A great tragedy occurred for many of Toledo’s Polish communities on 3 May 1904. A large group of Poles from the Toledo area were on
Read MoreBirth: 8 June 1886, Borowice, Mazowieckie, Poland (per Petition for Naturalization) (disputed) Death: 30 December 1945, Toledo, Ohio Relationship to me: Paternal Grand Uncle John is my grandmother’s
Read MoreOnfury Rochowiak is a distant cousin to me, a third cousin once removed. My 3X great-grandfather, Alexi Rochowiak, was Onfury’s 2X great grandfather. While he
Read MoreI have come across copies of The Universal Freemason, dated 1917 and 1918. Reading these documents, I was amazed to learn that there was a
Read MoreBirth: 12 December 1886, Borowice, Mazowieckie, Poland (disputed) Death: 27 September 1941, Toledo, Ohio Relationship to me: Paternal Grand Uncle Some of my grandmother’s story can be
Read MoreMichael Sobolewski was a tailor born in Galacia on 17 July 1875, arriving in the United States in November 1899. He submitted his petition for
Read MoreBirth: 23 December 1924, Toledo, Ohio Death: 7 September 1985, Toledo, Ohio Relationship to me: Father My father, Edward Mierzejewski, was born the year following
Read MoreBirth: 20 June 1881, Borowce, Mazowieckie, Poland (disputed) Death: 20 June 1974, Toledo, Ohio Relationship to me: Paternal Grand Uncle You are not seeing double. There are
Read MoreJohn was the third child of 10 born to Andrew Przybylski and Frances Rochowiak, born 7 May 1878 in Redczyce, Kujawasko-Pomorskie, Poland. While I have
Read MoreMany Toledoans likely are aware of the 1934 Auto-Lite Strike. I’m not certain many are aware of another major labor dispute that preceded it in
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