When Vincent (Wincenty) Casimer Polak was born on March 25, 1874, in Inowroclaw, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland, his father, Peter, was 31 and his mother, Margaret, was 31. He married Franciszka (Frances) B Gorski on September 18, 1898, in his hometown. They had 11 children in 22 years. He died on May 3, 1958, in Lyons, Wisconsin, at the age of 84, and was buried in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.