State and Country each for 33 Years. We think her Death Certificate was filled out by her daughter Olga, but can not find Ligensa anywhere.

Address at the time of death was:
77 Peralta Ave.
San Francisco, CA

This address is very close to St Anthony’s Church where James John Husler was baptized in 1915.
This address was the address of William G Schneider (Frances’ Husband). Hedwig and Frances were buried together at Holy Cross Cemetary.

"FABISH--In this city, May 17, 1936, Hedwig FABISH." Source: San Francisco Call Bulletin, 18 May, 1936.


The first reference about the village Siemianowice comes from the thirteenth century. Since the sixteenth century it has belonged to the nobleman's family of Mieroszewski. In 1718 it became a property of a German earl's family Henckel von Donnersmarck.

Since the eighteenth century the development of industry - mainly mining and metallurgy can be observed, as well as the town-planning development (the first coal-mine - 1786). In the nineteenth century Siemianowice —l¥skie is an important industrial centre. It can boast four coal- mines, ironworks, zinc plants, steam boiler factory, screw and rivet factory, two gas-works and brewery.

In 1922 as a result of insurrections a substantial part of Upper Silesia, together with Siemianowice Œl1skie, was incorporated into Poland and became one of the greatest villages in Europe. Between the two World Wars a town- planning, demographic, economic and cultural development was observed. On the 10th of June 1932 Siemianowice Œl1skie became a town. In 1951 an administrative district Siemianowice Œl1skie was established and it contained the following municipalities: Bytków, Micha3kowice, Bañgów, Prze3ajka.

Silecia was part of the original Poland back in the 1200’s and when Poland fell to pieces, Silecia was pretty much ignored until the “third partition” in 1795 when it became part of Prussia.
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In the 1820s and ‘30s capitalist relations in the Prussian-annexed regions made great progress and decisively outstripped the other annexed retions. Changes in this direction were inaugurated immediately following the defeat of Jena when the government carried out a reform of agricultural relations by the abolition of servitude.
However, the aim of these reforms was not to change the social character of the Hohenzollern monarchy in which everything was decided by the Junkers. The reforms were first started from the top, that is, by means of royal edicts which were to make it easier for the landlords to go over from the unprofitable feudal-socage husbandry to a profitable form -- capitalism. The government permitted the landlords to add small, neglected peasant farmsteads to their landed estates -- first in Silesia and Pomerania. Already in 1811 the Silesian peasants replied to this plunder by rebellion and in the same year the government was compelled to issue a new edict defining the extent to which peasants were granted land in accordance with the so-called regulation of land. In exchange for the titles to their farms the Silesian and later Pomeranian peasants were to give up one-third of their land to the landed estate. Several years later (1816) the Prussian Junkers received further rights and only peasants possessing a pair of horses could be enfranchised on the principle of redemption to the landowner. In this way only those peasants possessing up to 25 morgens (opprox. 17 acres) were enfrancised. Part of the peasantry in Silesia and Pomerania still had to perform work for the landlords, while others, completely robbed of their land, became hired farm hands or were compelled to do forced labour in mines owned by the same Junkers. The Polish peasants in Silesia and Pomerania were thus robbed not only of their mother tongue, but also of their patrimony. Silesia was regarded as an integral part of Prussia, metallurgy as well as mining and, to some extent, weaving were developed abundantly, especially in Lower Silesia. The workers were in the main Poles, who were not permitted to advance socially or professionally. The Prussian policy openly set for itself the aim of “making Germans out of Slavs”; the chicanery against the Polish people grew with each day. The endeavour was to entirely remove the Polish language from the schools, churches, trade, administrative offices and even from private life. The Polish schools were at first bilingual, but later the Polish language was completely banned. Starting from 1820-1830 chauvinistic Prussian journalism strove to find a basis for claiming that Upper Silesians are not Poles and that their language is “a mixture of Czech, Moravian and Wendic.” It stated clearly that only the supplanting of the Polish language would permit the cultural and social development of the Upper Silesians.

2) In 1806 Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Europe and abolished the German
empire and the title of Kaiser for Germany (capital:Wien or Vienna).
The Kaiser in Wien-Vienna became Kaiser of Austria with no power in the rest
of Germany. After Napoleon's final defeat in 1815 the kingdom of Prussia became
States) which now also included provinces like Schlesien/Silesia,
Brandenburg,Pommern/Pomerania and areas as far west as the Rhine province.
Berlin now became the Prussian capital.
Until 1806 the Hohenzollern sovereign had many titles and hats from
Head of the Evangelic Church to King, Elector, Grandduke, Duke for the
various regions and realms under his rule. After 1806 he simply was
King of Prussia.
Terms like German government or German army have no meaning for this time
period until 1871.

3) In 1871 Germany as an empire with a Kaiser was reestablished with
Berlin as the capital of Germany and Prussia and with the Prussian king also
having the title of German Kaiser.
All monarchies in Germany were abolished in 1918, Prussia was declared
defunct in 1945 by the Allied victors. The original (East and West) Prussia
was cleansed of its ethnic German population and given to Poland and Russia.
The Western powers were silent on the ethnic cleansing of original Prussia
and Eastern Germany resulting in 12 millions of German refugees.

Although Siemianowice Âlàskie was only granted civic rights in 1932, its history goes back to the Middle Ages. It was then a small settlement which supplied fish and flowers to the court of the Duke of Bytom, which is shown in the town’s coat of arms. The estate of Siemianowice, just like many other Silesian lands, often changed hands. By the end of the 16th century it was purchased by Miko∏aj Mieroszewski whose heirs ruled here for over a hundred years. In 1718 it became property of counts from the Henckel von Donnersmarck family. The settlement’s economic development was closely connected with the beginnings of coal mining and metallurgy in Silesia. In 1786 the first coal mine ”LeÊna” was established in Bytków, and a year later the ”Szcz´Êcie” coal mine was opened. The latter was the origin of the current “Siemianowice” coal mine. Already in the 19th century Siemianowice was a major industrial centre. There were four coal mines here, some ironworks (including the “Laura” ironworks being the predecessor of the current “JednoÊç” ironworks), zinc smelters, a steam boiler factory, a bolt and rivet factory, two gasworks and a brewery. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries economic, religious, cultural, educational and sports unions and organizations played an important role in the propagation of Polish culture and traditions in Polish territories under Prussian occupation. Theatrical plays by Piotr Ko∏odziej, a folk writer from Siemianowice, enjoyed great popularity in Silesia and Galicia. Wojciech Korfanty, the most eminent Polish politician from Upper Silesia also came from that town. After he had completed his studies at Berlin University he started his career as a writer and politician. In 1903 he became the first Polish member of the German Parliament (the Reichstag). After Poland had regained independence he was one of the organizers and leaders of the Wielkopolskie Uprising. He was also a Polish plebiscite commissioner in Upper Silesia and the leader of the Third Silesian Uprising. He was the publisher and editor of Upper Silesia’s biggest Polish newspaper ”Polonia”. In 1922 Siemianowice together with the majority of Upper Silesia found itself within the borders of ”reborn” Poland. It had then over 30 thousand inhabitants. Obtaining civic rights in 1932 crowned the town’s successful development. During the post-war period the town gradually expanded its area. In 1951 the urban administrative district Siemianowice Âlàskie was established to cover the following municipalities: Bytków, Micha∏kowice, Baƒgów and Prze∏ajka. The Town Museum and the Friends of Siemianowice Âlàskie Association, among other organizations, popularize the town’s history, take care of the monuments of the past and support various cultural initiatives.